Feed That Dragon shows no decline in popularity for the physics-based puzzler

Feed That Dragon is a new iOS title from prolific Web and iOS game publisher MiniClip. The game is a paid app, available in separate iPhone and HD iPad versions. According to our traffic tracking service AppData, Feed That Dragon is currently No. 65 in the Top Paid Apps chart, No. 39 in the Top Paid Games chart and No. 163 in the Top Grossing Games chart. Feed That Dragon, as the name implies, tasks players with feeding a hungry dragon. This is achieved through the use of a catapult designed to fling a lump of food into the dragon's mouth. Unfortunately, the player has no control over the trajectory of the food, so instead must use the provided items -- walls, trampolines and a variety of other obstacles -- to guide the food to its ravenous destination. Like many similar games of this type, there are also three stars to collect in each level, requiring players to figure out a specific route to the solution in order to get the best scores. The game is primarily a single player experience, but players can compare their total scores against their friends and worldwide leaderboards through Game Center. In this kind of game, however, the total score measures how much of the game you have played rather than how good you are at it. Scores for individual levels cannot be compared. Despite being a paid app, the game features several additional monetization features. Firstly, it displays occasional ads for other MiniClip titles when returning to the main menu or when tapping on the News option. Secondly, players impatient to get to more difficult challenges can pay to unlock later "worlds" without having to complete the previous ones first. Thirdly, players stuck on a particularly challenging level can use a Solution item to have it solved for them with a full three star rating. So far as game progress is concerned, using a Solution is regarded as if the player themselves had completed the level in that way, so the score achieved is added to the cumulative total. Only a limited number of Solutions are provided with the game, but additional ones can be purchased. It's even possible to purchase a pack of all the Solutions at once, effectively allowing the player to skip any level they please. This assumes a certain degree of self-control on the player's part, however. Due to the modular, world-based nature of the game it will be easy for developer BlitPop to add additional levels over time if it proves to be popular and worthwhile for them to do so. Additional levels also provide the possibility of additional monetization -- some players will need Solutions for the new levels, and some will want to unlock them early in exchange for money. You can follow Feed That Dragon's progress with AppData, our traffic tracking application for social and iOS games and developers.

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Feed That Dragon shows no decline in popularity for the physics-based puzzler

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