Flappy Bird, Subway Surfers, Temple Run, Candy Crush, if you've ever played them, you might know how addictive these games can be. They can be keep you busy all day long. Meet the newest game that's driving all smartphone gamers nuts - Piano Tiles. It is the latest game that wont allow people keep their phones aside. It manages to do what other games like Flappy Bird and Candy Crush have managed to do till now.
Piano Tiles (iOS) or "Don't Tap the White Tile" as it is called for Android devices has 50,000,000 - 100,000,000 downloads on the Play store. It is known for recently hitting off the charts on App Store. Its the recent game which everyone is talking about. Having different names on major platforms can be a bit confusing for such a simple game which can be highly addictive requiring lightning fast reflexes for tapping those black tiles.
Piano Tiles is the simplest game one would play. It has a very plain concept. A grid with black and white tiles keep running down your screen, while all you have to do is tap the black tiles and let go of the white tiles. As you tap on black tiles, you can hear piano keys being played and the speed increasing. You have to keep up with the ever increasing speed while tapping on the black tiles, as the music plays on.
The game comes in six different modes - Classic, Arcade, Zen, Rush, Relay and Arcade+. Classic mode challenges you to tap as many black tiles as possible in 50s without making mistakes. Arcade mode makes you face an endless barrage of tiles as you can with different modes: Normal, Faster & Reverse. Zen mode tests how many tiles you can tap in 30s.
Finally, Relay has you tapping a minimum of fifty tiles, in under 10s only to reset the clock so that you face another 50. Rush mode is a variation of arcade mode that counts how many tiles you've cleared per second. Arcade+ mode offers you different playing styles like Bomb mode, Lightning mode, Mist mode, Bilayer mode and many more.
The graphics of this game are average. The tiles look big. It has very simple graphics with a really easy to use interface. After you tap on the black tiles, you will watch them turn white with a bit darker tone than the rest white tiles. Game modes are very clear and easy to understand. If you do a mistake by tapping the white tile, it turns red and the game ends.
Audio:
Piano Tiles gives you 18 different songs to choose from for each time to tap a black tile. You can select which song you want it to play when you are busy tapping those black tiles. That list includes songs like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Wedding March, Minuet, Canon in D and many more. As you hit those tiles, you can hear those piano keys playing along with the action.
Overall the sounds are amazing and fun to hear. It gives you the feeling of playing an actual piano. When you tap the white tile it messes up the rhythm.You can also turn off the sound if you don't like it, in the settings. But it would be boring to tap those tiles without that beautiful music which makes the game even better.
Other features:
Piano Tiles also provides an option to choose the type of ads. You can select banner ads or pop-up ads as per your convenience. This is one great feature for all those people who dislike when ads disrupt your gameplay. Also, one gets to access the leaderboard and plenty of other options in "More".
In More, you get to select the themes, where you can select the different colors for your tiles if you are bored by the default black color. There are ten different colors you can choose out of thirty five colors so that you can get a colorful gaming experience.
You can tap on the Play on feature to continue if you have enough tiles in your inventory or simply tap on Again to start playing again. The game also allows you to share your high score with your friends through various social media by simply taking a screenshot of the high score.
One also gets to change the movement of the tiles, from faster to smoother. Smoothest is always recommended due to the ease at which you can tap the tiles. You can also change your language and check your profile. In profile, it gives you information about the best score, number of games you have played, tiles collected during your games etc.
Piano tiles is another runway hit which has managed to climb to the top of the App Store charts. It's the fusion of a simple and challenging gameplay which makes the app so addictive. It doesn't matter if the graphics are top notch or if the game comes from a big company, the only thing that matters is that if you capture those right set of circumstances, that makes such a simple game so addictive.
