{"id":13106,"date":"2015-02-02T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=13106"},"modified":"2015-01-31T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T21:09:06","slug":"unpixelate-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/02\/unpixelate-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpixelate (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/02\/unpixelate-ipad\/pixel_box\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_BOX-150x69.jpg\" alt=\"PIXEL_BOX\" width=\"150\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_BOX-150x69.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_BOX.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Unpixelate is a marble maze rolling game downloadable for the iPad and iPhone (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 Use the touch screen to control your marble as you roll around obstacles like pits and breakable floors.\u00a0 Try to collect all of the cubes in the level then head for the exit door.\u00a0 Gather enough cubes to unlock new levels.\u00a0 I guess the name comes from the fact that as you roll closer to objects, they become less pixelated and more clear and detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Use the touch screen to roll your marble around.\u00a0 Tap on the bottom to make it go left, right, up, or down.\u00a0 Use the top part of the touch screen to control the camera.\u00a0 You\u2019d think the play control would be easy, but there are two aspects that make it not so.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t tell you how many times I rolled off the stage trying to adjust the camera, only to roll the marble off instead.\u00a0 And the picture cues in the tutorial levels aren\u2019t very intuitive.\u00a0 Half the time I didn\u2019t notice them, and it took me forever to figure out that you double tap on the screen to jump!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been enjoying these types of games since Marble Madness in the arcade, but bad controls keep this one from being fun and playable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/02\/unpixelate-ipad\/pixel_screen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"PIXEL_SCREEN\" width=\"383\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_SCREEN.jpg 383w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_SCREEN-85x150.jpg 85w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PIXEL_SCREEN-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No violence or objectionable material here.\u00a0 No reading is needed either as all the instructions have picture cues only (words might\u2019ve been nice in this case, however).\u00a0 Younger gamers may get frustrated at the harder levels and bad controls, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unpixelate is a marble maze rolling game downloadable for the iPad and iPhone (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 Use the touch screen to control your marble as you roll around obstacles like pits and breakable floors.\u00a0 Try to collect all of the cubes in the level then head for the exit door.\u00a0 Gather enough cubes to 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