The Great Chocolate Chase for PC and Mac

One of my readers sent an interesting email to me on Monday. She wrote: I want something adult and sophisticated, like
Runes. What do you recommend?

Adult and sophisticated is hard to find in casual games, but I’ve searched through games and found two that meet this criteria, and are still safe for kids 😉 It doesn’t mean that those games are so hard you will not enjoy playing them. They are sophisticated in a good way.

The Great Chocolate Chase

Chocolatier serves up a brand new treat!

Continue exploring the deliciously rich world of Chocolatier, now with an adventure game twist! Join Evangeline Baumeister and your favorite Chocolatier characters, making and serving chocolate treats to international customers in a series of exotic chocolate shops around the globe. With the help of Klaus Werner’s creative inventions, you’ll face new challenges at every turn to get new chocolates into the eager hands of hungry customers. You can never have too much chocolate!

* A Fast-Paced Twist On Chocolatier!
* Play Story Or Endless Sweets Mode!
* Explore 6 Exotic Locations!
* 60 All-New Levels In Story Mode!

Goto The Great Chocolate Chase website

Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients

Grab a box of exotic infusions and build your own chocolate empire!

The delicious world of chocolate is once again turned on its side in this new chapter of the Chocolatier saga! There is a mole controlling Baumeister Confections, and it is up to you, along with the help of the rebellious and independent granddaughter of Evangeline, to build a new empire from the ground up to take over Baumeister Confections. Rise up in this industrial age of innovation and seek out secret ingredients to create rich new recipes as you enter the world of Chocolatier 2!

* Build Your Chocolate Empire!
* More Than 200 Different Quests!
* Find Secret Ingredients And Hidden Ports!
* 72 Recipes To Acquire And Create!

Goto Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients website

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Pony World Deluxe Review at Gamezebo

I am pleased to let you know that Pony World Deluxe received a great review at Gamezebo – 4 stars from reviewer and 5 stars from players. Here is a quick quote and if you want to read full review click here.

A surprisingly robust and replay-friendly spin on the usual virtual pet-rearing diversion, it’s nonetheless also sadly saddled with some of the same aggravations that come with caring for the actual animals.

On the bright side, you’ll immediately be struck by the depth and breadth of the vibrantly-colored universe in which the outing’s set. Starting out, players can customize a pony to their heart’s content, tweaking variables like name, gender, skin color, bandanas, socks and even tattoos. (Think hearts, flowers and – oddly – Japanese kanji writing).

Don’t forget to try the game on your own!

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Cooking Academy and The Amazing Brain Train

Cooking Academy (PC & Mac)
From Eggrolls to Creme Brulee, prepare over 50 different recipes! Master the skills of chopping, flipping, frying, and more at the Cooking Academy!
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The Amazing Brain Train (PC & Mac)
All aboard! Power up your intellect and embark on an epic quest aboard The Amazing Brain Train where you’ll put your mind to the test!
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Fairway Solitaire and The Hidden Object Show

Fairway Solitaire (PC & Mac)
It’s time to hit the greens and pull out your clubs (and your diamonds, hearts and spades) to enjoy a hilarious round of Fairway Solitaire!
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The Hidden Object Show (PC & Mac)
Presenting the newest reality show to hit the casual market! It’s time for The Hidden Object Show! Do you have the skills to be the best?
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Featured games – Peggle Deluxe and Stoneloops! of Jurassica

Peggle Deluxe

Peggle DeluxeTake your best shot! Ready, aim… bounce!

Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness. Conquer 55 fanciful levels with 10 mystical Magic Powers, racking up bonus points and shots you’ll smile about for weeks. Face off against your friends in Duel Mode, or tackle 75 extra-tricky challenges. It’s luck and skill and joyous thrills, and amidst all this fevered action only one question remains: Can you become a Peggle Master?

Goto Peggle Deluxe website

Stoneloops! of Jurassica

Peggle DeluxeTake a trip through the five colorful realms of Jurassica – from wild jungle, through endless glacier, to the edge of a blazing volcano! Own and upgrade five different houses and collect 24 trophies in this crazy, action-packed adventure! 75 handcrafted levels, three modes of play and a vast number of powerups make StoneLoops! an incredibly fun game for both fans of a strategic challenge and those who just want to let off some steam and smash some stuff!

Download Stoneloops! of Jurassica for PC

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Runes of Avalon 2 trailer

We have just finished a new trailer for Runes of Avalon 2. I uploaded it to Gametrailers to keep good quality, but there’s a link to YouTube version if you prefer (or have slower internet connection).

Watch YouTube version.

Don’t forget to check out our latest tips & tricks for Runes of Avalon 2.

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Tips and Tricks: Runes of Avalon 2

Runes of Avalon 2 website

    GENERAL TIPS:

