Bridgy Jones is not the best game on the app store. Far from it. But it represents to me the best thing about the app store. This game is one dollar. Despite it's price, it is polished, well presented, thought provoking and above all fun. In short, it does its job better than it has any right to.
The game its self is pretty simple and honestly, not terribly original. It's a physics based bridge building game where players are tasked with...well building bridges. After designing a bridge or two, players are given control of a train which must then be driven across various bridged chasms. Simple, but effective!
The game is effective for two reasons. The first is that bridge building is and always has been fun to me. The second is that Bridgy Jones is ridiculously well polished. The sound effects, the music, the menus and the graphics are all indicative of a game that should cost far more than one dollar. Everything moves around smoothly, with beams shifting into place with a satisfying pop. Touches like a dotted line circle to show players maximum beam length help make gameplay easier, lessening sources of unintentional frustration.
It's not perfect, a couple of the puzzles required some slightly hokey gaming of the physics in order to complete, but I'm not convinced I couldn't have beaten the level a more natural way.
Bridgy Jones is a solid little title and I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in physics puzzlers. Cheap, disposable but not low quality, are attributes I can live with.
Bridgy Jones is $0.99 and can be found here on the App Store.
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