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I’ve never had green jelly before. I didn’t even know they made jelly that color. What’s
the flavor? What is it, lime or kiwi? Is it kiwi jelly? Can you even make kiwi jelly?
This is the kind of the stuff I think about when I sit down to review a game.
I ponder over preserves. It’s Green Jelly for the iPad.
So this mysterious mass of malleable marmalade was just released to the App Store, and if
you’re a big fan of games like Cut The Rope and Angry Birds, it’s certainly one to keep
an eye on. Because this game...is pretty sweet. That’s alliteration and puns in the same
freaking paragraph. No need to thank me...you’re welcome.
So the story is, you know, there’s a blob of green jelly. And he’s hungry, but his
fridge is empty...and his pests are on the brink of suicide. You know, that old chestnut.
So there’s only obviously one solution to his problem...to go inside a world of fatal
confections, launch himself around like a missile and spoil his appetite on floating
candy.
Hey, that’s adulthood, kids. No bossy parents, only freedom.
And again, if you’ve played the hugely popular Cut The Rope, you’ve got a good idea what
to expect from this game. Green Jelly is the same kind of physics-based puzzler, and much
of the gameplay is very similar. But it’s also a bit different in that...it adds a little
Angry Birds and even Contre Jour to the mix, as well.
Your primary objective is just to get the jelly to the exit, but each level also has
three pieces of candy. To grab those, you can slice him, launch him, even stretch him
from peg to peg. Those are his lifelines. Lose contact with those, and gravity takes
over. Evidently, gravity is familiar with green jelly and finds it delicious.
There are 60 levels across three different locations in Green Jelly, and the puzzles
certainly don’t take it easy on you. They can be very difficult, as they require both
a smart strategy and a steady hand. Fling him the wrong way, accidentally slice him
down, let him swing about all willy nilly...and it could be curtains for the kiwi.
Or the lime. Or the...oh, the grapes! Perhaps a great green grape.
Oh, what a fool I’ve been.
Now, it’s not quite as good as the games it borrows from, and it certainly doesn’t
have the same presentational polish. But if you’re interested in a similar puzzler with
serious challenge, this one delivers. I can’t tell you how it tastes out of the jar, but
at least on your iDevice, Green Jelly can be a lot of fun.