Note: DV Arts gave me a promo code to unlock the “Forever Unlocked” feature of the game. This perk will not influence the outcome of the review.

I remember watching this YouTube video by ‘Puffin Forest’ where he briefly mentions how ‘hilarious’ it is when a player in role-playing board games owns so much dynamite and throws it everywhere.

The reason why I mention this is because this game allows you to experiment with explosives and WRECK SH*T!!!

Nutty Demolition is a game developed by DV Arts, an independent gaming company in Christchurch, New Zealand. The task is to blow up the most bricks and pieces as much as possible.

Michael Topschij, the lead developer of the game, shared a preview of the game in his iPad Pro 2018 review. And the first thing that came to mind when I saw it was ‘Angry Birds’.

It’s club penguin meets angry birds, meets… Minecraft??

Origins

When asked about the game, Michael didn’t give much of an origin story. According to him, he had the idea 8 years ago but yet, wanted to make a game ‘crazy and awesome‘.

I wanted a game where you could blow stuff up and I thought, you need a cool character. And for some reason squirrels came to mind. I really cannot think where I got the idea from…

Gameplay

There are 3 forms of gameplay in Nutty Demolition:

• Story mode
• Sandbox Mode
• Mini-game (Single and Multiplayer)

Storymode

Story mode requires you to demolish buildings using the explosions given to you. The more stars you get, the more nuts you earn.

The bricks can not go through the barriers or else you fail the challenge. City is the only one available in the story mode campaign as I am writing this and the rounds do challenge you to think outside the box.

I was getting lots of ‘Angry Birds’ vibes while I was playing, yet it was something I enjoyed.

Sandbox mode

Sandbox mode is where you’d get creative and build/place your own brick and buildings onto the map and demolish them using the explosives you’ve unlocked during the story mode.

However, you need to purchase said items in the shop using the nuts you own.

Luckily, once you purchase them, you have an unlimited supply. It’s basically Minecraft creative mode mixed with Tiny Towers.

Mini-Games

Mini games is another good way to earn nuts in the game. So far, there is only one mini game available. The task – destroy as many bricks as possible. You get 20 nuts payouts in the single player or if you’re first i. the multiplayer fatrue.

In-app purchaces

Note: I was informed I got the Free Version description wrong in the earlier version of the post. All of this have been changed and revised with the correct information.

Like almost every game in the app store, this game has its in-app purchases. There are 2 versions – the one for the in-game currency, and the one to that removes restrictions.

For the in-game currency, the cost ranges between $1.49 AUD for 200 nuts and the highest being $35.99 for 30 000 nuts.

The other one allows you to remove restrictions in the game. In the ‘Free‘ version, all your nuts goes to the vault. It only stores up to 500 nuts. You can earn nuts to spend on is through watching ads or paying for the game before doing the storymode. The ‘Subscription‘ and ‘Forever unlock‘ features removes restrictions and ads. Subscription cost $3.99 a month while the Forever Unlock cost $30.99.

Can you play/enjoy the game without paying?

Maybe????

Hope you’re willing to watch so many ads to earn nuts in the game. I mean, when I played Pewdiepie: Tuber Simulator, I didn’t mind watching the ads. I’m pretty sure a lot of us did.

It really depends on how you view it.

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I was adviced by Michael to save up for the more higher priced explosives if I want to earn a higher score in multiplayer.

Design and music

The design of the game is basically angry birds meets tiny towers. It’s cute and really something for kids to enjoy without worrying the parents.

The music is composed by Screenhog (Chris Hendricks) who composed other games such as Epic Snails and Club Penguin.

Speaking of Club Penguin, some of this game’s design has some Club Penguin aesthetic in it since Michael used to play the game under the name “Ninja O’Dark”.

Overall

Nutty Demolition is a good game if you want to kill some time. It’s basically like Angry Birds but without the projectile birds. This game makes you think outside the box on the challenges it gives you and that’s something I enjoyed.

However, I do struggle whenever I get stuck between levels and makes me want to turn the game off.

I give this game 4/5. It’s something fun for the casual game but there should be more things added for it to be perfect.

Nutty Demolition is available now on the App Store and Goggle Play.