  • For each match of three or more runes you earn the same amount of Rune Magic (as long as there is an opened vial corresponding to the runes you matched).
  • For each match of 4 runes you’ll receive 1 spell on the board.
  • For each match of 5 or more you’ll receive 2 spells on the board.
  • When you make a match of 2 colours (COMBO) you’ll receive 3 spells.
  • When you are short on time, focus on the colours that are missing. It’s easy to waste time making matches for colours with vials that are already full.
  • Take advantage of chain reactions – make matches for spells that will activate other spells in turn (such as bomb, fire, vanish and drain spells).
  • When you are running out of free space, try to use spells or the Amulet of Spells.
  • Drop spells from the Amulet of Spells in places where they will collect as many runes as possible and activate as many other spells as possible. For example, do not drop the fire spell onto another fire spell, but to one side – this way you will collect more runes, because you will have two flames of fire instead of one.
  • Be careful with the teleport spell. If you have already planned all your moves carefully it can ruin your strategy, however, if there are lots of runes on the board with no pattern, it can make matches at random.
  • When you play against giant runes use spells carefully – they can destroy a hard-made pattern.
  • When there is more than one giant rune, focus on the first one. One at a time is the key to success.
  • Try to get as many points as possible in the rune matching game – every spell earned during this mini-game will show up on the board on the next level and will make it easier for you to complete it.
  • In the puzzle mini-game, when you swap pieces you can see the original picture under the flying pieces. Watch for it and it will be easier for you to make the right swap.
  • You can view all completed images in the puzzle mini-game in the gallery. You can even replay the puzzle game with the selected image on any of three different difficulty settings.
  • You can use mouse roll or space to rotate tiles.
    SPELLS:
    You can find 6 spells in Runes of Avalon:

  • Colour Drain Spell – this spell removes all runes of one colour from the board.
  • Teleport Spell – switches rune colours randomly. It also affects stones and locked runes.
  • Vanish Spell – removes random runes from the board.
  • Bomb Spell – clears a 5×5 square of runes.
  • Heal Spell – turns all stones into locked runes and all locked runes into regular runes.
  • Fire Spell – removes all runes, locked runes and stones in a cross of fire, but it cannot go through walls.
    AMULET OF SPELLS:
    Evelyne will find the Amulet of Spells on level 4. She has to learn her first spell in the Rune Matching mini-game. Later she will learn new or more powerful spells. There are 4 spells available:

  • Fire Spell – similar to fire spells on the board, though it will become more powerful.
  • Magic Sand – activates any spell on the board that you drop it on. Very useful on later, more crowded levels.
  • Spread Spell – turns the surrounding runes into the same colour as the rune you dropped it on. Learning how to use this spell effectively is crucial to completing some levels.
  • Time Bonus Spell – adds time. Initially 30 seconds, then 40.

Each spell uses 5 Rune Magic points. Some spells can be cast with either one of two available colors ? in that case spell uses the one that has more points collected.

Fire spells use red or blue runes.
Spread spells use silver or gold runes.
Magic Sand uses any green runes.
Time Bonus uses grey runes.

Note that the Double Fire Spell can be tricky. It casts 2 cross fire spells, but not at the place you drop it. One fire spell is cast to the left and above and the other one is cast to the right and below.

    You gain spells on the following levels:

  • Level 4 – Fire Spell
  • Level 11 – Spread Spell
  • Level 14 – Double Fire Spell
  • Level 24 – Magic Sand
  • Level 34 – Time Spell
  • Level 44 – Triple Fire Spell
  • Level 55 – Time Spell 2
    LEVEL TYPES:
    There are 5 level types in Runes of Avalon 2:

  • Regular levels – your task is to fill magic vials with corresponding rune magic (colours).
  • Rainbow runes levels – the taks is to collect all rainbow runes. The trick is that those runes are not draw so you can not make regular matches with them. You need to use spells. Place as many spells as you like on the backdrop and then release one spell (preferably vanish spell) and watch what how all the runes disappear.
  • Giant Rune levels – you need to collect all Giant Runes to progress. You collect a Giant Rune by placing 2×2 sets of regular runes on each side of the giant rune.
  • Puzzle mini-game – in order to advance to the next stage you need to complete a puzzle minigame. Swap pieces until they lock into the right places.
  • Rune Matching mini-game – click runes on parchments and learn or earn spells for next levels.

Feel free to submit your own tips & tricks.

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Runes of Avalon 2 reviewed by Gamezebo!

Gamezebo has reviewed Runes of Avalon 2. The game earned 4 out of 5 stars, which is pretty cool and not so easy to get these days. Scott really enjoyed the game. Here’s a quick excerpt:

Suffice it to say that fans of the title’s predecessor as well as newcomers alike will appreciate the sudden ability to sling witchcraft as needed to clear a path when stuck, not to mention marvel at the sight of slick special effects like explosions and color-draining swirls activating in dazzling strings of mystical mayhem.

Not only does the title look and sound good (oddly, we even dig the Celtic-flavored musical score), it also plays surprisingly well. Thank polished stage design work that really forces you to take advantage of each new spell presented, as well as solid game balancing that’ll keep you plugging away, try after try, at scenarios you’ll often just barely fail to finish. (Level skip options are further provided to prevent you from hurling the keyboard out of the window.)

Read full review at Gamezebo.

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April Fools

My last post: ?Save 90% on ANAWIKI GAMES? was an April Fools joke. I am sure that no one (that is not out of his mind), including me, is going to fight piracy by increasing prices. Though I thought it suits April Fools perfectly and decided to give it a shot. A lot of people seemed to like it.

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Save 90% on ANAWIKI GAMES!

That’s right, you can save 90% on ANAWIKI GAMES. How’s that possible? Well…

Due to increasing piracy and development costs we decided to rise prices of all our games by 1000% (so it’s 10 times) since April 2nd 2008. We understand that the price rise is quite big so I decided to give you the last chance to buy our games at regular price and save 90% of what you would pay tomorrow. Here’s what you can get:

Runes of Avalon 2 & 1
Pony World
Maggie the Gardener 2
Tom’s Hen House

Don’t wait until tomorrow. This might be your last chance to buy one of our games.

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