I am continuing with the rather futile task of playing all the video games.

Two games in one day... I'm clearly trying to make up for lost time!

Game 000020: 'dillos

Available for iOS, Android, PC and Mac, 'dillos is an armadillo themed logic puzzle game. The first of five level packs is free on the iOS version, and it took me about 30 minutes to play through this pack.

The game challenges you to roll your 'dillos from the side of the playing area, where they will interact with various objects (include previously rolled 'dillos), and hopefully land on crosses matching their own colour. At the end of each level you are scored on how few rolls you required, how many power ups you required and how many optional ants you collected on your way. A bonus star is awarded for achieving these goals.

Rather annoyingly the game seemed a little confused about what exactly it was asking you to optimize in order to receive the star. In one level for example I wasn't awarded a star for minimizing the number of rolls I required at the expense of using an additional power up - and in the next level the opposite happened. This would be fine, (although I'd prefer consistency), but the game doesn't tell you what it's goals are for each level until you've finished it the first time. It's a small detail, but I bet it will have put a lot of perfectionists off this game!

I really wanted to like 'dillos as I'm a huge fan of logic puzzles. The puzzle mechanics are quite interesting, the puzzles are well designed. It really feels like there's a better game here which is just hidden beneath the surface. However it's a flawed implementation - and it's a shame, because it's problems distract from what would otherwise be a great game.

The music is bland but inoffensive, the animations were cute the first time, but a little slow - and the game had a tendency to glitch and forget the position of some of your armadillos if you tried to input your moves too quickly.

If you are a fan of the genre and are patient enough to tolerate its flaws then it's worth checking out. The logic puzzles at its core are quite neat.

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Next time 'Splosion Man.