If you’re a fan of PopCap’s Bejeweled
and iWin’s JewelQuest, then
you’re most likely a fan of Candy Crush Saga. BlueStacks App Player
frees you of the magical spell your smartphone has over you, transferring your
addiction to the PC instead as explained in my blog article
entitled “How
to download Candy Crush Saga and play it on your Desktop or Laptop - BlueStacks
App Player to the Rescue of the non Post-PC Era people”.
All of the above are really the same game but with different treasures
After all, I’ve played Candy
Crush Saga on Facebook and I totally realize why you just can’t do that;
time ticks by and before you realize, you’ve not even achieved what you set out
to do online. Damn that addictive game!
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Now
comes Rovio’s Juice
Cubes, yet another addictive food matching fun
game to complement their success in the Bird chucking franchise, that of course
being Angry Birds as stated in “Juice
Cubes: Rovio's cute take on a familiar puzzle game”, published January 24,
2014 1:44 PM PST by Scott Webster, CNET News.
Watch lines of three or more Juice cubes explode and give you access to
harder Levels, 200 to be exact. With a Tropical Backdrop, it's easy to see why Juice Cubes
is a game that's hit bound. It's also free like its other Google Play and Apple
App store playmates, but works a little differently despite having basically
the same gameplay.
The task is simple: string together three or more matching juice cubes
horizontally, vertically or even diagonally to make them explode in musical splendor.
Like JewelQuest, the longer
the chain the higher the score and the bigger the explosion. More stuff gets
cleared and progress is achieved faster using your connecting rope, Tarzan
style!
Rovio’s Freemium Business Model
– To get to Level 200, you have to become Goldfinger
So how does Rovio, which usually makes paid apps, make money from Juice Cubes?
By charging you for Gold, the currency needed to move from Level to Level in a
game that’s dotted with a lot of subliminal advertising. Thus making this game
an example of the increasing popular Gaming model call freemium as described in
my Geezam blog article entitled “Smartphones
and Apps – Freemium Games are No. 1”, more commonly known as the in-app Purchase
mode for mobile Gaming.
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Hopefully Rovio’s got some solid security features in place to prevent
this mishap, otherwise they’ll be the next Game maker that has to fork over millions
to pay for what’s essentially a lapse in good parenting! But back to the Gold
Stock exchange that Rovio’s basically set up inside of this game!
Gold pieces range from $1.99 (15 pieces) up to $99.99 (1,200 pieces) and
can get you additional bombs, charms, boosters and other tools that make it
easy to get through the Levels. So unless you’re playing against some really
generous friends on Facebook that can lend you map pieces to progress higher or
you can locate the Gold pieces hidden in the game, you'll soon give up in
exasperation.
Familiar gameplay in Rovio’s
Juice Cubes – Cryto-currency will make the in-app purchases tolerable
If you're looking for a totally free game, Rovio’s Juice
Cubes ain't it. Still, I don't mind paying so long as the Levels are
difficult enough to be worth shelling out that kind of coinage. Speaking of
which, if they accepted crypto-currency such as Bitcoin I'd be quite happy, as
I've got a few of them.
They've become the new investment tool and means of payment online aside
from Paypal due to their low Transaction rates. But more interestingly game
maker Zynga, makers of the popular franchise Farmville, has begun testing
Bitcoin payments for game purchase and In-App purchases on Saturday January 4th
2014 as stated in “Zynga
begins testing Bitcoin payments for some online games”, published January
4, 2014 10:00 AM PST by Steven Musil, CNET News.
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So I’m all for this new Game, so long as I had an idea and guarantee that
spending real money on virtual Gold Bars will make it easier for me to get to
the higher Levels faster. Also, those better be some really good Levels to be worth shelling out US$1.99 for 15 Gold
Bars. If Crypto-currency such as BitCoin or even Dogecoin is added, it’ll be a
hit and by the time I reach Level 200, I can basically call myself GoldFinger!
Rovio’s
Juice Cubes is available free on Google Play, Apple iTunes and on CNET’s
downloads:
As usual, all playable using the BlueStacks App Player as
described in my blog
article entitled “How
to use the BlueStacks App Player to play Android Apps on PC or Laptop -
Bluestacks App Player is The Great Gatsby for Android”
Here’s the link to the Games mentioned in this article. Some Torrenting
may be required though!
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