Pencil Toss

Michael E. | Apr 20, 2010 Games

User rating: (9 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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DSJP Enterprises’ Pencil Toss is one of those deceptively simple games that you start playing and before you know it, 5 minutes have passed.  Then another five.  And five more.  Simply put, you lose track of time all because you want to get better at playing it.

If the name is reminiscent of Paper Toss, it’s for a good reason.  Although the two games have different developers, they are similar in the respect that they both take place in office environments.  With the first game, you’re trying to toss balls of paper into a wastebasket.  With this one, you’re tossing pencils up into the air trying to get them to stick in the ceiling tile.  Now, you might think it’s an easy task, but you would be mistaken.  You must contend with wind and arcs and ceiling vents and- wouldn’t you just know it? – people tend to get a little annoyed with you when your flying pencil just happens to hit their computer, land in their coffee, or poke them in the eye.

Pencil Toss has a Target Practice level and three difficulty modes (Easy, Medium, and Hard).  Of the two, I rather liked Target Practice.  It’s a bit like darts, except the dartboard is on the ceiling.  You might think that, like Paper Toss, this would be an easy game to play.  You might think that, but you would be wrong.  I’ve tried each of the difficulty levels, and what I’ve noticed is that the ceiling tile is narrower from Easy to Hard.  That said, though, the Easy level presented me with more than enough of a challenge to be honest.  Hard is…well, it’s hard.

So, if you’re looking for a nice little app to fill in those odd moments where you find yourself needing to pass the time, Pencil Toss will not disappoint.  It’s much more difficult than you might think.

iTunes Link – Pencil Toss

Version 1.0

Tested on an iPod Touch 3.1.3

 
Game modes
Game modes
Target practice
Target practice
I've done better
I've done better

Easy mode
Easy mode
Medium mode
Medium mode
Hard mode is definitely hard
Hard mode is definitely hard

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  • Fastflyer

    Neat game. easy to learn but hard to master. Learning to swipe against the wind and tilt to get the point closer to the center requires more skill than is first apparent. Buy this game. Take your mind off the impending root canal while waiting in the dentist office. Enjoy.

  • Michael E.

    Well said, Fastflyer. Pencil Toss is much more difficult than I expected.