Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure (2021) [+]
Oct 14 2024
Temple Run: Puzzle Adventure is a match-3 game set in the Temple Run franchise.
Switch two adjacent gems to make a match of 3+ horizontally or vertically. You can also match to a 2x2 square or a 5-gem T. The bigger matches create special items: bomb, vertical or horizontal laser, scarab that eats a random (though general useful) gem, color killer that destroys all gems of a color, color converter that converts gems of one color to another. The items don't automatically activate and if you switch two items the effect is much greater, for example bomb + laser both explodes and does a 3-width horizontal and vertical laser.
As the levels progress the "gems" get more difficult: they can be in ice and you have to match to free them, there can be boards you need to break, ore carts you need to empty by making multiple matches next to them, stone floors you have to lay by matching from a stone floor to a non-stone floor. And all this in a limited number of moves. If you get stuck you can skip the level with 50 gems
You can start a level with a power-up which you spend some gems. You also have various power-ups during a level although limited charges and I'm not sure if the charges carry over. Things pick axe to kill one gem or obstacle or cannon to clear out a row or column.
When you complete a level you get 1 to 3 stars depending on how well you did (and you get 10 to 50 gems for finishing). This advances you through the "world" by 1 to 2 spaces and there are stopping points where you have to get 10 or 15 or more stars to unlock a door or get past an obstacle. The world view is also where you have tour three companions talking to you and where you see the overall story progressing.
I guess this is pretty much Candy Crush. It has good graphics, sounds and gameplay and at least if you get stuck you can skip with gems instead of spending a bunch of power-ups to maybe finish a level. Not a game I'll keep around but quite fun for a few hours.
Switch two adjacent gems to make a match of 3+ horizontally or vertically. You can also match to a 2x2 square or a 5-gem T. The bigger matches create special items: bomb, vertical or horizontal laser, scarab that eats a random (though general useful) gem, color killer that destroys all gems of a color, color converter that converts gems of one color to another. The items don't automatically activate and if you switch two items the effect is much greater, for example bomb + laser both explodes and does a 3-width horizontal and vertical laser.
As the levels progress the "gems" get more difficult: they can be in ice and you have to match to free them, there can be boards you need to break, ore carts you need to empty by making multiple matches next to them, stone floors you have to lay by matching from a stone floor to a non-stone floor. And all this in a limited number of moves. If you get stuck you can skip the level with 50 gems
You can start a level with a power-up which you spend some gems. You also have various power-ups during a level although limited charges and I'm not sure if the charges carry over. Things pick axe to kill one gem or obstacle or cannon to clear out a row or column.
When you complete a level you get 1 to 3 stars depending on how well you did (and you get 10 to 50 gems for finishing). This advances you through the "world" by 1 to 2 spaces and there are stopping points where you have to get 10 or 15 or more stars to unlock a door or get past an obstacle. The world view is also where you have tour three companions talking to you and where you see the overall story progressing.
I guess this is pretty much Candy Crush. It has good graphics, sounds and gameplay and at least if you get stuck you can skip with gems instead of spending a bunch of power-ups to maybe finish a level. Not a game I'll keep around but quite fun for a few hours.