Blockiloco: Block Puzzle

The row does not have to be full.

Blockiloco is a falling-block puzzle where colour is the rule. Pieces drop into a nine-by-fourteen well and a full row clears, as you would expect. But so do four touching squares of one colour, row or no row. That second rule is the game, and it is why a piece arrives as a patchwork instead of one solid colour.

HOW IT PLAYS - The board is the controller. Tap the left or right of the well to move the piece, the middle to turn it, and hold the bottom to bring it down. - A full row clears. So do four squares of one colour touching side by side. - What falls after a clear can land on more of its colour and go too. That is a chain, and a chain is where the points are. - Clear the level's target and the screen breaks. The next level falls faster. - A run ends one way only: when the stack reaches the top.

COMBOS AND BOMBS - A board that collapses twice is a move you set up two pieces ago, and it pays for it. - Two rows at once, or a second collapse, earns a bomb. It drifts over the board for a few seconds and takes a three-by-three bite out of whatever is under it — usually the corner you are stuck in. - Clear something with every piece and your streak climbs. Each one in the run pays more than the last.

SOMETHING TO COME BACK FOR - Twenty-two rewards across six kinds: levels, points, combos, streaks, blasts, and days in a row. - A map of levels with no end, ten to a chapter and a chest at the end of each. Your points never go down. - Share a run as a card with the board it ended on.

BUILT TO RESPECT YOU - Plays offline. No account, ever. - Your scores, your streak and your settings stay on your device. There is no server to send them to. - Free, no subscription. When the well fills you can watch an ad to clear the bottom rows — your choice — and a short ad plays between levels after every third one. A one-time "Remove ads" purchase takes both away and makes that second chance free. - English and Spanish. Light and dark. iPhone and iPad.

Questions or feedback: ing.campos.alejandro@gmail.com

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