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Snail game: Matching for tots
Recognizing shapes and colors while practicing problem solving is the main focus of Snail Game (free with in-app purchases), an educational game for young children. Players make connections between the colorful shapes at the bottom of the screen and the shaped slots at the top of the screen to clear the board. Snail Game is compatible with iOS devices running 5.1.1 or later. Children can play through 20 levels of Snail game before being asked to purchase more levels. This is a nice amount of gameplay for most players, especially with how Snail Game slowly increases in difficulty over time by adding more shapes and colors for players to match. Young players can build their problem solving skills throughout the game and go from matching just two different colors of the same shape, to matching multiple colors of two different shapes. Each level's shapes and colors are randomized which keeps the challenge fresh for players. Players drag shapes of different colors from the bottom of the screen to their matching shape and color at the top. As there is no tutorial in the game, players have to figure out this concept on their own, which can be confusing for young children. However, when playing with a parent, these concepts are easier to understand for children. One odd problem in Snail Game is that after completing level 20, players see a pop up about in-app purchases that is in Russian. This is a little confusing, but if players go to the level select menu and select level 21, the in-app purchases pop up shows up in English. Players may want to disable in-app purchases for Snail Game as it is geared toward children and they may unknowingly tap to purchase the extra levels. Snail game is free on the App Store and recommended for children who want to practice recognizing shapes and colors in a fun way.
Heroes of Gaia releases first expansion
Heroes of Gaia, the free-to-play, browser-based MMO from Snail Game, launched its first expansion today. Heroes of Gaia launched back in October, and the BABEL expansion adds quite a bit of new content to the game on both the PvP and PvE sides. Updates to the PvE side begin with the Tower of Babel, a 40-level tower with progressively more difficult guardians (and better rewards!) on each level. The Tower of Babel can be attempted once per day, but fight carefully, because a defeat will expel you from the tower empty handed. The tower isn't the only new challenge facing players, though. Three times a day 20 minions will appear on your world map, each defending a powerful boss monster in an instanced challenge. PvP has gotten a nice facelift as well, with the addition of new Arena rules, new military ranks, and a very generous list of new military equipment. The full list, as well as all the new additions that came with the BABEL expansion, can be seen on the official site.
