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Aiding by Hidden Object game play and mini game puzzle solving, can you detect the identity of the murderer of the head of a family.
Hidden Object Chronicles - Poisoned Truth presents you a treasure hunt type concept as you take on the role of a detective hired to solve a murder mystery. I have been looking at the Collector's Edition version of the title which has been developed by Relax Games, a part of the Domini Games company. Apart from a slight reduction in the game's difficulty levels, Relax Games makes use of the same Domini Game options for adjusting the gaming environment you will face with this title.
Can you use numbers to create an image on a grid? If so then Nonogram might appeal?
Nonogram is the name of the game and Nonogram is the title of the game's genre. Developed by Oleg Sereda, this image creating title divides its content into six chapters of image creation using numeric clues. The game's chapters each feature 20 individual levels of Nonogram activity for the player to work through at their own pace.
Adding to its Larauville series of titles, LGT SIA sets you the challenge of repairing damages caused by a space craft crash.
Take heed we have been invaded by aliens from another Galaxy. Fortunately this warning only really applies to the residents of Laruaville. While on a rush to grab bargains at a sale, the pilot of a UFO became disorientated by the appearance of the strange planet known as Earth. This cause the space vehicle to crash on the place known as Laruaville.
This is the first of two similar products aimed at memory, this one is aimed at children 'yesterday' or 'last week'. The second in a few weeks time aimed at older people whose memory often fades and then they cannot recall times of fifty or more years ago.
The contents of the box are the Instant Printer, USB to USB 'C' Cable, four paper coils three are regular and one is Sticky. Three vertical markers, red, purple and blue. Finally a Sticky Sheet of over seventy different images. The printer is 8x8x4cm and weighs 144 grams without paper inserted.
Using works of art as the source material, this next title lets you master the art of Jigsaw completion.
Usually when a jigsaw puzzle title arrives for review it is from 8Floor Games. However with this next particular offering, the title is from Denda Games. Entitled House of Jigsaw - Master of Art, this product features jigsaw images that are based on the work of such artists as Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Monet and Munch to supply the visual aspect of the jigsaws being completed.
Will you allow cats to lead you when defeating an Egyptian deity's plans for dominance?
Whispered Secrets - Purrfect Horror is a Hidden Object Adventure game developed by Grandma. I have been looking at the Collector's Edition of the title which comes with a number of bonus items. While some of these bonus items, such as Jigsaw, Mini Games, Hidden Object scenes and two additional chapters, require progress to be made in the main game before access is granted, other elements are immediately accessible to the player.
With a series of outdoor locations, this next title features numerous challenges.
Taking you on a journey to a variety of natural resource areas, the team at Tiny Little Lion challenges you to find Hidden Object items while solving different mini game puzzles in the groups Nature Escape 4 product. Available in Collector's Edition format, this offering combines various bonus extras to supplement the main game's range made up of different locations, some of which I have never heard of or would struggle to pronounce.
Can you stop an evil step-mother stealing your youth and rescue a bewitched father?
Connected Hearts - Cost of Beauty is a Hidden Object Adventure game from the Domini Games studio. I have been playing the Collector's Edition version of the game which comes bundled with a number of bonus elements to supplement the main game. As usual with Domini Games titles, the Collector's Edition bonus items allow instant access to certain extra features while some other items require progress to be made in the main game before you are granted access to used them.
Fancy tackling a trip to the great outdoors as you search for the animals living there.
Having tackled the prospect of finding pets previously, Tiny Little Lion has shifted its focus slightly. Their new area of focus within its Hidden Object gaming software is finding wild friends. This switching of focus can be seen in the company's I Love Finding Wild Friends with this product being available in Collector's Edition format which comes bundled various bonus items to accompany the main game play.
Can you solve the many puzzles that take America as its source material?
Adding to its collection of puzzle software game play, Tiny Little Lion has released Stars & Stripes Subgames. As its title might suggest, this offering is formed from various kinds of puzzles with a strong American influences. This title is available in Collector's Edition format which adds various music and wallpaper elements to the main gaming action. Operating within a dual menu interface, you are presented with a choice of selecting from a list of 16 different puzzle types.
