![]() ![]() Solavant is a dream for Solitaire fans, and available right now only to Mac users. Solavant Spider includes games like Tarantula, Black Widow, Curds and Whey. Solavant Core includes 25 games that range from common (Klondike) to more exotic (Forty Thieves). Family and Student licenses are offered at a special price, and there are two variant downloads that can be purchased. The full version of Solavant is $27, and if a friend recommends the game to you, the referral amounts to a $5 coupon. Getting on the company's mailer means you can be alerted of new versions, and you can go to their site to get a download link sent to you by e-mail. Not only is the install of Solavant a cinch, but Smallware seems busy updating the game and releasing upgrades. Nice to have if you want to see how the game would have played out differently if you'd made different choices. The "Undo" feature was a must for me in some games, although purists will probably eschew the use of this feature. Solavant supports some nice time-saving features like auto-play for those moments when you have a good run going but don't want to individually play all the cards. Each game's rules are clearly explained, and the rule drawer can be put away when not in use. This shows you important stuff like how cards can be played and what the requirements are to win. Solavant includes a neat feature that displays a rule drawer next to the active game. With so many variants and so much new territory to explore, Smallware found some nice ways to keep players from getting lost or confused. The nice thing is that games can be saved and returned to later, which means you don't have to give up on that possibility of a great hand just to go take the dog for a walk. Some games you've never heard of, never seen, and definitely never played. That's how many games are collected in Solavant. Sure, it's a little cheesy, but us Mac people like our stuff all pretty, you know? I would have liked to have seen some option to dial in custom backgrounds or card-backs, as I've seen in games in the past. Solavant is probably aiming right now at a more purist audience, since there isn't a great deal of design customization built into the game. Some of the games here display a lot of cards on the table at once, so it helps to resize. When you start a game, the card size can be adjusted on the fly, which is nice for fitting a small screen. You can also choose games to be filed under "Favorites" which makes them even easier to reach for. The compilation of so many games makes for a very long list, so Smallware created some groupings of games into Hard, Harder and Hardest categories. Well, what makes a Hummer different than a Mini? Or, a 50" plasma TV different than a 13" set with rabbit-ears?įancy visuals and sound aren't the point here, but there is much to recommend some of the choices made in design here. ![]() ![]() "What makes Solavant different than the game I already have on my computer?", I can hear you saying already. But, Smallware would like to disabuse you of that notion with its fantastic collection of Solitaire games, Solavant. If you ever thought Solitaire was a simple game, you'd be in good company. It helps that almost every personal PC and handheld (including phones) comes with some version of the ultimate one-player game installed and ready to play. If you are like most people, you've played your fair share of Solitaire on a computer.
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