{"id":21337,"date":"2021-07-21T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21337"},"modified":"2021-06-26T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T12:33:45","slug":"mondoku-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/21\/mondoku-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Mondoku (Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So what happens when you mix Sudoku puzzles with modern art?\u00a0 You get Mondoku, that\u2019s what!\u00a0 You know how in Sudoku, you must place numbers on a grid so that no two of the same numbers appear on a row or column of squares?\u00a0 Well what if those squares were different sizes?\u00a0 That\u2019s what you have to deal with in Mondoku, and when you finish a puzzle, the squares will be colored in and look like those famous modern art paintings by Piet Mondrian (yeah I had to look that up, I\u2019m not THAT cultured).\u00a0 Anyway, Mondoku is a free-to-play mobile game, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

So in Mondoku, some of the squares are different sizes, but the rules remain the same.\u00a0 No two numbers can be on the same row or column, now you just have to keep track of the different sized squares.\u00a0 So place a number, just tap an empty square and then tap one of the numbers at the top of the screen.\u00a0 If you can solve a puzzle without making any mistakes, you can earn five whole coins (more on those later), but if you mess up you may not earn as many after finishing the puzzle.<\/p>\n

The game has an art museum motif, and you\u2019ll pick your levels from a museum map with rooms and floors.\u00a0 To unlock later floors, you\u2019ll need to buy them with coins.\u00a0 You earn those coins by solving puzzles and by daily gifts.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t want to wait, you can always buy more coins with real money on the in-game shop.\u00a0 Aside from the main puzzles, there are also daily ones, but most of them are unlocked after viewing an ad.<\/p>\n

The only problems I had with the game are very minor.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t explain the rules very well in the game, but at least it was still pretty easy to figure out.\u00a0 And I had trouble navigating the museum map at first.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t realize that you had to select the rooms to tackle the levels.\u00a0 And even though the game has in-game purchases and ads, they don\u2019t bombard you with it.\u00a0 You only view ads if you choose to do so, and luckily there\u2019s a lot to do even if you don\u2019t pay anything.\u00a0 So if you like Sudoku and other mobile puzzle games, I can highly recommend this one.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Number recognition is needed to play, and parental supervision is recommended for the in-game ads and purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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