Scuba App Review: Treasure Hunt - The Game
Treasure Hunt — The Game
Treasure Hunt — The Game
Version: 1.1
Price: $2.99
Platform: iPhone, iPod, iPad
Description: An immersive 3D underwater adventure, you’re a diver exploring modern and ancient shipwrecks in search of lost treasure. Treasure Hunt is a journey of becoming a scuba diver, and the fortunes that can be made as a search and recovery diver looking for sunken treasure.
Pros: Smooth graphics, and this game has intuitive game play for all ages.
Cons: Takes a while to get accustomed to the controls. Sharks and barracuda get a bad name (what’s new?). It’s also not a universal application.
Bottom Line: Unfortunately, like most divers I have a day job and many other obligations that keep me out of the water more often than I’d like. Treasure Hunt — The Game puts me back in the water any time I want via my iPhone or iPad. The only downfall is I can’t play it full screen on my iPad, and after three weeks of playing the game, I’m still not accustomed to using the controls. The upside, though, is a fun, whimsical way of playing search and recovery diver from a land-locked location. We’ve all “played pirate,” searching for lost treasure, and every time I dive a wreck there’s that glimmer of hope in finding Black Beard’s lost gold. The first level in this game is earning your C-card. This game also mimics a lot of standard diver practices, like using a compass, monitoring your air supply, and not forgetting your fins on the boat. Get too close to a shark or other dangerous animal, and you’ll be in trouble. It’s not Angry Birds, but for $2.99, it’s a fun game for all ages and it might scratch that diving itch in the middle of a snowstorm or board meeting.
To download this app, go to Treasure Hunt — The Game.
PADI Rescue Diver Michael Dombrowski, President of DomCo Electronics, Inc., is an Electrical and Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in iOS applications and rapid prototyping. He has created apps for the educational industry, including The Organwise Guys, and for the dive industry with RB Planner, as well as prototypes for the Arduino Community. To see more, visit his website at www.DomCoElectronics.com.
Treasure Hunt — The Game
Version: 1.1
Price: $2.99
Platform: iPhone, iPod, iPad
Description: An immersive 3D underwater adventure, you’re a diver exploring modern and ancient shipwrecks in search of lost treasure. Treasure Hunt is a journey of becoming a scuba diver, and the fortunes that can be made as a search and recovery diver looking for sunken treasure.
Pros: Smooth graphics, and this game has intuitive game play for all ages.
Cons: Takes a while to get accustomed to the controls. Sharks and barracuda get a bad name (what’s new?). It’s also not a universal application.
Bottom Line: Unfortunately, like most divers I have a day job and many other obligations that keep me out of the water more often than I’d like. Treasure Hunt — The Game puts me back in the water any time I want via my iPhone or iPad. The only downfall is I can’t play it full screen on my iPad, and after three weeks of playing the game, I’m still not accustomed to using the controls. The upside, though, is a fun, whimsical way of playing search and recovery diver from a land-locked location. We’ve all “played pirate,” searching for lost treasure, and every time I dive a wreck there’s that glimmer of hope in finding Black Beard’s lost gold. The first level in this game is earning your C-card. This game also mimics a lot of standard diver practices, like using a compass, monitoring your air supply, and not forgetting your fins on the boat. Get too close to a shark or other dangerous animal, and you’ll be in trouble. It’s not Angry Birds, but for $2.99, it’s a fun game for all ages and it might scratch that diving itch in the middle of a snowstorm or board meeting.
To download this app, go to Treasure Hunt — The Game.
PADI Rescue Diver Michael Dombrowski, President of DomCo Electronics, Inc., is an Electrical and Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in iOS applications and rapid prototyping. He has created apps for the educational industry, including The Organwise Guys, and for the dive industry with RB Planner, as well as prototypes for the Arduino Community. To see more, visit his website at www.DomCoElectronics.com.
