Need Improvements In FPS Games? Practice And ‘Gauge’ Your Reflexes!

The iFamily of touch devices lend themselves well to fast twitch games.

The iFamily of touch devices lend themselves well to fast twitch games. With the lack of buttons to press, those precious 0.01 seconds are never wasted in the travel from the button’s idle to pressed position, however few apps truly make use of this mechanic. The developer of Flying Hamster, The Game Atelier has released a new game that tests player’s reflexes in a crucible of distraction and intensity, it’s called Gauge .

From the makers of the popular Flying Hamster , Gauge pits the player against themselves in a sense, challenging them to keep the game’s central UI piece, the gauge, as fully charged as possible without driving it passed a determined marker. The game times and scores the player based on how well they balance the charge of their gauge against the obstacles set in their way, as well as how quickly they react to changes in restrictions added to the gauge’s possible charge levels. In addition to changes in the bar itself, players will have to adapt to radical changes to the environment surrounding the gauge as well. Music will give way to loud, jolting noises in attempts to draw your concentration all while the background flashes and shakes in brilliantly seizure inducing patterns, all meant to throw you off of your game. Will you crumble under the pressure?

Using a clean, minimal and modern interface, the gameplay is not more complex either. By touching the screen, the gauge is moved towards the lateral sides of the screen (medical pun is intended). Keep it near the edge, scores will be multiplied and go high like crazy, but beyond that and touch the limit, the game is over. Between intervals, a power-up called “2nd gauge” will pop up, which you can optionally attempt to pick up and expand your margin of errors, allowing you to touch the limit without ending the game. Distractions will also come into play, removing HUD and displaying distractive stuff for the hope making you fail.

While the basic game with time mode can be enjoyed for free with the trial version, the in-app purchase of full game promises more game modes, psychedelic soundtracks and lolcats, which predictably intensify your distractions. While I haven’t tried yet, I’m intrigued but I can guess it will look like something in the trailer below.

Available now on the App Store, Gauge is currently available as a trial version, free of charge, with the full game unlockable via a $0.99 in-app purchase. The developer warns that those with epileptic conditions should not play the game, as the patterns it displays may cause seizures. For more information on this and other The Game Atlier products, visit their main website.