Green the Planet - OBOKAIDEM

This review of Green the Planet was completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 7 September 2016.

About the app

This section contains details about the app provided by an ACCM Reviewer.

ACCM review

This review of Green the Planet contains the following information:

• The level to which the game was reviewed
• App description
• Reviewers comments
• In App purchasing
• Online information
• Gambling
• Advertising and product placement
• Gender stereotypes and sexual references
• Coarse language
• Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents
• Other

The level to which the game was reviewed

Played for approximately 2 hours

App description

In this app a player fires missiles at comets. The aim is to collect fallen objects from the exploding comets to gain points. Points are used to green the planet. The player must choose between increasing points and using points to upgrade equipment

Reviewers comments

Comets move across the screen and the player must tap the comet to shoot the missile. When the comet explodes, the player collects the fallen objects in order to earn points. The player can then tap on the spaceship and is taken to a different screen where they can choose to spend their points on upgrading their equipment or use the points to green the planet. Greenery is shown as a percentage achieved. The goal of the game, which is to reach 100%, covering the whole planet in green. Different types of fallen objects are worth varying amount of points and a sub-goal of the game is to collect all of the different types of objects.

This game requires strategy and judgement skills as players must decide whether the best way to increase the greenery is to spend points on upgrading equipment or to use the points to green the planet. The speed and number of comets increases gradually and players must use spatial awareness skills to follow the moving objects as well as motor skills to tap on the comets as they move across the screen.

In App purchasing

No: none found

Online information

N/A.

Gambling

No simulated gambling content was found during this review. If you discover simulated gambling content in this app, please contact us with the details so we can update our review.

Advertising and product placement

Advertisement appear at the top of the game screen.

Gender stereotypes and sexual references

N/A.

Coarse language

N/A.

Game playing behaviour which may be of concern to some parents

This is a shooting game that uses missiles, lasers and canons to explode comets.

Other

N/A.

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