Airplane: Do-it-yourself lessons in plane flying

When we do air travel we basically rely on the pilot's ability to safely transport us to our destination. As we are used to drive cars or bikes we know the complexities involved in driving the vehicle, but have you ever wondered how is it like to fly a plane? Or even further do you dream of flying a plane by your own? Well it is more difficult than you ever thought, but worry not, today I am going to tell you about a game which allows you to do just that with the ease of sitting in your home's couch.

'Airplane' game presented by developer Quantum design will let you fly various types of planes. This game is very light weight and loads in a jiffy. The game graphics although not spectacular are still good enough and gives you just the similar view as you see from the plane window. It feels really great when your plane starts running on the runway and just when the runway is about to end it lifts off and starts to ascend.

There is no background music in this game and all you can hear is the engine noise coming from the airplane which gives you a realistic feel. 

The launch screen allows you to start the game, access the options menu and a nice and quick tutorial.

Airplane: Launch screen

Once you select the play option, the next screen shows the various environments you can choose from, to fly your plane. Not all the environments are available to you at the start except the "Day" environment. On the next screen you select the plane and the mission objective. There are not many planes available at the start of the game but as you keep playing and earning you can unlock some of them.

Airplane: Choose the environment

Game plot
The game plot is pretty simple, you have a plane standing on the airport ready to be flown. You just need to select the flight objective and the destination, fly the plane to the destination, land it safely and park it at the hanger. If you are successful you get coins.

Game Controls
You can either choose on-screen controls or tilt controls to steer the aircraft and there is a lever on the left side of screen to control the speed of the airplane. There are three meters on the screen showing various stats of your plane as: speed, direction and altitude.

You also get onscreen buttons on the right side of screen for pausing the game and for changing the camera view. As they say the most difficult part of flying a plane is the take-off and landing so, you also get an assist button to assist you in landing the plane but beware it costs you heavily.

Airplane: Safe landing is a tough job

The coins you earn by successfully landing the plane at the destination can be used to unlock few of the available planes. BTW there is no time limit to finish the flight objective so you can fly the plane at your own pace and you will not find angry travellers yelling at you if the flight gets delayed :).

Airplane: Earn coins to buy new planes

Not all planes are same, they differ in size, in their responsiveness to the controls and also in speed. Some of the planes are so fast that you will have to prepare for landing just after the take off.

Airplane: Flying the fastest plane

Pay attention and be careful at the time of take-off and landing. While take-off you should remain on the runway all the time and should have the required speed else you will find yourself in need of a longer runway. Similarly while landing the speed of the plane should not be too high and it should be accurately aligned to the runway, any mistake and you will meet the same fate as seen below :).

Airplane: Unfortunate airplane disaster

The zeppelin aircraft shown below is the most boring plane to fly, it is so slow that once you are in air you can take a long nap and still you will find it hovering at the same place. But then you earn a lot of coins if you land it safely at the destination port.

Airplane: Fly this plane if you have enough time to kill

Well, am I confident enough to fly an airplane now with my newly acquired skills? Of course I am (though only in my dreams :).

How much it costs you: Not a single penny. But it supports in-app purchases (IAP) if you like to unlock and try out all available airplanes.

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Other posts in this series:

1. Wingsuit Lite: Now you can fly risk-free
2. Stickman Base Jumper: Take a deep breath and jump

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Actual Movie Trailers: Look no further for movie trailers

Do you love watching movies? Sure, I am no different, it's my favorite way to pass time when I am not playing games on my Android device. Usually, I like the movies which fall in one of these genres: Sci-Fi, aliens based, action, horror and last but not least comedy. Similarly, I like to be aware of the upcoming movies and love to watch movie trailers. Usually when I search for the Hollywood movie trailers on the internet it returns a lot of scattered links and searching through those is a time consuming and frustrating experience. One, there is no central location where you can find all the trailers and then finding high quality video trailers is also an issue. Recently I came across this app 'Actual Movie Trailers' for Android and my search stopped then and there.

'Actual Movies Trailers' presented by developer the Wayout is the one stop shop for the upcoming movie's trailers you always wanted to watch. Let's see what it has in store for us.

Actual Movie Trailers: Launch screen

As you launch the app, after the initial connection to their database, you will see a simple but attractive layout in horizontal mode, showing the cover art of the movies. Below the cover art there are sections showing information about the movie genre and movie plot. There is also search option available if you are looking for a specific movie trailer.

