Lines On Sides 4+

Michal Barszczewski

Designed for iPad

    • 4.5 • 38 Ratings
    • $8.99

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Description

Arrange the tiles so that their sides match each other in colors.

Your task is to arrange the tiles correctly so that each side of them is the same color as the adjacent tiles. When the tiles are properly arranged, black lines appear between them.

After Cubether, it's another game where I explore minimalism. There are no tutorials or tips in it. You have to understand each mechanic for yourself and use it to solve puzzles.

Good luck.

:)

What’s New

Version 1.1.1

- Symbols have been added so that you can better distinguish between the tiles.

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
38 Ratings

38 Ratings

popovich ,

The platonic ideal of puzzle games

Introduce a puzzle mechanic, have the player learn it. Introduce a second, have the player learn how it interacts with the first. Introduce a third, have the player learn how it interacts with the first two. Repeat for a fourth, then fifth.

The puzzle mechanics here are solid and fairly easy to understand, but their interactions result an unexpected complexity. To me, that is the hallmark of a worthwhile puzzle game.

In my play through, the learning curve was exactly steep enough to make the game rewarding. I am not an average player; what I find entertainingly hard might frustrate others. If you like a mental challenge though, I recommend trying this.

My only criticism is that the game ended *just* as I felt like I understood it. I’m glad the author didn’t pad out length with a lot of levels that didn’t increase complexity, but perhaps some “encore” levels at the end or a progress bar would make the ending feel less abrupt.

Overall, good work. I look forward to seeing what’s next!

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your valuable feedback. I will try to use it in my next projects. :)

whoseits ,

OK

I finally finished Lines On Sides. Level 29 is much too difficult, in fact, it’s the hardest one because the mechanic is hard to understand. If it had been possible to skip that level and go back to it after getting a better understanding of how the sliding mechanic works, I probably would not have spent many many hours solving level 29 and getting very frustrated in the process. It took me at least 5 times longer to solve level 29 than it did to complete all the other puzzles.

Many developers force you to solve puzzles in sequence. I have never liked this approach. If developers allowed puzzles to be skipped and retried later there would be fewer frustrated players who dislike their game. Being able to completely forget what you have already tried because you’ve been analyzing something new, while gaining more experience in the process, allows the player to use a fresh approach when retrying a puzzle they have skipped.

Developer Response ,

I had to add some tips to this mechanic because it turned out to be the most difficult to understand. A game update with a hint to this mechanic is waiting for a review. In the meantime, a few tips on what conditions must be met to be able to connect colorful tiles:
1. One of the tiles must be on the platform (merging / separation) of colors.
2. On both tiles must be two rows or two columns of the same colors - it depends if you want to merge them vertically or horizontally.
3. If you want to merge colors, both tiles must have rows of colors in parallel to each other.
I hope I helped. :)

StoryBookBob ,

Brilliant, even if I’m not

This deserves 5 stars because, if for no other reasons, the designer has created an intriguing puzzle and offers it (at least at this writing — 99 plus tax) without any ads and for less than the cost of cup of coffee. Yeh, like some of the other commenters, I’m struggling with the trickier levels, but so what?

Apple Support, pay attention: there should be more apps like this one in your store, and a lot less of the other ‘Built In Purchases’ clutter.

Developer Response ,

Brilliant review. Thank you :)

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