The game starts with casual, so it is not necessary for casual games to make a symbol to emphasize themselves and deepen the player's impression, but on the other hand, if you want to stand out from the countless casual games, the gameplay is the most important.
There is an innovative reference that is called a tribute
The last time Uncle Monster introduced the game to you was in mid-November 2023, and the reason for such a long interval is not that there are too many games to play, but that it is too difficult to find a good game with characteristics.
There are at least dozens of new games popping up every day on major platforms, and the tag classification can only distinguish personal preferences, but fortunately, while lamenting the sanity of Ubisoft's production of "canned food", I finally found a more interesting casual game.
I'm sure a lot of people are rightTetrisThis is a game that can be ranked in the top 1 level on the world level, and the "popcap" game company that produced "Plants vs. Zombies" has also released a classic game that spans three generations"Zuma".
Combining the gameplay of these two games is not a trick?
In the twenty years since Zuma's inception, it seems that no one has tried it, and it is possible that someone has tried and failed.
During the time when Uncle Monster was looking for materials for the new game introduction column, a casual mobile game called "Cube Quicksand" made me find the feeling of "Tetris" and "Zuma" at the same time.
Cube Quicksand isn't so much a combination of the two games, but rather a new casual game from Raeysat Studios based on Tetris and other mini-games on the market.
And the sense of "Zuma" that appears in this work is completely fromProp mechanics in the game,This also gave me a new idea of the direction of the development of this work。
Gameplay and thinking about design
The gameplay of Cube Quicksand is simple, and like Tetris, it has a fixed rectangular space, with randomly formed block-like objects falling from above the space.
But unlike Tetris, that's itThe block-like objects in this game will turn into quicksand when they touch the bottom of the space (or other blocks that have turned into quicksand), and will cover them downwards and left and right according to the gravity in the game.
When the brick cover that turns into quicksand touches the left and right edges of the play space at the same time, all connected fluids of the same color are removed.
Of course, since the game is still in development, there are still many bugs, such as even if the fluid has a link part and has contact space at both ends, butSince there is only a little bit of connection, the system cannot judge normally, and finally cannot complete the elimination
There are currently two main modes in the game, in the regular mode, players can constantly eliminate the fluid turned into blocks to gain points and hit the leaderboard, in addition, the game will automatically refresh 2 daily challenges, and players who complete the daily challenges can get random items.
Different lanes in the game have different functions, such as "Sweep Missile" that can remove fluid from a row of areas horizontally, and "Magic Lightning" which can be eliminated by choosing a color.
These items are reminiscent of the special marbles in Zuma, and they also include special effects such as destroying a certain range or reversing the marbles.
So if the producer of this work may also refer to the design of "Zuma",Add a player-released item system to the bricks, and trigger the item effect when an area is removed, so that the fun of the game may be raised to another notch
However, considering that the main way to make money in this work is to watch advertisements to obtain props, Uncle Monster's idea is okaySharpenedThe effect of triggering props in weak games enhances the effect of players who watch advertisements to actively release props, so as to distinguish them, which not only increases the fun of the game, but also does not completely deprive the author of advertising profits.
All in all, it seems that "Square Quicksand" is already a pretty good casual game, although this is an open trial version in October 2023, but Uncle Monster found it at the beginning of 2024, so this is also a good win for this year, as for the follow-up update and other related matters, it depends on the author's ideas.