R U Smarter Than a Monkey- Software Solutions Consulting Inc.

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For a fun addicting game that is simple to play, look no further than SSCI’s R U Smarter Than a Monkey? The idea is simple: try to remember and identify the numbers flashed on the screen in order. I have not ran across a game as addicting since Harbor Master some time ago.

The game starts with an introductory page, with three options: Play, Watch video, and Options. The Watch Video plays the YouTube video of a five year old monkey, successfully identifying numbers in order on a screen, after they are flashed for less than a second (.21 seconds to be exact).

Under options, you can see Top and Global Scores, About, simple instructions, Volume, and the different modes. There are five modes to be played: Baby Baboon, Monkey Walk, Higher Ground, Mind the Gap, and Monkey Challenge. You can easily modes as you see fit. There is no requirement to be able to play the next one.

The different modes are as follows:

Baby Baboon: This is the first level you will probably try out; it is also the simplest. You start out with 30 seconds, and depending on how you do, more time is added. You are flashed numbers, from four at a time up to the whole screen being filled, and then they are covered and it is your turn to identify where each number is and make sure you tap the boxes in numerical order.

If you are successful, then you become 1-0; if you get the numbers out of order, then you take a loss, 0-1. The game continues like this, adding wins or loses, until time expires. After which, your score is calculated, and added to the Top Scores section, if you have made it.

I would recommend the developer though to add some sort of back function so I can easily change a mode or simply, just go back. Currently I have to exit the app and restart it to get where I wanted to go.

Monkey Walk: If the Baby Baboon mode is too easy for you, then the Monkey Walk is a step up. Here the idea is the same, but now you are given more pieces and a shorter time to memorize. Think of it as a medium level, if Baby Baboon was easy.

Higher Ground: This mode requires more thought than the first two. The numbers are no longer simply one, two, three, and on; it now mixes them up from time to time. You may start with one, two, three, four, five, and then move to four, five, six, seven, eight. The only difference this mode has is it no longer gives you the one to five blocks and add a number; now it likes to keep you on your toes with the number order.

Mind the Gap: As if remembering numbers in order is not bad enough, try having some missing from the order. In this mode, there are “gaps” in the order, such as having two, three, five, seven, and you must remember that some numbers are now nowhere to be found.

Monkey Challenge: After stressing yourself out memorizing numbers, now you can take on the monkey yourself in Monkey Challenge. The format is this: You are given ten rounds with only a measly 0.21 seconds to memorize the numbers one to five. In order to tie or beat the monkey, you need an 80% accuracy (got to get at least eight ones right with only two wrong).

The graphics are well designed, simple as not to distract you during the game, and it is easy to find your way around. I experienced no crashing of the app; found it simple to begin and change the modes; and had a great time testing it out. This game can be played for hours on end with the user trying to keep the time going so they can get to the point where they can fill the whole screen with boxes (I have only gotten up to eight numbers).

R U Smarter Than A Monkey? ($0.99)

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