Theory’s abound as why Google made this purchase.  One theory was to compete with Apple, one to get a head in smart devices and another is to jump ahead on connected devices.  I can’t say I have any Nest devices but the jest, as I understand it, is they are sensing devices that you can also program from your phone.  If someone is in the room make it this temperature and if not turn it down.  As a geek a very cool idea, little pricey for me though.

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So now I consider that Google is going to own Nest.  For me I use their search, their social I G+, their email, and their tablet (Nexus 7).   If I was to go and buy a Nest today I would use, in a round about way, their smoke alarm or thermostat.  Now if Nest and Google press into more appliances in the home imagine the data they could collect about you beyond what they already know.

I walk into my kitchen and open my Google fridge powered by Nest and pull out milk for my cereal.  It learns how often it takes for that action to then require me to buy more milk so the fridge uses my Gmail, power by Google, to email Amazon or maybe by this time Google Groceries to then drone in my milk before the next time the fridge know I will need milk for my cereal.  Andy Rubin is building robots for Google and add in some Nest tech….

Ok so consider this.  I wake up to my Nexus 7 alarm which has all my notifications of Gmail, drive time, weather for my journey to work.  My Nest thermostat turn up the heat while I am in the shower and starts warming the spaces it know I will be in during my morning rituals.  I step into my garage and start working, because my Google self-driving car allows for me to begin work while driving to work.  Or maybe there is not garage because I am sharing the self-driving car with my local community and this is just my scheduled time for me to get to work.

The reverse at the end of the days I head home I work on my way home in the self driving car.  The house warms up as I head that way.  The Google car will know and report back that I am heading home.

I feel this thread of thought could go crazy….I am pointing out the obvious and missing other things but considering how much Google know now and could know in the future I may be re-considering my stance on how much I am connected.

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I will have to start with saying my screen shot work on this is lacking.  Some worked and many did not.

Once you have chosen your name you begin to enter the world.

You are a Summoner in the word of Grand Gaia, a caller of units that will fight by your side against the enemies of the world you are in.   Via the gate you enter different parts of the world with each of those areas having 5 battles/levels per area.  The 5 battle being the boss of the areas.  Your enemies will increase in power as so should you.  You increase power by leveling up via successful battles adding Xp, karma Zel, and materials.  As you complete the areas you unlock other units which you can then fuse with your existing giving the unit more power and leveling the units up.  You can use material to help in creating potions, some to heal, some to poison some to enhance.  The different units have different strengths and weaknesses you need to plan for to insure the most optimum attack during your battles.  The colors of the units and a little icon comes up and shows you which unit will be most effective.

Another unique aspect of the game is the PVP Arena where your party can battle other player.  You don’t have the control you do when battling in the area battles but it is a fun twist.  Suggestion wait until level 14 or 15 to have a chance.

For a free game this does allow for a lot of depth, the development of the character and your units.  The use of material of your village and the arena allow for a lot of game play time.

As with all freemium games there are many in game purchases available.

Get Brave Frontier today! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sg.gumi.bravefrontier

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Huang Zhong is defending his fort from the evil armies of Shia. Your mission is to vanquish the relenting waves of Shia’s army from bringing down the Fort of your leader Huang Zhong.

The free game comes with 8 rounds with each round containing 8 levels.  At any time there are in game purchases that allow for the building of a stronger army with more capable soldiers, upgraded food supply or special abilities.

Your barrel wagons are what your forces to need to battle the incoming Shia army.  The more barrels you have the larger your defenses can be.  Choose from Archers, drummers, light and heavy armor.  Each choice is a different supply cost so you must choose wisely to best prepare to defeat the incoming enemy.  Your arrows work better against some types of enemies and not so well against others.  Utilize your special abilities, multi arrow, to save the day and prevent being overrun.

As you work your way through the different levels you will unlock upgraded soldiers.  This enables you to better defend the fort from the always improving army onslaught.

Getting frustrated?  Purchase some upgrade points….Money is power in all worlds.

Be prepared to defend against Shia himself…more mobile than any other soldier in his army.

3 stars is perfect and easily attained in the early levels but as you work your way through stars are more difficult to come by.

Those single stars may get to you and drive you to purchase some in game assistance.  No matter the country or the type of currency they are ready for you.  Your wallet is at their service!

I have been battling through normal mode to try and experience the Survival mode but my skills, without buying anything, have not lived up to the task.  I am still trying because I do find the game fun.  Frustrating at times but that is part of the challenge.  So definitely worth the free purchase price and likely worth some in game purchases to get further than I have so far.  It can be one of those losing time without noticing how much time has gone by games too.

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The tutorial walks you through an example that provides the jest of what you need to be successful.

Each world is its own theme and levels work within the theme.

Moving is basic, left and right determined by touching the screen..any other movements are automated like jumping and swimming. Two finger to move the view around, or the avatar head to center screen on avatar. You can also use an onscreen joystick to control Maxwell’s movement and camera view.

Getting through a level requires you to create via the notepad the needed tool, animal or object. For example I may need to fly to reach a cliff that is too tall for a ladder. I click the notepad, type in Pegasus and a Pegasus appears then I can fly. Shovel to dig a hole, rock to hold a button or a bridge to help a Knight cross a shark filled lake. If you get too many wrong objects you can drag them to the notepad and remove them or shake the phone to remove all unused objects. There is a spy glass you can use to identify objects on the screen.

Note there are many creative ways to beat each level, you aren’t only trying to find the 1 object and you would be surprised at how creative you can be.

There are hints you can use if you get stuck which happened to me more than I thought might.

All of you options to share your success are there, Facebook and Twitter and on level success via email or text message. There are leaderboard s for the ultra competitive.

Overall a pretty decent game. with Scribblenauts Remix I got most of my $0.99 out of it. I think the 5 worlds would be enough for me though.  This game is also an excellent choice for younger kids as it not only can encourage them to spell and learn new words, but also with the spell check and helper it may help them discover new words as well as helping them build creative problem solving concepts.

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