** App Store Best of 2016 **
** Apple Design Award Winner 2016 **
From the makers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City comes INKS.
INKS updates pinball for a new generation. It combines the joy of pinball with skilful tactical challenges, and allows you to create wondrous works of art as the ball smashes around the canvas.
Blocks of colour burst like beautiful fireworks across the surface, building up in vivid layers and recording a visual history of your game as you perfect your score.
FEATURES:
- Beautiful and elegant design
- Over 100 unique tables to play
- Perfectly balanced gameplay
- Each canvas tells the story of your game
- Share your favourite levels and high scores
If you're enjoying INKS and want to extend the experience further you can also buy Powerups - slow-mo 'Precision' aim, and the 'Stopper' to prevent you from losing the first precious Gold Ball.
“Amazing looking... vibrant, full of life. Are we excited about this.” Pocket Gamer
Inspired by artists like Miro, Matisse, Jackson Pollock and Bridget Riley, each table becomes a unique work of art, sculpted by the player as they fire an ink covered ball around the canvas.
With State of Play’s creative flare and skill at crafting beautifully elegant gameplay, INKS offers something new: art and gameplay as one, for everyone.
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0.6/1.0
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Signals: version bump ≤ 7 days + review velocity ≥ 1.5× the 7-day median. Both ⇒ Active event; version only ⇒ Recent update; spike only ⇒ High engagement.
Update History
v1.5.6
Apple
released 12/17/2018
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Graphical effects are working correctly across all the latest devices in this update.
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Apple
3mo ago
Colorful, artistic pinball game
Love it when the ball bursts into paint in the canvas, Has zero ads, really fun to play, I could play this game and it always keeps me up at night!
- 🪼┆chara .ᐟ ☆ · v1.5.6
Apple
3mo ago
Glitchy
The game is gorgeous and I love the premise, however, on an iPhone 17 that has all its updates, the game is frequently non responsive. Often when playing the game doesn’t register inputs which makes the experience rather frustrating.
- Alex Dam · v1.5.6
Apple
1y ago
Cool game but crashes
The game just quits after a while. Also the cost of the powerups is a bit absurd
- wendyaliass · v1.5.6
Apple
2y ago
Amazing game
Great game I just bought it for 2.99 paid 4.01 somehow wth not happy.
- Shellyann42087 · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
Simple but AMAZING
I’m very happy with this game because I LOVE pinball games
- housemaker8 · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
Mohammed
I liked the game it is an enjoyable experience
- modaldubaie · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
Why do I get so anxious like it’s a real ping pong game?!
It’s beautiful and fun. Period.
- Auugggh! · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
It’s pretty but needs some tweaking
I purchased this after spending a few months with Kami. Conceptually the game is rad but a bit frustrating b/c of the flapper controls.
I know the issue is that I move my thumbs slightly when using the “flappers” but that shouldn’t lead to a randomly paused game or a missed shot.
If Kami was an “A” this is a “C”.
- ElysianBike · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
Play with sound on
That is all.
- Mfeldarooni · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
It’s a great game
I feel like it’s missing something though.
- Swiftverbicide · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
Pinball and art, great combo!
Great combo of pinball, art and calm puzzles. Great mix of power ups and playfields.
- jelliott2010 · v1.5.6
Apple
3y ago
Gorgeous w/odd gameplay loop
First off, I love that this comes at a reasonable price, with zero ads and no content locked behind microtransactions (aside from consumables, iirc). That right there is 5-star worthy these days… Otherwise, it’s absolutely gorgeous, aesthetically plays well to the strengths of a digital medium, and is easy to pick up wherever, whenever; it’s also sufficiently tricky, while being flexible towards more relaxed styles of play. I’m docking one star, however, for two shortcomings in particular: 1.) each table is treated as an isolated puzzle, which is fine, but given there’s no way to seamlessly continue playing (painting?) once a table is “completed”, and no way to progress to the next puzzle without backing out into a menu first, the flow is just… all wrong, not at all what one would want for a pinball game. 2.) There's zero customization available, leaving you with the same cardboard brown + primary colors throughout the game, which gets repetitive and uninspiring far too quickly for a game that sells itself on its artistic merit. If those two issues were fixed, this would be an easy 5 stars. Nevertheless, it’s certainly still an easy recommendation.
