App Review: Cube Runner

One of the better freeware games available for the iPhone is a game called Cube Runner, by Andy Qua. Cube runner is a same that is downright simple in its plot. However, that simplicity hides the addictive nature of the game that you will experience.

Essentially, you play as a pilot who has to navigate through multitudes of cubes that have been strewn about, all the while turning the iPhone left and right to avoid crashing into the cubes. The game demonstrates an incredible use of the iPhone’s accelerometer, allowing the player to actually feel like they’re flying…in a simulated sort of sense.

Cube Runner starts working only with the portrait mode, but this can (and should be) easily remedied by going to Options>Change to Landscape. It’s way easier to play it that way, and in my opinion, should be enabled by default. The end result looks something like this:

It makes the game much more playable, don’t you agree?

Regardless of the mode of play, Cube Runner earns a 4.5 Generations out of 5 for its ingenuity in use of the accelerometer, and addictive nature. Check back later when we actually interview Andy Qua, creator of Cube Runner!