Stone skimming has always fascinated my inner child. In the past, I spent hours practicing and mastering the skimming technique on beaches and riverfronts. I remember the skimming challenges and bets with my friends. Needless to mention, I always struggled to win, but the game gave me unmatched pleasure and amusement. To continue my sincere passion and addiction towards the game, recently, I downloaded Stone Skimmer game for my iPad. I was surprised to see my favorite pastime in a virtual avatar.

The game was unveiled last month, and it has already enticed skimmers globally. The game is a skimming sensation with realistic features and captivating sound. It is developed for iPhone and iPad. Some of the notable features of the game are:

Exotic Sceneries

 

The game is played across different exotic sceneries across different tropical beaches. Every scene is vibrantly colored giving a realistic beach side experience to the user. Trees, sand and the water surface have colors close to reality. While skimming stones in different scenes, there are many targets like swimmers, boats, floating waves, birds, rowers, etc., which the player needs to hit to advance to next levels.

Beach Sounds

 

To complement captivating beach settings, each level has lovely beach sounds that further enhance the gameplay. There are sounds like chirping birds, waves, dolphins, children playing, water splashing, etc., creating a realistic feel to the virtual skimming adventure. In addition, phone features are also utilized to make it more real. At each contact, a splash is heard and the phone vibrates in the hand to add to the realism.   

Realistic Gameplay

 

The sound effects and beach settings will throw you back in your childhood memories. You will be amazed to experience waves lapping at your feet listening to beach sounds, the gentle breeze running through your hair and tempting targets floating in the water. After hitting different targets, unique sounds are heard like birds-squawk! Swimmers ouch! etc. Furthermore, as the game progresses, the gameplay intensifies and actions accelerate.

3D Effects

 

Perhaps the most important characteristic of the game that brings it close to reality. 3D effect results in immersive gameplay. With each hit, you can experience a coin fountain/ stars/ reward/ points popup creating a realistic effect. Also, when the stone is ‘powered up’ it glows and when not in power mode it stays normal. There is unique performance meter that keeps a track of your score. 

These are some of the amazing features that heighten the stone skimming experience virtually. In addition, you can also invite friends, share and compete for the skimming crown.  So, download and relive your childhood memories on your fingertips. The game is available for iPad and iPhone. 

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Gaming on the iPhone has reached greater levels of excitement. For those who enjoy the activity of Stone Skimming, Stone skimmer is a rare gaming concept that has attempted to throw you back in your good old childhood days. The game has been specifically developed for iPhone and iPad devices. Through this game, the mobile gaming community will witness the rendition of the age-old pass time of skimming stones on the surface of water. 

The Stone Skimmer game will remind you of the skimming bets, chirping birds, chanting friends, and other skimming challenges one faced during their childhood. Even though the game virtually tries to touch the golden memories of your childhood, there are numerous features and effects that give us a realistic experience. It will help you relive the various techniques that we practiced in fronts of rivers and beaches for mastering the art of throwing stones across the surface of the water bodies.

Stone Skimmer comes with a number of breathtaking features that have heightened the gaming experience. The game features 6 unique stones to give a dynamic gameplay. Each stone character portrays unique personalities, adding an interesting dimension to the game. The game is also beautifully designed with four different sceneries that render a spectacular visual display.

The rich color schemes, 3D graphics and attention to detail have made this game every gamers dream come true. With a stunning user interface and high-quality 3D graphics, this is a game that will not disappoint. There is an absolutely outstanding graphical outlay of the game, which makes it stand apart from the huge array of the games available. The night mode feature beautifully brings out the mysterious and alluring nature of stone skimming after dark.  

Without an appropriate sound score, no game is complete. In this game, each action is supported with highly realistic sounds that will strengthen your bond with the game. The game will come alive with the mellow sound of stones skimming on the surface of water. The melodious beach sounds of waves, chirping of birds and children playing welcomes you to the game. This way the gripping sound design captivates the beach experience for the gamers.

Skimming stones on beaches is one of the most loved activities for those visiting. Therefore, this stone skimming game can be immensely enjoyed by both kids and adults alike. The game is extremely easy to understand, but it presents a great challenge to gamers to successfully play the game without letting the stone get sunk in the water. I urge all the iPhone users to get their hands on Stone Skimmer, the most exciting stone skimming game that is available on the App Store. 

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Gaming on the iPhone is about to get a whole lot more exciting, as mobile gaming will witness the rendition of the age-old pass time of stone skimming. The mobile game maker App111Interactive will release its debut game “Stone Skimmer” on the Apple Store very soon. All gaming fanatics must have a look at this one as this hobby can now be an engaging iPhone and iPad game. 

However, this game will not just involve the skimming of stones, but makes full use of the latest technology available on the iPhone and the iPad. The realistic beach sounds that the game offers makes the gaming experience all the more entertaining. It also has a series of exotic sceneries, composing of beaches in ideal locations around the globe and rich colorful targets. 

