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Monday, August 19, 2019

Platonic Opaline by Sean McKean $1.99


Sean McKean contacted me months ago about his new geometry puzzle Platonic Opaline.  It's a very sophisticated 3D jigsaw puzzle.  Your task is to first choose what kind of solid you want to solve for. Then choose how many pieces it should be dissected into.  Then solve.    
Each Platonic Solid (Tetrahedron, Cube, Octahedron, Dodecahedron and Icosahedron) can be dissected from 3 to 16 pieces, depending on the difficulty setting. Add the first piece.  Then spin the big piece and little pieces to find a match.

Sean is obviously very smart & creative. Platonic Opaline is an artistic, geometric labor of love. (There is a demo version that is free!)

About 10 years ago I bought the All Five Puzzle from Wayne Daniel.  It's a treasure. Below is my review of it for Games Magazine. 

Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/platonic-opaline/id1442178657?ls=1&mt=8 Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soundshape.opals&hl=en Youtube playthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9rUFD3PS8


Thursday, August 8, 2019

Pyraminx Duo by Shenzhen Magic iNet 3D Cloud Technology Co., Ltd. FREE


Pyraminx Duo comes from Shenzhen Magic.. It's a virtual representation of the mechanical puzzle that is also known as Rob's Puzzle.  Rob Stegmann came up with the idea of this puzzle and Oskar van Deventer then made it happen.

Of all the twisty puzzles, this could be the easiest.

You don't have to buy the Real McCoy, because this version is quite good.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pyraminx-duo/id1445874445

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Blue Donut by Just So FREE

Blue Donut comes from Just So.  It came up in the search of new puzzles on the app store.  

The object is to rotate and swivel up/down/around the gold figure in order to release the blue rings.

I solved 30 levels in about 10 minutes.  As a puzzle: this is for kids. But in terms of design and programming, it's elegant.

Deleting it now.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blue-donut/id1471914434

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Puzzle Ten Dark by Eugeniu Curcudel FREE

Puzzle Ten Dark comes from Eugeniu Curcudel. It's a point scoring puzzle game.  The object is to place the blocks to form rows and columns of 10.  There is a scoring system for getting multiples, but I haven't figured it out.
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I've played this game 6 or 7 times.  It's good, but has a problem. 

Suppose you've place a 2/5 piece on the board.  It's the last of the set of 3 pieces.  Now you're given 3 new pieces and they're simply awful: 6/6 and 6/5 and 5/6/6. Click undo, watch a 30 second ad, replace the 2/5 piece and get 3 decent pieces.  Still not satisfied? Click undo again!

My high score is almost 800 and I confess, I clicked undo at least 10 times.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/puzzle-ten-dark/id1472714166

Other Point Scoring Games Worthy of Your Time (Some are no longer available.)
NumberMania
Four Straight Lines
Pushopolous
Stickets
Folt
Nineout
Nineout II
BeeCells Lite
Kindly Colors
HexAgony
Domino Drop
Put Number
Tripevo
Triple Town
Kindly  Colors
COLORswipe
SubaraCity
Virus Pop Smash
+1 Number
4 Way Puzzle
Merged!
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