Review: Moleculous
Strap on your lab goggles and get your daily dose of science with Moleculous. In this one-of-a-kind action puzzle game, you’ll join forces with the world renowned Dr. Von Leakentube and work your way up the corporate ladder at Leakentube Elixir, Inc. Those messy fossil fuels that everyone depends on are running out, and now it’s up to you to discover Cold Fusion before the world’s energy supply disappears. Use your puzzle-solving skills to construct molecules by bouncing drops off of elements and into a catching flask—but beware of destabilized elements, or you could blow up the whole lab. Not only is the game fun, it is also educational - become chemically addicted today!
From the review of Moleculous at JayIsGames:
Moleculous, which happens to be up for an IGF award this year, plays like a modular pachinko machine. MoLeCuLoUs’ science theme is almost completely irrelevant to the game play. However, if you’re paying attention (and are already familiar with the periodic table of elements) you might recognize that Hydrogen and Oxygen are the element pegs in the water level, or Carbon and Nitrogen in the cyanide level. Educational? Not really, but as an aesthetic it works.
Moleculous was developed by SMERC, in collaboration with Game Trust, and is a finalist in the “Best Web Browser Game” category at the 2006 Independent Games Festival (IGF).
