Intro

Bitten is a quick pick up and play game where you have to survive an onslaught of ants. You are an innocent green smiley character whose only defense is to avoid the ants and to try and gather powerups and fruit in your fight for survival.

Gameplay

The game is pretty basic in it’s controls, you use the accelerometer to guide the green smiley around the screen. Conveniently, the accelerometer can be calibrated making it simple to set your iDevice’s neutral point.  Tilt your device to move and avoid ants, eat fruit, and gather powerups.

If you get bitten too many times, your character will move more slowly, making it easier for the ants to catch you. When fruit appears on the screen you need to quickly eat it. The ants will happily eat it before you can get there and each time an ant does so, it will get bigger and more powerful. When you eat a fruit, your green smiley turns red and its time for revenge! You only have a limited time to eat all the ants you can. (Tip: try to eat the biggest ants first).

 EAT ANTS NOW!!!

Your survival also depends on collecting powerups which can replenish your life, cause explosions, and create saw blades. These weapons of destruction are your only defense against red queen ants. If an ant eats four fruits it becomes a large red ant which can only be killed by powerup weapons and is able to kill your character with a single bite.

Overall

This game is a pretty fun take on the avoidance type of game, but it could use a few improvements to really make it shine. Visually the game is nice, especially the smiley face which changes expression depending on powerups and how well you’re doing.

Pros:

-accelerometer can be calibrated

-easy to learn gameplay

-fun sounds and graphics

Cons:

-the accelerometer control needs some tweeking, it is way too sensitive and just a little tilt can send your smiley across the board making fine control somewhat iffy

-the game stores your the highest score achieved, but there are no local or global leaderboards

-there is no background music, but the sound effects are plentiful

-the saw blade powerup merely spawns in place and doesn’t move – it would be a lot more interesting if it randomly bounced around the screen

If you like this style of game, try the lite version. It is fun and by using the accelerometer it avoids the problem of having your finger on the screen blocking all the action as with a number of other avoidance type games.

Current Price: 99 cents

Lite:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=320942698&mt=8

Full:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=319478515&mt=