Emerging mobile publisher Behaviour Interactive, one of the largest independent game developers is excited to announce the release of their new title: HOME: Boov Pop!, the official puzzle game based on DreamWorks Animation’s 3D comedy adventure HOME.
And I’m pleased to say we’ve spent a bit of time testing it out for you. The game itself is free for iOS although there are in app purchases available, so if you’re handing the game to a smaller person, you’ll want to check your device settings first.
The designers say:
This free-to-play casual game offers a new twist to the puzzle genre, by adding a gravity-based design combined with out of this world 3D graphics to create a unique gaming experience! Play as Oh, Tip and Captain Smek as they battle their intergalactic enemy across three stunning settings: Paris, Asia and Florida. Connect power bubbles for epic chain reactions and use each character’s special ability to maximise your score!
And we say – it’s disturbingly addictive. Purely for the sake of giving the app a thorough review, I spent some time playing last night, and then Big had a second go this morning. Turns out (annoyingly) that she’s much better at it than I am. As has been remarked before, I’m really not visual 😉 (But I’m working on it.)
Like I say, the game is based on the new film from Dreamworks HOME! which is itself based on the best-selling book The True Meaning of Smekday
by Adam Rex, HOME hits cinemas on March 20, 2015. When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human, and together they discover the true meaning of the word HOME. It sounds like a film that the kids will love, so I’m definitely going to keep an eye on the facebook page for Dreamworks UK which has a lot of info about publicity events too.
The game is about patterns, colours, and linking, and like I said, oddly addictive. As is the way of things these days, if you link up with facebook you can share with friends and help each other out (not so good when you’re testing it the day before release 😉 ). Also not so good if your daughter has her facebook profile on the device you’re doing that testing on so you don’t get to keep your high scores!
But overall, great fun. I look forward to seeing everyone else enjoying it too 🙂 Get the game on the app store for your iPhone, iPad or iPod.
Leave a Reply