Recommendation: Good
Gameplay 4/5
Content 5/5
Graphics 5/5
Music 5/5
Sound 4/5
About Unwind
Unwind is a browser game designed by
Leah Tillock (President of ATN World
News) and coded by Doug Moses of Christ
Games. It’s free to play, ad-free, and accessible for anyone with an
internet connection. You can play it on any type of computer or mobile device without
you having to sign up to the site or install any files.
The
object of the game is to spell out words of three or more letters. The strategy
is to get as many points as you can to advance to the next level. Some of the
letters (Q, X, and Z) are worth 100 points vs. the normal 40 points, so you’ll
want to use those when you can. You also want to make sure that you’re not
spelling yourself out of options in a certain area of the board.
You can click on the letters one at a time or drag your mouse or finger through the letters to complete longer words.
You can click on the letters one at a time or drag your mouse or finger through the letters to complete longer words.
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There's Leah Tillock on the right! |
Pros
The game is very easy to play and has some light
Christian subtext to it as it provides Scripture references in a few places. Overall,
it’s a fun game that makes you think creatively as you brainstorm what words
you could spell.
It also made me curious to look up some words. When
the game accepted “bas” when I was going for “base,” I was curious to know what
“bas” was. It’s apparently the English plural form of the word “soul” in
Egyptian mythology. I also found that it accepted some acronyms I wasn’t
familiar with, so the game has the added benefit of teaching you some new
vocabulary if you’re inclined to look up some new combinations of letters. And
you’re on the internet playing the game already, so you might as well “Google”
some definitions while you’re at it, right?
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If you get stuck, you can use each of the power-ups once per level. |
I enjoyed the ambient sound and the ability to
choose my wild spaces. As you can see, for this playthrough, I chose coffee and
fruit. I also chose the Tropical soundtrack. The graphics for the game are very
clean, and the creators made some nice selections for the background sound. The
ambiance is a nice change from listening to music.
But speaking of music, you will get one victory
song as the cat walks across your screen once you complete a level.
Cons
Unfortunately, there’s no way to save your
progress. If you’re stuck on a board or run out of time and need to close the
browser window, you can’t come back to that same round later. That’s the
trade-off of not having to sign up for an account or download any files, though,
and you can usually leave your browser window open as long as you need to
finish a game.
One of my pet peeves is sound effects, and the cancel
sound effect in Unwind is the only non-relaxing part of the game. But, again,
this could be me being too picky, and if that’s my biggest complaint, I guess
Unwind doesn’t have too much bad going against it.
Who
Should Play Unwind?
I see three types of people enjoying Unwind:
- If you’re a casual gamer and pull out your phone when you’re out and about or navigate over while you enjoy your morning coffee.
- If you enjoy word games and want to get into the strategy of using the power-ups and planning which tiles to clear.
- If you enjoy learning new words and don’t mind taking a break from the game to look up something it accepted.
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