| Icy Gifts | |
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| Details | |
| Name | Icy Gifts |
| Author | Silen Games |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Published | 2011-02-01 |
| In-Game Awards? | Yes |
| Gameplay Style | Chain Reaction |
| Upgrade System? | Yes |
Icy Gifts is a puzzle game about creating chain reactions. It is a chain reaction game in which you have to break gifts out of their icy shells, by Silen Games.
Gameplay[]
Click to to make orbs or frozen gifts explode, setting off a chain reaction, and collect the 'freed' gifts to purchase upgrades. Try to collect them quickly, though, as they will sink to the bottom out of your reach if you aren't fast enough.
Bomb types[]
There are five types of bombs available in this game.
- Mine (orange) - Explodes after being activated, functioning the same way as the explosive clicks. Each upgrade increases its explosion radius.
- Shell (red) - Shoots a spread volley of red projectiles that can trigger other floes or bombs. Upgrading adds an extra shell from the explosion, from the initial three.
- Acid (green) - Produces a bright green acid puddle that stays on the screen for a certain period, activating any floe or bomb that passes through it. Each upgrade makes the acid spot stay longer on the screen before disappearing.
- Tesla (pink) - Generates a lightning bolt that electrifies random targets. Starting from one target, each upgrade adds an extra lightning bolt, allowing it to hit more targets.
- Wave (blue) - Releases a horizontally diverging pair of blue waves that increase in size as they move further away, activating anything that touches them. Upgrading makes the waves grow in size faster as they travel.
In addition, there is a yellow-coloured 'bomb' that makes you able to click again to set off another chain reaction. The ice floes which house the gifts, when hit, also have a small explosion radius that affects those that are very close to it.
Achievements[]
There are 8 different achievements, with 5 or 6 different colours to represent how much of each you have achieved. The last 3 types of achievement only have the first 5 colours while the others have 6. In order of difficulty from easiest to hardest, the colours are green, yellow, blue, red, purple and pink.
Those listed below are the types of achievements and what is needed to achieve each level of difficulty.
- Number of explosive clicks - 1, 10, 25, 50, 80, 120.
- Number of ice floes broken - 20, 60, 150, 500, 1000, 2500.
- Number of gifts collected - 10, 30, 100, 400, 750, 2000.
- Number of bombs used - 3, 30, 75, 250, 450, 750.
- Number of upgrades gotten - 1, 5, 10, 15, 25, 35.
- Biggest combo - 15, 30, 60, 100, 150.
- Number of levels completed - 1, 5, 12, 23, 36.
- Number of stars gotten - 5, 15, 35, 65, 108.
Upgrades[]
- Click radius - Increases the explosion radius of your initial click (also called 'explosive clicks'.
- Gift magnet - Increases the radius where gifts are attracted to your cursor.
- Mine radius - Increases the explosion radius of mines.
- Shell count - Increases the number of shells that shell bombs shoot out.
- Acid lifetime - Increases the length of time that acid spots stay on screen.
- Tesla targets - Increases the number of targets that tesla bombs will electrify.
- Wave rise - Increases the size of the wave sent out by wave bombs.
Trivia[]
- You can spam Level 7, as a well-placed click can net you a ton of gifts, up until the maximum of all 50 frozen gifts present in the level.
- The game spawned three different sequels that vary some mechanics while keeping its core gameplay, namely Flying Candy, Icy Fishes, and Icy Gifts 2.
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