Pixel Defenders Puzzle Gary Whittle ▲▼▲ HALF PRICE to celebrate the launch of THE SHADOW PROPHECY Expansion!! ▲▼▲ A unique game of strategic matching and R… TouchArcade Rating: $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details▲▼▲ HALF PRICE to celebrate the launch of THE SHADOW PROPHECY Expansion!! ▲▼▲ A unique game of strategic matching and RPG battling! Place, match and thwack your way through dozens of gorgeous retro-style levels, a variety of game-modes and special hand-crafted scenarios. ** This game has ZERO consumable In-App-Purchases! - Just a pure gaming experience! ** ▶ "you shouldn't miss this game" - 4.5/5 - Touch Arcade ▶ "We highly recommend Pixel Defenders Puzzle three times over." - 4/4 - Slide To Play ▶ "With loads of game modes, achievements and levels this is one of the best puzzle-strategy games in the App Store." - 4.5/5 - TouchGen ▶ "Clever and great value game" - 4/5 - The Sunday Times ▶ "this is much more than just another match-three puzzler." - 8/10 - EuroGamer ◊ Pixel Defenders Puzzle is an innovative hybrid of match-3-puzzler and RPG-battler. Match pixels to create Defenders and protect princesses, kings & queens from waves of fiendish enemies! ◊ Strategically build a force of heroes to battle evil foes! ◊ Test your wits in specially designed puzzle stages! ◊ Take on endless hoards of enemies in the action-packed Assault Mode! ◊ Put your skills to the test in Endless Mode: no enemies, just unlimited pixels to match and build your high score! ◊ 64 Achievements, and global high-score leaderboards! ◊ Face the ultimate challenge of the final boss battle! Information Seller:Gary Whittle Genre:Role Playing, Strategy, Puzzle Release:Dec 15, 2012 Updated:Jan 21, 2015 Version:2.0.1 Size:28.4 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (35) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Game trailer: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Tutorial play-through: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel ... wait, what? Retro-fantasy-combat-match 3? Instabuy!! Jdragoon19 Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2010 2,854 0 0 TouchArcade Forums Area 51 #2 Jdragoon19, Dec 15, 2012 This one looks good! Looking forward to hearing some impressions.. Vovin ð® Spam Police ð Nov 28, 2009 6,514 3 38 Germany #3 Vovin, Dec 15, 2012 WOAH... wtf? This looks fantastic. After a brilliant explained tutorial, a retro-music and retro-graphics gem is awaiting you, a mixture of Tiny Town and Match-3 elements, a deep strategic Match-3 with tactical RPG combat sequences is awaiting you. This is really unique and new. This looks and feels like a gem like 10000000. Puzzle fans shouldn't miss this!! Jdragoon19 Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2010 2,854 0 0 TouchArcade Forums Area 51 #4 Jdragoon19, Dec 16, 2012 Magnificent game! Definitely agree with what Vovin has said Will leave my review and impressions soon! Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #5 Sanuku, Dec 16, 2012 Ladies and Gentleman, we have here definitely Game of the Week Material in front of us... bramblett05 Well-Known Member Aug 29, 2012 5,682 0 0 #6 bramblett05, Dec 16, 2012 What is this exactly strivemind Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2010 2,784 2 38 Designer Ottawa, Canada http://www.strivemind.com/ #7 strivemind, Dec 16, 2012 I'm likely to buy it on all of your recommendations alone, but short of doing so, based on the description and screenshots I can't quite tell what sort of game this is. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #8 Sanuku, Dec 16, 2012 Just a few more Minutes. I`m uploading the Tutorial as we speak and will record some Minutes of the first Quest... Greyskull Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2009 5,588 1 38 Photographer/Social Sciences adjunct/sweet sweet l Fort Lauderdale #9 Greyskull, Dec 16, 2012 Guess I'll probably buy this. All the big games, deep games, etc. I never end up playing. Partly due to the small screen size. This is embarrassing but I probably play Homerun Battle 2 more than anything else. :dodges rocks: I saw this early this morning, but didn't know if it was a good game or someone just had access to clean pixel-art. Greyskull Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2009 5,588 1 38 Photographer/Social Sciences adjunct/sweet sweet l Fort Lauderdale #10 Greyskull, Dec 16, 2012 Be careful. Pixels are being overworked and underpaid. It won't be long before they unionize and go on strike. How many games do they have work in a single shift these days? Dense Well-Known Member Jul 27, 2009 167 2 18 #11 Dense, Dec 16, 2012 This is Triple Town with a RPG spin. Don't bother thinking about it, just buy it. There is IAP but it is minor and is more about being able to buy more of the special blocks. Not necessary to play the game at all and you earn them by just winning levels too. Note for iPad users, it doesn't use the entire iPad display area. It is still native, but clearly hasnt been fully scaled to take advantage of it. Not even close to a gripe considering how good this game is. Tastyfish Well-Known Member Feb 26, 2011 466 3 18 #12 Tastyfish, Dec 16, 2012 I downloaded based on the recommendations above from ppl that have been around for a long time. My advice is to quickly get this game before the Dev realizes that they should probably be selling this game for more than a buck. It's similar to triple town in terms of matching 3 items to make something stronger, than matching 3 