Little Luca 4+

I really like the concept, but the game feels so... slow... In a game about perfect timing and precision, the pace need to be faster. The ball really floats through the air, restarting the level need to be one-button and instant, and the time between starting a level and actually playing should be zero (not several seconds while you wait for the ball to fall or a lazy whale to cross your screen). Those slight delays compound the frustration of mistakes. It says something about the game's potential that I played through 14 levels anyway. But in the end I couldn't do it anymore. Too frustrating.

This is a wonderful little physics puzzler. With its simple and sparse pixel graphics, beautiful background tunes, and one touch controls it has a real purity. Thankfully, there is no IAP to spoil that.

The game play demands a lot of trial and error to collect 3 stars on many levels, but it is for the user to decide how important that is or to just move on. Since I am a bit anal retentive and will keep trying for all of the stars, I do wish the restart level button was top level rather then one menu level deep under the pause icon. I find the game play to be interesting but we have seen these type of physics puzzles many times before. On a positive note, there is good variety here, tons of levels and plenty of challenge.

The theme of the game is really lovely and ties together nicely with the task of collecting stars. It's pays off beautifully on the "Starmap" screen which lets you see your stars collected and provides access to the Game Center leaderboards.

All in all, this is a lovely game that certainly deserves support and is a real bargain for a dollar. It oozes charm and love.

Very imprecise "bounce" controls mean you lack real control and hence the otherwise simple levels are frustrating. It's not the good difficulty of complexity, which I love, but of chance aim, which gets old quickly. The graphics feel cheap in a bad way, too, instead of retro in a good way.