iA Iconic

Space Invaders with a typographic twist. This is a free game that was released by design studio iA (the company behind the iA Writer app) and visually it’s a beautiful thing to take in, with “Invaders” taking the form of icons, and a great soundtrack as well. Where it loses me a bit is in the controls – I already don’t like playing games on touch screen devices with virtual joysticks, but here I also found issues with the momentum of your ship when you move. I still managed to get handle on it, getting to the 11th stage on my first try, but it’s not something I’ll end up playing a lot.