of those to make something even stronger (ex. brown square makes a basic fighter, 3 of which makes a barbarian, 3 of which makes a you get the idea.). Different coloured squares makes a different type of character (ex. sorcerers, ninjas, etc...). Unlike triple town, there are no bears walking around. Instead there are waves of enemies that show up, who want to harm your VIP. The VIP you have to protect (like a princess) has a certain number of hit points. The enemies also have hit points. The defenders you make can be activated using Action Points (AP). AP are gained as you make matches. Then when you have enough AP's, you use your defenders to hit at the enemies (stronger defenders will hit for more). So basically you have to kill off the waves of defenders prior to them killing off your VIP. Briefly other things that add to the depth (all of which are explained in a playable tutorial): - there are obstacles that sometimes have to be placed, match these to get something useful - once a defender uses up all their available attacks (level 1 guys can only attack once, level 2 twice...) they turn into obstacles - some attacks grant negative status effects (such as blindness) - the bad guys also have sorcerers that pop in and out of view (can only be attacked when in view) that can grant positive status effects to their team (such as healing or armor boosts) - there are some magical special items that you sometimes get to help you out (ex. a megapixel that can automatically match any 2 like items or be used to heal your VIP) - there is a store if you want to buy more magical special items (I haven't played enough, but would assume that you would not need to use this if you play well) - there is one spot on the board that you can use as a storage space (similar to triple town) Anyways, I only played the tutorial and first stage, but have a suspicion that it was a well spent buck. Jdragoon19 Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2010 2,854 0 0 TouchArcade Forums Area 51 #13 Jdragoon19, Dec 16, 2012 Yes, yes. I'm definitely liking Pixel Defenders Puzzle a lot! 36 levels AND an endless mode? Plus, it's all for just $1... Mhm. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #14 Sanuku, Dec 16, 2012 If you are still not sure about it then just wait a few more Minutes till I`m done with the Gameplay Trailer of the first few Quests. It`s pretty much shows you a tiny bit of the hole Gameplay overall while the Tutorial was sometimes so damn dry that I needed an Drink while playing it. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #15 Sanuku, Dec 16, 2012 Game Impressions Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel And I`m out. Good Night World... LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,280 133 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #16 LordGek, Dec 16, 2012 A clever take on Triple Town BUT... -Endless mode is a HUGE disappointment! Take out everything that made this a unique take on the Triple Tiwn genre (Baddies, Hero Abilities, and Action points) and you have the Endless mode. Basically their own take on a Triple Town, play until you run out of moves. -Buy your victory. Just like Triple Town, getting a high score means either lots of grinding before hand in earlier runs to save up a bunch of items or simply spending some IAP cash to buy them, but unlike Triple Town, there is no upper limit on item usage per session. Jdragoon19 Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2010 2,854 0 0 TouchArcade Forums Area 51 #17 Jdragoon19, Dec 16, 2012 Dang, maybe they can change that in an update? I really want this game to be a huge success! The levels so far are great. Tastyfish Well-Known Member Feb 26, 2011 466 3 18 #18 Tastyfish, Dec 16, 2012 - Endless mode: Agree that the Endless mode is not as good as the regular levels, although it is slightly different than Triple Town. - Buy your victory. This really only applies to the Endless mode since it is the only mode that keeps a high score. My take on it is that there's the Real Game, which is 36 levels of uniqueness that so far I have yet to need to use IAP because the "highest score" you can get is 3 stars. This part is well worth the asking price of $0.99. Then they just added Endless Mode as an extra mode for those people that want something to do after they have 3-starred all the levels of the Real Game. My only gripe so far is that it's been too easy to get 3 stars, but I'm still early in the game. Greyskull Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2009 5,588 1 38 Photographer/Social Sciences adjunct/sweet sweet l Fort Lauderdale #19 Greyskull, Dec 16, 2012 Actually...now I'm thinking about it. I don't care for Triple Town; god only knows how many clones there have been of that game. retr0spective Well-Known Member May 24, 2011 915 17 18 Riverside, CA #20 retr0spective, Dec 16, 2012 A retro Triple Town RPG Hybrid? I have little to say about this game right now except that so far - one level after the tutorial - it seems top notch! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 10 1 ← 2 3 4 5 6 → 10 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
WOAH... wtf? This looks fantastic. After a brilliant explained tutorial, a retro-music and retro-graphics gem is awaiting you, a mixture of Tiny Town and Match-3 elements, a deep strategic Match-3 with tactical RPG combat sequences is awaiting you. This is really unique and new. This looks and feels like a gem like 10000000. Puzzle fans shouldn't miss this!!
