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By Christopher Healy
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Cute furballs bump each other off the board in strategy game
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 8+?
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Fling!
What's It About?
First, players see a set of colored furballs on a grassy grid that they need to remove, one-by-one, by bumping them into one another with a finger swipe. Furballs cannot be bumped into any other one right next to it. There's a hint button if your kids gets stuck, and they might. FLING! is deceptively challenging, with thousands of puzzles moving from simple to very difficult through 30 levels of play.
Is It Any Good?
Don't let the cuteness of Fling!'s cuddly creatures fool you into thinking it's a game for very young kids. There's nothing offensive or troublesome in the game's content, but it is a serious strategy game that requires a good deal of logical thinking. The early levels of the game are relatively simple and can easily get you hooked on Fling!'s fun and rewarding puzzles. The object is to flick furballs at one another until there's only one left on the board, but random shuffling will get you nowhere, as you need to make sure every furball you fling ends up in a place where it can be knocked off by another.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Use Fling!'s settings to help adjust gameplay to your child's age level, including showing help tips and turning off explosion effects.
If kids get too frustrated on a particular puzzle, let them know there is the option to skip puzzles and keep playing. Encourage them to return to skipped puzzles later with fresh eyes.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : decision-making , prediction , thinking critically , Emotional Development : persevering
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- Release date : April 5, 2012
- Genre : Puzzle Games
- Publisher : CandyCane
- Version : 1.9.0
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later, Android 1.6 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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