Indie game developer Shelly Alon’s newest iOS game, Partyrs, has a title (among other things) that matches its Gen-Y aspirations, and I actually pretty cool with that. Like the Gen-Y folks that form up the game’s likely target audience, the objective of the game is to keep everyone at the party HAPPY. Each character in his party has a preference for something or someone, and this kind of cues can be obtained by either tapping on the character or watching out for visual indicators from the get go.
In order to pass a level, players, as the host of the party, will need to swap characters around in the party (till all are happy), while being mindful of the number of finite moves available. The game works somewhat as commentary for the off-reported pursuit of happiness by Gen-Y-ers but I like the simple challenge of matching wants with a limited number of moves.
PARTYRS graphics may look simple, but the game plays really smooth with the levels well drawn, and along with the diverse cast of characters (ranging from a cat in space to party animals to even rad-looking monsters), very well animated. The game comes with Game Center integration as well. Shelly has also taken the trouble NOT to include notifications (these would potentially bug users), advertisements and IAPs. This is a rare move by developers these days but one that must be truly commended.
The game gets a 4.5 out of 5 from us over at Nineoverten.com. Partyrs is priced at USD 1.99 on the App Store and is available for both the iPhone and the iPad. Check it out over here: https://itunes.apple.com/app/partyrs/id908308532?mt=8
A review code was provided to Nineoverten.com for the purpose of this review.
