Thursday, January 31, 2013

Turnacle: puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Thomas Visser recently contacted me from the Netherlands about his new puzzle game app: Turnacle. Look at the first image: your objectiv...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Blendamaze: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Blendamaze is a free puzzle dexterity game app. First, you are given a white ball. Roll it into the red ink and then roll it onto the sm...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Unblock Red: latest ripoff of Rush Hour

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Unblock Red is the first ripoff of ThinkFun's Rush Hour in 2013. I'm guessing there will be at least 10 other ripoffs. This part...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Dflux: puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Dflux seems like a 'connect the pipes' puzzle game app. Yes and no. Yes, because you must rotate the pipes in each place (no swapp...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Puzzle Up: challenge your friends

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Ivan Schneider recently contacted me from France about his new puzzle game app: Puzzle Up. The concept: take some blocks and put them to...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Logi5Puzz: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Logi5Puzz is a free puzzle game app from Hui-Min Lu. It is simlar to sudoku and is essentially a Latin Square.  Each color region must hav...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Words N-Puzzle: puzzle game for iphone, ipad

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Rogelia Garcia recently contacted me about his new puzzle game app: Words N-Puzzle. You are given a grid of lettered tiles with 1 blank ...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Jelly Blocks: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Jelly Blocks comes from Michael Le.  It's a bit like sokoban: move the objects so that all the blue squares connect. Then do the same ...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Reball: free puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Michael Barlow and Konstantin Kolobov recently contacted me about their puzzle app game Reball.  The object is to slide balls to form a li...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Puzzling Cubes: free puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Puzzling Cubes is a series of 72 sokoban type puzzles by Gordon Roberts. Slide the columns around so that certain square will be covered...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Roadblock by SmartGames: puzzle game for iphone, ipad

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RoadBlock by SmartGames is the official title of this puzzle game app. The brains behind all of SmartGames puzzles is Raf Peeters. He ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Blink Blox: free puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Blink Blox comes from Swoobie.  The object is to slide the tiles around so that the blue tiles will form a line and disappear.  Then do th...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Knight Moves: free puzzle app game

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Knight Moves comes from Ken Wessen.  If you're familiar with the famous Knight's Tour problem, you'll like this - it's dif...

Snake Slider: puzzle game app for Android

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Bas de Reuver recently contacted me to announce that Snake Slider is available for Android devices. Snake Slider (Android) https://play.go...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Blockwick 101: free puzzle app game for iphone ipad

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Blockwick 101 is another version of Blockwick, which I reviewed about 6 months ago. The object is to slide the tiles around so that the ...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Guide the Light: puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Guide the Light comes from appy nation.  It's a laser with mirrors type puzzle. The puzzles are well designed.  The user interface...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

The Angel's Cube: puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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The Angel's Cube comes from Ken Tylman who also made Rynglets. More about Rynglets at a future date; it's more complicated. Your...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Gravox: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Gravox is a free puzzle game app.  The object is to manuever the white square to the red square,  which stays in place. This is NOT a ...
Monday, January 7, 2013

Dodge Ball: Simple Fun Free Puzzle Game: for iphone & ipad

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The title of this free puzzle game is Dodge Ball: Simple Fun Free Puzzle Game.   The object is to stay alive by avoiding the spiked twirli...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

How popular is this blog?

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In 2012, this blog averaged 505 hits/day. If you Google the phrases 'puzzle app'   'best puzzle apps' or anything like it,...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Hexagon Puzzle: free puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Hexagon Puzzle from smartarium.com is a point scoring puzzle app.  The object is to get matching hexagons in a row.  By tapping on 1 hexag...
Monday, December 31, 2012

The Very Best Puzzle Apps of 2012

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Announcing The Best of The Best Puzzle Apps of 2012. Also check out the list of Best Puzzle Apps of 2012 which I published Dec 30.  They a...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

The Best Puzzle Apps of 2012

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These puzzle apps are actually the runner-ups to the Very Best Puzzle apps - published 12/31/12. The tuxedo image represents the formality...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Senkai: puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Recently Paul Lapstun, from Australia, contacted me about his new puzzle app Senkai. Senkai is a very challenging puzzle.  The object is...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Six Stax: free puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Six Stax is a game that is similar to Tower of Hanoi.  The object is to move the discs, one at a time, so that only a smaller disc can go ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Karyo: free puzzle game app for iphone and ipad

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Karyo is a surprisingly fun logical puzzle.  The object is to clear the board of the tiles by tapping in the space between 2 very close, b...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Vaccine Case: puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Vaccine Case is a brilliant, original, FUN, puzzle by Wataru Nakano. The object is to kill the viruses with the matching gases by openin...
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Monday, December 24, 2012

Kings Can Fly: puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Kings Can Fly is a puzzle game app where the object is to place fans on the grid so that when the ships leave the red barn, they will turn...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Oball: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Oball is a point scoring puzzle app from Vlifect. Their webpage is down or defunct. However, the puzzle game is quite good. The object i...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Luma Link: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Luma Link is a series of 300 puzzles where the object is to slide the tiles around until the silver ball can go into the red hole. The sil...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Netbound: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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The first image describes the rules, maybe a bit awkwardly. We've seen many topology type puzzles like this before. Start at A, e...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Line's Life: puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Line's Life Pro is a concept similar to Lunar Lockout, Pike's Peak and Fling. The object is to align the circles in pairs of mat...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Vaccine Case Lite: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Wataru Nakano from Japan has created a brilliant new puzzle concept called Vaccine Case. The program does not offer written directions, ...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Are you designing a puzzle game app?

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Click here if you're in the process of developing a puzzle game app. It is a quick reference guide. Puzzle App Developers: what worke...
Monday, December 10, 2012

DJ Mole: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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DJ Mole is a sokoban type puzzle.  The object is to get the DJ Mole to traverse the grid and pick up old albums.  If DJ Mole picks up a bl...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Puzzles in the News: Wall Street Journal

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The Wall Street Journal has an article about an exhibit at the MET in NYC that displays puzzle desks.  I have not seen the exhibit - yet. ...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Turnabout: free puzzle game app for iphone ipad

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Turnabout is a point scoring puzzle app. The object is to tap on one of the gears to turn it. It will then turn other gears until it no lo...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Eye Rollers: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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Eye Rollers comes from http://puzzlesocial.com/  It is similar to a tilt maze puzzle. (A true tilt maze: all the balls would roll simultan...
Monday, December 3, 2012

Akari 3D: puzzle game for iphone, ipad

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Guillaume Ortega contacted me recently from France about his new puzzle app: Akari 3D. Akari is one of my favorite pencil puzzles from N...
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