Eyedip is obsessed with balls for some reason and sent over two iPhone apps with balls in them. So I gathered up all the balls into one article for you to take a gander at. The company makes a range of games and ’entertainment apps’ which generally serve no purpose as far as I can tell but then has some gems. The first of these two ball-oriented apps is one of those pointless ones and doesn’t really entertain in my opinion.

2 Balls 1 Cup

This is the classic nutshell game but with plastic cups and balls. It’s not really a complete game as far as I’m concerned since there’s no score, no goal and really no point. In fact I don’t even know why I’m writing it up. The whole point of the game is to follow the balls which are under one of three cups. When you win, it does it again, and again, and again and really, I wouldn’t suggest getting this game for any reason. You can’t bet, there’s no leaderboards and really even if this app were free I can’t see a point for its existence.

Bust Balls

The second ball-oriented app from Eyedip is Bust balls. This is far more interesting than their other entry. A random number of balls appear on the screen with numbers on them. Your task is to bust the bubbles (or balls if you prefer) in order from lowest to highest. Bust a bonus ball (red) for a time bonus or a multiplier for, well, score multiplying. The game keeps local high scores and you can upload them to Facebook and Twitter (why you would is beyond me). It’s frantic as the balls are randomly bouncing around the screen and you have to do some math and number recognition in your head which makes it an interesting game. It’s not the best game out there by far and often you’ll hit a ball or at least think you did only to find that it didn’t register. The graphics are nothing except for solid-colored balls with numbers on them and the sounds are nothing as well but you can listen to your own tunes.

Really neither one of these are overly exciting. The first app is utterly pointless to me while the second shows a little merit. I wouldn’t really suggest that you run right out and get them that’s for sure. There are far better games to spend a dollar on or get for free even. I do applaud Eyedip for taking their own approach to iPhone apps but almost every item in their lineup sounds like games made by a group of 13-year-olds who think dick and fart jokes are the best form of humor ever. On the other hand they have other games that look really cool like Slugfest their homerun derby app and Hot Air which is a cool-looking vertical scroller. Of course, this is also the company that made Pocket Devil which I just didn’t understand at all.

It seems that they have some talented people on staff over at Eyedip and I think that when they find the right path they’ll be making some great games. I look forward to that day.