Common Sense Media Review
By Liz Panarelli
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Funky physics puzzler dependent on hints, social network.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 10+?
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Feed Me Oil
What's It About?
A big oil pipe is broken, and players must protect the environment and help the oil monsters by directing the oil away from the ground and into the monsters' mouths. Players use platforms, fans, and magnets to divert the oil flow. Hints for the best placements of the objects are available at every level. Score is based on speed and getting the oil into the mouth with minimal spills. The app connects to Game Center and Crystal Network, so scores can be shared.
Is It Any Good?
FEED ME OIL puts an imaginative twist on typical physics games. The funky scenes and monsters and the interesting tools, like the wind cyclones, make playing fun and interesting. However, the difficulty of solving the levels without the hints and the feeling that the tools must be placed very precisely risks stifling creativity, especially compared to a game like Amazing Alex where there are explicitly many solutions.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Discuss past oil pipeline disasters, like the 2011 BPA pipeline rupture, and the impact on the environment.
Help kids use the Internet to investigate careers in petroleum engineering or learn more about alternative fuels.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Subjects : Science : engineering , gravity , motion , physics
- Skills : Creativity : developing novel solutions , innovation , Responsibility & Ethics : making wise decisions , Thinking & Reasoning : logic , prediction , problem solving , solving puzzles
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : June 2, 2011
- Genre : Puzzle Games
- Publisher : Chillingo Ltd.
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later; Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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