Push Panic

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Push Panic
App icon of Push Panic, 2010.png
App icon
Developer(s) Appular
Publisher(s) Appular
Designer(s) Barry Kostjens
Programmer(s) Barry Kostjens
Artist(s) Ricardo de Zoete
Platform(s) iOS, Android
Release
  • iOS
  • November 23, 2010
  • Android
  • May 30, 2014
Genre(s) Tile-matching
Mode(s) Single-player

Push Panic is a 2010 tile-matching video game developed by the American studio Appular. In the game, the player must select a group of squares of the same color to prevent them from exceeding a line. After creating his first mobile game titled iGangster, Barry Kostjens would explore coding through developing Push Panic. The game was released in November 2010 for iOS, followed by a port for Android in May 2014. Push Panic garnered a positive reception for its gameplay and graphics but a mixed reception for its soundtrack.

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Gameplay

In Push Panic, the player must select squares of the same color to prevent them from reaching above a line. Gameplay screenshot of Push Panic, 2010.png
In Push Panic, the player must select squares of the same color to prevent them from reaching above a line.

Outside the game's 50-level Classic Mode, Push Panic has three other game modes: Color Panic, Time Panic, and Score Panic. In Color Panic, the player is limited to only having eight blocks of the same color at once, and in Time Panic, the player has three minutes to score as many points as possible. Score Panic allows unlimited play, but the rate at which blocks enter increases every 30 seconds. [1]

Development and release

Push Panic was developed by Appular, the New York City-based indie studio of sole member Barry Kostjens. Originally from the Netherlands, Kostjens created his first mobile game titled iGangster; its success prompted him to pursue coding through developing Push Panic. The game's graphics were designed by Ricardo de Zoete, who Kostjens had met on an online forum. [2]

Push Panic was released for iOS on November 23, 2010, [1] [2] followed by a port for Android on May 30, 2014. [3] In January 2011, the game was featured at AppEvent, [4] and in April 2011, 25 levels and iPad support were added. [5]

Reception

On Metacritic, Push Panic has a "generally favorable" rating based on six critics. [6]

Push Panic's gameplay was mostly praised. Some critics found the game straightforward and engaging, [7] [8] [11] while others stated the game's leaderboards added replay value and motivated people to keep playing. [7] [9] [11] Multiple reviewers also described the game as a way to have fun in little time. [7] [8] [11] However, Tommaso Pugliese of Multiplayer.it criticized that Push Panic lacked depth due to the loss of strategy that came with the game's gradual increase in difficulty as well as the usage of power-ups. [10] Conversely, 148Apps's Jennifer Allen expressed that the power-ups added the element of strategy. [8] While Andrew Nesvadba of AppSpy felt the game was "almost unworthy of trying" because of waiting for a chain of blocks to create, he reasoned it was a "training ground" for the other game modes, [9] a sentiment shared by Pocket Gamer 's Tracy Erickson and Slide to Play's Nadia Oxford. [7] [11]

The graphics were received positively, while the soundtrack had mixed opinions. [7] [11] [10] Although praising how the game was color blind accessible, Erickson suggested more distinctive patterns for blocks. [7] Additionally, some reviewers saw the soundtrack as repetitive and not impactful. [11] [10]

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  2. 1 2 "Appular Releases Push Panic, a Frantically Fun Puzzle Game for iPhone". IGN . November 23, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ Priestman, Chris (May 30, 2014). "Silver Award-winning physics puzzler Push Panic spills onto Android four years after its iOS debut". Pocket Gamer . Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Push Panic for iPhone Goes Free For a Day in Association with AppEvent". IGN . May 8, 2012 [January 13, 2011]. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Appular Releases Highly Anticipated Universal Update for Push Panic". IGN . May 8, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
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