Fractal (video game)
{{Infobox VG
| title = Fractal
| image = Fractal Make Blooms Not War logo.jpg
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| developer = Cipher Prime
| released = OS X, Windows
May 26, 2010
iOS
August 18, 2011
Android, Linux
June 18, 2013
| platforms = Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android
| modes = Single-player
| engine = Unity
}}
Fractal: Make Blooms Not War is a puzzle video game by Cipher Prime.{{cite web|last=Minor|first=Jordan|title=Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review|url=https://www.148apps.com/reviews/fractal-blooms-war-review/|work=148Apps|publisher=Steel Media Ventures|accessdate=5 July 2013}} The game involves pushing hexagonal fragments together to form large hexagons and chain reactions.{{cite web|last=Parkin|first=Simon|title=Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-08-fractal-make-blooms-not-war-review|work=EuroGamer|accessdate=5 July 2013|date=2011-12-08}}
Fractal was released by Cipher Prime via their website on May 26, 2010, for OS X and Microsoft Windows.{{cite web|title=Fractal is Finally Here!|url=https://blog.cipherprime.com/fractal-is-finally-here/|work=Cipher Prime|date=26 May 2010 |accessdate=26 October 2013}}
Gameplay
Fractal's gameplay revolves around pushing hexagons into seven-hexagon clusters, or "blooms", which earn the player points.{{cite web|last=Stella|first=Shiva|title=Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/fractal-make-blooms-not-war-review/1900-6348178/|work=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=3 July 2013}} Fractal features three gameplay modes, campaign, arcade, and puzzle.{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Nissa|title='Fractal: Make Blooms Not War' for iPad Review - A Challenging, Beautiful Puzzle Game|url=https://toucharcade.com/2011/08/19/fractal-make-blooms-not-war-for-ipad-review/|work=TouchArcade|accessdate=2 July 2013|date=2011-08-19}} In campaign mode, the player progresses by earning enough points to clear each level. Over the course of the thirty-level campaign, the player encounters different kinds of power-up hexagons with special abilities (hexagons that cause explosions, or that destroy all adjacent hexagons) that help the player earn points. In arcade mode, the player works toward setting a high score by surviving for as long as possible. In the fifty-level puzzle mode, the player is tasked with completing objectives in a limited number of moves.{{cite web|last=Hinkle|first=David|title=Portabliss: Fractal: Make Blooms Not War (iPad)|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/02/portabliss-fractal-make-blooms-not-war-ipad/|work=Joystiq|publisher=AOL Inc.|accessdate=9 July 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131193715/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/02/portabliss-fractal-make-blooms-not-war-ipad/|archivedate=2015-01-31}} Each series of challenges in puzzle mode (Koch, Menger, Sierpinski, Julia, Mandelbrot, and Dragon) is named after a different fractal set.{{cite web|last=Frame|first=Michael|title=Fractal Geometry|url=http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/|publisher=Yale University|accessdate=10 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726081353/http://classes.yale.edu/Fractals/|archivedate=26 July 2013}}
Reception
The game has a Metacritic score of 84% based on 4 critic reviews.{{Cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/fractal-make-blooms-not-war/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title = Fractal: Make Blooms Not War|website = Metacritic}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://cipherprime.com/games/fractal/|Fractal's official website}}
Category:Android (operating system) games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Single-player video games
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