PATHZ P-O-M apps PATHZ! A superb combination of charm & challenge. Pathz is an immersive puzzle game that incorporates unique storytelli… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsPATHZ! A superb combination of charm & challenge. Pathz is an immersive puzzle game that incorporates unique storytelling and ambient music to create a relaxing and enjoyable experience. Best over a hundred roads to uncover the story of the path - from the laughably simple to the satisfyingly complex. Overcome unique obstacles on your travels: Falling tiles, moving floors, shifting terrain and many others. Sit back and unwind to the tranquil Classic theme, or spice things up with the funky and upbeat Juicy theme. Information Seller:P-O-M apps Genre:Board, Puzzle Release:Mar 25, 2015 Updated:Mar 25, 2015 Version:1.0 Size:31.3 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal slewis7 Well-Known Member Apr 6, 2011 3,768 41 48 Male Retired! Houston, TX #2 slewis7, Mar 25, 2015 Last edited: Mar 25, 2015 I download this from the NZ store and have played through the first 18 levels. So far, it is a very appealing puzzle game and I intend to keep going. There is an IAP unlock to open up a new theme and remove advertisements (none of which have appeared yet for me); that seems like the prefect approach to monetize this type of game. Good stuff! ThumbSnail Well-Known Member Jan 13, 2015 102 0 0 One-Man Game Developer Under a Raincloud #3 ThumbSnail, Mar 25, 2015 Don't let the graphics turn you away; this is a good puzzle game. The basic idea is that the blue hexagon can only travel over blue tiles, and the orange square can only travel over orange tiles. After you move one of those shapes down a path, the affected tiles flip to the other color. The puzzles themselves are quite interesting, and the game does a good job of introducing new elements to keep the levels fresh and challenging. It starts out pretty easy but then definitely gets more tricky. rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #4 rezn, Mar 26, 2015 Looks like something right up my alley. ediwolframton Active Member Mar 15, 2013 26 0 0 #5 ediwolframton, Mar 26, 2015 Ive just unlocked pathz for FREE, thats an interesting pricing model, so you basically give us the option to unlock via purchase, OR unlock via sharing in the social networks? Do both technics considered as premium unlock? p-o-m apps Well-Known Member May 28, 2010 208 0 0 Haifa #6 p-o-m apps, Mar 26, 2015 Thank you for posting about PATHZ, i hope you guys enjoy playing it as much as i enjoyed making it. Any feedback is welcome, and will be dealt with the highest attention level! As for the unlock, yes, in the game you have the option to unlock PATHZ for free or by paying, its a new approach I'm testing, so we'll see how it goes.. either way, any unlock is a permanent premium unlock, rest assure. Roy. slammajamma28 Well-Known Member Feb 1, 2013 729 1 18 Software Developer 'Murrica #7 slammajamma28, Mar 26, 2015 I'm not able to post to facebook. I was able to connect. But when i press post to Facebook it switches to Facebook but them immediately back. scott997 Well-Known Member Jan 5, 2015 93 0 6 #8 scott997, Mar 26, 2015 I've tried to unlock Pathz by adding Twitter Share and Facebook Share (I did it in that order). But it did not work. Posting to Facebook takes me to Safari to tell me that I've already authorized Pathz. However, the checkbox in Pathz for Facebook never gets checked. p-o-m apps Well-Known Member May 28, 2010 208 0 0 Haifa #9 p-o-m apps, Mar 26, 2015 @scott997 @slammajamma28 I do see a problem posting to Facebook, and working on a hot fix on that.The "already authorized Pathz" is happening because you probably don't have the Facebook app installed, again, working on a fix for this issue. Twitter seems to work fine.That said, I've unlocked several devices on several accounts (mostly family) using the sharing system, so you should be able to make the unlock via sharing, notice that once unlocked, the main menu will have a "Theme Select" button instead of "Unlock Pathz" button. If you still have problems, i would gladly help you through the process personally, so you may contact me on PM. