After stumbling on the latest game release for Adobe® AIRâ„¢ 1.0, I excitedly installed it. “Lines Game - an Adobe® AIRâ„¢ application” is an interesting game developed by Dinu Bogdan. It was quite apparent after the install that it was built by a programmer at heart. If you can get past the terrible interface, and bad English, the game-play is actually pretty fun and challenging. The transparency of the graphics will kill you if you have anything other than a solid background on your desktop. I noticed after installing on my Mac that the icon for the game is missing leaving me with a default Application Icon. I’m not sure if this is the experience on the Windows side. This has been fixed in the latest version. In Bogdan’s defense the game was created in 3 days for the Air Derby back in September of 2007. On the other hand, there has been plenty of time since then to pretty it up a bit for the Version 1.0 release. Hopefully we will see some improvements in the near future. The game definitely has potential for a higher rating. Read on for some Tips and the A2G Quick Start!

Download Lines

*Scroll down Badu’s page and you will see the install link in the right column.

Tips
In the Settings you can change the size of the game board, initial amount of balls, and the number that equals a Line. These options are reminiscent of Minesweeper. It’s nice to be able to choose your difficulty level starting out.

Quick Start
The object of the game is to clear all the balls from the screen by lining up 5 of the same color ball. All you need to do is click on a ball once and then click where you’d like to move it to. As long as the ball and the area that you are trying to move it to are not trapped in, you can move the balls wherever you want (including 8 spaces across the field). Each time you move a ball, 3 more are placed on the playing field, so try to group your colors with as few clicks as possible!

Have you played Lines? What did you think?