![]() ![]() It is worth noting however, that Color Zen brings 480 levels to the table over the 120 found in Color Zen Kids. It is a fairly simple matching game that has been done in other titles, and it does not present as many levels or as much challenge as Color Zen does for adults, but this is more than suitable for its target audience. Children of even a somewhat young age should enjoy the simple puzzles, friendly music and vibrant colors with imaginative use of shapes. Easy game play that functions as a good time killer.The standard levels will probably keep you busy for quite a while though. ![]() Overall what we have here is a nice game that does what it tries to set out for. The lack of additional modes and levels does hurt the replay value for more experienced gamers, but as the title here indicates, this title was approached for accessibility from a younger audience, and to that end it succeeds. Both titles start easily, but the difficult curve here is much more akin to a gentle slope. The biggest difference between Color Zen and Color Zen Kids is that the puzzles are easier this time around. For your own Zen masters in training, Color Zen Kids is a fun new twist on the critically acclaimed puzzle game. You match colors together to change the background color, and make the final match the same color as the outline around the background. Show and Monty Python used to transition between sketches, and it makes 20 consecutive levels a seamless experience.While the presentation has gotten a slight facelift from the original Color Zen title, Color Zen Kids sticks to the same basic gameplay. When one stage is finished, the camera zooms out, revealing that stage was a small portion of the next stage. Early levels are incredibly easy, and I’d go from level to level without thinking. ![]() Groovy stuff.Īnd the Color Zen really gets the player into that zen state. And Steve Woodzell provides some nice, trippy music. In the game’s finest moments, the shapes, simple and bold, evoke Saul Bass, the master of the brutal simplicity. It’s beautiful, and watching the colors ooze across the screen never gets old. This is the kind of game you want to show off. There’s no timer, no score, and nothing on the screen but color. Just considering the order and placement of the color palette presented. The rules are always clear and simple, so finishing a stage doesn’t rely on bells and whistles. As the game progresses, new wrinkles, like white shapes that fill the screen with any color or black shapes that erase both objects, add variety to the simple gameplay.įor Color Zen, simplicity is an asset. ![]() Mash two reds together and the whole background turns red. With simpler puzzles, larger shapes, and an appealing animal theme, its a great way to teach kids problem solving with a game they wont want to put down. You do this by moving colors into one another. For Zen masters-in-training, Color Zen Kids is a fun new twist on the popular puzzle game. In every stage, you have to make the entire screen the same color as the level’s border. It pleasures and pains me to say that Large Animal Games’ Color Zen (Free) left me starving for more.Ĭolor Zen is an accurate title, one stop short of Move Multicolored Shapes and Make the Screen Pretty with the Colors and the Nice Music Playing and also Zen, which would be a more accurate title. They scratch an itch I didn’t know I had, satisfy a craving, but keep whetting the appetite, leaving me hungry. A kid-friendly version of the critically acclaimed puzzle game. ![]()
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