Pillow-catching arcade game

Dad Reflex

Babies are falling. You have a pillow. Get it under them before the floor does. Miss one and you are mopping the nursery while three more come down. Built for iPhone.

The Game

Babies are falling. You have a pillow. That's the plan. Pull back, estimate how much power you need, and release at just the right moment. Pull too little and the pillow falls short. Pull too far and it flies past the baby. There's no aiming, just timing, instinct, and learning exactly how much pull you need. Get it right and congratulations, a baby is saved! Miss the save and the baby lands on the ground, but thankfully, their poop-filled diaper provides a little cushion. The baby bounces back up laughing, while you're left with a pile of poop to clean. Keep the floor clean, keep the babies getting swept to safety, and whatever you do, don't let the nursery fill up.

There are 100 levels, with the difficulty steadily increasing as you go. What starts as a simple "pull and release" quickly becomes a test of timing, power, and, apparently, your dad reflex. Earn coins as you play and spend them on new pillows, while other pillows can only be unlocked by completing achievements.

Think you've got what it takes to make the leaderboard? Survival Mode and Online Mode each have their own leaderboard, giving you two different ways to compete. Survival keeps the babies coming faster and faster until you finally can't keep up. Online puts you face-to-face with another dad in a 2-minute round, with the same babies, in the same order. One run tests how long you can survive. The other tests who can save more. Two modes. Two leaderboards. One question: how good are your dad reflexes?

Screenshots

Dad Reflex gameplay: a baby caught on the pillow in the space nursery, +1
Dad Reflex gameplay: a baby on its way down in the kitchen, the pillow waiting below
Dad Reflex gameplay: the snow baby sliding past a splat on the floor
The Dad Reflex level map: levels 81 to 90 on a diaper, level 88 ready to play
The Dad Reflex store: Deluxe pillows, Maple Adventure owned, others 50,000 tokens away
Dad Reflex gameplay: a baby sprung off the golden spring, +1
Dad Reflex online: MATCH FOUND, you versus PLAYER3242, three rounds
The Dad Reflex ONLINE menu: Quick Match, Invite a Friend, Room Code
Dad Reflex: YOU WON with 28 misses, the level's title card
Dad Reflex gameplay: an iced pillow, a ghost baby and a plunger all at once

Get It

Dad Reflex is out now on the App Store for iPhone. One download, no account, no sign-up. Game Center handles the leaderboard and the achievements if you want them, and the game plays perfectly well if you don't.

Download on the App Store