Spiral Affair is seriously spaced out

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OK, so Spiral Affair is a little spacey, a little off the wall, part arcader, part puzzle, part.... odd. But it's also a well programmed little Symbian game, is available in free and no-ads versions and hey, it's new in the Nokia Store right now. Best played with a strong beer and Pink Floyd playing in the background, I think...

The title screen is a good clue as to what's to come - you can play Spiral Affair as a male or female - guys get blue themes, power pentagons and lightning bolts links, girls get pinks, circular springs and delicate, flowery spiral links... The game's the same, mind you. It's an... interesting approach!

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Ah yes, "a little one is daydreaming a fantasy and has cuddled an illusion". Quite. Crack me open another beer, please, I think I'm going to need it....

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The animated menus have music behind them, but you'll need your own music once you're into the game proper. Help screens run through the various types of powerup springs that you can tap on and their properties....

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As the game unfolds, you scroll up through a (ahem) spring field - tap on any springs within the circle to add them to the current chain. The catces are that the circle is always  shrinking in size and that the act of linking in a spring realigns your view of the spring field slightly, so you're always re-adjusting. The first time you hit each type of powerup spring, you get a reminder of what it does....

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Yellow powerups are the most fun, jaunting you forwards many links automatically, as here. Eventually you'll miss a link, usually because the circle has collapsed, and then it's game over.

Spiral Affair is a novel game concept, implemented well. You can download a free, add-supported version of Spiral Affair here, or pay £1 for the ad-free version here.

Source / Credit: Nokia Store