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The 1-Upper: Grow Island
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The 1-Upper: Grow Island
Grow Island is the latest in the venerable Grow series of games, which have been around almost as long as free Flash games have, and is arguably its best. The latest installment is more of the same deductive puzzles, though this time around the developer, Eyemaze, created it for Shibaura Institute of Technology and you can definitely feel the school’s influence in the choices you need to make.
On your little island, you’re given eight types of technology to choose from - civil engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering, etc – each represented by simple forms such as a pile of logs, a bolt, or a pickaxe. As with the rest of the Grow games, you’ll need to figure out the correct sequence in which to place them on the island and get them to level “Max” in order to win. If you do it right, you’ll feel like a unicorn pranced into your room and farted rainbows. Seriously.
With Grow Island, the game has taken a much more logical tack. In the other games, there wasn’t always a lot of logic involved and trial and error was your best bet in solving the puzzle. On the island, you can see how each bit of technology works with the others and it’s all optimistic and happy. The best part about the Grow games is that they’re still fun even if you don’t get the correct sequence down. The icons on the island will grow and interact in different ways, and the resulting animations are very amusing.
Go play Grow Island. And check out the rest of the Grow series, too. If you get stuck and need a walkthrough, or find a really funny sequence, post in the comments.
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