Tested: The Land of Venn - Geometric Defense
#Developer: iMagine Machine
#Website: http://www.thelandofvenn.com/
#Purchase: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/land-venn-geometric-defense/id878168094?mt=8
#Cost: $3.79c (at time of review)
Please note that we Beta Tested this app
#Support: For iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
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#Developers Description
Geometry will never be the same after your kids (and you) play this game. It will sneakily teach geometry step by step without them even realizing it.
The Land of Venn is under attack! YOU are our only hope!!!! You are the only one who can save the Land of Venn from utter destruction by the hands of the evil wizard Apeirogon who lives atop the Dark Square Root.
Use ancient knowledge gained from Lumbricus the Wizard Worm to protect the Magic Juice from being drunk! Save us all!!! “With knowledge comes power” and the ability to learn and earn more gold and gain access to more powerful wisdom and magical spells.
You must defeat Apeirogon by eliminating the Bookkenriders. Are you up to the task?
GAME FEATURES:
Learn and master 12 Magic Abilities from the Point of fire and Straight line of hope to The Frozen Triangle and the Trapezoid of Doom.
Earn gold and buy from buy 16 Spells at the Wizard Wall - Bird of eternity, Meteors, Sulfur, Firetrucks, Storms and more
Fight 15 different monsters (Bookkenriders) that will test your strength by flying, driving, crawling, jumping and more
30 Hand Crafted levels of Strategic Game play
3 Unique and Funny worlds to protect and explore
Original Soundtrack
12 Interactive Tutorial screens that will get you ready for battle
And 1 Crazy Worm Wizard
#The Review
We absolutely loved Land of Venn. Filled with zany characters, silly voices and lots of fun, yet challenging levels.
The aim of the game is to protect the juice from the naughty little Bookkenriders (Axel, Belle, Camus, Godfrey, Ike, Lumbricus, Luna, Maggart, Norman, Otto, Pearl, Ramona, Xyla, Zayin, Zen & Zola) all with their own strength and speed, gradually you learn the ways of geometric defense, quickly you master lines, open shapes, triangles and other 'all powerful' shapes and mixed with a little bit of wizard magic you now have what it takes to SAVE the JUICE!
#The Test
#Ethan
Ethan found the Land of Venn funny from the start, he enjoyed progressing through the levels and you could see that he wasn't really thinking about the shapes as the game progressed. He found the first few levels fairly straight forward and then had to start to 'pick it up' and use all the more complex and power shapes to defeat the ever increasing Bookkenriders and big bosses.
Ethan especially liked spells & potions, moustaches and sound effects
Ethan rates the app 4/5 fingers
#Jake
Jake used both hands initially, but shifted to using single finger and perfect
shapes more and more as the game went on, he understood that the more complex the shape the more powerful the effect. He definalty manage to master the shapes he learnt, but panic definitely sets in and he was single tapping a lot when the gowing got tough!
Made me Laugh...Point..point...point...point...point.
Jake especially liked - when things blow up, and how all the villains have moustaches, he really liked the abstract humour.
Jake also rates the app 4/5 fingers
#The Verdict
Its zany...its crazy and the kids won't even realise they are learning. hands down our favourite educational game of 2014.
#The Rating
Overall: 5/5
Look & Feel: 5/5 - Amazingly Bright mambo-esk artwork, with lots and lots of cool Bookken-dudes with moustaches!
Enjoyment: 5/5 - Silly voices, funny characters and ingenious geometric game play.
Playability: 5/5 - Loads of levels, and 'mean as you like' bosses. You only beat the levels if you master the shapes and if you master the shapes, your learning geometry!
Value for Money: 4/5 - Knowing just how much research and effort has gone into the making of this app, I am glad the price is still affordable.