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I found out about this platformer on the app store a few days ago. It was a platformer game called aerox. In fact, it is an interesting tilt-controlled platformer that boasts clever physics and intuitive controls that challenge my skills. This game is packed with many physics-based puzzles and platforming action. The tilt controls are automatically zero based on how I am holding the device at the time each level starts, which is great when I am ready for it, but can cause some issues of calibration if I am not steady. Once in the game, the ball will sharply and quickly roll, turn and slide in the directions I tilt in and touching the left side of the screen “breaks” the ball from rolling and touching the right side of the screen allows me to lock the camera for precise movement of the ball. There are 30 levels to beat and things quickly start getting complicated. When things start to get complicated, I have to manipulate the environment and make use of the ball’s odd and unique physics in or to continue my path. The visuals in the game are bright, with soft modern platforms and designs that are on par with the ball’s shiny surface. Shadowing in this game is great as well as the tiles. This game presents an environment where the ball calmly rolls around and jumps over different obstacles. Each level is between one and four minutes long. The goal in each level is to finish in the shortest amount of time possible. There is no real rush, as the environment is calm, so is the music. So I fall off the ledge, ant the game starts me back at the beginning or at the last checkpoint. Level 1 was just very simple and as I progress through each of the levels, I see more objects and obstacles. I am on Level 13 now and it feels very difficult to move on past this level. I have to roll the ball against walls to move from one platform to the next. This is just like running along the walls to get from one point to another in Prince of Persia. What feels uncomfortable is the fact that I have to tilt my screen to an unplayable degree to get the ball moving at a fast speed.
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