Magic Pen

Creator: Alejandro Guillen
Platform: Flash
Type: Online Game

Summary:
Magic Pen is a simple flash game where you solve levels by getting the red circle to collect the flag(s). You use your mouse to create various shapes using your crayon (the cursor) such as other circles, triangles and squares to help you. Hinges and pins to your advantage. This game really requires you to think at times how to move the red circle to collect the flags. There's no definite answers on how to solve the level sometimes but just using what you can do with the crayon.


What makes this game compelling:
1) I really like the visuals of the game. The simple graphics and the crayon like effects are really nice.

2) Though there are 26 levels to solve in the game you can jump to any of the levels as you like even the ones you previously solved. They even display how many shapes you took to solve that particular level. You can challenge yourself into coming out with different ways to solve the level or taking as little shapes as possible.

3) Magic Pen is not a hard game to play but it can really challenge your mind. Shapes created are immediately in use so sometimes you have to plan ahead or else you find your red circle heading off screen because there wasn't anything to stop it from rolling away.

Is it fun?
Yep. If the background music gets on your nerves you can turn it off from the menu. There is even this free play mode where you can just just create shapes and do whatever you want. The fun part is not only in solving the level but how did you solve it.

Is it hard?
Depends on the individual playing this game. Frankly I don't find it hard except the occasional problem of judging how big to draw the shapes. You can always restart the level or jump to another one before coming back to try again. The instructions are also located under the menu for reference besides the tutorial at the start of the game.

Anything bad about the game?
Well sometimes it gets frustration when things don't go your way and you have to restart the level to try again. There was a time where my 'bridge' gave way and my red circle when falling altogether with it just before getting to the last flag. Music can get on your nerves since it is the same one looping all over again but you can turn it off.

Conclusion:
It's an entertaining casual game. Nothing fancy but it's not that simple that you can just brisk through it. Don't take it seriously if you get stuck on a level just skip, come back again or watch the online video walkthrough on youtube.

Try it here:
Magic Pen