Buy it if you build things for fun! – BallFallDown Deluxe Review

This is a fun app with a few quirks, but they shouldn't get in the way of you buying it if you like building things (either virtually or "in real life"). It's basically a blank slate that you can fill with bumpers, tubes, and boards to create anything from a rapid-fire ball launcher to a pinball game. It's easy to play, and it's really endlessly fun if you're into this kind of construction game. I'm the kind of person who still occasionally plays with blocks at age 30, and I can mess around with this for hours. There are a few areas where it could improve: 1. Stretching and rotation of some objects is tricky at times, making it a bit hard to build exactly what you want if you're looking to make something really complex. 2. BallFallDown won't multitask under iOS 4, so you have to wait a few seconds for it to relaunch if you switch apps. To be fair: this is pretty fast, and it does remember exactly where you were when you come back. 3. Most of the graphics look really nice, but a few could be more polished. Overall, this is a very well-made but simple-looking game. I don't really have any major issues with it, and the free-form fun I get from it more than makes up for the quirks. If you look at the description and screenshots and think "boring," it's probably not for you, but if you're intrigued, buy it! At $1, you can't go wrong. Disclosure: I am tangentially associated with this app, but had nothing to do with the design or coding. Hopefully you'll take this for what it is -- an honest and uninfluenced review.
Review by scienceListener on BallFallDown Deluxe.