GAME
OF THE
DAY
Pocket Build
Build your own fantasy world!
There’s no shortage of building games on the App Store, but this one’s refreshingly different. In Pocket Build, you’re completely free to create a world of your own right from the start.
Just tap on the crane in the bottom right of the screen and start building whatever you like. There are no timers, and you don’t have to work your way up through a gradually unlocking range of items, buildings and characters.
There are fences, pathways, bridges, houses, tents… and about 100 different trees. Walls, cliffsides, towers, boats… it’s all here to play with instantly. And to bring it all to life there’s a cast of people and, um, goblins to populate the world. Not to mention a menagerie of wild animals, dogs and farmyard folk.
There’s still a sense of progression in the way you gather wood and food and set people to work. It all means you can spend your yield on more items, but it’s all neatly streamlined and promises not to get in the way of building a world exactly as you please.
This is where Pocket Build excels – it lets players loose with its huge toolset and never really stops you in your tracks. In a crowded genre, this stands out as being among the most generous and open-ended builders around.