CountdownGameisafunandaddictivementalagilitygametotallyfreewhichcontainsseveralminigamesofnumbersandletters.LettersandNumbers,AWordor2orAWordorTwo(SouthAfrica).MinigamesarealsoknowasThe"TotalisRight"and"TheLongestWord".
Minigamesaregroupedintothreecategories:Numbers,LettersandClassic.
Numbers:helpstoimprovethemathematicalcalculation.Thegoalistoreachorapproachatargetnumberbycombiningsixnumberswithelementaryarithmeticoperations:addition,subtraction,multiplicationanddivision.Itcanbeplayedinfourmodes:
-Training:gamemodeforbeginnersandforthosewhodonotlikepressure.Consistsinsolvingasinglegamewithouttimelimit.
-Time:gamemodeforthefastest.Consistsofauniquegamewhereyouhavetoachievethetargetnumberoranapproximationinlessthan45seconds.
-Lightning:gamemodeformostaddicts.Consistsinsolvingthemostgamesin150seconds.Foreveryexactnumbersextrasecondsareobtained.Befastandgoforthem!
-Levels:gamemodeforthosewholikechallenges.Objectiveistoreachexactlythetargetnumberwithouttimelimit.Whentargetnumberisachievedyoupasstothenextlevel.Eachpassedlevelgivesyoucoinsthatcanbeusedtohelptosolvegames.Beware,notwastemoney,every50levelsyouaregoingtopaycoins.You'llalsoget1coineverydayyouplaythisgamemode.Ifyouplayconsecutivedaysthenumberofdailycoinswillincrease,sotheseconddayyouwillreceive2,thethirdday3,...uptoamaximumof5coinsperday.
-Letters:withninelettersyoumustformacorrectwordinthechosengamelanguage.Aslongerthewordmorepointsyouget.Pluralsandverbconjugationsarecorrectwords.Inwordgamesyoucanplayin8differentlanguages:English,Spanish,Catalan,Portuguese,Italian,French,GermanandDutch.Itcanbeplayedinfourmodes:
-Training:gamemodeforbeginnersandforthosewhodonotlikepressure.Consistsinformingawordwithouttimelimit.
-Time:gamemodeforthefastest.Consistsinformingawordinlessthan45seconds.
-Lightning:gamemodeformostaddicts.Consistinformingthemaximumnumberofwordsin150seconds,everytimeawordisformedletterschange.Foreach6-letterswordormoreextrasecondsareobtained.Howextratimecanyouget?
-Conundrum:gamemodeforlanguageexperts.Consistsinformingawordthatcontains9lettersinlessthan150seconds.
-Classic:consistsofcombiningnumbersandlettersgames.Thereare10combinedtestsasfollows:Numbers-Letters-Letters-Numbers-Letters-Letters-Numbers-Letters-Letters-Numbers.Youcanplayintwomodes:
-Training:gamemodeforbeginnersandforthosewhodonotlikepressure.Consistsinsolvingthe10testswithoutatimelimit.
-Time:gamemodeforthefastest.Consistsinsolvingthe10testswithamaximumof45secondsineachtest.
Allgamemodesareavailablewithoutinternetconnection(offline).
Toseeyourprogressandcompareyourresultswithyourfriendsthereareleaderboardsandachievements.ToaccessthemyoumustbeloggedintoGoogle+andhaveInternetaccess.
Leaderboards
Eachgamemode(excludingtraining)hasitsownleaderboard,whereyouwillseewhatisyourbestgameandwhatpositionyouareonallplayers.Moreover,allpointsyouearnaccumulatesinthegloballeaderboard.Whatisyourbestposition?
Achievements
Inanygamemodeyoucanunlockachievements.Therearemanydifferentachievements.Themoreyouplay,themorechancesyouhavetounlockachievements!