Panda Manda (by Technobubble), Feel The Power Of Accelerometer Sensor

Panda Manda Game Principle “PandaManda” focuses on a simply kept gaming principle which is however on the one hand anyhow great fun and on the other hand easily accessible for gaming newbies, also thanks to the intuitive accelerometer control which I will explain more exactly below. The main character of the game is the little cute Panda Manda which you control through 22 linearly proceeding, varying levels. Controlled through movements what is also explained below, Panda Manda has to find the confusing way out of the dangerous world he is trapped in, by collecting enough items like coins and diamonds in a certain time in each level, leading through grassland, forest, ice and dessert. However, Panda Manda’s journey through the levels is a dangerous one: firstly he must watch out not to fall off the curvy and narrow paths and secondly this is aggravated by wasps which will try to push Panda off the path. To continue entertaining users who make it to succeed in all the 22 levels despite the dangers that are waiting for Panda Manda, the developers have thought of further great game options. They offer a full map editor to create your own levels which can be uploaded to share them with your friends. The other way round, you can also download maps created by other users and play them offside the normal game mode as a single level. The innovative community feature offers also highscore list to compete with other players in who is the best in leading Panda Manda through the dangerous world. As you can see, “Panda Manda” is in contrast to the other accelerometer supporting games a real package of levels and features. In the following parts of my article, I want to depress the basic impression of “PandaManda” that I have given you now. “The Quest” Let’s start with the main mode of “PandaManda”, the “Quest” mode. After you confirmation to start the journey with the cute panda, you will see the lovely drawn outline map of “Panda Manda” which shows the whole world which the little main character must stand adventures in. The path panda walks which snakes its way through four different parts - grassland, ice, dessert and the forest - consists of regular appearing levels. The player starts at the position bottom left where he has to pass the first level (normally there would all be locks, but I already solved the first levels). The order of levels cannot be selected by the user, levels are unlocked after the previous one has been solved. However, you needn’t play always the latest one, also already solved one can be replayed. Now let’s come to the proper gaming part of the game, the levels, of course one of the most interesting parts. Matching to the cute style of the game, panda doesn’t move along the world by feet but with a little tricycle. After the countdown at the beginning of each level has terminated, the player can start to discover the level. I won’t tell in detail how the control works, that will be explained below. I just say so much: you don’t need to press any key in a level, tilting your phone in directions will move Panda Manda. The goal of every level is to collect the number of diamonds that is displayed at the top of the display. It’s not easy to find them, because they are located and totally different, unknown places of a level. Not only diamonds can be collected, also some golden coins are scattered in the level. In contrast to the diamonds, they don’t play a role referred to finish a level. A high number of collected coins at the end of a level however will raise your highscore. The difficulty of the game are the narrow paths that Panda Manda has to use with his tricycle: it can easily happen that you drive too fast with the little bear and he will fall off into the deep. Top left, the number of lives that Panda Manda has is displayed. Every time he falls off the path, one live will be discounted. As long as you still have lives, you will be able to restart at the place where the panda has fallen off. If you wasted all the valuable lives of the cute bear, the game is over. However, you can easily restart the level with the full number of lives again, the panda must start from the beginning again though. In later levels, the enemies of the cute panda will appear. Nasty wasps will try to push the panda of his path. Control The best thing of the whole game is the accelerometer based control. The little panda is controlled by tilts of your phone in the corresponding direction: The speed how fast Panda Manda cycles depends on the angle you hold your phone: The more you tilt it, the faster the panda will drive. Every level can be played without any key press what is possible because of the easy game concept which consists only of moving the panda through the level so that there are no further complicated actions which would require keys. The sensitivity of the control is perfectly balanced. Panda Manda reacts immediately on every little turn and twist of your phone so that you can choose the speed and direction very precisely. Great is also that the developers used the motion control as a real game element. Controlling the panda through the paths would have been much easier with just the direction keys, but the more difficultly to control accelerometer control makes every level a real challenge. Especially when you must escape from three wasps which are flying behind you and you have to make the panda drive very fast, it’s very hard to take a curve without falling off the track. The motion control is for sure the real fascinating part of the game that makes me want to play and play one level after the other. However, motion control is still not perfect, because players suffer the same problem which they had with the first release of “Nokmote”: you must always hold your phone horizontally and can’t set your own original position what makes gaming in a comfortable position impossible. The developers are however already thinking to add this feature what will make the whole accelerometer control perfect! Also nice is that the player isn’t deranged by difficult menu control through movements: everything apart from the proper level is controlled with your keypad like the menus or the outline map. Great! Video TesTed By Me Download