Pixie
Use your expertise to fence off enemies in this arcade-inspired game.
A surprising yet serendipitous partnership has taken place. Independent game developers, Phelios, Inc. and EMV Software have teamed up to release a new game called, Pixie, which was created with the PTK Game Engine. Phelios, makers of PC and mac games such as Doulber Gold, Kaijin and Abracadabra, to name a few, was happy to collaborate with EMV, whose popular games include Warblade and Deluxe PocMon. The end result of this joint effort is Pixie, a game that will remind some players of the arcade classic, Qix, with the exception of more varied game play and sophisticated graphics, animation (by Paul Conway), music and sound effects (composed by William Lamy at audiobank.fm).
The game’s main character is Pixie, a fairy who loses her way one day in a magical forest. You’re beckoned for guidance to help Pixie find her way out of this place filled with bugs and other fairy enemies. To succeed on your mission, you must play and advance in each game level, which will ultimately send little Pixie on her way home, safe and sound… and in one piece!
The object of the game, Pixie, is to fence off or claim a majority of the playing board. When you claim areas, what was once barren, scary territory, turns into flowers, butterflies, magical mushrooms, and other positive thoughts. In other words, with your help, you and Pixie change the world into a happier place. Now, if we could only just as easily do the same in real life, but I digress. Click on the playing board and send a magical vine to block off areas of the board. You must claim more than 84% of the board to send Pixie on to the next level. If you happen to block off exactly 50% of the entire board, you will claim 100% of the playing field…and that feels good.
It’s not as easy as it sounds, and as you play, you will realize that each level becomes progressively more difficult. That’s ok; don’t worry about it because it makes you more determined to get through it. You will need to use your expert gaming skills to time your vines exactly, make your move so none of your enemies will interfere and all the while anticipate any bonuses you can accrue that will work to your advantage. My favorites are the bombs because if you find those and use and place them strategically against the baddies, they will turn into gold coins. And you can’t pass up gold coins!
Once you get into the game, you will absolutely find yourself coveting those precious metals flying about because you will come to the realization that you can use them to go shopping in the Magical Shop. You’re not into shopping, you say? You will eat those words because you can buy things there you absolutely need. How ’bout bombs? Magical potions that will temporarily freeze your enemies? What about some extra lives??? Yup, you need those things and more when playing Pixie, believe me.
One important part of the game is to know your good bonuses from your malices (or are they simply called bad bonuses? Anyway.) You will often see them flying every which way and you will be tempted to try to catch them all. Beware. Some of those things are evil.
Speaking of evil, you eventually face four boss levels. What are you going to do??! I know! I know! You will have a blast, that’s what. They will catch you off guard but you will quickly get into the action and find ways to destroy your enemy. Another thing about the levels is that each level is very different, and you might, if you were paying attention, notice that there are many level designs with game references. Will you? In many, if not most games, you will find references to games the developers grew up playing like Pac Man or Asteroids, etc. I just thought I’d throw in that bit of trivia. By the way, if you see a level with a humungous S and Q, you can be sure that the level was designed by level designer, Simon Quincey.
Pixie will most definitely appeal to old school gamers because of the arcade element and game play, but I believe that most casual gamers will really get into it as well. I mean, who doesn’t want to make the world into a happier place? Who doesn’t like flowers and butterflies and polka dotted mushrooms? Who wouldn’t want to help a cute, adorable fairy surrounded by magical pixie dust find her way back home, out of the sordid reaches of forest creepy crawlies?
Pixie features:
- 100 levels in full game
- Boss levels
- In game shop to use your gold coins for potions and help
- Lots of good and bad bonuses
- Family and kid friendly
- Online Hall of Fame
- Excellent game play and lots of fun!
- Quality graphics, sound effects and music
Updates to all newer versions are free…forever!