This is one of the latest offerings from ACER and it has a larger screen but is still quite light. So anyone who needs to use it on the move the 3200x2000 default screen resolution can show that much more.
The measures 35x24x1cm and weighs only 1233grams. Going around the outside has two USB 'C', HDMI and USB3. The front is clear. On the right side is a micro SD card port, 3.5 headphone socket, USB3, two LED's and a Kensington lock socket. Open the lid and the screen has .5cm border on the left and right side, the 1cm on the top has web cam in the centre. There is a 1cm border on the bass. The screen itself is 34x21.5cm, the diagonal notional imperial measurement is 16inches.
With a choice of work in free or numbered mode, you can create colourful images from line drawings.
Adding to the popular Paint by Numbers genre, Awigor Studio Games has released its Art by Numbers offering. With some slight differences in its approach to creating colourful images, this painting game comes with 72 sketches ready for use. These sketches have been spread over nine groups.
Hidden Object game play is often used to display the tourist attractions of a particular location such as Miami.
Usually when confronted by one of the many Hidden Object based puzzle offerings based on overseas locations, the product takes me somewhere I have never visited personally. However with this next offering from Lazy Turtle Games' Amazing Vacation series, I am taken me back to a location that I have visited in real life.
Fresh from another lengthy photo capturing session, the cats are back to challenge your jigsaw solving skills.
With a title based on the 1001 Jigsaw series, you might be of the opinion that there would not be enough source material to fill five versions of the product especially when the subject matter concerns Cute Cats. But lets be realistic. The 1001 reference is best considered as a brand name rather than the actual amount of jigsaws making up the offering.
Juliette and Raven continue their quest to save their worlds from destruction.
Suricate Software, in conjunction with Lucaciu Studio, has returned to its Daydream Mosaic series with version 5 of this puzzle based environment. For those not particularly familiar with the story of the co-existence of two totally different worlds, some background information might be appropriate. The two worlds in question are those of Azure and Crimson. While Azure is a frozen world, Crimson is a ball of fire.
Can you help Gretel sort out the problems of her birthplace as witches and hunters come into conflict.
It has been a year since I was last given the chance to take a Bridge to Another World. Now Friendly Fox has offered me the opportunity to follow "A Trail of Breadcrumbs" by accompanying Gretel as she arrives in a strange realm filled with witches, hunters and magic. My ticket for this excursion comes in the form of Bridge to Another World - A Trail of Breadcrumbs which is a Hidden Object Adventure game that is available in Collector's Edition format.
As a Magic City detective, you are about to be called into action to deal with the wrath of the ocean with the latest title from the Domini Game catalogue which is entitled Magic City Detective - Wrath of the Ocean.
Available in Collector's Edition format, this Hidden Object Adventure game takes place in an environment where magical races exist side-by-side with humans as they go about their normal business activities. Fortunately, so as not to cause too much stress with their human neighbours, those of the magical races tend to hide their special ability and physical appearance within a human looking shell.
This is one of the latest offerings from HONOR and it is currently available from Vodafone with SIM for an excellent 24 month offer.
The Honor 200 Lite measures 16x7.5x.6cm, the exception is the area on the back near the top a 5x4cm rectangle containing the three cameras and the LED flash that is 1cm thick. The total weight is 168grams. Going around the outside has volume up and down rocker and the on/off button and fingerprint scanner on the right. The base has speaker and USB 'C'. The left side has SIM entry point near the top. The top is clear.
Adding to the growing collection of Solitaire game play is an offering based on the work of the Grimm Brothers.
The Brothers Grimm gathered together a vast collection of stories and characters from the realms of folk legends and magical lands. The people of 8 Floor Games have dipped into this enormous treasure source of material as the basis for the company's latest offering of Mystery Solitaire Grimm Tales 9.
It's time to put on your detective hat and solve more crimes from the Domini Games catalogue.
Digging into their files of unsolved cases, Domini Games has released the latest offering of crimes for your on-screen detective avatar to solve. Available in Collector's Edition format and subtitled Killer Popularity, this game comes with a number of bonus items as you accept the challenge of this Hidden Object Adventure game and prove your detective skills when solving crimes classified as unsolved cases.
Offering to add colour to monochrome sketches, this next product concentrates on pixels.
