Microtrip / A Comet’s Journey
Microtrip is a one-way 2-D platform game wherein the player controls the direction of a character's path. The character in the game is a white blood cell travelling through the bloodstream.
The primary goal is to avoid hitting the germs and viruses along the way and to continuously collect white pellets because as the game goes by, the health meter decreases and only the pellets will increase the health bar.
There are two options available for game control. One is by touching either the left or the right side of the screen to specify where the cell goes. Another is simply by tilting the phone to either direction, depending on where the cell must go. Certain power-ups can be collected in the form of medicine capsules. The first power-up is the Attractor which makes the cell magnetized and attract the white pellets to him. The other power-up is the Repulsor which makes the germs and viruses repelled from the cell.
This game had actually been famous back in high school because a lot of people are playing the game. Most of them said that they liked the game because it is easy to play. Others said that the graphics are nice and appropriate to the game's elements. Whatever the reason, it still is a great game to play.
Moving on from chemistry and biology, the next game is about astronomy. A Comet's Journey is a 2D game wherein players have to plot in the path of a comet in order for it to pass through the objective points on the screen. What makes it challenging is that the game applies the rules of astronomy. For example, when the comet gets too close to a planet or any other body, it becomes attracted to its gravitational pull and when it passes the atmosphere, it loses some of its weight because it degrades.
In order to increase the weight of the comet, fuel points are also laid out in the field. Sometimes it also becomes necessary to release some of the weight of the comet because it also enables the player to recalibrate the comet's path. Once again, it falls on the player's strategy and planning.
Another challenge presented in the game is that there can be multiple bodies in the system. Hitting any of them can destroy the comet and the game would have to restart. Players are given a limited number of comets and once it runs out, the player must purchase them.
A Comet's Journey is actually a very difficult game. It requires a great strategy and visual skills to see where the comet might lead. Timing is also important to know whether the comet might hit another body.
