Title: Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventure
Witten and illustrated by Roxie Munro
Supplied by OGC Studios
Category: Games
Ages: 4+
Themes: mazes, vacations, travel, navigation
Platform: iPad, iPod touch, iPhone
Release Date: Nov 2011
Price: $2.99
Available at: Apple iTunes Store
Key Features:
- Fabulous intricate illustrations of very detailed locations
- Challenging and varied
- Each new game will be different
- Wordless
- Sounds & Music
- Lots of animation
Synopsis:
This is a fullscreen, random, interactive maze game that players must navigate by driving a car, walking, flying, skiing, and/or rafting. There are 16 screen scenes that are all interconnected. Players must also be on the lookout for objects to collect, such as letters, numbers, star pieces, and a penguin, which add to your cumulative score.
Each screen consists of lots of interconnected roads in which players use their fingers to move their ‘characters’ to collect a piece of star, letter, numbers etc. It’s not an easy game as the roads are more European in style and not created on some American grid system, and there are even one way streets. So you need to think ahead to plan your moves.
It is based upon five published maze books by the author (EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures, Mazeways: A to Z, Wild West Trail Ride Maze, Amazement Park, and Mazescapes).
The developer is the very creative app company OCG Studios, whose Artist Mortimer app I reviewed last week.
Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/roxiemunro
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RoxieMunroStudio
In my 20's, with only my guitar and a rucksack, I wandered the continents, immersing myself in the lives of some wonderful people, projects and stories, which changed the way I view my responsibility to others and this earth. Right now I'm a European transplant in the US who writes books for children and young adults. Stories can help us not only navigate our world but can connect us to others, and allow us to inspire and help each other. I believe that equity and empathy should be at the core of our all actions, words, and stories.
I am also a school librarian and I get a kick out of book-matchmaking! And I use the pronouns she/her.
This is really a unique app. I love that it is so interactive. I don’t think I’ve seen anything else like it. It offers so many different experiences. Also like that it is a bit more challenging, so it will hold older kids attention. Kudos to Roxie for such a great app. Thanks for sharing.
I think I would really like this book! I LOVE mazes!
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