Amazing Alex Update Adds New Weekly Levels!

Any update is a good update, and to add some fuel to the Amazing Alex fire, Rovio has added a new episode to the contraptions-and-physics-based game. The episode is called Levels of the Week and it sounds exactly like what you think.

Just like with the Tournament levels from Angry Birds Friends on Facebook, the levels in this episode will be replaced each week for even more levels! There have been a few tweaks as well to the normal course of gameplay, which, depending on your perspective, could either be good or bad.

This update includes:

  • Eight weekly levels! At least, that’s what the first week includes. These levels are all fan-made and some of them are pretty challenging. Video walkthroughs are live!
  • Downloadable levels! As we said, each week it seems that these levels will be replaced. If you find one of the levels particularly fun — or challenging — and want to hold onto it for a while longer, you can download the level. Simply click on the blue down-arrow in the top-right corner of the level you want and it will be added to your “Downloaded Levels” binder.
  • iPhone 5 compatible! A pretty neat addition. As we reported in the last Angry Birds update, Rovio plans to add support for the 1136×640 resolution, so hopefully we will see more of this rolling out soon.
  • No Game Center sharing? Unlike the first four episodes, there seems to be no “lightbulb” to share solutions for Levels of the Week. I personally think this is a good thing.
  • No solution saving. While the game will obviously hold your contraption while you make small tweaks to obtain 3 stars, exiting the app fully will remove your arrangement when you return. Again, I don’t think it’s a bad thing.
  • No objectives. Allow me to clarify, as this is true of all fan-made levels. There is no objective such as “Get the doll into the basket”. The level plays until you choose to reset, or until you obtain all 3 stars in a single run.

A few questions remain:

  • When will the new levels appear? Our guess is between Sunday night and Monday morning, though we will have to wait to hear from Rovio about this.
  • How will the levels be added? We assume it won’t be through a full-fledged AppStore update (think of the Advent-style episodes of Angry Birds Seasons). Rather, it will likely be “Over the Air”, so a WiFi or 3G connection will be needed to download the new levels. Again, this is all speculation.
  • The sole achievement in Amazing Alex still seems to be bugged for some.
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Comments (57)

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

There is an Update for iPad out now. Rovio hand-pick 8 fan made levels each week and put it in a new world called “Levels of the Week” new levels each week.

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By Chris (@chriss)

It’s also out for iPhone/iPod. Unfortunately the bug was not fixed. Still no achievement for 336 stars.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

Does game center say that you will get an achievement for getting 336 stars, because on iPad it is a secret achievement so i can’t see what to do to achieve it.

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By Chris (@chriss)

Yes, it’s a secret one. But Laurence posted a photo. It’s for 3 starring the first 4 chapters, and it is worth 50 pts.

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By Chris (@chriss)
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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

Thanks for the information, now i can finally get that achiviement :)

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By Chris (@chriss)

Let me know if you get it. For me it is still bugged. I have 336 stars but no achievement.

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By nacho18 (@nacho18)

Same for me too I checked up even double check…!!! Nothing; still no achievement. Also I have the problem with the Blue line I have not friend’s sharing too…!!! If some one has this problem and it was solved ; let me know…!!!

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

I will tell you if i get it but i have 20 levels to clear first.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

No i didn’t get the achievement :(

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By Angryguy (@angryperson)

funny, right when i started to wonder if they had forgotten about AA

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By billymt (@billymt)

iPhone 5 resolution compatible :)

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Is that right? Cool! Will update the post.

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By nacho18 (@nacho18)

Yeah but my progress from my iPad and iPod does not come to my iPhone 5…!!! Before was easy to transfer from iPad to iPod or from iPod to iPad. I already play 6 levels and no transfer my progress . To my iPhone 5 . I do have iCloud 6…!!! So this is normal or not I Ned to replay the whole game…!!! Or what I need to do…!!!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

There is no cloud sync for Amazing Alex, that I am aware of.

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By billymt (@billymt)

Even if rovio add cloud synching in the future, please note that the HD (iPad) version wouldn’t necessarily synch to the normal (iPhone, iPod) version

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

That would be part of the cloud sync, if it is ever developed.

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By stink_boy11 (@)

What happened to the in game music?