The targets in this game will involve dolphins, swimmers, boats, wooden planks, birds and little children. Once the user hits a certain target, rewards in the form of gold coins will be obtained. Shane Monaghan, creator of the game says, “I hope to create a vibrant, colorful and exciting experience for the user.”

 

The users can angle the device in order to determine the trajectory of the stone. The players will throw the stone with a single swipe, allowing it to skim across the water surface. After which, the all exciting journey of the stone character begins, wherein the player will face perilous waves and the other distractions.

With high-quality 3D graphics and a stunning user interface, this is a game that will not disappoint. Get hold of Stone Skimmer on the AppStore and turn your childhood fantasy into a reality. It’s a game that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. So, sit back and enjoy the fun of stone skimming.

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Stone skimmer is a rare gaming concept attempting to throw you back in your good old childhood days. The game is developed for iPhone and iPad. It reminds you of the skimming bets, chanting friends, chirping birds and skimming challenges with friends in nature’s lap during childhood.  Though, the game virtually tries to touch the golden memories, there are numerous features and effects that give us a realistic experience. It reminds us various techniques that we practiced on the river fronts and beaches for mastering the art of throwing ‘flattish’ stone across the surface of the water bodies, and trying to bounce it maximum number of times. 

Stone Skimmer game developers have invested quality time in minutely crafting the game somewhere close to giving realistic gaming experience. Things like defining the game logic, maintaining nature’s vibrancy, loud colors, utilizing iPhone and iPad capabilities very-well synchronizes with this fun skimming game. Furthermore, Stone Skimmer has numerous levels accelerating gameplay and confronts the player with intense challenges. Some of the notable features of Stone Skimmer are –

•  The game has lovely beach sounds such as waves, birds, dolphins, children playing, etc
• Multiple tempting targets like waves, swimmers and other floating targets
• The horizon stretches into a 3D imagery with clouds reflection on the water surface
• There is a button to know the power level and the direction
• The angle of the phone determines the stone’s trajectory

There is also the option to go skimming by upgrade. On updating, players are able to play the skimming adventure across multiple landscapes. Loud scenic beauties give a refreshing game playing experience. As you successfully mount levels, the game gets tough and intensive.   

On clearing each level, you can unlock the next setting for skimming. In the first version, landscapes like alpine, rain forest, tropical and night scenes are available with six characters. As you progress, your performance reflects on a beautifully designed progress bar in the game. It also has a Twitter and Facebook integration that informs you about high scores, invites and likes.

To conclude, I would say, Stone Skimmer is one of those rare games that give us the opportunity to relive our childhood. Though, the game is not hyped as some of the other popular game titles, but it has notable and unique features that must be experienced once. It is an ideal game for those who want to recall their childhood memories. So, go skimming with stone skimmer as the stone throwing challenge awaits your presence.  

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Stone Skimmer is an elegant iPhone App which has been recently launched on the popular crowd funding platform-Kickstarter. Stone Skimmer has commendably digitized the popular art of stone skimming, which is a favorite pastime of children visiting the pond or a beach.

The game is developed specifically for powerful iOS. The game works seamlessly for both iPhone and iPad platforms. Stone Skimmer fully utilizes the beautiful interface of the iPhone to render an amazing response of stone throwing at your fingertips.

Stone Skimmer employs the unique features of iPhone to develop an interesting game play for the game. Players will angle the iPhone to determine the stone trajectory, and the robust interface of the iPhone will give an amazing resolution to the game.

The popular sport of throwing rocks or stones in the pond comes alive with this game. Stone Skimmer has taken this popular concept of pond skimming and has created a unique game. The game play of stone skimmer is entertaining and challenging. With a single swipe players will throw the stone allowing it to skim across the water surface. From there onwards the interesting journey of the stone character will start, wherein it will face perilous waves and many other distractions. Players will constantly have to keep swiping the stone to prevent it from sinking in the depths of the sea.

The game features exciting aims and targets to hit while skimming the pond or the beach. The stone meets with a wide array of exciting targets like dolphins, boats, swimmers, fish, wood, barrels which the player will keep on collecting to win loads of coins and trophies.

Just as in pond skimming, we have different variety of stones to throw; Stone Skimmer has also developed 6 unique stone characters to further augment the game experience. Each of these stones is characterized by an individual personality, to render a unique depth to the game. 

The game has loads of exciting features up on its sleeve for an exciting game play. The game comes with 4 different sceneries, to give a versatile experience to the players. Players will get a wide variety of sceneries like Rain forest, Alpine, tropical and even a night scene to bring out the mystique of skimming in the pond at night. Moreover, Stone Skimmer has also plans to add more scenery with its extended goals on Kick starter.

Sound score is the linchpin which holds the game together. Perfectly designed sound scores brings the minute aspect of the game and makes the game even more enjoyable. In this regard, Stone Skimmer has developed melodious sounds to give a perfect backdrop to the game.

This never ending game is sure to challenge the Stone Skimming fans to conquest this exciting game. Go skimming!

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