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope you enjoy the game thus far Roy. Zimbo New Member Mar 26, 2015 2 0 0 #10 Zimbo, Mar 26, 2015 Price I really like this sort of games and the minimalistic design is gorgeous... but. Why is the price not indicated? I mean if I'd like to get read of ads and am ready to pay for this application, at least I should now how much I will be charged. When I press "purchase" the game immediately asks my password. What if it confirms the purchase with a price of 299.99 EUR or so cloudpuff Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2013 3,600 0 36 lazy layabout uk #11 cloudpuff, Mar 27, 2015 After you enter your password you are then given the price with the option to decline, but I agree, it's better to have the price displayed. rbates Well-Known Member Sep 4, 2012 194 0 0 #12 rbates, Mar 27, 2015 This is a fun little puzzler, and I am really enjoying it. It's free to try, so if you like puzzles might as well. p-o-m apps Well-Known Member May 28, 2010 208 0 0 Haifa #13 p-o-m apps, Mar 27, 2015 @Zimbo Oh dear, no, I'm not gonna charge you for 299.99 EUR lol, the price is listed after you enter the password, then you have the option to accept purchase or decline, but, I'm gonna add the price (0.99$) to the purchase button in the next update, so thanks for pointing this out to me. A shout out to everyone, PATHZ is featured "Best New Games" in US Thank you all for the great support and all the awesome feedback! Roy. saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #14 saosijs, Mar 27, 2015 Any plans for leaderboards and achievements? p-o-m apps Well-Known Member May 28, 2010 208 0 0 Haifa #15 p-o-m apps, Mar 28, 2015 PATHZ is a candidate for "Touch Arcade Game of the Week", you are more than welcome to vote if you feel like Find thread here: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=258201 @saosijs Since many have contacted me about this manner, I'm considering adding some achievements to the next update. Thank you for playing PATHZ! Roy. y2kmp3 Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2010 1,784 3 38 #16 y2kmp3, Mar 29, 2015 Hi, POM, Congrats on the game's release! Very interesting mechanic. Very surprised by the depth of some of the puzzles so far. It is obvious that some levels can be solved with different efficiency in terms of the total length of the paths (in number of squares) traveled. Do you have an idea of the minimum length needed to solve each level (that is, the optimal solution)? Don't see a movement length counter in the game. p-o-m apps Well-Known Member May 28, 2010 208 0 0 Haifa #17 p-o-m apps, Mar 30, 2015 @y2kmp3 ,Thanks for the kind words ton of work was invested into each level, they are made by me (and not a level generator) piece by piece, to make them as interesting as possible, and to build a rising difficulty level. Yes, each level has an optimal solution, but I've decided to make PATHZ non competitive, at least in the initial release, but since many came to me with the request of leaderboards, then I'm considering adding some sort of competition element, and movement counter might just be it! Roy. y2kmp3 Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2010 1,784 3 38 #18 y2kmp3, Mar 30, 2015 Last edited: Mar 31, 2015 Roy, I appreciate the handcrafted nature of the puzzles and the increasing complexity of the mechanics. Is it true that the intended solutions always use all of the breakable tiles and portals? I am asking this because I found many levels which are entirely solvable without using all of the breakable tiles and at least one level which is entirely solvable without using the portal. In an extreme example ( Spoiler Level 60 ), the level is entirely solvable while leaving 3 breakable tiles unused. Are these tiles and portals to be used always? To be red herrings? To accommodate less efficient alternative solutions? y2kmp3 Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2010 1,784 3 38 #19 y2kmp3, Mar 31, 2015 Last edited: Apr 2, 2015 Update #2 (2-Apr-2015): Finished game. All 120 levels solved. Overall, excellent puzzle game with some very clever twists to otherwise familiar tile-pushing mechanics. A few of the later puzzles are quite tricky (such as Level 86 and Level 114). Many of the later puzzles can be solved in more than one way; unsure if this is intentional or unintended. Also, many solutions do not require use of all of the breakable tiles, portals, elevators, tile switchers, and color switchers; again, unsure if they are intentional red herrings. Seems like some of the puzzles have too many "open" solutions. Still, very solid puzzle game and highly recommended. Update #1: This is also a puzzle that "puzzled" (pun intended) me a lot. That is Level 86. Somehow, I found this one to be exceptionally difficult, out of keeping with the previous puzzles in the game. It is likely that I am blindsided to a critical move that would have made the solution