Lab Links - perfect for technicians everywhere

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A new entry in a long line of strategic puzzles in which you have to arrange arrays of elements in order to complete a 'through path', Lab Links does a terrific job of dressing up the geometry in cartoon characterisations, sound effects and music, atmosphere and game variations. And for once the in-app purchases are easily affordable.

From the Windows Phone Store description:

Lab Links is a new, fun, and addictive puzzle game where you are the apprentice to a mad scientist who sets you on the task of powering up and fixing his weird and wonderful machines. 

This is an original spin on classic puzzle games that will have you racing the clock, fending off pesky rats, working around unexpected obstacles, and perhaps even saving the world…

Game Features
• Full game with multiple twists and turns, eye-catching graphics, and fun cut scenes
• Fully functioning store to unlock crazy, mad fashion, and futuristic rat-zapping tools
• Multiple in-game achievements to collect for major bragging rights 
• Three extra game modes to purchase for countless hours of fun

'Saving the world' is a bit much, but for puzzle fans there's a lot of enjoyment here:

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Yup, it's the realm of the archetypal mad scientist.... and yes, different bow ties are part of the 99 cent in app purchase sets...!

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The original artwork throughout is colourful and attractive....

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A mock TV monitor lets you scroll through help text.... Here showing the basic 'rotate to match' gameplay....

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It's not just electrics either, you also get to connect cooling pipes in much the same way....

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Here we go then - with large grids of connectors that you have to work your way across - the powered line so far pulses helpfully....

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Bit by bit you work your way up the mad scientist's lab/house, filled with machines....

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Rats are a randomising agent, scurrying around and knocking your carefull aligned connectors - time to sweep them away!

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Extra rat control options are part of the in-app-purchase system....

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Blasting them with a ray gun doesn't seem very humane, but hey....

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One of the hidden mini-games - with a huge maze to solve here....

All terrifically slick - and yet frustrating in exactly the right way at the same time. You can find this here in the Store.

Source / Credit: Windows Phone Store