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Eliss ($2.99)

Version 1.1

REVIEW – “If you have not played Eliss, you have not experienced the true potential of the iPhone”

If we are being honest just about every game on the iPhone is either a tweaked version of games we’ve seen before or simply old games on a new console, but I can honestly say I have never EVER played or seen a game quite like this one. Get ready for Eliss because well it’s just cool to play a game this revolutionary, and the game is just plain fun.

Alright when you play this game it might seem a bit confusing, it might even seem confusing after you go through tutorial, but whatever you do, do NOT let that keep you from trying out this game. When I started looking into it, I had no idea what the point of the game way or even how to play. Once I read through the How-To, I still wasn’t quite sure how to play. BUT once I started the game it all really came together.

But the bad thing is that I am not sure I can easily explain it, which is probably why I had no idea how the game really worked until I started playing it. This game takes place in space and what you are trying to do is advance to the next sector by avoiding collisions, making supernovas, growing planets or dividing them…the list goes on. The real purpose is just try to maintain harmony and keep the planets from hitting each other.

To do this you touch the planets and move them around, two like colored planets can combine to make a larger planet. Or you can use two fingers to pull a planet apart and make two smaller ones. This is useful for creating the right size planet for the squeesar that has formed. (Don’t worry it will all make sense once you start playing the game, I promise!)

But the game itself as interesting and intriguing and completely unique as it is, is not the only draw to this game. What is really impressive is that is the most effective and flawless use of the touch controls of any app on the iPhone. You can easily move about and collide planets (or not collide planets) split planets, and then wipe across for the little starbursts.

It is also one of the few games that seems to be just about perfect in every way. The sounds are so great that the game recommends using headphones to make sure that you can clearly hear them. Which by the way if you are in an area where you cannot turn up the sound, then yes put those headphones in because the music and the sound is great.

I will say that it looks and sounds just like some of those other games that changed history such as Tetris and Pac-Mac which just adds to the feeling that this game is really something special. Because so far games have been created and then modified to fit the iPhone, this feels like the first game that was developed and created specifically for the iPhone and it really shows. It’s the type of game that I cannot see playing on any other platform available.

There is a lite version of this game that you can try out for free, but really you might as well just buy the full version because after about two minutes of the lite version you’ll be as amazed and addicted as I am.

-Stephanie S.

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Developer – Stephane Thirion

URL: www.toucheliss.com

DEVELOPER NOTES

* Winner of the IndieCade Auteur award *
* Selected for the “Innovation in Game Design” IGF award *
* Selected for the “Most Creative Game” AppAdvice.com award *
* One of EDGE Magazine top 50 iPhone games *
* Included in the “Best iPhone Apps” O’Reilly book *

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See it in action at: toucheliss.com

*** PRAISE ***

“ A multitouch marvel.” EDGE

“A Puzzler That’s Perfect for the iPhone.” Touch Arcade

“What might be the future of gaming.” TUAW

“One of the most essential games for the platform.” Boing Boing

“Eliss is every bit as bold and fresh as Pong, Pac-Man or Tetris were when they first came out.” Pocket Gamer

“A sublime techno-toy.” AppleInsider

“Eliss is brilliant fun.” Indie Gamer

“Eliss comes as a breath of fresh air.” Cult Of Mac

“There isn’t another game like Eliss — she’s one in a million.” Offworld

Nominated for the IGF ‘Innovation in Mobile Game Design’ award.

*** DESCRIPTION ***

Eliss is a groundbreaking game that uses multi-touch in a way never before seen. Your job is to keep up harmony in an odd universe made of blendable planets. Touch-control multiple planets at once, join them together into giant orbs or split them up into countless dwarf planets, and match their size with the squeesars. Wipe off the stardust, resist to the attraction of the vortex and other space phenomena, and slow down the passage of time. Each of the 25 levels will require creative ways and strategies in using your fingers. Warm up your hands, you’re up for some serious finger gymnastics in the bizarro galaxy.

*** MORE PRAISE ***

Overview of the press reviews at: toucheliss.com

“A multitouch marvel and indie favourite. [...] This is puzzle gaming at its most intuitive.” EDGE

“There’s no game in the AppStore that uses multitouch so fully. [...] Eliss is not to be missed.” Touch Arcade

“Eliss is the kind of game that gets me excited about the iPhone as a game platform.” 1UP

“Eliss is every bit as bold and fresh as Pong, Pac-Man or Tetris were when they first came out.” Pocket Gamer

“The multi-touch controls are a revelation—probably the best example we’ve seen.” Cult Of Mac

“Some of the best use of multi-touch that I have ever seen.” Bytejacker

“It cannot be stressed enough that good visual and sound production can elevate a great game to a sublime one; and that’s what Eliss is, a sublime techno-toy.” AppleInsider

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