Beyond Ynth
By Christopher Healy,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Strategic adventure with a fun, unique way to travel.
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What’s It About?
Kids guide their little bug, Kribl, through a maze made primarily of boxes. The twist is that Kribl can rotate the boxes to match up with other boxes along its path. (The rotation method does not reflect real physics.) Kids advance Kribl with forward, backward, hop back, and hop forward buttons that can make seeing the screen difficult. The Information menu button gives stats including time played.
Is It Any Good?
The mere method of movement in BEYOND YNTH is enough to make it stand out. You're inside a box and by pressing on one side or another, you rotate the box and make it travel along the landscape. But there are lots of obstacles thrown in, too, of course -- falling acorns, lava rivers, deadly sunbeams that will fry you instantly if they come through an opening on the box, etc. And most of the boxes you travel in have mini-mazes within them, so you'll need to keep moving around just to get to a good place to push. There are many ways to err, but if you ever make a mistake (even a fatal one), you only need to hit "rewind" and try again. And if you're really stumped, you can watch a full video that shows the level being completed. Add to this the game's fun atmosphere and cartoon-cool graphics, and you've got a real winner on your hands.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
If your kids find the Beyond Ynth puzzles too challenging, make it a team effort. Model strategy skills and critical thinking by doing a "think aloud."
Build a model maze with your kids. Use wooden blocks, Legos, or even cardboard boxes for a life-size adventure.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
- Subjects: Math: shapes
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: decision-making, deduction, investigation, part-whole relationships, solving puzzles, strategy, thinking critically
- Release date: September 26, 2012
- Category: Strategy Games
- Publisher: FDG Entertainment
- Version: 1.6
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 4.3 or later; Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated: August 22, 2016
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