Monument Valley 2
From 6 years old A few years ago, we had succumbed to the charm of little princess Ida who advanced, proud and stubborn, in a digital and dreamlike world that Escher himself would not have renounced. Monument Valley 2follows in the footsteps of his eldest, except that Ida has given way to Ro and his little girl in red dressed as the only one there is in stories. In this new episode as in the previous one, the optical illusions are linked as the chapters succeed, the cranks turn, the mechanics unlock, the doors are hidden and the walls slide at leisure. Here again, each puzzle resolution ends with a cry of amazed joy. To this visual wonder is added a new emotion because the labyrinthine adventure is doubled this time by an initiation rite: if at the beginning mother and daughter trot together, Ro will gradually let his daughter lead his boat alone and each will follow his own way, like in life. Delicate, beautiful and wonderfully successful, this Monument Valley second of the name will touch the most hardened hearts and will delight the most jaded minds.
Ustwo Games LTD. For iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, and for Android on Google Play, € 5.49.
surprise Hidden Folks
From 8 years old Behind which haystack is the little needle hiding? In which corner of the desert is the priceless bottle of water hidden? From what lost hole will the black rabbit come out? Not so easy to find your way around here, as this little black and white world is teeming with life and thousands of infinitesimal details. However, to move forward, you will have to go through it and find a series of characters and objects better hidden than the Holy Grail itself. Farm, forest, desert ... At each scene crossed, a new setting to tame, new elements to flush out and our nerves to unpack ... Luckily, a few small clues guide our wanderings and our happily nimble fingers zoom, click and tap as long as they can ! Kind of interactive pendant at Où est Charlie?,Martin Handford's famous game book, Hidden Folks manages to make us hammer and addicted! Hat!
Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg . For iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, on the App Store, € 4.49. For Mac, Windows and Linux, on Steam Store, € 7.99.
blush Gallicadabra
From 3 years old Would you tell him a little family story? Unless you prefer to have your child revise the animal alphabet or follow with him the score of La mère Michel (who lost her cat) ? By providing a few treasures from its youth fund, the BNF does more than give our children to read pretty fables of yesteryear and lovely albums, it proves to them that digging through the archives can be almost as exciting as explore a dusty attic.
Benjamin Rabier, Andersen, Perrault, La Fontaine, Kipling... From the best-known classics in precious versions to more confidential little pearls like L'Escargot bleu by André Hellé, Gallicadabra opens up an enchanting world and does not steal its name from drawers . Two small reservations, however: a somewhat too rigid navigation and a catalog that is just waiting to expand. Realized as a prototype, the application is also awaiting feedback from parents to improve its offer. Because we tell you that we are waiting for you!
BNF For iPhone and iPad, on the Apple Store and for Android on Google Play, free.
surprise Fiete Hide & seek
From 3 years old In the frost of the emerging autumn, nothing like morale to embark with the little bearded sailor in the heart of a semi-tropical forest, semi-Rousseauist to chain a few games of hide-and-seek well-tempered ... But behind which creeper or in what grove has this damned Fiete camouflaged himself? Over there, the boar arises. This way, the monkey leaps and the elephant heads. Fiete remains untraceable, unless he is right there, lurking between the leaves of this yucca, more yellow than a lemon? Bingo! As soon as it is found, as soon as it is put back in, and the game continues ... Impeccable game mechanics, delightful design and neat soundtrack, Ahoiii has, as usual, knitted a flawless app. And as joyful as a playground at tea time.
Fiete Hide & amp; seek
Ahoiii Entertainment. For iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, free, then full version at € 4.49. For iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, € 3.99. For Android, on Google Play, € 3.99.
surprise Three little cats
From the age of 3 Let those who have never sung loudly this syllabic kyrielle immediately lift their finger from their tablet and rush without further delay into the pages of this e-book which has more than one trick in her bag. From the unforgettable phonetic game sung in childhood, Jean-Louis Nédélec has woven the story of Gray, Siam and Tiger, the three famous "little cats"in a straw hat become the heroes of an epic and colégram trip, in 3D please! And, as a nursery rhyme without melody would be an ocean without a drop of water, the well-known refrain, revisited for the occasion, accompanies with fanfare the story, in its digital version of course ... Nice idea with contagious cheerfulness and rather beautiful workmanship, even if the text sometimes leaves the reader hungry. Nevertheless, the adventure is delightful. To follow on paper or on tablet, and without moderation.
