
I’ve categorized the
games by Speed and Coordination, Matching, Quizzes, Strategy, and Devotional.
Fun 5/5
User Controls 3/5
Content 2/5
Replay 3/5
Pacing 5/5
Graphics 5/5
Music 5/5
Sound 5/5
Superbook Games Most Worth Playing
Some of these games are
only for kids, such as the Fish and Bread counting game, but I found most to be
fun for adults too.
Bible Explorer Card Game – choose your difficulty and strategy (my
favorite game on the site!)
Bug Out – match the colors to clear the board
David, Sheep Protector and Escape to Egypt – fun timing games
Eden Garden Adventure – quick-click matching game
Fish and Bread – practice counting
Gizmo’s EmbARK – fast-paced platforming
Pattern Panic – pay attention to the sequence of shapes shown
The Lost Sheep – practice using your reflexes to avoid obstacles
The Torment of King Saul – rhythm touch game
Time Travelers – correctly click on the Biblical event that happened
first
Treasure Hunters – Match the gems on the pyramid to clear it
Overall Impression of Superbook Games
After reviewing all of
them, here are my general impressions of the Superbook games. First, the music, sound, and graphics are great.
Everything is clear to see, the music and pleasant, and the sounds have a fun
cartoony flavor. I also enjoyed the pacing. Most of the games move very quickly,
and none of them are long enough to get boring.
Most of the Superbook
games could use better explanations,
though. When you start the games, they do give you a little bit of an
explanation of what you’re supposed to do, but I was often left wanting more
information. Sometimes, I didn’t know what buttons to push and had to lose the
game a few times while I experimented with the controls. I also found most of the games to be rather unforgiving.
If you mess up once, you have to wait for the game to reload and start over.
Replay value is
middling. You can have some fun replaying these games until you master them.
After that, they get predictable, and
you probably won’t need to play them again. There are a few exceptions, though,
such as the Bible Explorer Card Game. And the site as a whole does have quite a
bit of replay value as each game is different. As of now, there are 21 games, plus the games you play in the
Daily Devotional.
The content was seriously lacking. Most of
these games are based on a Biblical theme, but don’t tell you anything about
the story or give you any application while you play. Others have nothing to do
with the Bible or Christianity. They’re simply mini games using the Superbook
characters. A few give you a premise to the game, but there’s no story in any
of them. With such fun games based on a Bible video series, it seems to be a
lost opportunity not to reinforce a Biblical message.
Speed and Coordination Superbook Games
David, Sheep Protector. David moves clockwise. You have to click on
the bear or lion when he’s facing it. If you miss, the enemy gets closer, and
if they take your sheep, the game is over.
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You can do it, David! |
Dove Quest. Make the dove jump over or duck objects, but one hit and
you’re done.
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Is that a hairpiece up there? |
Escape to Egypt. Pay attention to timing so that you can avoid the
guards’ light. Sometimes, there’s more than one guard. If they shine their
light on you, you have to start over.
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Watch out! |
Gizmo’s EmbARK. Some animals fell out of the ark. Play as Gizmo
jumping across a side scrolling landscape to collect them. They’re on different
levels, so you have to play a few times to find the best path. If you fall in
the water, you lose one of the animals you collected.
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Jump, Gizmo, jump! |
Gizmo Grid. In this version of ski ball, you swipe your screen to
make the balls roll. The touch control isn’t very responsive though.
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Hey, my puck moved! |
Sepa / Rate. Move sheep and goats into their respective pens, but
avoid the lion that comes to steal them away.
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Here comes the lion! |
Serpent Smash. Click on the serpent in the tree and avoid clicking
on other animals. The speed increases to give you a challenge, and then
multiple serpents appear. If you miss one, or if you click on another type of
animal, you’re out.
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Smash that serpent |
The Great Fish. Like Dove Quest, you have to make the fish avoid
obstacles in the water. One mistake, and this fish is sleeping with the fishes.
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It should be illegal to fish here! |
The Lost Sheep. Click Gizmo’s hand up or down to avoid hitting
obstacles as it moves across the screen. Your goal is to collect the sheep that
appear. One hit, and you’re done.
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Almost there! |
The Torment of King Saul. Play as David playing the harp. Match the
notes when they hit the string. It’s a lot like Guitar Hero or other rhythm
touch games. Two misses, and your music is too discordant.
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I should calm irate rulers for a living! |
The Weed Eater. Click on weeds before they move off screen. Miss
one, and you’re gardening days and done.
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Ugh, more chores? |
Matching Superbook Games
Bug Out. Match different colors of bugs to clear the board and
advance to the next level. See how far you can get in 5 minutes.
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So, if I add bugs, the bugs go away... |
Cake Match. Match different styles of deserts to make them all
disappear.
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Clean your plates, children! |
Eden Garden Adventure. Click on animals and apples to get a match
before they move. You have to be fast and you only have 1 minute to see how
many you can get.
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Can you see where the match is? |
Fish and Bread. Count how many fish and loaves each person has in
their basket and then click the fish supply basket or the bread supply basket
to balance how many they have. See how many people you can feed within 1
minute.
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Martha's watching her weight, so she only needs 1 loaf. |
Gizmo Matches. Click on the animal icons to
make matches. Make as many matches as you can before time runs out.
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I see lots of matches! |
Harvest Rush. Swipe 3 or more crop squares for points. Don’t touch
the fallow fields or the young plants. You have two minutes to collect as many
crops as you can. There’s only one level, unfortunately.
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Farming can be tricky! |
Treasure Hunters. Match different gem blocks on a pyramid to make
the pyramid disappear. You have to rotate the pyramid to see all the blocks and
you have to work your way from the outside in. You get 5 minutes to make all
the matches.
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It took so long to build the pyramids; now, I'm just tearing them down ;-) |
Memory Superbook Games
Pattern Panic. Different shapes appear on the screen. Click on them
in the order they appeared. It gets a little more challenging as you go because
more shapes appear, and the sequence you have to remember gets longer.
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Don't touch the red ones! |
Quizzes Superbook Games
Time Travelers. The game shows you two events from the Bible. You choose
which came first or later. It’s a good game to help you get the chronology of
the Bible straight. The trick is you have pay attention to whether the game is
asking which one came first or which one came later.
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Hmm... |
Strategy Superbook Games
Bible Explorer Card Game. You get to choose the difficulty level
for this one. Then, you place cards of Biblical events, people, or objects to
score combos. There’s an interesting strategy to the game, and you could play
this one for quite a while before it got old. Your goal is to score more points
than Gizmo playing the game beside you.
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Interesting! |
Devotional Superbook Games
Every day, the site
picks a new Bible verse that you can read. Then, you can answer questions and solve
a couple of puzzles. Again, there’s no application or commentary to help you
understand the verse, but it does encourage kids to think about it.
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If you love Jesus, you'll answer the question! |
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Fill in the blanks with the correct words. |
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Complete the word search using words from the verse. |
Have you spent any time playing the Superbook games? What do you think of games like this? Comment below!
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