The Ultimate Alphabet released for iPad
A to D ready for discovery
Based on Mike Wilks's best selling book, which was released in 1987, The Ultimate Alphabet app for iPad is well named.
Designed around the 26 letters of the alphabet, it's a massive hidden object puzzle game, with each letter represented by a single painting consisting of hundreds of items all starting with that particular letter.
For example, in the painting of the letter A you'll find an abbey, apricot, atlas, artilleryman, ammunition, aardvark, autogyro, astrolabe, aryballos, amputee and the Egyptian god Anubis, among the 362 total.
Gotta name 'em allTo discover the complete set, you simply tap on items and then using cryptic clues, hints and jigsaw jumbled words try to work out what they are.
There's a complete in-game awards system which rewards you in terms of finding items, and how many clues and hints you required to do so. This is also backed up with achievements as part of the OpenFeint social gaming network.
The Ultimate Alphabet is the result of a real labour of love from UK developer Toytek, with its MD Georgina Mackenzie telling Pocket Gamer that she hope it will appeal to anyone who loves words, art, language and puzzle games.
In terms of the specifics of its release, The Ultimate Alphabet is available for free, which includes access to the letter A.
Further letters B,C and D are available as in-app purchases, with B costing $7.99, €5.99 or £4.99, B and D together costing $9.99, €7.99 or £5.99 or B, C and D for $13.99, €10.99 or £7.99.
You can see how the game plays in the following video.
You can also read our interview with Mackenzie about the inspiration behind and the making of The Ultimate Alphabet here.