Jean-Louis Nédélec Paper version, 60 p., € 17, ed. L'Apprimerie (digital version included, lapprimerie.com ). Digital version only with card to read, € 6, on cartealire.com , 3D glasses delivered for each support.
blush Busy Shapes 2
From 3 years old A game of shapes to better understand space, Busy Shapes 2 develops on four levels. As the game progresses, things get more complicated as they add to the recognition of shapes, traps to foil and other obstacles to get around. Also, to drop the right figure in the right place and continue playing, you will first need to find the key, whether it is a barrier to lift, a secret passage to find, a springboard to borrow or a bomb to blow up... Not always as simple Hello, that's what makes this game of mental skill so charming. Be careful though, if Busy Shapessecond of the name does its job well, and gives some twists to the spirit of geometry of your children, like its elder, it is also very addictive. Be warned!
Edoki Academy For iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, € 2.99.
surprise With wolf ears
From 3 years old If this wolf has big ears, it is to hear better, and, there is no denying it, he damn well sharpened ... Raindrop, buzzing of bees, concert of saucepans or horns, in the city as in the field, everything rustles around him, and he does not lose a crumb ... In shadow, this soft wolf like a lamb walks his black silhouette from table to table to animate with the end of fingers to tinkle the small clatter of the world ... If the sound effects ring true and the designs touch the heart, the little too invasive background music prevents 10/10. Special mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award 2017, Con le orecchie di lupo is not yet translated into French. What does it matter, a French thunderclap rumbles as well as atuono italiano, right?
Eva Rasano, Ed. SmallBytes Digital, for iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, € 2.29. For Android, on Google Play, € 2.19.
blush Galactic engineering with Astrocat
From 6 years old After giving us a glimpse of the mysteries of our solar system, Professor Astrocat is back. This time, the galactic journey will be more fun than scientific. All the games offered in this new adventure, however, revolve around an educational axis, since they are designed to sharpen logic and exercise memory as the speed of the child. How? 'Or' What ? By spotting an intruder among a battalion of astronauts, for example, or by reproducing a suite to make a rocket take off ... If a few bugs make the exercise sometimes hazardous, overall, the Astrocat hood is pretty nicely filled .
Minilab. For iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, free, then full version at 4.49 €.
blush Dicomino, syllables or letters
From 6 years old Strengthen your reading by enriching your vocabulary and spelling, who says better? Dicomino wins the game by offering a learning space closer to the playing field than the blackboard, ideal for incognito holiday homework. To get into the adventure, nothing could be easier. First, recognize the objects drawn on the small thumbnails, then recompose the words that designate them thanks to the letters or syllables scattered on the carpet ... Dicomino offers two hundred words, enough to predict a few dozen beautiful parts! This nice literary domino game may not be very original but has won its bet. That's all we ask.
Fabrice Eveillard and Adaptiim For iPhone and iPad, on the App Store, € 2.29. For Android, on Google Play, € 2.39.
surprise The big story in a nutshell
From 4 years old One day, a little boy finds a nice piece of red wire and puts it in his room. And suddenly here, placed on a sheet of paper, this little treasure of nothing wiggles like a beautiful devil so much the desire to draw the itch... After the delicate digital adaptation of the album Moi, j'attends,the poetry of Serge Bloch reappears in force on the tablet. But this time, to untie the story, it will not be enough to pull on the thread, it will also be necessary to draw yourself. Reproducing a train, sketching a gift package, framing his works... everything is good for advancing the story, and it is marvelous to see his drawings suddenly become the actors of this beautiful tale of creation and the meaning of life. Because this little bit of nothing at all is nothing other than this essential little touch of talent and imagination that only asks to grow as long as it is left enough room ...
