Doodle Jump (DJ) has been around for some time now, it’s a good chance to give a review on it! DJ has been a favorite of mine from the word go. And yes, we are aware of the fact that Doodle Jump has been out and about for quite a while now, and many may say [...]
Doodle Jump (DJ) has been around for some time now, it’s a good chance to give a review on it! DJ has been a favorite of mine from the word go.
And yes, we are aware of the fact that Doodle Jump has been out and about for quite a while now, and many may say that we’re a bit more than late in reviewing it, but let me just say that when you’re talking about the digital equivalent of crack cocaine, time really has no meaning. That and DJ recently blew past the 5 million download mark at the App Store, quite possibly making it one of the most popular iPhone games of all space and time.
Yes, Doodle Jump is that good. Not that I know anything about crack cocaine mind you, but I can certainly tell when a game is highly addictive. And in the case of Doodle Jump, there’s no question that it’s addictive. I mean when a guy says that he’s lost his girlfriend because of a game, then you have to assume there’s something to it, right? Just read the reviews posted on the iPhone App Store and you’ll understand what I’m talking about. And just to be clear, no, I am not the guy who has lost his girlfriend, although since working on this review I have been playing it quite a bit which oddly corresponds to an increased frequency of the stink-eye. I doubt it’s related though.
Doodle Jump couldn’t be any simpler to understand; all you’re doing is controlling a little dude who’s trying to jump from tiny platform to tiny platform and get as high as he can, and really, isn’t that what we’re all doing in this crazy mixed up world? And that’s it. That’s the basic gist of the game, just tilt the phone to guide The Doodler up and up and up. Of course there are obstacles in the way, like little floaty alien guys that will kill you if you touch them and even little black holes that suck you into oblivion when you come too close, but these are all incidental and really serve only to distract you from your main goal of attaining the highest altitude you can. The game has no real end point, unless you count the inevitable collapse of the entire universe; you just keep going higher and higher, until you happen to miss a platform and fall to an untimely death. That’s basically it really, you just keep going as high as you can until you make a mistake. And if you’re anything like me, mistakes will be made. Often.
If nothing else you should spend the $0.99 it’ll cost you to download it [iTunes link] just so you can feel the inevitable smile spread across your face as you take in the little cartoony graphics; there are several neat backgrounds to choose from, including a jungle and now, an underwater ‘world’, but to be honest, I keep coming back to the classic squigglies and graph paper. Trust me on this, go try Doodle Jump and tell me it doesn’t put a smile on your face!
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