Balanced Puzzle Games

Puzzle games have occupied our minds since early ages, not only solving them, but creating them also. There are many game developers out there busting their heads on how to create challenging puzzles. Some of them overdid it and created puzzles for people with an IQ way above the average. On the other hand others are just in the middle of the mind field, tasteful and challenging, but not to difficult.
  
Conceptis Puzzles, step forward please.

These guys are developing puzzle games for years. Their games are with consistent design and can be recognized on any website. The in-game menus of the games are clear as there can be, with well written tutorials and rules so anyone can have a pretty good idea what the game is all about.

We will take a look at some of the Conceptis' games that should not be avoided.

 Hashi

Hashi

First game I would like to mention is called Hashi. The objective of this game is to connect two circles (also called islands) with lines, a.k.a. bridges. Each circle has a number displayed in it whose value represents the number of bridges that can be connected to it. To connect the islands simply click on the empty space between them. The link between two islands can be made out of two links maximum. You can always undo or redo the move from the top left menu. The game ends when all circles are connected correctly. There are many puzzles divided into three difficulty levels which makes this game playable by anyone. In addition you can save your progress and finish your game later on. You can also check for any connection mistakes, and for those that are really really stuck there is an almighty "solve the puzzle for me" button.

 Calcudoku

Calcudoku

Next game I would like to mention in this post is Calcudoku. The game concept is similar to that of Regular Sudoku.
The similarities with Sudoku are the empty grid, the rule that you must enter numbers in every square, and the rule that every number must appear exactly once horizontally and vertically.
The difference is that the grid is not divided into 9 squares but instead it is divided into blocks surrounded by bold lines. Each block has a clue on it's top left corner. Each clue's value must be produced by the numbers in the squares of that block depending on the math operation displayed on the top of the grid.
The in-game menu is the same as for Hashi and every other game from Conceptis Puzzles - user friendly.


Next game is well known by most of you. You have certainly played this one with your friends using only pen and paper and had tons of fun. We are talking about Battleships, an all time favorite two player pen and paper game, but this version has an extra Conceptis flavor to it.

Battleships

Battleships

As in the original version of Battleships, in this version also, the objective is to find the enemy's fleet scattered across the grid. The grid represents the ocean.
There are couple of  battleships with different size placed on the grid depending on the size of the grid. The numbers on the right and bottom side of the grid represent the number of squares occupied by ships. The main rule is that two ships cannot touch neither horizontally, nor vertically, or diagonally. Click on a square or hold and drag a line with the left mouse button to either mark it as water or ship. The game ends when you find all battleships in the ocean.


These are only three out of many logic puzzles developed by Conceptis. Feel free to take a look at more of them or visit the official site at conceptispuzzles.com for full list of  their games.


Until the next time,

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