Wally and Friends

Before Photo Hunt was invented (I think), there was Wally which you find in picture books so imagine my delight when I discover that they have Wally and Friends on iPad! It's free to download, super addictive and I think it's meant for adults as its damn difficult!

My tips for Wally and Friends are as follows and it's not complete since I'm still playing the game:

1. If you have friends or family who enjoy spotting things, put this game up on your TV through Apple air player and suddenly things get magnified and you can clear the stages easier.

2. Watch as many free videos to get gems! You will need them if you need extra time and you can use it to buy bones. It's better to use 15 gems to buy extra 1 minute of time rather than to use 30 gems for 1 bone (if you don't buy them in a packet).

3. The easiest land is the Bright Lights Night Frights and the hardest I think so far is Game of Games. I think they do it such that there are very few colours so everything kind of blends and you think the flag numbers help you....but they may just be more distracting! 

4. I think for The Mighty Fruit Fight land, they seem to know which colour you are bad at, I tend to be bad at spotting people in green so I get tons of them :( so the only way is to spend some energy and repeat the stage. The golden spoon is usually held by a person. 

5. For The Cake Factory, I had so much trouble finding the red smoking pipe and it's so freaking small. It can be found sometimes at the conveyor belt. 

6. In Battle of the Bands, the sausages can be found on top of the towers at times. 

7. Sometimes it's better to concentrate on playing one land as you will remember where the things are but then you will lose out on completing the missions and getting the gold coins so that's a trade off you have to make. 

8. When you connect to Facebook and play this game with your friends, you can challenge them and send gifts to each other. The funny thing is I received 5 gold coins whereas I sent 23 gold coins to my friend! Apparently you can only send a gift once a day so it makes sense to persuade your friends and family to play this game!

9. Wally is the least of your problems I this game, he kinda stands out so spotting him won't be an issue. I think the difficulty is finding the small items and sometimes they can be rather tricky as it can be hidden at all sorts of weird places.

10. Some of the people are just hidden behind other people so it makes it difficult to spot. I try to do it clockwise and have a quick scan and then note the facial expressions, colours and actions of the person you are supposed to find.

Happy spotting! 

Two Dots Levels 286 - 310

I tried my hands at the latest update of two dots and boy was the circuits a confusing new obstacle they had put in and I am still grappling with it! Here are my tips and hope it helps you! If you like, you can view videos of my gameplay for these levels on Youtube 

Level 286 - 287: The circuits basically are switched on when you connect the dots and then if you do a square that happens to be the same colours as the dots being switched on, they get switched off. Which complicates matters when you are trying to switch on all the circuits as well as collect the dots. These two stages are like trial runs so it shouldn't be too difficult in switching on all the circuits using normal connect the dots or even squares.

Level 288 - 294: These stages introduce the switches and you have to get a certain number of coloured dots as well. I find clearing the switches to be a hindrance at time as when I do blue squares for example,  it tends to switch off the same blue dots that are being switched on. Once the switches in a certain section are cleared, it explodes and clears off a number of dots. 

But if I solely focus on clearing the switches first, I run out of moves to get the required number of coloured dots. I tried to clear portions of switches, made some squares to get the dots and if you use a crate, the bomb is useless in helping you to clear this stage. The only crate that is useful is the teardrop which makes all the dots the same colour! I think it's about balancing both clearing the switches and getting the dots and I did waste two crates and a couple of lives to clear level 290 as the bottom row of switches was tough to clear. 

Level 295, 299: I think the best way is to make squares and once most of the dots have been switched on and all the four corners have been switched on, then slowly tackle the ones that are yet to be switched on. 

Level 296 - 298, 301, 306, 308 - 309: I like this stage since when the switches explode, you may get to kill some anchors as well so it really helps you in this game if you try to plan it that way! For Level 306, 308, I find it useful to make the same coloured squares as the dots that are trapping the blocks so that the switches can be turned on and then it'll explode.

Level 300: You have to minimize the number of moves to turn on the switches but that must be completed first before you can sink the anchors!

Level 302: It's best that you use squares as it will help to kill the switches, break the ice and reach the number of required dots.

Level 303 - 305: In this stage I find making squares to break off most of the ice first then kill the switches then break off the remaining ice the easier way to complete this level. For Level 305, I find it useful to make the same coloured squares as the dots that are trapping the blocks so that the switches can be turned on and then it'll explode.

Level 307: With the fire, I find it best to make squares to kill some switches and snuff out the fire and then continue killing the remaining switches.

Level 310: You have to clear the two side switches first before tackling the middle switch. I think in this case it makes sense to clear the switches first as you have two ice blocks stuck at the bottom which you can't break unless you clear the switches. The best is to make coloured squares to free the dots in the middle. Don't worry about the anchors, you can clear that easily.

Two Dots Levels 261 - 285

I find the latest update of Two Dots slightly easier and I reached Level 285 in a couple of days. I didn't update this earlier on as I thought nobody was reading this but at the request of carenlyn, here are my tips which I wrote after playing all the stages again! My gameplay videos of these levels are available on Youtube

Level 261 - 264: You should kill the monsters but you shouldn't make it your ultimate aim since to complete the level you need to get coloured dots! If you focus too much on killing the monsters, you may not have enough moves to complete the level!

Level 265 - 270, 274: Different coloured monsters from the dots that you are supposed to get. Level 265 was slightly harder than 261 - 264. For breaking the ice and getting rid of the blocks, just focus on making squares and getting the dots rather than killing the monsters. You can still complete the levels without killing all the monsters.

Level 271 - 273: Use the monsters to curb the fire then you have to kill them if not it's hard to get the dots that you need to complete this level.

Level 275: In this case, you want to keep the monsters and getting them down to the fire level helps you to eliminate the fire quickly such that you can break the ice and make the dots.

Level 276 - 277: I find it necessary to try to get rid of the monsters but not letting it get in the way of making squares and sinking those anchors and making the dots.

Level 278 - 279: This wasn't easy as you have to break the ice and try to sink the anchors and not let the monsters eat your anchors.

Level 280: I left the green monsters alone but kept making squares so I cleared the anchors easily.

Level 281: The key to this level is how to snuff out the fire using the yellow monsters and then how not to let the fire and yellow monsters eat up your anchors so that you can clear this stage. Main things is to snuff out the fire and then kill the yellow monsters.

Level 282: I cleared this stage easily but can't seem to get even a single star which perplexes me. Maybe its because I didn't kill the green monsters in this level? Any reader has any insights on this level, please leave me a comment!

Level 283: Concentrate on making squares that are of the same colours as the monsters to break the blocks. You wouldn't need to kill the monsters or knock down all the blocks to complete this level. The best square to make first is dark blue so that you can free the monster and it'll start turning other dots dark blue.

Level 284: I found this stage rather hard and I used up many lives as the monsters keep on moving away from the two sides where the fire was and I had difficulty snuffing out the fire. Main thing is not to let both monsters come to the middle because they will never go back to the sides where the fire is raging and you have very little chance of clearing this stage. Work on snuffing out the fire and yes the monsters are more useful than detrimental in this stage.

Level 285: Focus on making squares that are of the same colours as the monsters so that they will break the blocks, snuff out the fire and you may have to kill some of them to get sufficient purple dots.