Dungeon Tiles Iyoda ** Apple TV Games Best of 2016(Japan) ** ** Winner of AppLovin Apple TV App Challenge ** Dungeon Tiles is a strategic … TouchArcade Rating: Free Buy Now Watch Media Details** Apple TV Games Best of 2016(Japan) ** ** Winner of AppLovin Apple TV App Challenge ** Dungeon Tiles is a strategic puzzle game with minimalism and RPG elements in which players swipe the screen to collect swords, dragons, lives, and gold. How to Play Swipe the screen to move all tiles in the arena in the same direction. Combine tiles of the same color to score points. After each swipe, the total value of the combined tiles is added to a cumulative total for swords, dragons, lives, and gold displayed at the top of the screen and a battle begins. In the battle, swords reduce the “dragons” score and dragons reduce the “lives” score. The “swords” score decreases by the value used to attack the dragons. As dragons are slayed, the “experience” bar rises, and when it reaches the top the player improves his/her level. The game ends when no lives remain or the arena is full and no more tiles can be moved. Features 1. Combo: When three or more of the same tile are combined, the tiles disappear. Combine 3 tiles: 2 x points Combine 4 tiles: 4 x points Combine 5 tiles: 8 x points (only 5x5 mode) 2. Items: The gold collected during play can be exchanged for items. However, each item can only be used once. E.g. Remove all dragon tiles from the arena Multiply the number of lives by two 3. 2 Single Player Mode ( 4x4, 5x5 ): 4. Two Player Mode: When a player swipes the screen, all of his/her tiles and all of his/her opponents tiles move in the direction swiped. Players can disturb their opponent’s play by moving the opponent’s tiles in the same direction as their own. When three or more sword tiles are combined, one dragon tile is sent over to the opponent’s arena: this tactic can be used to alter the layout of the opponent’s arena and disturb his/her play. 5. vs.AI Mode: A player compete with AI(Computer). If it's hard to recognize AI's tiles, you can rotate all AI's tiles in the pause menu. 6. Game Center. Game Center leaderboards and achievements are supported. 7. Twitter. A player tweets his/her score after the game ends. The game also provides a kind of math training since quick calculation skills are needed in order to obtain a high score. Music by Amacha Information Seller:Iyoda Genre:Puzzle, Strategy Release:Jun 28, 2016 Updated:Dec 22, 2016 Version:1.2.1 Size:55.8 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (4) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel June 29, 2016, Japanese developer Iyoda has released Dungeon Tiles for iOS and tvOS. Dungeon Tiles is a strategic puzzle game with minimalism and RPG elements. Dungeon Tiles is $25,000 Grand Prize winner of AppLovin's Apple TV App Challenge. What made Dungeon Tiles stand out from the crowd and take the top prize? Basil Shikin, VP of Engineering at AppLovin and one of the judges of the contest, said three things came to his mind: 1.The graphics were great. I thought the way the app was designed really lends itself to a TV screen. 2.The gameplay is deceptively simple. You can start with a pretty simple game and it gets really challenging really fast. 3.Player vs. player mode is awesome. I love games where you have a choice to either improve your position, worsen position of your enemy or maybe improve enemys position. It gives a lot of room for strategy. AppLovin's Blog https://blog.applovin.com/the-tvos-contest-winners-excellence-in-gameplay/ https://blog.applovin.com/applovins-tvos-contest-winner-a-sensation-in-japan/ Dungeon Tiles is a strategic puzzle game with minimalism and RPG elements in which players swipe the screen to collect swords, dragons, lives, and gold. How to Play Swipe the screen to move all tiles in the arena in the same direction. Combine tiles of the same color to score points. After each swipe, the total value of the combined tiles is added to a cumulative total for swords, dragons, lives, and gold displayed at the top of the screen and a battle begins. In the battle, swords reduce the dragons score and dragons reduce the lives score. The swords score decreases by the value used to attack the dragons. As dragons are slayed, the experience bar rises, and when it reaches the top the player improves his/her level. The game ends when no lives remain or the arena is full and no more tiles can be moved. Features 1. Combo: When three or more of the same tile are combined, the tiles disappear. Combine 3 tiles: 2 x points Combine 4 tiles: 4 x points 2. Items: The gold collected during play can be exchanged for items. However, each item can only be used once. E.g. Remove all dragon tiles from the arena Multiply the number of lives by two 3. Two Player Mode: When a player swipes the screen, all of his/her tiles and all of his/her opponents tiles move in the direction swiped. Players can disturb their opponents play by moving the opponents tiles in the same direction as their own. When three or more sword tiles are combined, one dragon tile is sent over to the opponents arena: this tactic can be used to alter the layout