Magnificent game! Definitely agree with what Vovin has said Will leave my review and impressions soon!
I'm likely to buy it on all of your recommendations alone, but short of doing so, based on the description and screenshots I can't quite tell what sort of game this is.
Just a few more Minutes. I`m uploading the Tutorial as we speak and will record some Minutes of the first Quest...
Guess I'll probably buy this. All the big games, deep games, etc. I never end up playing. Partly due to the small screen size. This is embarrassing but I probably play Homerun Battle 2 more than anything else. :dodges rocks: I saw this early this morning, but didn't know if it was a good game or someone just had access to clean pixel-art.
Be careful. Pixels are being overworked and underpaid. It won't be long before they unionize and go on strike. How many games do they have work in a single shift these days?
This is Triple Town with a RPG spin. Don't bother thinking about it, just buy it. There is IAP but it is minor and is more about being able to buy more of the special blocks. Not necessary to play the game at all and you earn them by just winning levels too. Note for iPad users, it doesn't use the entire iPad display area. It is still native, but clearly hasnt been fully scaled to take advantage of it. Not even close to a gripe considering how good this game is.
I downloaded based on the recommendations above from ppl that have been around for a long time. My advice is to quickly get this game before the Dev realizes that they should probably be selling this game for more than a buck. It's similar to triple town in terms of matching 3 items to make something stronger, than matching 3 of those to make something even stronger (ex. brown square makes a basic fighter, 3 of which makes a barbarian, 3 of which makes a you get the idea.). Different coloured squares makes a different type of character (ex. sorcerers, ninjas, etc...). Unlike triple town, there are no bears walking around. Instead there are waves of enemies that show up, who want to harm your VIP. The VIP you have to protect (like a princess) has a certain number of hit points. The enemies also have hit points. The defenders you make can be activated using Action Points (AP). AP are gained as you make matches. Then when you have enough AP's, you use your defenders to hit at the enemies (stronger defenders will hit for more). So basically you have to kill off the waves of defenders prior to them killing off your VIP. Briefly other things that add to the depth (all of which are explained in a playable tutorial): - there are obstacles that sometimes have to be placed, match these to get something useful - once a defender uses up all their available attacks (level 1 guys can only attack once, level 2 twice...) they turn into obstacles - some attacks grant negative status effects (such as blindness) - the bad guys also have sorcerers that pop in and out of view (can only be attacked when in view) that can grant positive status effects to their team (such as healing or armor boosts) - there are some magical special items that you sometimes get to help you out (ex. a megapixel that can automatically match any 2 like items or be used to heal your VIP) - there is a store if you want to buy more magical special items (I haven't played enough, but would assume that you would not need to use this if you play well) - there is one spot on the board that you can use as a storage space (similar to triple town) Anyways, I only played the tutorial and first stage, but have a suspicion that it was a well spent buck.
Yes, yes. I'm definitely liking Pixel Defenders Puzzle a lot! 36 levels AND an endless mode? Plus, it's all for just $1... Mhm.
If you are still not sure about it then just wait a few more Minutes till I`m done with the Gameplay Trailer of the first few Quests. It`s pretty much shows you a tiny bit of the hole Gameplay overall while the Tutorial was sometimes so damn dry that I needed an Drink while playing it.
A clever take on Triple Town BUT... -Endless mode is a HUGE disappointment! Take out everything that made this a unique take on the Triple Tiwn genre (Baddies, Hero Abilities, and Action points) and you have the Endless mode. Basically their own take on a Triple Town, play until you run out of moves. -Buy your victory. Just like Triple Town, getting a high score means either lots of grinding before hand in earlier runs to save up a bunch of items or simply spending some IAP cash to buy them, but unlike Triple Town, there is no upper limit on item usage per session.
Dang, maybe they can change that in an update? I really want this game to be a huge success! The levels so far are great.
- Endless mode: Agree that the Endless mode is not as good as the regular levels, although it is slightly different than Triple Town. - Buy your victory. This really only applies to the Endless mode since it is the only mode that keeps a high score. My take on it is that there's the Real Game, which is 36 levels of uniqueness that so far I have yet to need to use IAP because the "highest score" you can get is 3 stars. This part is well worth the asking price of $0.99. Then they just added Endless Mode as an extra mode for those people that want something to do after they have 3-starred all the levels of the Real Game. My only gripe so far is that it's been too easy to get 3 stars, but I'm still early in the game.
Actually...now I'm thinking about it. I don't care for Triple Town; god only knows how many clones there have been of that game.
A retro Triple Town RPG Hybrid? I have little to say about this game right now except that so far - one level after the tutorial - it seems top notch!