The Loons - match 3

"I'm having so much fun making this. We've been floating, and fighting, and pop..." - A (former) balloon
"They came out of nowhere and just knocked me out - I may have 'leaked' some water..." - A cloud
"I done popped a lot of those crazy colored blobs...squaak" - A bird
"Moon and I were playing hide-and-seek, like we always do, when we saw a commotion on the blue dot. We
went to investigate and then played whack-a-cloud for a while. It was a fun day." - The Sun

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The Loons
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or... What goes up, does not always want to come down.

One day, The Loons (as they liked to call themselves) were floating up into the sky when, all of a sudden, out
of nowhere some mean and nasty clouds appeared and blocked their way. The loons were very annoyed by this.
So they called upon "The Great Finger" (that's you) to come and help them out so that they may continue on
their carefree flight into the sky.

All new match-3 gameplay.
Pop balloons to make space for others, group the colors together.
Matched balloons fly upwards and damage the clouds directly above them.
New balloons feed in from the bottom to fill up the empty spaces.
Use your wits and matching skills to defeat all the clouds and set The Loons free.

This game has no sparkling or sweet things, only air filled balloons that go pop - it's a blast ;)

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Features:
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* Unique gameplay - a fresh take on match-3
- 6 powerful power-ups (health, bomb, row, column, color, gas)
- 3 useful skills (swap, shuffle, multi-pop)
- Frozen loons that can not be popped; special loons which can not be popped but attack on their own
- The sun and moon will help you fight the clouds
- Clouds fight back with attacks (lightning + snow) and offenses (birds + acid rain)
- Story mode with 5 tiers and 5 levels per tier, each with increased difficulty and new upgrades
- Quick play mode with all power-ups and skills unlocked, survive for as long as you can and defeat as
many clouds as possible.
* Various game modes (time or move limited; no-lose mode for casual players) - something for everyone
* Over 140 achievements to unlock [!]
* Multiple leaderboards [#]
* Four unique mini-games (pop, shoot, float, fly). These are also playable as stand-alone games and each
one has it's own achievements and leaderboards
* Full statistics for all game modes and mini-games - synchronized across all devices [$]
* Games are saved whenever you are interrupted, so you never lose your progress [$]
* Integrated help system
* Many configuration options - customize the game to your liking
* Play in day or night mode (visual style change only) - with various options to select your preference
* Ambient soundtrack with sky sounds (wind/rain/birds/etc)
* Fun and child friendly ;)

Notes:
[!] Achievements are available with/without Google Play Game Services; but they are only synchronized across
devices when signed in to Google Play Game Services.
[#] Leaderboards requires signing-in to Google Play Game Services.
[$] Saved games are not synchronized - each device has it's own saved game; all games' statistics and
achievements are combined and synchronized across all devices (requires Google Play Game Services sign-in).

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Cost:
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This game is free with ads (not shown while playing, only when paused).
It does not contain any in-app purchases :-)

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Permissions:
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WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE + READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE:
Used for saving/loading data to external storage (/Android/data/com.fractious.games.loons/) - all files
are removed when uninstalling
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE + INTERNET:
Required for Google Play Games Services and Ads