Coign of Vantage

A unique game that really belongs on the iphone. It was fun collecting all the pictures, and eventually getting good enough to learn tricks to turning certain pictures to solve them ASAP. One of a kind game.

This is an excellent adaptation of the flash game of the same name, I think it's a little harder at first because you have to get used to completing the shapes at any angle. Coign of Vantage is a game where you might start out and be discouraged because it seems to be so hard, but keep with it because it rewards practice and patience. When you get that "In the zone" feeling there is not much else like it. It is beautifully simple, just swipe until the shape matches the icon in the top right corner, and then be rewarded with some extra time on the clock. I'll give you a couple of hints. First, to compete on Game Center, you will need to be able to anticipate what direction to swipe from watching the animation as your previous shape dissolves and the pixels change to the new shape. You don't have time to wait for the cloud to finish forming and then think about it, you have to be already swiping your finger as the shapes are changing over. Second, set yourself a goal. A good goal might some number of total shapes solved, or a certain high score. The two will be very strongly related, so it is a matter of preference. I do wish you could see your shape count after the game is over, currently, you only see your score. After you can consistently solve more than 32 shapes, a good goal might be some peak total time remaining. That way, all you have to look at is the time remaining as you finish each shape. To explain, the amount of extra time you get depends only on how many shapes you have solved. The base time is 45 seconds, and you get 20 seconds added after the first shape, 12 after the second, and it goes down rapidly from there. After 32 shapes you only get 0.5 seconds added for each shape. In my best game I solved 637 shapes, and I was still getting a half second added per shape, so as far as I know, you never get less than that. The total *extra* time (over and above the half second) that you get over the first 32 shapes is 87 seconds, so if you consistently solve more than 32 shapes, you can just think of it as a base time of 2 minutes 12 seconds plus a half second added per shape that you solve. My best peak time remaining is around 2 minutes 5 seconds, but a reasonable goal to start with is 1 minute. You can also divide the game into 33 second quarters, with boundaries at 1 minute 39 seconds, 1 minute 6 seconds, and 33 seconds. I recommend only looking at your score and shape count as you pass those time boundaries, at least for me, it helps to keep me in the zone, because all you need to look at between shapes is your time remaining. In my best game, my average time per shape was 0.7 seconds. Eventually, someone will get good enough (I hope it's me!) that they can maintain an average time per shape at or less than 0.5 seconds. The problem with that, assuming that the extra time never gets less than that, is the clock will never run down. In fact, the high score will increase exponentially as time per shape approaches that time, and then it is unbounded. I think the developer should submit an update to reduce the extra time to, say, 0.25 seconds after 750 shapes, 0.1 seconds after 1500 shapes, and 0.05 seconds after 3000 shapes. Anyway, this game has been my obsession for the last few weeks, and I am going to have to set it down for a while to maintain my sanity. I hope someone is able to beat my high score on Game Center, so when I come back, I will have a solid goal to strive for. Thanks to Bobblebrook for the great game!

Original, fun and super addicting!! I love it! I think it's safe to say that it's my favorite game!

.....but - after some practice - it becomes do-able (for me, it often helps to focus on forming the outline) & very addictive; the only con: in the earlier stages of the game, the same images are used over & over.

How do you play this game?? The only thing you can do once playing is move the image and nothing else. A vague three sentence tutorial does not provide enough information. I honestly think that all of the positive reviews on this game are fake. I have all 5 senses working correctly and anyone with eyes and common sense can see there is no way to figure out this game with the poor instructions provided. I downloaded this game under a free promotion but sadly wasn't worth It. Do not rely on the 5 star reviews for this game. They were made most likely by the developers of the game or their friends to hype a ported flash game that just doesn't work for iOS. TEST YOUR GAME AND INCLUDE A DETAILED TUTORIAL BEFORE PORTING !!!!! Game Deleted.