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Saving The Tree of Life
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his location has recently come under the threat of a spreading fungal disease that could destroy the island's Tree of Life. Determined to stop this happening, a biologist, called Kalek, sets out to come up with a cure to stop this epidemic. When the biologist goes missing, you respond to a cry for help from his wife Raya by setting out to follow the tracks and clues left behind by Kalek.
This is the opening of Mixo's Tree of Life Hidden Object Adventure game which is set on the island of Lumira. Rather than compartmentalise its content into specific areas, Mixo tends to be more fluent with the presentation of its content. You could easily find yourself conducting a search for required hidden objects by digging through a number of levels leading to other locations that might draw you into a puzzle than will add seeds that can help build a cure.
Giving the player an instant clue to its different methods of presenting its action will be the general appearance of the game's main work area. While sticking with a full screen approach to most eventualities, access to different elements is completely different. Situated in the screen's top right corner is an arrangement of three available options made up of the game's menu, zoom feature and a hint feature.
As usual the Hint feature will identify a required item but will require a short recharge period after each use, The zoom feature will enlarge the screen area visibility. You will be able to move the view of the screen up, down, left or right when looking for items. I was unable to get the zoom and hint features to work in conjunction with each other.
Rather than limit the player to a single location when searching for some particular item, you will need to gave a specific tool connected to the item. These items will be displayed as four items in text format positioned across the base of the scene and you will need one of them in order to collect the actual item. The items could be coloured blue or red to indicate whether different types of action might be required before the item can be selected. You will also be required, as mentioned earlier, to move to other linked locations to carry out a search for a particular item. You might also be presented with a separate item that, once found, you need to keep as it will be required to complete a task later in the game.
It is not unusual to find a puzzle mixed in with a Hidden Object scene. This puzzle could involve clearing a screen of clutter by matching pairs to discover seeds required for the remedy. At other times you might need to clear the parts of a box made up of panels. These parts need to be removed by sliding then in a direction indicated by an embossed symbol. Another type of puzzle will involve clearing a Mah Jong layout by removing tiles that are included in a separate panel.
Often the solving of a puzzle type will give you access to a map facility as you match the biologist's route will the actual countryside. Also available from the map facility will be the chance to enter a Game Room. This will give you the chance to win coins by betting on whether you can win a Solitaire game or a Pin Board game.
Having completed the main game of saving the Tree of Life, you will gain access to the game's Collector's Edition feature and tackle more puzzles. Twistingo - Tree of Life can be downloaded from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $19.99 or from Big Fish Games priced at £14.86. The game requires a 1.6 GHz processor with 2048MB of RAM and 2.56GB of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.
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