- chel-c.fox · v1.5.6
Apple
4y ago
I love inks.
INKS IS SO FUN AND ADDICTING OMG
- Yoinhotin · v1.5.6
Apple
4y ago
Excelente Arcade game
Excelente Arcade game
- SANPABLO2020 · v1.5.6
Apple
4y ago
So great!
This is so great and satisfying! I have played it every day since I got it! (1 year)
- danny marsh · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Ew ppl
Why did you guys expect an’exciting’ thing about this game. Cant you clearly see in the photos that this is supposed to be an artistic and calm pinball game you just have on your phone mindlessly for years. This game is perfect guys. If you are not satisfied that this game is a pinball game about splashing beautiful colors, you shouldnt have bought it in thw first place. The only complaint i have is that this game sometimes quits on my iphone xr :/ but other than that this is a great game >< 11/10
- greenTeaFrappuccino · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Campfire error
The third from the last in the campfire section is un-winnable…
- Miss. Sunflower · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Bad
Literal trash.
- Superdude9112 on twitter · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Bosses
Add bosses that can like tilt the board and throw stuff please
- Pennekamp01 · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
LOVE! I want more!
I love this game! I wish they would have continued to add more. It’s amazing.
- Puzzlesolver7751 · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Beautiful
Great variant of pinball. Love it! But please give us more levels
- 1999bg · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Awesome Game, Unresponsive Controls
Amazing game! I love everything about it except the awful unresponsive controls. In any pinball style game i have ever played on iOS you can touch almost anywhere on the left or right half of the screen to activate the flipper, but for whatever reason there is a small circle that activates the flipper in this game. Awful UX choice. Its a really amazing game but the control scheme is triggering.
- stevenmcbeaven · v1.5.6
Apple
5y ago
Concept is great
I really like the goals and rewards. I am unfortunately having issues on an iphone X with the flippers not reliably being triggered which is spoiling the whole game.
- Liquid Hg · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Fun and challenging pinball
Very fun and challenging pinball game with some extras to help like power ups.
- JesseX1 · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Beautiful and relaxing
Lovely game. Relaxing to play with the colors and sounds. I like the feel of the game with the flippers which emulate the real world flippers on a real pinball machine.
- Amon1010 · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Amazing and great
Love this game but glitches and I don’t care about it I love this game so download it and it will get your time off and it will be fun and great for art too and it is great fun to play and no adds great fun and great l love this game and I think you will love it too.
- Fly green ninja · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Enjoy it!
Very pleasing sounds and colors, it’s pinball and gets more difficult but not impossible. I’m enjoying it!!
- SteveJake · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
No stylus needed
Downloaded but never opened. Wrongfully categorized it with my sketch apps. Pleasantly surprised to find a Zen little pinball game.
- Adoptedmfr · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Very pretty but lacking in function
The flippers aren’t the easiest to use due to the proximity to areas that pause the game. Very pretty though. Wouldn’t mind a little documentation.
- Abby377 · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Laggy flippers, otherwise, just ok.
This game is fun enough, a very artistic and mellow take on pinball. A+ aesthetics, low replay value.
I’m experiencing some buggy behavior on an iPhone 7 - I find that the flippers are often laggy when I’m hitting the ball, which often causes me to lose that ball. Would be 4 stars from me if the flipper responsiveness was reliable.
- Unkle Krab · v1.5.6
Apple
6y ago
Not enough
Great concept but the levels are ultimately unsatisfying.
- The Head Wife · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
State of play does it again
Beautiful game, I love pinball and art, so this game is perfect. It’s so nicely done and fun to play. Well worth the price.
- Jbanger73 · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Fun game but lags and glitches
It’s really fun, artistic, and relaxing, but can you guys fix the lag for the paddles? When I tap the screen the paddles quite often (at least once every game) don’t even move or lag.
- Flyingpanda126 · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Beautiful but fails to fulfill its promise
This is a beautiful toy. I love the interaction of the ball and the ink. For that I give it 4 stars.
However...
The puzzles aren’t hard enough, I was able to randomly pick out a few from every pack and complete them. None of the mechanics added to later tables presented a significant challenge.
The pinball doesn’t really exist. There is no table which allows for sustained play. The ink panels are one shots. Once triggered they don’t reset. There is no score, and there are no sequences or complex interactions.
