Quick Look: Fractal: Make Blooms Not War

neato

yooo

love me some bloom

cool

DAMMIT

Dat title screen.

I guessed this would go for 14 mins - I was pretty close :P

Also, this looks pretty alright.

Don't look like fractals to me.

Got to say, this looks excellent. For a little game, it has a great sense of style.

So I guess Brad and Jeff just kinda sat down and played like...3 games and made the QLs...

I don't get this game at all. Too slick and doesn't look terribly fun.

Cool game. I love the art style and the animations are super slick. I will probably pick this up.

Digging the soundtrack. Cool how pushing and making blooms adds to the melody too.

This looks really neat. I might try this sometime :)

Fractal is also available for the iPad, this is a great way to play the game too.

Now for iPad!

From the award-winning team that brought you the smash iOS hit Pulse : Volume One comes Fractal, an enthralling music puzzler experience rebuilt and optimized for your iPad.

Push, combo and chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dream scape that reacts to your every move all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.

With 3 unique and challenging game modes, amazing HD-Quality graphics and an ever-evolving soundtrack, Fractal is sure to destroy what little productivity you have left.

Game Features:

3 distinct modes of play: Campaign, Arcade and Puzzle
Beat the best bloomers – see how you stack up on global Game Center and OpenFeint driven leaderboards

Also featuring:

Generative and reactive audio system!
Sleek, stunning design!
Colors!
Hexagons!
Particle Effects!
Explosions!

iTunes link

Saw it in the App Store and came really close to buying it, might do it now.. (Although through Steam.)

@onan: How can something be too slick?

Cool, I know the developers in real life :D It's cool seeing the final product on GB's site.

Two things I learned. Fractal looks pretty cool and Gary Whitta was playing Modern Warfare 3 during the Quick Look.

Looks pretty cool. Not something I'd buy though I think

I admit, I also made the "YOU DEFEATED" joke when Jeff beat one of the levels. Really, every game should use that.

I like how Brad keeps insisting it would work with a controller and should be on XBLA. Stay classy, Giant Bomb.

Also I didn't see any fractals.

It looks ok but the fact that the game uses a mouse indicator tells me that this is only a more complex browser/flash game.

@gladspooky said:

I like how Brad keeps insisting it would work with a controller and should be on XBLA. Stay classy, Giant Bomb.

Also I didn't see any fractals.

And when he does xbla/psn qls he says the same about a pc version. Brad wants everyone to play everything.

@AngelN7 said:

It looks ok but the fact that the game uses a mouse indicator tells me that this is only a more complex browser/flash game.

...So?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

@gladspooky: Explain how this game wouldn't work with a controller, and what's low-class about wanting good games to be available on more platforms. Or do you just have a daily quota of bitching about Internet content that you need to fill?

@gladspooky said:

I like how Brad keeps insisting it would work with a controller and should be on XBLA. Stay classy, Giant Bomb.

Also I didn't see any fractals.

He probably wants to lay down on his couch barely awake while playing a relaxing game, you can't blame him for it. Also to me this looks like a good iPad game.

Absolutely fantastic game, especially with the recent updates they've made for it. Glad to see it get a quick look.

@Brad: Oh snap! (one of the few times I've ever said that.)

I completely agree with you Brad. Haters gonna hate, though.

I've met the Creative Director of the team who developed this, he's a super chill guy.

@elcalavera said:

@onan: How can something be too slick?

It's too slick for what it is, which is a glorified flash game. It's just pretentious.

@gladspooky said:

I like how Brad keeps insisting it would work with a controller and should be on XBLA. Stay classy, Giant Bomb.

Also I didn't see any fractals.

How is that un-classy? Are you a fucking idiot?

@gladspooky: DON'T. TOUCH. MY. BRAD.

@Milkman said:

@gladspooky said:

I like how Brad keeps insisting it would work with a controller and should be on XBLA. Stay classy, Giant Bomb.

Also I didn't see any fractals.

How is that un-classy? Are you a fucking idiot?

How is port begging NOT classy?

I saw this on Steam and was intrigued, I'm glad to see a quick look of it! Thanks!

Totally getting vibes of PopCap games from this one

I'm not going to lie, any time I see facebook/twitter share crap being pushed at me in a game, especially via the GUI, I immediately start getting put off.

@Brad: Fuck yeah Brad. Money says that guy never replies.

I see that Cipher Prime continues to make interesting puzzle games.

boring

@Brad said:

@gladspooky: Explain how this game wouldn't work with a controller, and what's low-class about wanting good games to be available on more platforms. Or do you just have a daily quota of bitching about Internet content that you need to fill?

To play devil's advocate, those timed modes would need to be slowed down for controllers. Aside from that, he's a dick.

@onan said:

I don't get this game at all. Too slick and doesn't look terribly fun.

"I don't like puzzle games" seems like a better way to say whatever the fuck happened here. :P

@Nuklear said:

@onan said:

I don't get this game at all. Too slick and doesn't look terribly fun.

"I don't like puzzle games" seems like a better way to say whatever the fuck happened here. :P

I love puzzle games. This one just doesn't seem very fun and relies too much on luck with the spawning block combos. You can't polish a turd, but that sure doesn't keep some developers from breaking out the turtle wax.

Why did thay call this game Fractal when they should have called Tessellation?

I'm honestly shocked that Jeff did not react to the "CHOP CHOP" message after he failed a level.

@Nuklear said:

@onan said:

I don't get this game at all. Too slick and doesn't look terribly fun.

"I don't like puzzle games" seems like a better way to say whatever the fuck happened here. :P

I love puzzle games. This one just doesn't seem very fun and relies too much on luck with the spawning block combos. You can't polish a turd, but that sure doesn't keep some developers from breaking out the turtle wax.

@Porkellain said:

@gladspooky: DON'T. TOUCH. MY. BRAD.

I wanna touch your Brad allllll night baby.

Weird, other than namedropping Mandelbrot I don't think there was a single fractal related thing in the entire video. Does fractal stuff appear later in the game or is the title just not very accurate?

I gonna put this in my Steam wishlist.

Looks a bit hipster