96 August 2012 BTM downtimeapps Every Drop Counts APPS OF THE MONTH Color & Draw (Android) We all know how hard it is to keep your kids away from your smartphones. Here’s one way to keep both you and your child happy. Color & Draw is a complete artistic solution for phones, an amazing colouring and drawing app for kids (and adults too). The pages have voice-over invitations to get kids’ creative juices flowing. It now comes with the undo and multi-touch options. There is a child lock to prevent children from buying in-app inadvertently. You can share their creations via email or save them to the device’s gallery. Wind-Up Knight (Android) Wind-up Knight by Robot Invader is a high-end, actionpacked, 3D side-scrolling adventure game, and it’s here to show you how games are supposed to be played. Guide your man in armour through over 50 devilish levels to rescue the princess from the clutches of the evil Black Knight. Run, jump, roll and slash your way to victory. Not your typical runner game, it is the type of challenging game you’ve been missing in your life. It has been designed from the ground up to provide a console-level experience for your Android device. The Princess hasn’t got all day, download it now. Pave way for the most exciting apps of the season in the mobile gaming world. We’ve all got a mission of our own — fix them pipes, save the damsel in distress or swish your paintbrush. Where’s My Water? (iOS, Android) RATING: WHAT IS IT? Where’s My Water? is a fun, simple, yet challenging, physics-based puzzle game featuring Swampy the Alligator and his quest to take a shower. In the app, players guide water through subterranean layers of earth into Swampy’s tub. With more than 140 levels and features such as lifelike water physics, richly detailed graphics, achievements, and humorous special effects, the game is one of the top-rated apps available today. THE GOOD: Swampy’s pipes are broken and it is up to you to get the water flowing again. You can keep playing for a long while as you can continue to improve your performance by collecting all the rubber duckies before you find a solution. Also, from the designer of JellyCar’s squishy world comes flawlessly fluid physics. Swipe, slosh, and splash to guide water through increasingly challenging scenarios. Tap around for even more surprises. THE BAD: It isn’t the toughest game in the world. However, you could do with the occasional hint now and then. Also, it is doubtful how many people would want to shell out cash to fix imaginary pipes for a crocodile. There’s no reason to hate this game though. It gives your brain that extra exercise while keeping it entertaining. VERDICT: Sometimes, you’ve got to believe in crocodile tears.
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