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Developer:
Dreamship Inc.
Age rating: 4+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
TriazzleCurrent Version: 3.0.2
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“It’s impossible to be anything but amazed . . . you owe it to yourself to purchase Triazzle." – 148Apps
"Triazzle 3.0 is one of the most uniquely beautifully and ultimately playable games I have yet to see on the iPhone . . . Technically the game is a marvel." – TUAW
"'Triazzle may be the best brain-teasing game yet on the iPhone, and is a front runner to win best brain teasing game next year in the AppAwards.” - appadvice
"Albie Meter: 5/5 Stars... unlike anything you’ve seen before." - TouchArcade Forums
“There is only one word that can be used to describe Triazzle for the iPhone… flawless.” – appVersity
“This game is absolutely, positively, extremely gorgeous.” – no dpad
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TRIAZZLE IS THE CAPTIVATING, ANIMATED MATCHING PUZZLE THAT COMES TO LIFE! Match the triangular puzzle pieces containing colorful characters in this beautiful, pick-up-and-play puzzle-game based on the award-winning brain teasers. Seven puzzle modes, an endless supply of challenges, stunning artwork and exotic, original music make Triazzle a delight for the mind as well as the senses.
DAN GILBERT'S CLASSIC BRAIN TEASER HAS SOLD OVER 5 MILLION COPIES since it was introduced in 1991. To solve Triazzle you must correctly match ALL the illustrated triangles in a 9 or 16-piece puzzle. MATCHING AN INDIVIDUAL PIECE CORRECTLY DOES NOT MEAN IT IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE! When pieces are correctly matched their characters come to life! The more you solve, the more Triazzle will hop, flap, wiggle, spin and glow!
Casual gamers and puzzle enthusiasts will appreciate Triazzle's simple premise and mind-stimulating challenge. With its intuitive interface, you'll be playing immediately and will love the richly colorful graphics and bewitching music that accompanies you as you develop your skills to solve the more difficult puzzles.
The Matches feature tracks your correct matches and highlights them when tapped. The animated Hint feature can assist you by showing you the correct piece for any spot in the puzzle. If you just can't solve a puzzle "Summon the Triazzle gods" with a shake of your iPhone - then watch as the puzzle is solved for you, piece by piece!
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED KIDS' GAMES FOR PLAYERS 5 AND UP! These simpler puzzles are perfect to build coordination and logical thinking skills.
You are not required to unlock levels. Play any level and format at any time. There is no clock to beat and no score so just kick back, relax and use your brain.
THINK IT LOOKS EASY? For 19 years we've been saying, "It's harder than it looks!" And now it's also more fun than ever!
OS3 recommended.
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GAME FEATURES
- Pick-up-and-play, Triazzle is intuitive and easy to learn!
- 9 and 16 piece puzzle formats - others on the way!
- Beginner, intermediate and difficult levels
- Special Kids' Games for players 5 and up
- Puzzle characters come to life when correctly matched
- Pieces are easy to manipulate, touch and drag, tap to rotate
- Retractable "docks" store puzzle pieces
- "Matches" feature highlights correctly matched pieces
- Animated Hints assists you when you need help
- "Shake-to-Solve" completes any puzzle for you
- "Simple Backgrounds" option provides less detailed screens for visually challenged
- Easy to follow, illustrated Help screens
- No cl
Triazzle Review
With pleasing graphics, relaxing music, puzzle game is a must-have
Triazzle is a popular puzzle game that sold more than 5 million copies since its introduction back in the ’90s. Now, Dreamship brings the challenging brain teaser to the iPhone and iPod touch in remarkable fashion.
Match Game: Triazzle has you solve a 9-piece (in this case) or 16-piece puzzle by matching the animal pictures on each side of the game’s triangle-sized pieces.
Triazzle is unlike many other puzzles in that all its pieces are of the same shape—a triangle. Each piece has half of an animal picture on it like a frog, butterfly, or turtle that you must get to match up on all three sides with the other pieces on the board.
At first glance, this might seem like an easy enough task to pull off, but it’s actually quite a challenge. While each piece can match up in multiple spots, there is only one correct way to place them all in order to solve the puzzle. For instance, you may place three matching pieces in a row only to realize there’s no way to solve the rest of the puzzle with those pieces where they are.
Don’t worry though—if you’re having trouble solving a puzzle, Triazzle is there to help. Just tap the Tips button at the top left of the screen, then tap a spot on the puzzle and Triazzle will show you which piece goes there. If you give up but want to see the solution to the puzzle, just shake your device and Triazzle will solve it for you piece by piece.
Triazzle has 9- and 16-piece puzzles with four levels of difficulty to choose from, including a Kids level that features simpler backgrounds, easier puzzles, and an unlimited number of tips. As you increase in difficulty, the puzzles become more challenging and the number of available tips decrease.
Triazzle’s intuitive interface makes it easy to pick up and just start playing. To solve a puzzle, you simply drag-and-drop the pieces into place. To rotate a piece you just tap it. Puzzle pieces can be placed anywhere on the screen and when you’re playing a 16-piece puzzle, all the pieces are stored in docks on each side of the screen. At any time, you can double tap the screen to hide the docks and reveal the entire background image.
Triazzle features absolutely beautiful graphics with more than 50 unique backgrounds and some great animations. Every one once in a while, frogs hop across the screen as you play and when you correctly match up pieces of the puzzle the animals come to life. Butterflies, flap their wings, fireflies shutter and glow and turtles poke their heads in and out. The more you solve the more everything comes to life.
The audio in Triazzle is second to none with its soothing sounds of nature in the background. Better yet is the wonderfully relaxing original music that transports you to another world. With its pleasing graphics, relaxing music, and unlimited amount of time to solve each puzzle, Triazzle lulls you into a zen like state far from stress. If you’re a fan of puzzles, Triazzle is a must-have. If you’re balking at spending $3 on the game—and you shouldn’t—the app is on sale right now for $2. What’s more, a just-released lite version of Triazzle gives you a taste of the game by offering 9-piece puzzles to solve.
Triazzle is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.2.1 software update.
[Tim Mercer is a technology enthusiast, graphic designer, and blogger, whose blog, digital-artist-toolbox.com, offers free resources to the digital artist and graphic designer.]
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