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Bubble Ball
Bubble Ball is a physics puzzle game created by American developer Robert Nay when he was 14 years old. It was released on December 22, 2010 and in its first two weeks was downloaded 2 million times from Apple iTunes. On January 8, 2011, Corona Labs (formerly Ansca Mobile), the company which makes the software development kit that Nay used, chose Bubble Ball as its app of the week and it has since surpassed 16 million downloads, and at one point displaced Angry Birds from its number one spot on the list of free games in Apple app store. Bubble Ball is a 156-level puzzle game with puzzles ranging from very simple to really challenging. On each level you are given a range of tools and pieces before you hit the Start button. In addition to planks and ramps that can be created with a set of geometric pieces, there are catapults, accelerators and gravity inverters, which must be carefully positioned to make sure your ball gets to the finish goal. This game is number three on "Ansca mobile's Hall of Fame." As of January 19, 2011, Bubble Ball had been downloaded more than two million times. Current versions of the application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play for free.
Article summary
Bubble Ball is a physics puzzle game created by American developer Robert Nay when he was 14 years old. It was released on December 22, 2010 and in its first two weeks was downloaded 2 million times from Apple iTunes. On January 8, 2011, Corona Labs (formerly Ansca Mobile), the company which makes the software development kit that Nay used, chose Bubble Ball as its app of the week and it has since surpassed 16 million downloads, and at one point displaced Angry Birds from its number one spot on the list of free games in Apple app store. Bubble Ball is a 156-level puzzle game with puzzles ranging from very simple to really challenging. On each level you are given a range of tools and pieces before you hit the Start button. In addition to planks and ramps that can be created with a set of geometric pieces, there are catapults, accelerators and gravity inverters, which must be carefully positioned to make sure your ball gets to the finish goal. This game is number three on "Ansca mobile's Hall of Fame." As of January 19, 2011, Bubble Ball had been downloaded more than two million times. Current versions of the application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play for free.
Key claims
- release date: 2010-12-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "2010-12-22". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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