Pixeljam has revived their Flash game Snowball! [$1.99] for Steam and mobile, and the world is better off with this charming pinball game. The whole game is just one table, but it's an entertaining table, and a game that's absolutely gorgeous for pixel art aficionados, especially on a big enough screen. The table is intended to take place on the side of a mountain, with the pinball being a Snowball!, the flippers being wooden contraptions operated by people, and the area where your ball falls into being a campfire that melts the ball. It's charming.
Snowball! is absolutely gorgeous, especially if you play it on the iPad. The pixel density, with the detailed game board here, is a wonderful combination. The game looks fine on iPhone, but there's a lot of detail lost due to the zoom-outs that occasionally occur to keep everything on screen. Seriously, this game is just stunning on an iPad, and I cannot stop gushing about it. Rarely does a game come around that really justifies the crazy pixel density that modern displays have, and Snowball! is that game. It does mean that the game is a lot harder to keep track of on the iPhone, but eh, it's far from a venomous fate for Snowball! if you want to enjoy it on the go. Snowball! doesn't break too much with the standard pinball formula. A couple of the standout tricks on the board include a mini Breakout-style target-breaking portion, and the two magnetic orbs that you can control. One of the tricks to scoring big on Snowball! is tha...