Pictoword - a computer game in the genre of "word puzzle". Developed by Kooapps [1] . March 1, 2013 was released on the iOS platform, and May 31, 2013 - on the Android platform.
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Content
Gameplay
In Pictoword, a player guesses a word in two pictures. The answer is obtained using a combination of English words. For example, if the pictures show an ear ( English ear ) and a ring ( English ring ), the answer would be English. earring Sometimes words are combined less strictly, for example, pictures of a taxi and a test ( taxi and dough) mean the word tuxedo (tuxedo) .
Categories
Pictoword has 14 categories that can be unlocked using coins earned in the game.
| Category | Level of difficulty | release date |
|---|---|---|
| Classic (default) | Light | March 1, 2013 |
| Films | Light | June 20, 2013 |
| TV show | Light | June 20, 2013 |
| Brands | Very complicated | July 18, 2013 |
| Games | Light | July 18, 2013 |
| Characters | Complicated | August 13, 2013 |
| Celebrities | Complicated | November 11, 2013 |
| Countries and Cities | Complicated | November 11, 2013 |
| Historical figures | Light | November 11, 2013 |
| sights | Complicated | November 11, 2013 |
| Food | Complicated | April 12, 2015 |
| Animals | Complicated | November 24, 2015 |
| Holidays | Light | December 10, 2015 |
| US policy | Average | April 7, 2016 |
Reviews
Pictoword scored 84% on Appstime. [2]
Thanks to the large number of categories and difficulty levels, Pictoword is a great puzzle game. It is designed for players of any age and for the game you need only two pictures.
Original textWith multiple categories and difficulty levels, Pictoword makes a perfect puzzle game for all age groups by just using two images.- appstime
Apps Thunder liked the idea, as well as the intuitive game interface. The game received a rating of 4.1 / 5. [3] Gnome Escape noted the ability to select a category. According to Gnome Escape, Pictoword helps to think and look at images in a new way [4] .
Get Android Stuff was less enthusiastic about the game, they noted that the game is pretty monotonous and boring. However, critics liked the fact that the game is suitable for people of all ages, as well as the fact that it is easy to play [5] .
Rewards
In 2016, as part of the Mobile Star Awards program, Pictoword won the Shining Star Award in the Educational or Learning Game category and the Superstar Award in the Educational Game for Children category. [6] In 2016, the game was awarded the Academic's Choice Smart Media Award. [7] In 2018, the game was nominated for the Best Educational Game Award from The Independent Game Developers' Association . [8] [9] The game was also included in the list of “therapeutic effect applications for iPhone and iPad devices” at the Australian University of Flinders [10] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ Made in the Philippines: 5 world-class mobile games developed by Pinoys . cnn. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Pictoword: Fun Guess Word Quiz for Android: Review . appstimes.in. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ PICTOWORD: FUN GUESS WORD QUIZ - REVIEW ( unspecified ) ? . Appsthunder.com (October 19, 2015). Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ App Review - Pictoword unopened (unreachable link) (November 17, 2015). Date accessed March 21, 2019. Archived June 27, 2018.
- ↑ Khaled Shariar. Top 10 Free Puzzle Games for Android (English) (unspecified) ? . GetANDROIDstuff (October 9, 2018). Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ App awards & mobile innovator awards since 2002: Mobile Star Awards (unspecified) ? . MobileVillage®. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Pictoword unspecified . www.academicschoice.com. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ 2018 Winners (English ) ? . TIGA. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Suzi Stephenson. TIGA Announces Games Industry Awards 2018 Finalists (unspecified) ? . TIGA (September 19, 2018). Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Therapeutic apps for iPhone and iPad . www.flinders.edu.au. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.
- ↑ Young but not n00bs: The 8 startups putting Asia on the online gaming map . e27. Date of treatment March 21, 2019.