much easier to find. The solution I found involves Spoiler first turning one of the panels in the middle lanes with the stars to the OPPOSITE color of the corresponding star and then return to the turned tile later to fix the color. Is it possible to have a much cleaner solution in which Spoiler ALL of the panels in the middle lanes with the stars will just need to be turned ONCE to the SAME color (never the opposite color) ? I was able to achieve the latter but would then put myself into a position in which the tokens were trapped so that they could never escape to get to the middle lanes. Very interesting to know what I missed on this particular puzzle! p-o-m apps Well-Known Member May 28, 2010 208 0 0 Haifa #20 p-o-m apps, Apr 2, 2015 Hey @y2kmp3, Sorry for the late response, “Is it true that the intended solutions always use all of the breakable tiles and portals?” Breakable tiles - No , Portals - Yes (at least it should be) Are you sure you did not use one of the portal level 60 in order to save it? ill look it up. “This is also a puzzle that "puzzled" (pun intended) me a lot. That is Level 86” Spoiler Yes indeed this level is a step up in difficulty, the intended solution was the blue will open orange’s locks, and vice versa, then clear the path for them both via the portals, and reach to the goals, but I’m sure there are many other ways to solve this on. What level are you at? Roy. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
I download this from the NZ store and have played through the first 18 levels. So far, it is a very appealing puzzle game and I intend to keep going. There is an IAP unlock to open up a new theme and remove advertisements (none of which have appeared yet for me); that seems like the prefect approach to monetize this type of game. Good stuff!
Don't let the graphics turn you away; this is a good puzzle game. The basic idea is that the blue hexagon can only travel over blue tiles, and the orange square can only travel over orange tiles. After you move one of those shapes down a path, the affected tiles flip to the other color. The puzzles themselves are quite interesting, and the game does a good job of introducing new elements to keep the levels fresh and challenging. It starts out pretty easy but then definitely gets more tricky.
Ive just unlocked pathz for FREE, thats an interesting pricing model, so you basically give us the option to unlock via purchase, OR unlock via sharing in the social networks? Do both technics considered as premium unlock?
Thank you for posting about PATHZ, i hope you guys enjoy playing it as much as i enjoyed making it. Any feedback is welcome, and will be dealt with the highest attention level! As for the unlock, yes, in the game you have the option to unlock PATHZ for free or by paying, its a new approach I'm testing, so we'll see how it goes.. either way, any unlock is a permanent premium unlock, rest assure. Roy.
I'm not able to post to facebook. I was able to connect. But when i press post to Facebook it switches to Facebook but them immediately back.
I've tried to unlock Pathz by adding Twitter Share and Facebook Share (I did it in that order). But it did not work. Posting to Facebook takes me to Safari to tell me that I've already authorized Pathz. However, the checkbox in Pathz for Facebook never gets checked.
@scott997 @slammajamma28 I do see a problem posting to Facebook, and working on a hot fix on that.The "already authorized Pathz" is happening because you probably don't have the Facebook app installed, again, working on a fix for this issue. Twitter seems to work fine.That said, I've unlocked several devices on several accounts (mostly family) using the sharing system, so you should be able to make the unlock via sharing, notice that once unlocked, the main menu will have a "Theme Select" button instead of "Unlock Pathz" button. If you still have problems, i would gladly help you through the process personally, so you may contact me on PM. Sorry for the inconvenience, and hope you enjoy the game thus far Roy.
Price I really like this sort of games and the minimalistic design is gorgeous... but. Why is the price not indicated? I mean if I'd like to get read of ads and am ready to pay for this application, at least I should now how much I will be charged. When I press "purchase" the game immediately asks my password. What if it confirms the purchase with a price of 299.99 EUR or so
After you enter your password you are then given the price with the option to decline, but I agree, it's better to have the price displayed.
