geoDefense Swarm (iPhone)

Yes! I completed that troublesome level on my second attempt at lunchtime. Look away now if you don’t want spoilers. I was very chuffed with myself and decided to see how well I’d done on the global leaderboard for the level. Oh.

I beat the first Medium level! Yeah! Of course, now the second level is beating me down over and over again. The lack of laser towers and the high cost of all but the standard green towers is presenting an interesting challenge. Incidentally, I don’t tend to completely change my tactics very often in this

Well, it seems level two was a blip. I’ve now beaten all the Easy levels with, well, with ease. All except the final level, but that’s because it’s an endless level and thus unbeatable. I’ll be trying it for high scores, but the OpenFeint system used for scores seems to be amazingly flaky. It keeps

Finally! Stuck in submission hell for weeks, geoDefense Swarm has finally come out for a mere 59p. Given how good the original game was, that looks like a bargain. Swarm looks more like a companion to the original game rather than a sequel, being very similar but allowing for maze creation rather than working with

I am stuck on this level. But not frustratingly stuck, no. Happily stuck. I try different things – in this case I was trying a few high level towers, rather than lots of cheaper ones – and I enjoy myself. I don’t get annoyed with the game or myself, I just shrug and try again.