Clear the Strait

An enormous, extremely round, extremely pleased-with-himself cartoon politician has wedged himself sideways in a shipping channel. The cargo ships are queuing. Somebody has to move him. That somebody is you, and your only tool is shoving. Free to play. No adverts. HOW IT WORKS Tap the left of him to shove him right, the right to shove him left. Shove in time with the way he is already rocking and the combo climbs: GOOD, GREAT, PERFECT, TREMENDOUS. Mash at random and you fight your own momentum. THE PROBLEM IS HIS EGO Every few seconds he announces how tremendous he is, and the compliment floats off as a speech bubble. Then it turns around and comes back. If it reaches him, he believes it: rounder, heavier, more stuck. Pop it first and he shrinks. Shove him, or pop his ego. You cannot do both. THE PAYOFF Build enough momentum and he pops out of the channel and skips across open water…