{"id":19713,"date":"2019-12-25T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19713"},"modified":"2019-12-10T20:45:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:45:56","slug":"tap-pop-balloon-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/25\/tap-pop-balloon-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Tap Pop Balloon (Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/balloon_box-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-19689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_BOX-150x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_BOX-150x75.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I love it when a game\u2019s title explains to you perfectly what you\u2019ll be doing in the game.\u00a0 In Tap Pop Balloon, you\u2019ll tap the screen to pop floating balloons for points.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let any float away to the top of the screen or you\u2019ll lose a heart!\u00a0 Lose all three of your hearts and it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 Also watch out for balloon with pictures of skulls on them.\u00a0 If you tap one of those, you\u2019ll immediately lose the game, no matter how many hearts you have!\u00a0 It\u2019s available as a free-to-play download on mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from skulls, other balloons have pictures of them that act as power-ups.\u00a0 Some will change all the colors of the balloons to the same color so you can get combo points.\u00a0 Others will make balloons split into smaller ones, etc.\u00a0 You can unlock backgrounds and music, too, including a Christmas one, which is neat.<\/p>\n<p>There are three main modes of play.\u00a0 Classic has the same rules that I described above.\u00a0 Arcade gives you one minute to get the highest score.\u00a0 Instead of losing hearts when balloons float away or when you tap a skull balloon, you\u2019ll just lose time.\u00a0 Keep a watch for balloons with hourglass pictures on them that will increase your time.\u00a0 Finally in Challenge mode, you have a minute and a half to get a high score, but you don\u2019t have to worry about skulls.\u00a0 So you can just tap away like a madman playing an endless clicker!<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being a bit amateurish, really the only other problem I had with the game is that when you change the background, the pictures of the balloons also change.\u00a0 So if you change it to the Christmas skin, you have to watch out for balloons with snowman heads instead of skulls, which is a bit misleading.\u00a0 But otherwise, this is a decent simple time waster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/balloon_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_SCREEN-84x150.jpg 84w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BALLOON_SCREEN-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here, as you\u2019re just popping balloons.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the menu text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases and ads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love it when a game\u2019s title explains to you perfectly what you\u2019ll be doing in the game.\u00a0 In Tap Pop Balloon, you\u2019ll tap the screen to pop floating balloons for points.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let any float away to the top of the screen or you\u2019ll lose a heart!\u00a0 Lose all three of your hearts and 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