Paint by Pixel 2 is the follow up offering to Tiny Little Lion title that is, not surprisingly, also named Paint by Pixel. As with the similarly named Paint by Numbers concept, the Tiny Little Lion offering is built around the means to colour in pre-drawn sketches using a supplied selective palette. When applying colour to the chosen sketch, you will need to be targeting areas of linked pixels rather than numbered sections.
While Spring may have "come and gone", you can still instigate a clear out of unwanted items.
Last year I took a look at Tiny Little Lion's game of So Much Stuff. This was a Hidden Object title featuring a range of puzzle type tasks. Now I have the opportunity to check out the latest version of this offering with So Much Stuff 3. As with the original offering, this version 3 is available in Collector's Edition format. This brings together various bonus items bundled with the main game play.
With its modern day settings, this next title has more than a touch of old-fashioned game play.
Ironcode Gaming would like to introduce you to its latest gaming creation of Kaya Joshi. This young lady is a private detective who is the central character of Ironcode Gaming's Magic Detective title. This is a Hidden Object Adventure offering. With this game you will be invited to join Kaya Joshi as she responds to a call from a police officer friend regarding the disappearance of a young boy from an area that is best known for its strong gangster control connection.
With a gem of an idea, this next title takes you on a nightmarish journey of facing the dead in a remastered title.
The Other Side - Tower of Souls, originally published by Alawar, is a Hidden Object title that has been remastered by Tiki's Lab. Available in Collector's Edition format, this excursion into a dreamlike environment is based on a tower that no longer exists yet requires your expertise to combat the various problems in will bring to everywhere. Once upon a time, as generally occurs in a tale of a certain genre, there was a tower that belonged to wizards.
This is the latest offering from Poly, the headset can be be connected via Bluetooth or corded. While it is a headset the microphone slides out of the way to allow use as a set of headphones, the quality of sound is excellent with plenty of bass.
The headset is quite light at 171 grams, it is 16cm from the centre of the base of the cups to the padded headband and there is an extra 3cm each side if required and up to 14cm width to get the headband cups parallel. The microphone can move down either side and you can choose which side of the back of the cups answer or end calls and which side increases or decreases the volume. In corded mode you just plug in the USB to USB 'C' cable and you can then listen to music etc.
Fans of the outdoor life can improve their nature skills with this next offering from @Casual Arts.
Continuing with its popular topic, @Casual Arts has released the next offering in its Vacation Adventure Park Ranger series. Now up to version 16, this Hidden Object and puzzle solving title takes you along National Park Trails to see what you can find as you develop your outdoor skills within the Pinecreek Hills area.
Let numbers take the strain as you produce works of art with this next title.
T1 continues its drive to inspire the hidden artist concealed within each and everyone of us. The latest thrust in the company's campaign is entitled Modern Art 14. Like the company's recent offerings, this release is based on the concept of Paint by Numbers when trying to impress friends and family members with your ability to produce full colour scenes of "your" art work.
While hardly qualifying as spring cleaning, a vacancy exists for somebody to remove unwanted mischievous spirits from houses with a history.
SIA LGT has returned to the company's drive to clear certain mansions from unwanted residents who have taken over old buildings. The results of SIA LGT's latest effort can be seen in the release of Cursed House 13, a Match 3 title with over 100 levels of activity that can sometimes require brain twisting logic while achieving tasks. You will also need to solve various mini game puzzles.
This is the latest offering from HP that is both a Notebook and a Tablet as such there is of course touch screen either by finger or for those who need great accuracy a pen type device is supplied.
The HP Envy x360 measures 30.5x21.5x1.5cm the last figure at the rear while the front is only 1cm thick. The left side has USB, HDMI and two USB 'C'. The front is clear as is the back as the screen goes through 360 degrees to become a Tablet. The right side has 3.5mm socket and a USB. The base has ventilation and the speakers which still have good volume when used as a conventional Notebook.
When is a flower not a flower? The answer is when it is not the required flower.
Available in Collector's Edition format, Royal Romances - Cursed Hearts is a Hidden Object Adventure title from the Domini Games catalogue of offerings. Spread over three chapters, plus various bonus items, this game is set in a magical world inhabited by strange creatures and a reliance of magic potions.
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