Adventures of Marvin and Mel Monkey: Word Rescue – iOS Review
A challenging and exciting educational game for young children…
Stats
Category: Games
Released: June 28, 2012
Version: 1.0.2
Size: 13.5 MB
Developer: On TheDot, LLC
Our Ratings
Graphics/Sound: 4/5
User Interface: 4/5
Gameplay: 4/5
Re-use/play value: 4/5
Overall Rating: 4/5
Price: Free/download
What Is It?
This is an educational game for young children, helping them to spell and have fun at once.
Is It Easy To Use?
It can be a little bit fiddly at first, you need to keep moving the monkeys to the left and right and it takes a little practice to gain experience and be fully competent. This is quite a fast paced game with obstacles, such as coconuts and mangoes to avoid and letters and bananas to collect.
Is It Fun?
Yes, very much so, the whole emphasis of this game is on fun. You control two monkeys, Marvin and Mel, they are on an adventure to rescue the missing letters taken from various locations around the globe. In the various locations you find different obstacles, characters and conditions that you have to deal with in order to save the words. There are incentives along the way, enabling you to obtain letter trophies to place in your trophy room and you can purchase accessories for Marvin and Mel too.
Is It Pretty?
Yes, it is the graphics are very clear and will appeal to the age group that this game is aimed at.
Should You Download it?
Most definitely, there’s the free version, with restricted access to try first and once you’ve found out how much fun you’re having, just download the fully paid version. For $0.99/£0.69 you can access all the levels of this app.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
