Game Info: Moshling Rescue!

Developed by: Mind Candy

Published by: Mind Candy

Release Date: October 1, 2014

Available on: Android, iOS, PC

Genre: Puzzle

Number of Players: Single-player, can challenge friends

Price: Free with micro-transactions Thank you Mind Candy for sending me a box of random stuff (stuffed animals, USB flashlight drive, candy, foot lotion? And a case for a phone I do not own) to get my attention! Besides getting money out of you after failing a level, the goal in Moshling Rescue! is to rescue cute creatures, known as moshlings, that are scattered across many levels throughout the different islands in the game. The first ten or so levels show you the basic gameplay mechanics and introduce you to some of the (non-free) power ups available to you. Like many match-three puzzle games you have to slide around similar objects to match three or more of them to make them disappear. There are various level styles and game modes to keep things interesting. For example, some levels need you to make a certain amount of matches for one particular item. If you fail to match those items within your turn limit, you will lose the level.

Highlights: Strong Points: Fun match-three game play with lots of modes, power-ups, and boss battles

Weak Points: Limited turn system sets you up for failure and this game heavily pushes micro-transactions to buy more turns, power-ups, and lives

Moral Warnings: Cartoon violence, fairy-tale magic Here’s where things get expensive. If you want to add a few more turns to your level you can spend 70 diamonds to do so. For $1.00 you can buy 100 diamonds and $99.99 nets you 10,500 of them. Alternatively you can complete various offers or download sponsored apps in exchange for diamonds. If you just want to restart a level after failing it, a life is subtracted from you. After four lives you can either spend 750 jelly beans to replenish them, connect to Facebook (to nag friends I am assuming), or wait twenty or so minutes to accumulate them freely. Jelly beans can be given to you by friends, earned by collecting moshlings, or traded for diamonds. Two hundred diamonds ($2.00) will get you 1,000 jelly beans.