of the opponents arena and disturb his/her play. Dungeon Tiles for tvOS supports MFi-based controller. When players play two players mode, they can use Siri Remote Controller and MFi-based controller. You can play it with a Siri Remote Controller. The game also provides a kind of math training since quick calculation skills are needed in order to obtain a high score. Dungeon Tiles is free to play. Dungeon Tiles is available worldwide from Apple's App Store for Apple TV and iOS devices. Press web site http://www.i-yoda.com/press/dungeontiles.html Attached Files: screenshot-play_1_portrait.png File size: 80.6 KB Views: 5 screenshot-play_1_item_portrait.png File size: 90.9 KB Views: 4 screenshot-help_portrait.png File size: 65.7 KB Views: 5 screenshot-player_2_portrait.png File size: 126.8 KB Views: 4 screenshot-menu_portrait.png File size: 66.2 KB Views: 6 screenshot-player_2_tvos.png File size: 146.8 KB Views: 6 screenshot-player_2_siri_tvos.png File size: 101.2 KB Views: 5 screenshot-player_2_mfi_tvos.png File size: 118.9 KB Views: 6 PBSNellie Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2013 1,381 168 63 Southern CA #2 PBSNellie, Jun 29, 2016 Last edited: Jun 29, 2016 Ive been waiting for this one and I'm not disappointed. It's a different take on the Threes/2048 formula, which I enjoy, in that you are actually kind of battling dragons and trying to stay alive. There is an IAP 2.99 to remove ads but so far I haven't seen any ads. It's very easy to learn and the game is overall well polished. You can use coins to destroy the dragons but the challenge is to keep them at bay as long as possible without coins. Nice job! Edited: OK I saw an ad banner after I finished (translate: Lost) a game. retr0spective Well-Known Member May 24, 2011 915 17 18 Riverside, CA #3 retr0spective, Jun 29, 2016 I am unsure of the purpose/function of the accumulated sword and dragon values at the top and this doesn't appear to explained. Any thoughts? LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #4 LordGek, Jun 29, 2016 They cover this about mid way through the How to Play description below. How to Play Swipe the screen to move all tiles in the arena in the same direction. Combine tiles of the same color to score points. After each swipe, the total value of the combined tiles is added to a cumulative total for swords, dragons, lives, and gold displayed at the top of the screen and a battle begins. In the battle, swords reduce the dragons score and dragons reduce the lives score. The swords score decreases by the value used to attack the dragons. As dragons are slayed, the experience bar rises, and when it reaches the top the player improves his/her level. The game ends when no lives remain or the arena is full and no more tiles can be moved. Takashi Iyoda Member Jun 12, 2015 20 0 0 programmer Nagoya, Japan http://www.i-yoda.com #5 Takashi Iyoda, Jun 30, 2016 Last edited: Jun 30, 2016 Thank you all for playing Dungeon Tiles. I am really glad to see your comments. And I appreciate your follow how to play. bacon-N-eggs Well-Known Member Mar 17, 2012 265 4 18 #6 bacon-N-eggs, Jun 30, 2016 Last edited: Jun 30, 2016 Really want to like this one as I LOVE Stencilsmith... I kind of have a little bit of a clue what's going on.. Barely missing a million points and went to level 13. But I have no idea how this game won any awards to be honest. The tutorial seems to miss a lot of what's going on. Why do swords add up but not kill the dragons? They only seem to do damage if they are matched against each other on the same swipe? Also do we want to match dragon tiles or no? When I ran almost a million I avoided matching dragon tiles as much as possible, and ran lives up. Also if tiles go away when matched 3 or more... You don't want to match 3 or more lives and swords and keep running the numbers up? No? And only match 3 or more dragons to make them go away, correct? I feel like I'm missing a ton from the three frame tutorial. Design award or not there's a lot I'm not understanding It does looks great though, I'm going to stick with and see if it starts to click Takashi Iyoda Member Jun 12, 2015 20 0 0 programmer Nagoya, Japan http://www.i-yoda.com #7 Takashi Iyoda, Jun 30, 2016 I am sorry for a lack of explanation. Tutorials should be concise. So I removed some descriptions from tutorials. Thank you for your advice. I will try to consider changing tutorials. retr0spective Well-Known Member May 24, 2011 915 17 18 Riverside, CA #8 retr0spective, Jun 30, 2016 Thank you Lord Gek and Iyoda Takashi, I understand the process now - but I am certainly not very good at it yet. It is however, a very solid game, aesthetically pleasing, clean minimalist design, and thoroughly enjoyable. It is well-deserving of the recent Apple award. I am surprised it has not generated more discussion yet as I have been waiting to play it for weeks! Repulsa Well-Known Member Jul 3, 2015 1,584 81 48 #9 Repulsa, Jun 30, 2016 Really enjoying this, probably the best variation of this I have yet to play thanks developers! Takashi Iyoda Member Jun 12, 2015 20 0 0 programmer Nagoya, Japan http://www.i-yoda.com #10 Takashi Iyoda, Jun 30, 2016 Thank you for your advice. I'll try to change better tutorials. First of all, the reason of winning is below. Basil Shikin, VP of Engineering at AppLovin and one of the judges of the contest, said three things came to his mind: 1.The graphics were great. I thought the way the app was designed really lends itself to a TV screen. 