Fractal (video game)

2010 video game

2010 video game

Fractal

Developer(s)| Cipher Prime
Engine| Unity
Platform(s)| Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android
Release| OS X, Windows
May 26, 2010[1]
iOS
August 18, 2011
Android, Linux
June 18, 2013
Genre(s)| Puzzle, strategy
Mode(s)| Single-player

Fractal: Make Blooms Not War is a puzzle video game by Cipher Prime.[2] The game involves pushing hexagonal fragments together to form large hexagons and chain reactions.[3]

Fractal was released by Cipher Prime via their website on May 26, 2010, for OS X and Microsoft Windows.[1]

## Gameplay

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Fractal's gameplay revolves around pushing hexagons into seven-hexagon clusters, or "blooms", which earn the player points.[4] Fractal features three gameplay modes, campaign, arcade, and puzzle.[5] 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.[6] Each series of challenges in puzzle mode (Koch, Menger, Sierpinski, Julia, Mandelbrot, and Dragon) is named after a different fractal set.[7]

## Reception

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The game has a Metacritic score of 84% based on 4 critic reviews.[8]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Fractal is Finally Here!". Cipher Prime. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
2. ^ Minor, Jordan. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". 148Apps. Steel Media Ventures. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
3. ^ Parkin, Simon (2011-12-08). "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". EuroGamer. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
4. ^ Stella, Shiva. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
5. ^ Campbell, Nissa (2011-08-19). "'Fractal: Make Blooms Not War' for iPad Review - A Challenging, Beautiful Puzzle Game". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
6. ^ Hinkle, David. "Portabliss: Fractal: Make Blooms Not War (iPad)". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
7. ^ Frame, Michael. "Fractal Geometry". Yale University. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
8. ^ "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War". Metacritic.

## External links

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* Fractal's official website

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