BreOl72: While this looks certainly nice and interesting...I kinda miss a description on how exactly it is played.
I mean - Tetris, Arkanoid and Sokoban are pretty big "fighting words"...they are also pretty distinctive games...with pretty distinctive gameplays.
So:
- Is this "gravity based" like Tetris
(though using only simple squares, instead of "Tetrominos")? A few scenes in the trailer seem to hint at that.
There are no gravity-based puzzles, at least not in the playable Classic Mode.
BreOl72: - Do I have to clear the screen with a paddle and ball
(like in Arkanoid)? Nothing in the trailer indicates that.
You are just clicking on any of the colored blocks to move them around on a flat board from its source to a target square. When you are clicking on a box, it will move in N/S/E/W direction, until it hits a wall or another block.
BreOl72: - The most resemblance
(going by screenshots and the trailer), is with Sokoban...and even then...what I get shown, is not really looking like Sokoban's gameplay...
I think that in terms of comparison, Sokoban best describes gameplay of the Classic mode.
BreOl72: I see a timer and a "move-counter".
At least the timer seems to count up only, instead of being a countdown.
(I hate countdowns in games) The same goes for moves, that get "counted down", though to a somewhat lesser extent.
That has me hoping, that both, the amount of "time used" and the amount of "moves used", will only be used, to determine the "level" of how well I executed a puzzle
(say like: "bronze", "silver", "gold", "platinum", or something similar), and how many points I get awarded for that.
These metrics are used to determine the rank, score, and additional points, specifically in Ranked mode. In Casual mode, your normal system clock appears in the top right corner instead of Score, Moves, and Timer. In this mode, you can take your time to figure out and complete puzzles, to then use that knowledge to score big in Ranked mode.
The gameplay so far is simple, and it's fun to play, so I will most likely buy it when it gets released. :-)