Actual Movie Trailers: Trailers listing

If you like to know the plot of a movie, you can see that by choosing the 'more' option shown in front of the 'Plot' section.

Actual Movie Trailers: Showing movie plot

From the settings menu, you can control the way this app operates. In settings menu, first option is to select the video quality. Depending on your data download limit, how fast is your internet speed and also your device's screen resolution, you can choose the video quality from: Full HD (1080p) or HD (720p) or normal (480p).

You can also enable/ disable the maturity warning based on if you are above or below 18 years of age. 

This app maintains the state of the trailer whether you have seen it or not and that state is shown along with the trailer. The last setting allows you to mark all the available trailers as seen. 

Actual Movie Trailers: Settings menu

That is it, now simply select the trailer from the listing, sit back and watch the trailer. It plays the trailer in its own video player which has a basic but functional interface.

Actual Movie Trailers: Godzilla strikes again

Actual Movie Trailers: Kids friendly

How much it costs you: Not a single penny for the ads supported version. 
But there is also a Pro version available for around 1.5 US $ which is ad free and also have few extra features, out of which most useful of them is the ability to download the trailer for offline viewing.

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Rayman Fiesta Run: Running was never so much of fun

I am back with another running game, yet it is not a typical running game but a class apart and immensely entertaining. Rayman Fiesta Run, presented by one of my favorite game developer Ubisoft, is the second game in the Rayman series on Android, the first being Rayman Jungle Run.

Rayman Fiesta Run is a fun filled and entertaining game and you do not come across such games that often. Everything from the game play, to the character, the overall graphics and the background music all have a different feel and energy, and it looks stunning on a tablet device.

The game itself is a fast paced side scrolling running game with lots of elements to keep you glued and hooked.

Rayman Fiesta Run: Launch screen

From the launch screen, you can choose to start the game along with, visiting the gallery, accessing the settings etc. Though, there is nothing much to do in the settings menu. The default character is the legendary Rayman which is the most entertaining but, you can also choose other characters also if they are unlocked. 

Upon choosing the Play option, you can select the level you want to play from world map. You have the option to play an already played level again.

Rayman Fiesta Run: The world map

Game Plot
The game plot is simple, you as Rayman need to keep running by avoiding or jumping over the obstacles and hitting the ugly creatures which are trying to bust you.

The game controls are easy, the screen is divided in to two vertical parts, the left side of screen has control for jump and the right side has control for action like punching or kicking. The Rayman character has the ability to throw his fists so it can attack an enemy from a distance.

At the start of the game level, few gadgets are available which can be picked by paying a price. These gadgets give more power to Rayman like extra life or flying punches etc. Though, you can complete a level without these gadgets as well.

Rayman Fiesta Run: The gadgets

Once you start running there is no stopping, so you need to be very careful as at every point there are challenges waiting for you. Rayman can run, jump, swim, break walls and also can fly using its ears (which is very funny), make good use of all the abilities to clear the level. In the game, you also need to collect lums (some sort of firefly) flying all over the places and coins. In a level you can collect up to 100 lums and 4 coins.

Rayman Fiesta Run: Running is the only option to save yourself

If you finish the level by cross all the hurdles without getting hurt and collecting all the lums and the coins, this is treated as a perfect score of 100/100 and you are awarded with a crown. That's not all, this also unlocks a more difficult version of the same level.

Rayman Fiesta Run: Perfect score earns you a crown

Rayman Fiesta Run: You are eliminated

Let's talk more about the gadgets, as we have seen some of the gadgets gives you new lease of life or gives you ability to throw the punches from a distance. There is one more interesting gadget which is also the costliest in terms of lums, this gadget shows you the path. If you follow the path you can collect all the 100 lums and the coins without getting eliminated. In few levels there are some hidden paths which lead to the coins and it is difficult to figure that out, so pick this gadget to get the hints.

Rayman Fiesta Run: The guiding line gadget

Rayman Fiesta Run: See who is looking for you

Enough talking, I assume you have already started to download the game :), if not, just do it and you will not regret. Do let me know your reaction about this game through comments and how much time it took for you to complete the game. Enjoy playing. Now, it's time for me to go back to the fiesta.

 How much it costs you: 4.49 US $ approximately.

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Other similar great running games:

1. Manuganu: fantastic running game with difference

2. Despicable me - minion rush: Addictive runninggame from Gameloft

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