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VernX is an elegant iPhone game that heavily relies on the use of the iPhone and iPod touch’s accelerometer. Its simple controls and design give it a somewhat oldschool feel.

The idea of the app is that you have to use your device’s accelerometer to navigate your way through a maze. You begin with a group of red dots that move and bounce around when you tilt the device. You have to follow the path to the end point, dodging obstacles along the way. If you lose any of your red dots, the ones you lost reappear at the beginning of the level.

The gameplay is fairly straightforward and easy to understand, but it can get quite complicated in the later levels. The difficulty increases as you progress through the levels and makes the game more challenging.

One of my favourite features is the ability to use your own music in the game. I love when iPhone apps allow you to select your own music and create playlists specifically for that app. The appearance of the app can be changed from the options menu at the main screen.

Overall, I think it’s quite fun, especially considering the fact that it wasn’t developed by one of the massive iPhone game developers. It’s one of those games that you can pick up, begin playing, and stick your tongue out while making erratic movements in the desperate hope to better control the game, looking like an escaped mental patient to anyone who may happen to walk by. However, it would be a nice feature if it could auto-calibrate the accelerometer, rather than having to recalibrate every time you play it. I’d give VernX a 7/10, simply because it was really only built to play a few different game modes, with the same basic idea. However, it’s great to just sit down and let the time fly by, trying to perfect each level.

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