Red Fly Studio is the group behind last year’s great Inertia: Escape Velocity. Its latest title, Elenints, is more abstract. The name “Elenints” might come from a combination of the words “elements” and “integers”. It’s is a puzzle game where you place pieces on a board, trying to match up three of a kind and combine those into increasingly complex elements.
The gameplay is similar to Triple Town, which I love. Both games require you to carefully plan how you’ll place pieces to make combos. But while Triple Town simply blocks off space the more you play, Elenints is more dynamic. As “creepers” spawn, you can block them with an Elenint, which means that if you can change up your plan in time, you can prevent bears from ever showing up.
That innovation alone makes Elenints worth a look, and there’s also a sort of tutorial/puzzle mode that offers a nice twist on Triple Town’s gameplay. Elenints is available for free on the App Store right now.
Daily iPhone App: Elenints matches Triple Town’s planning with a few new tricks originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 23 May 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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