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RGB Express

Mindprint Rating

Tags

Mathematics ^21st Century Skills All Ages iOS App

Skills

Flexible Thinking Working Memory Abstract Reasoning Spatial Perception

Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • Provides a great twist on maze puzzles while still developing skills in spatial perception, working memory, and flexible thinking.
  • There is no timer, no reading, limited negative feedback, and unlimited tries.
  • The game provides a good challenge for a broad range of ability levels.

Considerations

  • Although the challenge is good for even adults, the animations make the app feel like it was made for children.
  • The lack of instructions in the beginning could confuse some students.

Mindprint Expert Review

RGB Express offers a wonderful twist on a traditional maze puzzle. Each puzzle has multiple different colored trucks which must pick up packages along the route and deliver them to the appropriate destination without crossing the other trucks' paths. Players must juggle the multiple route options for the different trucks to come up with a solution. The player traces the different routes with a finger and sees if the trucks make it to the destinations. Players will enjoy tracing a route and then watching the animation to see if the trucks arrive to their destinations. Players can make changes to the paths and get hints with their accumulated coins or through a purchase. The app has no reading, no timer, minimal negative feedback and will be good exercise for flexible thinking, working memory and spatial perception. Given that students can take as long and as many tries as they need, this app can be a good choice even for those who struggle with the skills. However, adults should be aware that the app grows progressively harder to make the game both challenging and achievable so students with weaker skills might need some support at higher levels. Overall, an enjoyable game for a broad range of ages and abilities.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Manufacturer Description

RGB Express is a unique and beautiful puzzle game. Simple to play, yet super addictive! Fun and challenge for all ages.

● Pocket Gamer: GOLD Award - "A jolly, entertaining, sweet-natured puzzler"
● Over 10 million players! *

You are running RGB Express, the one and only company specialized in delivering colors.

This is how you do it:
1) Draw routes for your drivers. Make sure that every house receives the correct package.
2) Press play
3) Sit back and watch while RGB Express delivers!

Features:
● 400 levels
● Easy gameplay suitable for all ages
● Lots of challenges for puzzle game fans
● Beautiful Retina graphics
● Excellent soundtrack and hilarious sound effects

The game starts off with easy puzzles, which will teach you the many tricks, that help you solve the more difficult ones. There are bridges, buttons, sometimes you must swap cargo from one truck to another... Eventually you will meet the mysterious white car!

Reviews:
• Pocket Gamer: GOLD Award - "A jolly, entertaining, sweet-natured puzzler"
• The Unofficial Apple Weblog: "Highly recommended"
• GameMob: "RGB Express is a great casual game to pick up and play."
• AppAdvice: "The visuals are wonderful, the music is soothing, the controls are intuitive, and the gameplay itself is pretty challenging but on a nice, gradual curve."
• 148Apps: "Simply put, RGB Express is a well designed puzzle game. It’s one that’s sure to keep you keen for a while to come, as well as create many head scratching opportunities."
• Pocket Tactics: "Even early on, it’s a modest pleasure to play, but for a player who enjoys looking ahead several moves and mentally charting contingencies, the later levels are highly stimulating."
• Apple'n'Apps: "RGB Express is an ornately crafted puzzle experience offering equal parts enjoyment and challenge that is a great pick up for your iOS device."

EXPERT Mode
- The ultimate challenge the for true masters of RGB Express
- Design the shortest routes for your trucks
- Complete 200 levels to unlock the Expert Mode
- Please note: The hints don't always show the optimal solution!


About In-App purchases:
The game contains free hints that will help you if you get stuck. If you want to use more hints, you can buy them as In-App purchases.