Elenints - New game in the Triple town genre

[mlkaufman]

I couldn't find a thread for this game, so I am creating one. I am in no way affiliated with the game or the developers, except that I downloaded the free trial and paid 99 cents to unlock it. The only IAP is the 99 cents to unlock the full game.

This game is similar to Triple town in that you are given a random token each turn and are attempting to make matches of similar tokens. There are alos random tokens that move or jump around. There is also a store where you can buy specific pieces.

Some differences include: an abstract theme rather then a Urban theme, steadily increasing numbers for matching (not always three like in Triple town), coins for the store are only usable in the game they are earned in, and the storage cell doesn't unlock until you reach a certain number of points in each game. There are also different modes with specific goals to go for (fastest time to a certain point, least moves to a certain point, highest score with a certain number of moves, etc) as well as an endless mode.


After having played it for a day, I actually think I like it better then Triple Town, which I consider to be one of the top five games on the App Store.

Two small negatives:

1) The buttons in the menus (but not the ones in the game) are a bit fiddly and sometimes have to be pressed a few times to get a result.

2) The fonts used (particularly the one in the store) are a bit too small and hard to read.

I would advise downloading it for free and trying it out.

[kennfusion]

What a shill! I bet you are the developer. We are supposed to believe you just show up and your 1,696 post is about this game, you coming out of the blue and all! Fraud!

I do like me some triple town. Might have to check this out.

[mlkaufman]

Originally Posted by kennfusion

What a shill! I bet you are the developer. We are supposed to believe you just show up and your 1,696 post is about this game, you coming out of the blue and all! Fraud!

You caught me. I posted my first 1695 messages just to lull people into a state of euphoria so that I could pounce when you all least expected it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA <- Maniacal Laugh

Originally Posted by kennfusion

I do like me some triple town. Might have to check this out.

Trust me, if you like Triple Town, you will love this one too.

[Exact-Psience]

For free, i'll try it.

[jyhjyh]

http://www.148apps.com/reviews/elenints-review

Better than Triple Town and only $0.99 to unlock full game.
Must buy for me

[Carlos-Sz]

Originally Posted by mlkaufman

You caught me. I posted my first 1695 messages just to lull people into a state of euphoria so that I could pounce when you all least expected it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA <- Maniacal Laugh



Trust me, if you like Triple Town, you will love this one too.

I knew it!! LOL

[LordGek]

Even though it is now an accepted fact that mlkaufman is nothing but a dirty shill for this game...crap, did he find a great game to finally come clean on!

While CLEARLY inspired by Triple Town, this game is such a cool evolutionary step up from Triple Town!

-It's hex based.
-Components needed to transform is variable but consistent (it takes 2 level one elenints to make a level two elenint and then it takes 3 level two elenints to make a level three one).
-There are handy power-ups (not sure yet if they occur in the wild or only for sale in the shop) that let you move already placed pieces.
-The game has a plethora (12 I think) of game modes for every type of player. Besides the traditional Endless mode (closest to the default mode in Triple Town) there are a number of modes based on how quickly you can evolve up to an elenint of a certain level, how many point you can make with a set number of moves, or how many points you can make in a fixed amount of time.
-If the plethora of modes weren't cool enough, the game keeps INCREDIBLY detailed stats on each mode. Like number of tiles used, average points per move, time taken, number of each type of elenint created, and bombs diffused (among others)!
-Coolest of all (IMHO) is how this game, unlike most Triple Town clones, is not a big money sink. It only contains 1 IAP and that is the $0.99 needed to unlock the remaining 9 game modes initially locked in the game.
-Somewhat related to this last point is that not only CAN'T a player buy additional game credits via IAP, left over credits don't carry over to later runs. While there might be some who don't immediately see how NOT being able to save credits is a good thing, it means that each run is a self contained session. Even if not one who ever bothered to buy additional credits via IAP, there is no denying getting a decent score in Triple Town would mean eons of grinding in runs just to save up credits for your eventual attempted highscore run.

5/5!

[sladeums]

This is a really good game.

Like TT on steroids, maybe.
Seems a lot more advanced planning is required to truly play skillfully.

The presentation is a little drab for me ... but whattya gonna do?

The gameplay is definitely top-notch.
Good stuff.

[mlkaufman]

Originally Posted by LordGek

Even though it is now an accepted fact that mlkaufman is nothing but a dirty shill for this game...crap, did he find a great game to finally come clean on!

Thanks. The two years I have been lurking on this board just waiting to shill for Elenints have been hard for me. The 1700 posts about other games were such a time waster. Heck, I don't even own an iPhone. Well, I'm glad that's all over and I can just talk about Elenints now.

<- For the humor impaired.

Originally Posted by LordGek

While CLEARLY inspired by Triple Town, this game is such a cool evolutionary step up from Triple Town!

Agreed. I've been playing Triple town pretty much non-stop since I got it. I have saved so much money (buy not looking for other games) since I discovered it (and before it, Dungeon Raid). This is the first game that has come out that has gotten me to stop playing TT.

Originally Posted by LordGek

It's hex based.
-Components needed to transform is variable but consistent (it takes 2 level one elenints to make a level two elenint and then it takes 3 level two elenints to make a level three one).

I suspect that these two are what really put it ahead of TT. Its more of a building effort, and the hex setup make for more interesting strategy.

Originally Posted by LordGek

Even if not one who ever bothered to buy additional credits via IAP, there is no denying getting a decent score in Triple Town would mean eons of grinding in runs just to save up credits for your eventual attempted highscore run.

This is off topic, but at a certain skill level in Triple Town, you generally earn more coins in a game then you can spend in the game. While its possible to have a losing game, any game where you score 600,000 points or more will almost certainly earn you more coins (during and after the game) then you spend. I don't grind, and I have never purchased any coins (except the few I got for unlocking unlimited turns), and I currently have about 380,000 coins. That's proof of both my awesome Triple Town skills, and my pathetic excuse for a life.

[redflystudio]

Hello Everyone!

Thanks for the compliments on Elenints, the team at Red Fly really appreciates it. Jeff is already working on fixing the bug with the twitchy menu buttons and working on making the fonts in the store easier to read. Thanks for the suggestions!