Singular is a new iOS and Android action-puzzler about popping cells and discovering diversity
Thomas was a green circle
Francois Alliot brought his treacherous action-puzzler Singular to iOS and Android this week.
As noted in our previous coverage, Singular started out as a Ludum Dare game made for PC in 48 hours, but Alliot has since expanded and polished it for mobile and tablets.
This new version has a story, new blue cells to interact with and avoid, plus plenty of extra levels.
The gameplay is comparative to Hundreds in that you have to pop all the cells on-screen. When you touch them, they'll explode, pushing the others around. Cells also duplicate if they touch each other.
The challenge is ensuring that Mr. Green doesn't come into contact with any other cells. It proves a right challenge, testing your lateral thinking as well as your reaction times.
When coming up with a narrative for Singular, Alliot says he took cues from Mike Bithell's characterisation of geometric shapes in Thomas Was Alone.
Singular may just be bunch of coloured circles, but its themes include "solitude, love and sacrifice and the discovery of diversity."
You can download a trial version of Singular on the App Store [download] for free. This gives you the first 28 levels, with a £1.99 IAP offering the full 60 when you run out.
If you're on Android, Singular is available on Google Play [buy], but only as a £1.99 / $2.99 premium title.
