Casey's Contraptions

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Casey's Contraptions
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Developers Snappy Touch, Mystery Coconut
Publishers Snappy Touch, Mystery Coconut
Designers
  • Noel Llopis
  • Miguel Angel Friginal
Programmer Noel Llopis
Artist Miguel Angel Friginal
Platform iOS
ReleaseMay 19, 2011
Genre Puzzle
Mode Single-player

Casey's Contraptions is a 2011 puzzle video game developed and published by the American studios Snappy Touch and Mystery Coconut. It was released on May 19, 2011, for iOS devices.

Contents

Rovio Entertainment bought the game IP rights in May 2012, [1] and rebranded it as Amazing Alex . [2] [3] [4] [5]

Release

Casey's Contraptions was released for iOS devices on May 19, 2011. [6] In June 2011, the game was updated with an online level sharing service. [7]

Reception

On Metacritic, Casey's Contraptions has a "generally favorable" score of 89 based on 11 reviews. [14] [8] [13] [12] [18] [11] [17] [9] [15] [16] [10]

References

  1. Llopis, Noel (May 11, 2012). "What The Rovio Deal With Casey's Contraptions Means To Me". Games From Within. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. Davis, Justin (July 13, 2012). "The Controversial History of Rovio's Amazing Alex". IGN . Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  3. Scott, Jeff (May 9, 2012). "Casey's Contraptions". 148Apps. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  4. Schramm, Mike (May 11, 2012). "Rovio rebranding Casey's Contraptions as Amazing Alex". Engadget . Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  5. Moscaritolo, Angela (May 10, 2012). "Report: Rovio Acquires Puzzle Game Casey's Contraptions". PCMag . Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  6. Stout, Kevin (May 19, 2011). "Huge Multiplayer Updates and New Game Releases". 148Apps. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  7. Dotson, Carter (June 23, 2011). "Casey's Contraptions Gets Online Level Sharing in New Update". 148Apps. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Casey's Contraptions". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Wolinsky, David; Heisler, Steve; Jones, Scott; Agnello, Anthony John; Kaiser, Rowan; Teti, John (June 6, 2011). "June 6, 2011". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  10. 1 2 Reed, Kristan (May 30, 2011). "Mobile Games Roundup". Eurogamer . p. 2. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Zuccarelli, Dan (May 23, 2011). "Casey's Contraptions Review". Gamezebo . Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  12. 1 2 Gallegos, Anthony (October 14, 2020) [May 26, 2011]. "Casey's Contraptions Review". IGN . Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  13. 1 2 Jordan, Jon (May 19, 2011). "Casey's Contraptions HD Review". Pocket Gamer . Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  14. 1 2 Campbell, Nissa (July 1, 2011). "Casey's Contraptions for iPad Review – Rube Goldberg Would Be Proud". TouchArcade . Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  15. 1 2 Smith, Timothy (May 19, 2011). "Casey's Contraptions Review". 148Apps. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  16. 1 2 Palmisano, Fabio (July 20, 2011). "Piccole reazioni a catena crescono" [Small chain reactions grow]. Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  17. 1 2 D'Aprile, Jason (June 29, 2011). "Casey's Contraptions iPad Review". Slide to Play. Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  18. 1 2 Vanhemert, Kyle (November 8, 2011). "Review: Snappy Touch Casey's Contraption". WIRED . Retrieved November 28, 2025.