Fflp!: A beautiful match for artistic gamers
Fflp! is a beautiful simple mix and match game for children with a strong artistic feel to it. It appeals to children with different people combinations that can be made by swiping through the three rows which represent the head, body, and legs of the character, making for a fun experience that sparks creativity. Fflp! is compatible with iOS devices running iOS 7.0 or later.
Players create crazy mash-ups of the four characters, or more normal looking characters by swiping left or right on each row. There are three rows to make selections in: the head, the body, and the legs. It is really easy to create an interesting person just by changing up the head. Shaking the device changes the background to one of four different colors which livens up the repetitive gameplay. Physically shaking the device to initiate change is interesting and is a lot of fun especially for children. After creating a character, players can choose to save their creations, send them to friends, or even post to social media. This extends the game a little bit and the easy to use nature of Fflp! makes it great for sharing with others.
The mix and match gameplay feels a little repetitive and stale after awhile with only four characters. There are three additional characters you can purchase which adds some more variety to the base selection, however, that doesn't add that much to the gameplay. Having more characters from the beginning or a randomize button would be a nice inclusion and add a lot of replay value to the base game. Fflp! exhibits a painterly art style which is a lovely addition to the mix and match game play. The art style brings attention to the humorous nature of the mashups in a somewhat sophisticated manner. This is thoroughly enjoyable and this beautiful art style keeps you playing to see all of the intricate details each character possesses.
Fflp! features a great parental control option called the "parental gate" which helps prevent unintended in app purchases. When you tap on either the plus button or the send button at the bottom of the app, a message pops up asking parents to tap the text to continue and tap elsewhere to dismiss the message. The only problems with this option as it stands is that children may just ignore the gate but that can't be helped that much, and that when you tap anywhere in the pop up box, you are presented with the options the parental gate is trying to prevent from being accessible by children. This could be prevented by either telling users to tap outside of the box or by making the options only open when you tap a button.
Fflp! is focused more toward entertaining children than toward adults but adults can still have fun mixing up the characters for a laugh just don't expect the game to entertain you for hours. If you want a quick game to brighten your day or give to your kids to entertain them for a little while, pick up Fflp! on the App Store for free.
