A new Android App, “Sexy Simone” was released by the guys at webOnyx this week with much anticipated fan fare. What’s the hubbub? webOnyx’s first game, Combo Breaker, is a free “Simon Says” type game, but with Sexy Simone they’ve, shall we say, made many augmentations that are worth checking out.

Simon Says (or Combo Breaker) is where players repeat the ‘Pattern’ made up of a sequence of colored lights and sounds. They are billing Sexy Simone as, “…a sexy version of a classic game with a twist.” The lead android developer for the webOnyx says, “It was time to introduce our fans to Simon’s sexy little sister, Simone.” Improving the Combo Breaker game by making a few tweaks to the audio and adding a few surprises under the colored squares. This Sexy Simone is a good-time vixen.

Like most of the webOnyx apps it is an enjoyable and challenging game to play and is a welcome improvement from the Combo Breaker Google Android App, which was by their own admission, “…bare bones.” Adding, “We wanted to find out if we had something users wanted. Once we know that it is, it is just a matter of doing what good Android dev companies should do – listening to the feedback and incorporating the changes and improvements they want to see. It is a real give and take market place and we enjoy the collaboration with the users of our products and we really listen to what they have to say.”

And listen they did. Other than a commonly quoted, “not enough information on how to play” which we all can agree falls in the category of, “things that disqualify you from playing or rating any free Android App”  the number one issue users (me being one) with the Combo Breaker Android app was the level of play. It did not progress in difficulty or challenge the player.

This is not the case with Sexy Simone. The better you get the more she plays hard to get, making Sexy Simone a real home run (or so I hope). It is also fitting for the webOnyx goal of having apps that entertain and/or challenge the users for about ten minutes.

This is exactly what I did. I downloaded the Android app Sexy Simone just before visiting my…shall we say… “second office”, and played for about 10 minutes. During this time Sexy Simone gave me a few laughs, challenged the gamer in me, and left me feeling satisfied.

The second time I played was at a Happy Hour. The ten minute goal was demolished as every able bodied drinking person around me downloaded the app or took my phone to play with Simone. Yes. I know. I am a geek, but at least we were playing with the lovely and talented Simone.. Nicely done webOnyx – look forward to seeing more, quite literally, of Sexy Simone.

Musts: Play it with sound, do the happy hour test – seriously – see if you can play it once without someone asking about it, enjoy it in your “second office” Download Sexy Simone on your Google Android Phone by searching: “Sexy Simone” from your phone in the Android Market and let us know what you think!

PseudoBlue is an Android app developer and a friend of webOnyx. His released apps, “Green Tree” and “Planet In A Bottle”  have seen over 100,000 downloads. He is a conosuier of Google Android Apps and reviews at least one per month. Have a suggestion for PseudoBlue? Post a reply here.

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