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Colourshift - Pipes-like TimeWaster
by Jason Clarke Jun 2nd 2009 at 11:00AM
If you've ever played the classic game Pipes, then Colourshift will probably feel pretty familiar to you. In Colourshift you are presented with an invisible grid of squares that may contain various pieces. the idea is to pipe the correct colors from their color source (the colored squares) to their lights (the colored circles) of the same color.
Though the game is conceptually very simple, gameplay can get very complex very quickly. For example, there are times where you'll need to mix different colors into the same circuit to create new colors - for example, blue and red combining to make magenta to light a magenta light.
Making matters worse is that on later levels the concept of wrapping through the edges of the screen and dummy pieces (ones that don't need to be used at all) combine to make solving the puzzle even more confusing.
Colourshift is a nice take on a tried-and-true game concept that you can use to give your brain a little workout.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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macroj said 1:50PM on 6-02-2009
Why not link to the author's site?
http://www.redtowergames.com/play/colourshift
Games For Work steals flash games and places annoying ads around them.
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Jason Clarke said 2:17PM on 6-02-2009
Thanks macroj - looks like you just did.