Make ‘em all! Alchemy Genetics gives you the power of creation!

Platform: Android

RATING:
4 out of 5

PRICE:
FREE

TASTY:
A fun brain puzzle game for kids and adult alike. How many animals can you combine into fun, original creatures?

BUMMER:
Closing the app and reopening can result in lost data of your past progress. Lacking a soundtrack.

COOL:
Who knew that combining a lizard and horned turtle makes… an alien?!

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Brain puzzle fans, head over to the Marketplace right now and grab a copy of Alchemy ~ Genetics. Instead of combining the elements of the earth to create things (as in its insanely-addictive cousin Alchemy), this new app allows you to mix animals and their genes, and creating new breeds is a s simple as adding a trait of one creature with another.

Once the game loads, you’ll be introduced to the concept through a series of questions. For instance: “What animal will you get when you combine a horse with something stripy?” Your choices are a set of four animal icons, some familiar (swan?) others, not so much. In this case, the correct answer is a Zebra. (Get it? Horse + bee (striated) = Zebra.)

Once 10-12 questions go by, you’re presented with a wide-open interface, allowing you to drag and drop animals on top each other to see what results.

As you progress through all 200+ variants, you’ll see a counter in the upper right-hand corner charting your path. As you discover new animals, you’ll walk yourself down from 256 to… 0. Can you make ‘em all?

This is a serious time killer the next time you and your kids are trapped in an airport. Delayed? No problem. Let’s make a Chupacabra, Lizard monitor, or an eagle.

The latest update added visible genes on each animal information screen, making the puzzles a bit easier to solve when you get down below 100. Trust me, coming up with fresh combinations as you work your way downwards is… a worthwhile challenge!