2.The gameplay is deceptively simple. You can start with a pretty simple game and it gets really challenging really fast. 3.Player vs. player mode is awesome. I love games where you have a choice to either improve your position, worsen position of your enemy or maybe improve enemys position. It gives a lot of room for strategy. rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #11 rezn, Jun 30, 2016 Twofold continues to inspire. LordGek Well-Known Member Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Feb 19, 2009 12,282 141 63 Software QA Engineer Saratoga, CA, USA #12 LordGek, Jun 30, 2016 One mechanic I missed at first but is CRUCIAL to long term survival, is that merging 3+ tiles of a kind at once destroys them. So what this means is, if possible try to merge swords and health carefully at 2 tiles at a time, and while counter intuitive, try to find instances of 3+ dragon tiles you can merge at once to remove them from play. Takashi Iyoda Member Jun 12, 2015 20 0 0 programmer Nagoya, Japan http://www.i-yoda.com #13 Takashi Iyoda, Jun 30, 2016 I am very sorry I am not good at using English. So I can't tell you exactly. When the dragons score remains, swords reduce the dragons score. The best practice is a player matches dragon tiles while their score is low. The player matches the other tiles(swords, lives, golds) when their score is high. When three or more of the same tile are combined, the tiles disappear. But The player combines 3 tiles, get double points. And the player combines 4 tiles, get 4 times points. Sorry, That is why Dungeon Tiles is difficult strategy game. If sword keep adding up, it is possible tha game isn't over. It is easy to increase sword score. Correct. But the player should matches 3 or more dragons to make them go away before the dragons score increases. Swords, Lives, Golds -> matches 3 or more tiles as high as possible. Dragons -> matches 3 or more tiles as low as possible. And when the player matches 3 or more dragon tiles, the player should check how much lives score remains. vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #14 vectorarchitekt, Jun 30, 2016 This game is very clever, I am very impressed at a new take on the 2048/Threes formula after so long. It looks great too. Takashi Iyoda Member Jun 12, 2015 20 0 0 programmer Nagoya, Japan http://www.i-yoda.com #15 Takashi Iyoda, Jun 30, 2016 Twofold inc is a very cool game. I think the art and animation of twofold inc is better than those of Dungeon Tiles. I will show you how to develop Dungeon Tiles. I hope you understand Dungeon Tiles was developed logically in a short period of time.http://www.i-yoda.com/news/dungeontiles_story.html gmattergames Well-Known Member Mar 1, 2013 607 42 28 #16 gmattergames, Jun 30, 2016 Wise words ...wise words. rezn Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Mar 8, 2014 862 6 18 Male Coder/Keyer in medical ICD 10 Reno, NV #17 rezn, Jun 30, 2016 Very cool. Thanks for all the info. And I agree twofold is a great game. I was only comparing colors however. AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #18 AppUnwrapper, Jun 30, 2016 Trying to get into this, but... Gold trickles in, so I'll never actually use any items unless I watch an ad to get 3000 gold. There's leaderboards, so it seems instead of pay-to-win it becomes watch-ads-to-win? And if you can watch ads for gold, why even bother with a gold leaderboard? I like to have some idea of how I'm doing in a game like this, but without surveying people to find out if they "cheated" or not, how am I supposed to compare? Misguided Well-Known Member Jan 27, 2009 2,346 19 38 #19 Misguided, Jun 30, 2016 Build up your gold tiles just like swords or hearts, before you know it, that trickle starts to get bigger and bigger. Misguided Well-Known Member Jan 27, 2009 2,346 19 38 #20 Misguided, Jun 30, 2016 Thank you so much for being here. Dungeon Tiles is amazing. Sublime, even. What a wonderfully fresh take on the Threes formula, and really, I hate to make that comparison because it doesn't do your game justice. This is everything those games are and so much more. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Ive been waiting for this one and I'm not disappointed. It's a different take on the Threes/2048 formula, which I enjoy, in that you are actually kind of battling dragons and trying to stay alive. There is an IAP 2.99 to remove ads but so far I haven't seen any ads. It's very easy to learn and the game is overall well polished. You can use coins to destroy the dragons but the challenge is to keep them at bay as long as possible without coins. Nice job! Edited: OK I saw an ad banner after I finished (translate: Lost) a game.
I am unsure of the purpose/function of the accumulated sword and dragon values at the top and this doesn't appear to explained. Any thoughts?
