Doodle Jump
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Release Date: April 6, 2009
Developers: Lima Sky
Publishers: Lima Sky
Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, Samsung Mythic, Xbox 360 Kinect, Windows Phone 7
Genre: Platform
Ratings: 4+
Media distribution: Download

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Synopsis
Doodle Jump is a fun and addictive platform-jumping game with a cute, hand-scribbled aesthetic and a cleverly integrated leaderboard. Not surprising for such an addictive game, the interface couldn't be more simple: you keep jumping automatically, and you gently tilt the device to move left and right. As you move higher and higher up an infinitely scrolling, wraparound vertical screen, you jump onto an increasingly challenging arrangement of platforms--including moving blue platforms, crumbling brown platforms, white platforms that disappear after one jump, and platforms with jump-boosting springs and jet packs.
You have to tap the screen to shoot the occasional monster or UFO that blocks your path (the game's fittingly bouncy soundtrack provides an early warning), but the core gameplay remains the same: jump as high as you can to increase your score, and your game ends when you misjudge a jump and fall off the bottom of the screen. Doodle Jump also marks the name and height of previous high scores--your own and from Doodle Jumpers around the world--along the edge of the screen, making this already great game even more addictive.

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Gameplay
I find that the game is simple to play. It gets more and more addicting as you get farther into the game. You get some kind of four legged looking creature(for some reason I think of a sweeper). When you get the game started you just climb the blocks higher and higher to get a higher score. You can get a boost from some of the things, propeller hats, jetpacks, rockets, springs, trampolines and invulnerability shields. There are also monsters and UFOs that the Doodler must avoid, shoot, or jump on to 'kill them'. I prefer to shoot them. You can unlock many different themes including Original, Graveyard, Christmas, Rainforest, Space, Soccer World Cup, Easter, Underwater, and Halloween. The lowest score you can get is 0 and the highest 15 million.

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Controls
Tilt device to move, tap screen to shoot.

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Graphics
I don't find much to write about this, but I do have to say that they are very original. I say that they are good, but they can be much better.

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Overall Ratings
Gameplay: 7.5/10
Controls: 9/10 (Easy to use)
Graphics: 8/10

Final: 8/10