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Free-to-play mobile games are becoming more interesting the more that are discovered by the player community. Narwhaleio, a relatively new experience in the same vain as Slither.io, allows the player to control their very own colorful Narwhale in a sea of competition. Like similar games, the entire point is to take out your opponents and become the head of the leaderboards. That position is precarious, though, as someone is constantly on the rise to the top.

Developed by students at Digipen, Narwhale.io is pretty simple, but can be fun if you aren't looking for too much in terms of features or graphics.

The gameplay is similar to that of its competitors, with the player taking control of their own named, colorful Narwhale. The whole point is to swim around seemingly aimlessly through the game world, using a left click to dash your whale into another player, slicing them in half. Upon doing so, your whale will level up, becoming far stronger and larger than before. The bigger you are, the harder it is for your opponents to take you out of the game. If you are removed from the game, however, you lose all of your progress and points, effectively starting from the very beginning in the next game. Your horn grows larger the more players you kill and the more pickups you collect. Stamina increases, your dashes increase, and your horn is generally considered stronger. Pick up as much as possible!

Controls are vastly similar to every other .io style game on the market. You control the positioning and movement direction of your whale using your mouse cursor. Players are warned to be very careful, however, as one quick movement that results in your cursor shifting off-screen will end in the player's death. This can be downright infuriating at times, unfortunately. A single left click is how you dash into other players. Your single horn will slice through smaller enemies or those who are the same size. Don't try tackling a larger whale, though.

There is not a whole lot of substance in the game. You can play for twenty minutes and make it to the leaderboard. Most will move on pretty to a new game easily, though. Overall Narwhale.io is a quick time-waster, but not enough to keep your interest for hours on end. This is a very basic video game at its core, so don't expect too much. It is fun initially, though.