Puzzle Arcade Lite v1.1 is now Live!

The new version is available at the App Store, looking for "Puzzle Arcade", "Puzzle Arcade Lite" or in Categories - Puzzle or Arcade. If you have downloaded before, you should get a notification in your device.

Please give it a try, you will find a much better and challenging experience, as better controls, smarter enemies, etc...

Puzzle Arcade Lite v.1.1 Preview

Hopefully the new up-to-dated version will be available at the App Store in the next few days - it's been already submitted.

This new version  includes: smoother controls, improved playability, better performance, bigger&smarter AI's, better artwork and more.

Stay tuned for more news!

Thanks and Puzzle Arcade Lite v1.1

First of all, a word of thanks to all the people that have downloaded the game these past 2 days, hope you liked and as always your feedback/ratings are welcome!

I'm giving the final touches to an update that will comprise new features, improvements and fixes:

• Smoother and improved controls - I've incremented the sensitivity and added a guiding light that will tell you where the piece will go.
• Bigger and more dangerous enemies.
• Removed some transitions between levels, replaced by dialogs to increase the agility of the game.
• Added a continue option at the end of the game.
• Increased performance and less use of memory.
• Minor bug fixes.

I will submit the up-to-date ASAP.

Again many thanks!

The X-Arcade Factor

Even though you can find other puzzles games out there, you won't find one like this one and this because of its blending of styles. It's loosely based on the jigsaw-15 puzzle-glider yes, but then it´s nothing like it as it's also a fast paced arcade that can be played in different ways.

You can play the Unplugged mode, if you only want the puzzles but in the arcade mode you will much more:

• It's a complete 3x3 puzzle, not "hole on it".
• The pieces can be moved all around the board.
• At the beginning there is only one piece available as the pieces are requested by the player
• Several AI´s or enemies that will try to stop your progress, stealing the pieces and returning them to the "sky" also reducing the timer in five seconds
• A final stage boss AI (every 3 levels) that will appear once the board it's completed. The goal here is to protect the board/puzzle for one minute or more keeping a number of pieces on the board.
• Several objects than can be destroyed to obtain points, extra time...
• Bombs that can be used to hit the enemy, pieces, objects etc... The bombs can be used to your advantage for instance removing pieces that are in a wrong or difficult place.
• Can be played using different tactics: defensive, trying to complete the puzzle protecting the pieces - hitting on the protects them for some time or just moving then, or aggressive using the bombs to stop the enemy or destroy him.

As can be seen in the picture on the left, the puzzle it's not complete, some more pieces need to be requested - hitting on the board, left part. Once the piece falls can be moved to any position, if there is no obstacles like the enemy, other pieces, objects, bombs etc...

If there is an object blocking the way, hit on it - 2 or 3 times will be enough and it will be destroyed - it can not be moved.

That´s not that case with the bombs - blue object like shown in the picture. Drag the bomb to a target - enemy, piece, object etc.. and then release it. The bomb will explode and will destroy or hit the target.

The bombs also can be collected, just throw them to the green recycle bin in the bottom right. The counter will increase by one. Then if you hit twice over the bin a bomb will be thrown to the enemy without targeting.

Puzzle Arcade Lite is now available at the App Store.

Puzzle Arcade Lite is now available at iTunes. So please download it, enjoy and leave a review/rating!

It can be found at the AppStore looking for
"puzzle arcade" or "puzzlearcade".

Puzzle Arcade Lite - A word or two about it..

Puzzle Arcade Lite should be available very soon - as soon as the friends at Apple approve it :)

In the meantime, I would like to explain the whys and the hows of this new game.

The first thing to mention it's that this a indy game that has been in development for a few months. That doesn't mean that the quality is sub-par, on the contrary, being and indy game we had the freedom to direct all the efforts to create an interesting and original playing experience and not to create something very attractive but hollow. It's the kind of game that I would have wanted to play in the arcades, a fast paced game but a brain teaser as well.

So you get the best of the two worlds, a puzzle game that it's easy to play, different to the average tetris-beweled.. puzzle games that you can find in the AppStore but also a game that you can play as an arcade game.

The game it's best played in short bursts of 5 minutes or less - in that time you can complete a couple of levels, pause the game and come back later.

The mechanic of the game it's very simple, you get a picture - showed in the right part of the screen as clue and you need to produce the same picture using different pieces before the timer goes out.

To get a piece just hit twice over the board - left part - and a random piece will fall from the "sky". When it touches the board you can move it horizontally or vertically - using drag and drop. Note that you can not go over other pieces or objects or any other obstacle. If the piece falls in the green recycle bin on the right, the piece will be back to "the sky" and you will be penalised with 5 seconds. Sometimes this can play in your advantage to keep a piece out of your way. Use it wisely.

Once all the pieces are on the board and resembles exactly the clue, you will win!. That´s the basic mechanic of the game, and very close to the Unplugged Game Mode that you will find in the game, plus a number of different objects that will fall to the board. The objects also work as obstacles, so it's a good idea to get rid of them - just hit them until they are destroyed. The good think about it it's that you would get different bonuses doing that: points, time, lives...

I will talk about the arcade part of the game in the next post.

Welcome to the blog - PuzzleArcade Lite

Welcome to the S&S Creations Game Blog. Here you will find information & support about our games, to be released in the near feature - in fact the first of them will be released within a few days.

Available for iPhone&iTouch iOS 4.2 compatible.

Puzzle Arcade Lite is the free trial version of the soon-to-be-launched indy game Puzzle Arcade. Download P.A. Lite if you are looking for a highly addictive game, an exhilarating cross between Arcade and puzzle games! We designed P.A. Lite thinking on extreme gameability.

This trial version offers access to 3 different levels per package:

- World Package: with different locations for around the world

- Mix Package: landscapes, paintings, etc

- Random: it generates different levels, combining the World and Mix Packages.

Handle the objects showing up on the screen while completing the puzzle, and defend your puzzle pieces at the end of level 3 from the Evil Boss.

Pieces will fall from the sky, touching twice over the board. Once on the board, drag and drop (horizontally or vertically) to the desired position. Even though the board is 3x3, pieces can be moved further to the right for easier placement. Check the pieces against the full puzzle on the thumbnail (right of the screen)

The E.B. will try to crush all your efforts to meet your time deadline by stealing your pieces. Decide which strategy will be best for your Boss: defensive (clicking on the piece before he touches it) or offensive, trying to destroy him throwing bombs.

If you think that this is all too difficult, build only your puzzles against time at the Unplugged mode.

• 2 difficulty levels
• Controls: touch, and drag and drop.

Objects: coins, bills, presents, palm tree (time), extra lives, bombs (collect them by throwing them to the waste basket, and use them on any position, destroying pieces, objects and debilitating the E.B.), and timer bombs (throw them to the waste basket before they explode).