Saturday Quick Take – Pocket God

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On February 28, 2009

Pocket God lets you play God to bunch of cute little islanders. You can cause the sun to go up. You can cause the sun to go down. You can make boulders drop on poor little islanders and then possible to boulders and the islanders into the water. You can make lightning strike, coconuts drop and showers come. You can choose to have one little native, two little natives, three little natives, all the way up to six little natives. And you get to play God to them. If they last five minutes you then have the option to make them dance their little native dance.

What kind of god would you be? Benevolent or vengeful? Play Pocket God and discover the answer within yourself. On a remote island, you are the all-powerful god that rules over the primitive islanders. You can bring new life, and then take it away just as quickly. Exercise your powers on the islanders. Lift them into the air. Throw them in the water. Propel them into the horizon. Show them who’s boss!

Pocket God is an episodic microgame for you to explore, show your friends and have fun with. We have been growing the game with the help of player suggestions! What sort of godly powers would you like to see added?

And the features keep coming…

– Click the plus button (top left) to create new islanders
– Levitate the islanders into the air by pressing your finger on an islander and moving them upward.
– Propel them into the distance by running your finger across the islander from below. Hint: Aim for the volcano!
– Generate an earthquake by shaking your iPhone (or iPod Touch) up and down
– Alter gravitational forces by tilting and rotating your iPhone (or
iPod)
– Change weather by touching sky and dragging quickly to right or left
– In stormy weather conditions, touch cloud and drag down to generate lightning
– Switch day and night by pushing the sun or moon behind horizon
– Feed the islanders coconuts
– Crush and bowl islanders over with a rock
– Tap the screen to make the islanders dance (Episode 7’s unlockable)
– Lift the shark out of the water, throw him around, drop him on the islander heads!
– Use an islander as shark bait!

 

In all, it’s cute fun. Here’s a demo video.