Labyrinth for the iPhone/iPod Touch

Did you ever have one of those wooden contraptions where you guided a little marble through a maze, avoiding pitfalls, until you reached the goal? Or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about. Regardless, Labyrinth for your iPhone and iPod Touch is here. Utilizing the devices tilt sensing technology, you control the pitch of the ‘board’ by holding the Touch parallel to the ground. By adjusting how level the device is you are in fact directing a little metal ball that rolls towards the lowest point. Once you get the hang of it you can start working your way through the levels that consist of navigating through a series of channels, riddled with pitfalls that send you back to the start.

Now, I know what you’re thinking, sounds kind of bland, right? Well, the iPhone is capable of discerning very minute shifts in tilt, couple this with an excellent physics system that has the ball bouncing off every surface realistically and you have a game that behaves with such incredible realism that just experimenting with it is great fun.

As for the levels, the game begins in with a simplified board, which can be defeated with a few flicks of the wrist. After that the difficulty goes up exponentially, with the creativity of the developers really coming through. For those ambitious few who are versed in level design, Labyrinth even supports custom-made boards. Thus far there are roughly 70 levels available for the game, more than enough to keep you tilting till your hearts content, not to mention making you look like a weirdo to everyone else at the mall.

One interesting note about Labyrinth is that it is one of the first games made for user-unlocked iPhones and iPod Touchs to come in both demo form as well as a full-version that retails for $7. The full version offers a plethora of levels which are simply unavailable to the demo version.