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By habspuck - YouTuber (@habspuck)

Nice new little update

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By rodrigol (@birdron)

The Rovio has not released Amazing Alex for the PC platform, I can not stand waiting! :/

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By AngryBirdsFanGuy438 (@angrybirdsfanguy438)

Still no AA for PC…

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By wrw01 (@wrw01)

Nice concept, level of the week, to include in AA. What a novel way to keep the game fresh and alive in player’s mind. It does bring another dimension to AA that is in AB games in the different formats (NFL, Facebook, etc.). Wonder if the Nest’s Level of the Day influenced this concept.

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By hasan (@hasan)

yeah… This is amazing !
But no sign for pc…

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By cosmo2503 (@cosmo2503)

I’m not so impressed with this update. I still expect new levels created by Rovio’s developers. Funny that I recognized four of these levels that I solved before, probably they were already featured level of day.

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I tried a couple of those levels, and I still remain unimpressed. I think Rovio needs to do better.

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By sal9 (@sal9)

It is a minor update after all.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

@amslimfordy have you seen this

http://angrybir.de/OOzs1b

It was posted on Twitter five days ago

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Perhaps you’re too young to remember MC Hammer, but it’s a parody of him and his song “U Can’t Touch This”.

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Time to dig out the parachute pants and the Members Only Jacket!

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By PdB (@playdbird)

TD – wasn’t MC Hammer long after parachute pants? I’m getting foggy, but parachutes and Members Only may have been of the 80’s while MC Hammer was of the 90s. I’m not sure anymore as I am of the…nevermind…..

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

I believe that Hammer was wearing that style in the video Slim mentioned. As to the specific historicity of those things, all I can say is that someone must know, but that someone isn’t me!

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

I have heard the song a few times. And know I had also seen the full picture and I now also understand what “It’s Hammy Time” means.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

*And now I have also seen the full picture

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

Here is another hamster and this time without “It’s Hammy Time”

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)
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By Lamia (@lamia)

I really hope AA come to PC this year end

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By Chris (@chriss)

Do you think there will ever be a fifth “normal” episode of Amazing Alex?

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By cosmo2503 (@cosmo2503)

I hope so. I really dislike this update.

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By MVNLA2 (@mvnla2)

So do we expect the second “weekly” installment to hit Tues?

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By Angryguy (@angryperson)

the second week levels are already out

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By MVNLA2 (@mvnla2)

Must be only for some devices; nothing new on my iPad.

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By Angryguy (@angryperson)

did you look for an update or in the game? when you click on ‘levels of the week’, it should be brand new levels

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By sal9 (@sal9)

I think you have to be logged in GC.

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By PdB (@playdbird)

I’m logged in to GC and I still have the same “weekly levels” I had last week…no update it seems for me.

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By Chris (@chriss)

I tried to create an unsolvable level in Amazing Alex.
You can download it here: http://build.amazingalex.com/info.php?uuid=a074a950-20c9-11e2-8efe-06e8ee74399a
Let me know if you can solve it.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

@chriss
That was easy. Did it in under a minute.

http://angrybir.de/U7alEe
http://angrybir.de/U7aEPm

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By Chris (@chriss)

Really? Wow
On iPhone or iPad?
Okay, let me try to make a better one. (Maybe you gan give me a tip for improvement.)

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

iPad
I think it is easier on iPad

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By Chris (@chriss)

Yes it is. On my iPhone it was unsolvable for me.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

@chriss fill out the empty space Inside the square and it will be unsolvable.

http://angrybir.de/YbUetn

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By Chris (@chriss)

Okay I will do this.

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By Chris (@chriss)

I did it. I created another one. Let me know if you can solve it.
http://build.amazingalex.com/info.php?uuid=03fc09d2-21c4-11e2-8efe-06e8ee74399a

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

This was much harder.

http://angrybir.de/Pgurie
http://angrybir.de/TjOrN9

I managed to get the shelf above one of the boxes and turn it to the right angle
http://angrybir.de/TjOI2r

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By Chris (@chriss)
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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

This time you win! Your third “UNSOLVABLE” level was actually unsolvable.

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By Little Brother Bird (@platypus1234)

But i took three tries.

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By Hidayat1999 (@hidayat1999)

On Facebook, they posted that AA Free is available for iOS. The date was January 18th, so it’s an old post.
Any clues?

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