In addition the paddles are not reliable. Perhaps the touch region is too small, or accidental touch rejection isn’t turned off. At any rate it isn’t very important, as there isn’t much in the game to lose as a consequence.
The toy doesn’t explore the scope of play. None of the tables ‘paint’ a picture, there are no opportunities to experiment with drawing. I actually had the most fun on the title screen, using the ball to draw lines and play with the ink.
- mmmpie · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Could have been great..
The idea and aesthetics are awesome. The problem is, I constantly get delayed or no response, specifically from the right flipper. This means I’m fighting the game itself and it becomes unbelievably irritating. It’s a shame; this game could’ve been great. Instead it’s all looks.
- wordsmith451 · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Beautiful but flawed
A beautiful game marred by laggy touch controls. Sometimes the flippers will just not activate after touching the acreen.
- iceman-p · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Easy to learn, difficult to master
Paint plus pinball = love. Easy to understand concept, insanely addictive, challenging but not intimidating. In a word, perfect.
- Nathanael David Hall · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Refund
My aunt has ‘accidentally’ purchased this app could you please refund
Sorry for the mistake
- M4FIA1 · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Fantastic
Very fun. Worth the cost and is addictive. 10/10 on graphics. Cannot stop playing!!
- wayne_____ · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Micro transactions
You have to pay MORE money to use powerups. No thanks. What did I pay for exactly?
- brianpgordon · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Relaxing
Calms me down!
- Chicago Grant · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Great way to relax
Even though it is an easy game to learn, it does require good timing and attention. A great way to relax at the end of the day. I love the incredible use of colors. It really adds a lot to the visual aspect of the game!
- Oslo10 · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
BEST GAME EVER
This game is super relaxing whether you’re stressed or not this game is probably the best game ever now I have some pinballs in my basement or should I say pinball machines And I decided to search a pinball on the App StoreI found some… Interesting results and thought that they were awesome because they look so stupid that I found some really good games in one of those good Games was inks inks is a good game you are welcome for your five star review goodbye!!!
- bobbynarde · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Excellent on many levels
I really like this game. It’s not too difficult yet it’s challenging, the graphics are superb, you can play for two minutes or two hours and enjoy it just as much either way and it’s a reasonable one-time-only cost. A little information on how to play and scoring would help, though.
- Foulocks · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Very Nice Game but...
I really like this take on pin ball. However, the left flipper sometimes is slow in reacting.
- marvmax · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Simple and calming
I definitely recommend this simple, fun game.
- FotoJoe · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Fun but 1/2GB?
Fun game but why does this simple game take nearly a half a gigabyte of expensive realestate on my phone??
- chaos_99 · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Still no fix for the paddles
I paid good money for this game and expect the developers to at least give us a working game. I love it for passing time when on a flight, as my other games all require network connection.
But as others have already complained about many times, it’s just frustrating to keep missing shots because a paddle (usually the left one for me) doesn’t work or fires half a second late.
This leads to other passengers on the flight becoming concerned about my anger levels... I have to put it away before they turn the flight around.
- Jiminiekricket · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Just what I need
State of Play comes up with some real unique and beautiful games. Relaxing but challenging at the same time. Meditative in a way, if I can use that. I’ve had KAMI for years and every time I upgrade phones and the game resets, I’m learning it again (though not all over again). Just found out about this game, Inks, and it fits the same bill. Very pretty. Nonjudgmental (i.e. no timer, *I* set the pace; you can reset and try again). I just scanned a long review where someone thought this was boring. (People write movie reviews like that, too. They see a picture about real life and then bash it when it’s not like Star Wars.) Anyway if you’re looking for the game equivalent of “get it done or you’re dead” then, yeah, it is “boring.” But there are tons of games out there that will make you sweat. I don’t need that or I don’t always need that. Sometimes I just need to **be**, and this is a great game for that. I appreciate it for the game it is. Thanks for designing it.
- onetimesone · v1.5.6
Apple
7y ago
Wish You Could Restart
It’s an amazing game! But I get rid of and redownload old games, and this one calms me so it’s nice. From my past few times my completion is still on there. It gets annoying when I want to replay it and can’t.
- The_Pinecone · v1.5.6
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