This is a fun little puzzler, and I am really enjoying it. It's free to try, so if you like puzzles might as well.
@Zimbo Oh dear, no, I'm not gonna charge you for 299.99 EUR lol, the price is listed after you enter the password, then you have the option to accept purchase or decline, but, I'm gonna add the price (0.99$) to the purchase button in the next update, so thanks for pointing this out to me. A shout out to everyone, PATHZ is featured "Best New Games" in US Thank you all for the great support and all the awesome feedback! Roy.
PATHZ is a candidate for "Touch Arcade Game of the Week", you are more than welcome to vote if you feel like Find thread here: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=258201 @saosijs Since many have contacted me about this manner, I'm considering adding some achievements to the next update. Thank you for playing PATHZ! Roy.
Hi, POM, Congrats on the game's release! Very interesting mechanic. Very surprised by the depth of some of the puzzles so far. It is obvious that some levels can be solved with different efficiency in terms of the total length of the paths (in number of squares) traveled. Do you have an idea of the minimum length needed to solve each level (that is, the optimal solution)? Don't see a movement length counter in the game.
@y2kmp3 ,Thanks for the kind words ton of work was invested into each level, they are made by me (and not a level generator) piece by piece, to make them as interesting as possible, and to build a rising difficulty level. Yes, each level has an optimal solution, but I've decided to make PATHZ non competitive, at least in the initial release, but since many came to me with the request of leaderboards, then I'm considering adding some sort of competition element, and movement counter might just be it! Roy.
Roy, I appreciate the handcrafted nature of the puzzles and the increasing complexity of the mechanics. Is it true that the intended solutions always use all of the breakable tiles and portals? I am asking this because I found many levels which are entirely solvable without using all of the breakable tiles and at least one level which is entirely solvable without using the portal. In an extreme example ( Spoiler Level 60 ), the level is entirely solvable while leaving 3 breakable tiles unused. Are these tiles and portals to be used always? To be red herrings? To accommodate less efficient alternative solutions?
Update #2 (2-Apr-2015): Finished game. All 120 levels solved. Overall, excellent puzzle game with some very clever twists to otherwise familiar tile-pushing mechanics. A few of the later puzzles are quite tricky (such as Level 86 and Level 114). Many of the later puzzles can be solved in more than one way; unsure if this is intentional or unintended. Also, many solutions do not require use of all of the breakable tiles, portals, elevators, tile switchers, and color switchers; again, unsure if they are intentional red herrings. Seems like some of the puzzles have too many "open" solutions. Still, very solid puzzle game and highly recommended. Update #1: This is also a puzzle that "puzzled" (pun intended) me a lot. That is Level 86. Somehow, I found this one to be exceptionally difficult, out of keeping with the previous puzzles in the game. It is likely that I am blindsided to a critical move that would have made the solution much easier to find. The solution I found involves Spoiler first turning one of the panels in the middle lanes with the stars to the OPPOSITE color of the corresponding star and then return to the turned tile later to fix the color. Is it possible to have a much cleaner solution in which Spoiler ALL of the panels in the middle lanes with the stars will just need to be turned ONCE to the SAME color (never the opposite color) ? I was able to achieve the latter but would then put myself into a position in which the tokens were trapped so that they could never escape to get to the middle lanes. Very interesting to know what I missed on this particular puzzle!
Hey @y2kmp3, Sorry for the late response, “Is it true that the intended solutions always use all of the breakable tiles and portals?” Breakable tiles - No , Portals - Yes (at least it should be) Are you sure you did not use one of the portal level 60 in order to save it? ill look it up. “This is also a puzzle that "puzzled" (pun intended) me a lot. That is Level 86” Spoiler Yes indeed this level is a step up in difficulty, the intended solution was the blue will open orange’s locks, and vice versa, then clear the path for them both via the portals, and reach to the goals, but I’m sure there are many other ways to solve this on. What level are you at? Roy.
