Grammy now has a pet fly in her computer!

After reading a number of negative, 'thumbs down" reviews and contrasting these with the "thumbs up" comments I JUST HAD to down load JAY THE DANGER FLY from the Game Give Away of the day website. The negative comments are nearly all based on the fact that this is "another clone of a shooter game" and that it is silly.. and a kid's game.

Hmmmm...

Sounded like something this old lady might enjoy and that the young folks we know might also find to be fun.

I DID AND IT IS!

The story line is 'corny'. However, this is part of it's charm. Jay The Danger Fly is bright, cheerful, funny and filled with light-hearted surprises.

AND is not as easy as it looks. Happily we are given a choice of 3 levels. Grammy choose the EASY level and I've, so far, been unable to get past the mean landlady in the kitchen. It was a relief to me when a hint showed up across the bottom ot the screen telling me how I might accomplish this. So, I know it is possible. Trouble is - it takes a bit of skill! Which brings me to another good thing to say about this funny game; it is challenging enough to keep even this adult coming back to "try, try again".

The key to success is to help your cute fly hero (JAY) avoid colliding with as many of the objects thrown at him as possible... this includes "bullets" shot from certain objects in the form of puffs from a DDT spray can, corks from a wine bottle , fragments of broken crockery and so on. One must stay alert and not doze off at the keyboard.

There is the choice to play using the key board or mouse. Grammy chose the mouse (easier for me to manage,)

When the game is first opened a menu appears with the following helpful buttons:
START
README
WEBSITE
SEND PROBLEM REPORT
QUIT

If you choose to try this game I hope you will take time to READ the readme as it well details how to play and explains what all the little bits your fly collects are for. ( "When all else fails - read the instructions")

I know, I know .... we old ladies are SUPPOSED to be content with playing solitaire using a worn out deck of cards, sit on park benches and sadly watch strangers passing by or bake dozens of cookies even when no one has time to come see what's in the cooky jar...So, it does surprise some that quite a few grammy's are out here (canes, walkers, silver hair, knitting bags and all learning new things and enjoying life.. slow as we may look we are still capable of keeping up mentally and, oftener than realized, leave some of the young folks behind in the dust... heck most don't even SEE us speeding past!!)

I suspect that some of the negative and sometimes rude comments were posted by folks collecting freeware who want only the type of games they prefer to be offered.. and even by younger folks who, sadly, are no longer "young at heart".

NOTE: This game, JAY THE DANGER FLY, is SHAREWARE. It was free yesterday only. They are offering a 'tetris' game until midnight today.