Daniel Truong
A brand new puzzler called 'Pixel Blocked!' released today from Daniel Truong, an indie developer out of Vancouver. Hailed as "one of the best new puzzle engines to come around in a decade", this unique puzzler finds inspiration from the popular pastime 'Picross' and blends it with mechanics from the popular 'Bust-A-Move' series and a little dash of 'Tetris'. Of course, it adds a few twists of its own and wraps it all up with a nice 8-bit inspired presentation.
Featuring over 180 puzzles across 3 difficulty levels, players are faced with an incomplete 'pixel image' and are challenged to fill in the remaining blank spots by shooting blocks onto the grid while doing so with as few moves as possible. It sounds easy, but as the levels progress, it can become really taxing on the mind. Not to worry though! Your struggle will be rewarded with additional game modes, backgrounds, characters, and 'Awardments'.
'Pixel Blocked!' is currently available on Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7. As of right now, he has no plans to port them to other systems. This isn't because of a Microsoft exclusivity, but rather simply because Truong developed them using Microsoft's XNA framework. He hasn't completely ruled out porting them in the future, but as of right now he'd rather focus on new projects. In an email interview, Truong explained:
I've looked into porting Pixel Blocked! over to iPhone and Android but as a single developer I felt like it would be more exciting to get started on a new game rather than port them over.
If you're interested in checking out 'Pixel Blocked!', you can visit the website here to purchase it for PC, DRM free, or download the game from the appropriate link below:
Xbox 360 (trial)
Xbox 360 (full game)
Windows Phone 7 (free)
Windows Phone 7 (full game)
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