You have to be creative to succeed in Squiggle Drop. The new game presents players with simple challenges that they have to draw their way out of.
It launched on Apple Arcade on Friday. There are versions for iPhone, iPad and Mac, too.
With Squiggle Drop, every game is a draw
Do you like to draw but you’d like your drawings to be useful? Noodlecake has just the game for you. “Use your creativity and imagination to solve charming physics puzzles by drawing a single shape and watching what unfolds,” says the game developer.
Players are shown a simple challenge — like a nail to be hammered in — and are given a box to draw a shape in. The game then uses the shape the player sketches to try to solve the puzzle.
Squiggle Drop is easier on a touchscreen, but Mac and Apple TV users can play to. The game supports external controllers.
There are 100 levels at launch, and Noodlecake promises then at more are on the way. Plus, there are daily challenges.
Photo: Noodlecake
Start squiggling
Squiggle Drop launched Friday. It can now be found in the Apple Arcade secretion of the App Store, which means playing requires a $4.99-per-month subscription to Apple’s gaming service.
But that same fee brings access to 200+ other games. And a family can share a subscription. New games appear almost every week.
Noodlecake is clearly an huge supporter for Apple Arcade, as it already has seven games in the service. That includes Slash Quest, Moonshot, and Possessions.
What’s not part of Apple’s service are irritating requests for in-app purchases or questionable loot boxes — these are banned.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