They cover this about mid way through the How to Play description below. How to Play Swipe the screen to move all tiles in the arena in the same direction. Combine tiles of the same color to score points. After each swipe, the total value of the combined tiles is added to a cumulative total for swords, dragons, lives, and gold displayed at the top of the screen and a battle begins. In the battle, swords reduce the dragons score and dragons reduce the lives score. The swords score decreases by the value used to attack the dragons. As dragons are slayed, the experience bar rises, and when it reaches the top the player improves his/her level. The game ends when no lives remain or the arena is full and no more tiles can be moved.
Thank you all for playing Dungeon Tiles. I am really glad to see your comments. And I appreciate your follow how to play.
Really want to like this one as I LOVE Stencilsmith... I kind of have a little bit of a clue what's going on.. Barely missing a million points and went to level 13. But I have no idea how this game won any awards to be honest. The tutorial seems to miss a lot of what's going on. Why do swords add up but not kill the dragons? They only seem to do damage if they are matched against each other on the same swipe? Also do we want to match dragon tiles or no? When I ran almost a million I avoided matching dragon tiles as much as possible, and ran lives up. Also if tiles go away when matched 3 or more... You don't want to match 3 or more lives and swords and keep running the numbers up? No? And only match 3 or more dragons to make them go away, correct? I feel like I'm missing a ton from the three frame tutorial. Design award or not there's a lot I'm not understanding It does looks great though, I'm going to stick with and see if it starts to click
I am sorry for a lack of explanation. Tutorials should be concise. So I removed some descriptions from tutorials. Thank you for your advice. I will try to consider changing tutorials.
Thank you Lord Gek and Iyoda Takashi, I understand the process now - but I am certainly not very good at it yet. It is however, a very solid game, aesthetically pleasing, clean minimalist design, and thoroughly enjoyable. It is well-deserving of the recent Apple award. I am surprised it has not generated more discussion yet as I have been waiting to play it for weeks!
Thank you for your advice. I'll try to change better tutorials. First of all, the reason of winning is below. Basil Shikin, VP of Engineering at AppLovin and one of the judges of the contest, said three things came to his mind: 1.The graphics were great. I thought the way the app was designed really lends itself to a TV screen. 2.The gameplay is deceptively simple. You can start with a pretty simple game and it gets really challenging really fast. 3.Player vs. player mode is awesome. I love games where you have a choice to either improve your position, worsen position of your enemy or maybe improve enemys position. It gives a lot of room for strategy.
One mechanic I missed at first but is CRUCIAL to long term survival, is that merging 3+ tiles of a kind at once destroys them. So what this means is, if possible try to merge swords and health carefully at 2 tiles at a time, and while counter intuitive, try to find instances of 3+ dragon tiles you can merge at once to remove them from play.
I am very sorry I am not good at using English. So I can't tell you exactly. When the dragons score remains, swords reduce the dragons score. The best practice is a player matches dragon tiles while their score is low. The player matches the other tiles(swords, lives, golds) when their score is high. When three or more of the same tile are combined, the tiles disappear. But The player combines 3 tiles, get double points. And the player combines 4 tiles, get 4 times points. Sorry, That is why Dungeon Tiles is difficult strategy game. If sword keep adding up, it is possible tha game isn't over. It is easy to increase sword score. Correct. But the player should matches 3 or more dragons to make them go away before the dragons score increases. Swords, Lives, Golds -> matches 3 or more tiles as high as possible. Dragons -> matches 3 or more tiles as low as possible. And when the player matches 3 or more dragon tiles, the player should check how much lives score remains.
This game is very clever, I am very impressed at a new take on the 2048/Threes formula after so long. It looks great too.
Twofold inc is a very cool game. I think the art and animation of twofold inc is better than those of Dungeon Tiles. I will show you how to develop Dungeon Tiles. I hope you understand Dungeon Tiles was developed logically in a short period of time.http://www.i-yoda.com/news/dungeontiles_story.html
Very cool. Thanks for all the info. And I agree twofold is a great game. I was only comparing colors however.
Trying to get into this, but... Gold trickles in, so I'll never actually use any items unless I watch an ad to get 3000 gold. There's leaderboards, so it seems instead of pay-to-win it becomes watch-ads-to-win? And if you can watch ads for gold, why even bother with a gold leaderboard? I like to have some idea of how I'm doing in a game like this, but without surveying people to find out if they "cheated" or not, how am I supposed to compare?
Build up your gold tiles just like swords or hearts, before you know it, that trickle starts to get bigger and bigger.
Thank you so much for being here. Dungeon Tiles is amazing. Sublime, even. What a wonderfully fresh take on the Threes formula, and really, I hate to make that comparison because it doesn't do your game justice. This is everything those games are and so much more.
