Out at midnight: Polymer designer wants you to twist and shout in twitchy avoid-'em-up Pivvot
You spin me right round
Pivvot is the new game from Polymer creator Whitaker Trebella.
And considering its endless paths, avoidance gameplay, and thumping electro soundtrack, it can safely be described as the mutant offspring of Impossible Road and Super Hexagon.
In the game itself, you control a ball that is latched onto a winding path by a pivot point.
By jamming your thumbs into the left and right sides of the screen, you rotate the ball clockwise and counter-clockwise so that you can avoid obstacles that are littered on both sides of the road.
Pivvot is a simple game, sure, but as soon as some tricky new obstacle types enter the scene and the pace gets ramped up, it becomes a twitchy, infuriating - and woefully compulsive - little app.
Pivvot comes in five flavours (voyage, endless, expert voyage, expert endless, and berserk), and boasts Game Center support for leaderboards.
At this point, though, we must give a special mention to the soundtrack. For one thing, the game features four original compositions (including a catchy chiptune beat on the title screen). For another, the music actually morphs as you play.
As you pass through checkpoints, the music becomes muted and tinny. It then triumphantly bursts back into a pumping, thumping high-tempo anthem. It's brilliant.
So, if you like minimalist arcade games with airtight controls - and you don't mind tearing your hair out from its roots - do try Pivvot. It's out on iOS at midnight, and it will cost £1.99 / $2.99.
