| Fractal | |
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| Developer(s) | Cipher Prime |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android |
| Release | OS X, Windows May 26, 2010 [1] iOS August 18, 2011 Android, Linux June 18, 2013 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle, strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Fractal: Make Blooms Not War is a puzzle video game by Cipher Prime. [2] The game involves pushing hexagonal fragments together to form large hexagons and chain reactions. [3]
Fractal was released by Cipher Prime via their website on May 26, 2010, for OS X and Microsoft Windows. [1]
Gameplay
Fractal's gameplay revolves around pushing hexagons into seven-hexagon clusters, or "blooms", which earn the player points. [4] Fractal features three gameplay modes, campaign, arcade, and puzzle. [5] In campaign mode, the player progresses by earning enough points to clear each level. Over the course of the thirty-level campaign, the player encounters different kinds of power-up hexagons with special abilities (hexagons that cause explosions, or that destroy all adjacent hexagons) that help the player earn points. In arcade mode, the player works toward setting a high score by surviving for as long as possible. In the fifty-level puzzle mode, the player is tasked with completing objectives in a limited number of moves. [6] Each series of challenges in puzzle mode ( Koch, Menger, Sierpinski, Julia, Mandelbrot, and Dragon) is named after a different fractal set. [7]
Reception
The game has a Metacritic score of 84% based on 4 critic reviews. [8]
References
- ^ a b "Fractal is Finally Here!". Cipher Prime. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ Minor, Jordan. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". 148Apps. Steel Media Ventures. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ Parkin, Simon (2011-12-08). "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". EuroGamer. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ Stella, Shiva. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ Campbell, Nissa (2011-08-19). "'Fractal: Make Blooms Not War' for iPad Review - A Challenging, Beautiful Puzzle Game". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Hinkle, David. "Portabliss: Fractal: Make Blooms Not War (iPad)". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Frame, Michael. "Fractal Geometry". Yale University. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War". Metacritic.
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