Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/high-rise-a-puzzle-cityscape/id1479215827 High Rise - A Puzzle Cityscape Florian Grolig High Rise is a innovative take on the match 3 genre. A relaxed casual puzzle experience. Match colourful cubes and watch… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsHigh Rise is a innovative take on the match 3 genre. A relaxed casual puzzle experience. Match colourful cubes and watch them merge, grow and your 3D puzzle cityscape rise. Easily Rotate your 3D city with a swipe of your finger, place cubes with a tap and let them merge and grow higher. And higher. And higher... Simple and engaging gameplay, that is easy to learn, but leaves a lot of space for your own tactics and personal improvement. The game is complete in its free version but will show you ads occasionally. Those who prefer an add-free experience can remove them with the cheapest possible In-App-Purchase and also support us updating this game and creating new ones. No hidden costs or cheap tricks. • Innovative but easy gameplay • Simple and fun mechanics • A relaxed puzzle experience • Now with alternative color schemes - color-blind and dark • Challenge yourself and your friends on 5 different sized fields • See your colorful city grow • Compare your city score with your friends and the whole world • Free with ads • Remove all adds for the price of a cup of coffee • No hidden costs or cheap tricks Information Seller:Florian Grolig Genre:Arcade, Puzzle Release:May 16, 2020 Updated:Sep 04, 2022 Version:1.6.1 Size:83.3 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Frispn likes this. MetaGonzo Well-Known Member May 7, 2009 1,459 271 83 #2 MetaGonzo, May 18, 2020 I’m not quite clear on the rules but I think that when I am I’m going to like it. Needs a less tired head to give it a fair go. Very nice aesthetic. new_ipodtouch5G_owner Well-Known Member Mar 16, 2015 386 46 28 Canada #3 new_ipodtouch5G_owner, May 18, 2020 I agree with MetaGonzo, very nice looking game and pretty fun (would love to see a dark mode) Probably not a high score contender, but this is what I got after a few attempts... fgrolig likes this. fgrolig Member Oct 9, 2014 12 5 3 Game Designer Berlin http://www.panopticum.eu #4 fgrolig, May 21, 2020 In case that you need a hint how it works let me know Also if you'd like to share what you do not understand we might try to optimize the tutorial in that area in a future update. Communicating the mechanics was quite challenging and i guess we still did not completely manage (I'm one of the devs, btw.) Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #5 Echoseven, May 21, 2020 This is absolutely my favourite game that I’ve played recently. It’s just simple enough, complex enough, and pretty enough that I come back to it all the time. Love it! fgrolig and Anotherkellydown like this. Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #6 Echoseven, May 21, 2020 Last edited: May 22, 2020 I was feeling really good about my high score of ~9500 till I looked at the leaderboards. Unfortunately, I have twice now encountered a bug where it wouldn’t let me place any new blocks... both times it happened right after a big chain of combinations. I can still move the view around, but it won’t let me tap on a square to place the cubes. fgrolig Member Oct 9, 2014 12 5 3 Game Designer Berlin http://www.panopticum.eu #7 fgrolig, May 22, 2020 Hi, thanks for letting us know, we’ll have a look at it as soon as possible. Could you tell us what OS and device you’re playing on? Also, thanks for the nice summary above, can I quote you in our press kit? Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #8 Echoseven, May 22, 2020 Please do! Though I would prefer it if you credit Vladimir Knight (that’s me)! I’m playing on an iPhone 8, iOS 13.4.1. It’s still only happened twice, and I’ve played... a lot. It’s rough because restarting the app does not save your progress - you have to start over. I wish it remembered. Actually, would you also be able to save the sound and music toggles between relaunching the game? I often mute the music and it starts playing again if I quit the game and come back to it. soniclife Well-Known Member Mar 9, 2009 63 3 8 Hamburg #9 soniclife, May 22, 2020 I am really impressed! The last time I had a similar impression of a game was with Threes and Card Thief which both belong to my all time favs. The mechanics are not super original but they fit perfect with the skyscraper theme and the elegant design. The IAP is more than fair and I‘ve spent the one Euro immediately. My personal wishes for an update: - A local Highscore-Table - I want to know whether my last attempt was in my own Top 10... - An optional dark mode (background) and maybe different color palette options. - A battery saver mode. It seems to be the battery is draining kinda fast... - An undo option (maybe just one time per x moves). But besides these minor issues: highly recommended! fgrolig likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,581 1,134 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #10 Anotherkellydown, May 22, 2020 Still improving my understanding of the mechanics and getting better. I keep coming back to this one. Here’s my high score so far: One thing I’d like to see added would be a save state feature so I could leave the app and come back to it later without having to restart. I like the suggestions from @soniclife too. ShinHadoukin, fgrolig and ste86uk like this. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,003 113 #11 ste86uk, May 22, 2020 I second the opinion on being able to save the game, even if it’s just an auto save when you exit the app or quit to menu that would be great. Overall it isn’t really my kind of game being a high score chaser as I don’t really care to chase high scores. But the game has something, it’s such a simple idea which turns very tactical and I do enjoy puzzle games. So I’ll give it a few more tries. ShinHadoukin and fgrolig like this. soniclife Well-Known Member Mar 9, 2009 63 3 8 Hamburg #12 soniclife, May 22, 2020 @fgrolig Could you please elaborate on the scoring system and maybe incorporate an info page within the game? fgrolig likes this. Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #13 Echoseven, May 22, 2020 I had a huge breakthrough with the mechanics once and it basically doubled my scores consistently. Towers will take blocks from those around it, enough to grow, regardless of how those around it are placed. So for a tower of 3 to grow, you could have next to it: - Another 3 - A 2 and a 1 - Three 1s This applies to all heights and even if the block you need is on top of another colour (I.e. a green tower will take a green block even if that block is on top of a red one). You get more points for chains - placing a block so that a 1 merges into a 2, which then merged into a 3, which then merges into a 5 will get you more points than merging the 5 directly. My deletion priority (every 500 points): - Towers directly in the way. - Towers that are far away from its colour cluster - Tall towers, 7+, especially if there isn’t a colour cluster nearby. I’m hovering around 9k points on average and I’m keen to break 10. I think I could reach 15 without major strategy adjustments and a little luck. What strategies do you guys use? Anotherkellydown likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,581 1,134 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #14 Anotherkellydown, May 22, 2020 I think you did a great job explaining the way the game works - way better than I could have. The only thing I can add to your post is that I didn’t even think about deleting the large towers but that makes total sense! Echoseven likes this. ggallin Well-Known Member May 10, 2013 61 5 8 Photographer Argentina #15 ggallin, May 23, 2020 Great game, love the progression of the music, aesthetics and mechanics, really tricky and fun. some suggestions: agree with the Dark mode and auto save. Lefty mode? Maybe a silly one, but i cover the next block with my left thumb all the time. Camera mode or something like that, love how the cities looks at the end! great work! fgrolig likes this. fgrolig Member Oct 9, 2014 12 5 3 Game Designer Berlin http://www.panopticum.eu #16 fgrolig, May 23, 2020 Higher is better and houses are double Not sure if i should interfere to much as figuring out rules and tactics is half the fun... I for sure want to thank you for all the suggestions, all very thoughtful. We are following, writing tickets and hope that we can include as many of them in the patch. As we are a two men team and the sales so far are not paying anyones rent we hope you'll all understand that it might take a moment. soniclife likes this. DicoCannon Member May 15, 2020 5 0 3 Male #17 DicoCannon, May 24, 2020 Great game. Love the mechanics, which are really fun. Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #18 Echoseven, May 27, 2020 God I love this game. There’s always just a little more to discover, lots of tiny, simple and meaningful ways tweak to your strategy. I realised just now that I’ve been fundamentally playing the game wrong. Just straight up making bad decisions. With one tiny tweak, I set a personal high score without breaking a sweat. If I hadn’t mis-tapped a few times, I could’ve gone much further. Attached Files: 903FC034-24F6-46FF-8EC2-0ED852ABD946.png File size: 287 KB Views: 4 fgrolig likes this. fgrolig Member Oct 9, 2014 12 5 3 Game Designer Berlin http://www.panopticum.eu #19 fgrolig, May 27, 2020 It's so nice to see that you're still spending time with the game) As you obviously played a few games already may i ask a question? We get a lot of reviews now, pointing out that sometimes a block different from the one in the preview is placed. Did you also epxerience this bug? Echoseven Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Jul 19, 2011 6,091 270 83 The red Skittle #20 Echoseven, May 27, 2020 I was about to say “no”, but the answer might be “maybe”. Which is entirely unhelpful. There were a few occasions where I thought the wrong block was placed, but when I go back through the recording it absolutely looks like the right one. I’ll keep recording as I play for a little while and see if I can catch an example for you. (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
I’m not quite clear on the rules but I think that when I am I’m going to like it. Needs a less tired head to give it a fair go. Very nice aesthetic.
I agree with MetaGonzo, very nice looking game and pretty fun (would love to see a dark mode) Probably not a high score contender, but this is what I got after a few attempts...
In case that you need a hint how it works let me know Also if you'd like to share what you do not understand we might try to optimize the tutorial in that area in a future update. Communicating the mechanics was quite challenging and i guess we still did not completely manage (I'm one of the devs, btw.)
This is absolutely my favourite game that I’ve played recently. It’s just simple enough, complex enough, and pretty enough that I come back to it all the time. Love it!
I was feeling really good about my high score of ~9500 till I looked at the leaderboards. Unfortunately, I have twice now encountered a bug where it wouldn’t let me place any new blocks... both times it happened right after a big chain of combinations. I can still move the view around, but it won’t let me tap on a square to place the cubes.
Hi, thanks for letting us know, we’ll have a look at it as soon as possible. Could you tell us what OS and device you’re playing on? Also, thanks for the nice summary above, can I quote you in our press kit?
Please do! Though I would prefer it if you credit Vladimir Knight (that’s me)! I’m playing on an iPhone 8, iOS 13.4.1. It’s still only happened twice, and I’ve played... a lot. It’s rough because restarting the app does not save your progress - you have to start over. I wish it remembered. Actually, would you also be able to save the sound and music toggles between relaunching the game? I often mute the music and it starts playing again if I quit the game and come back to it.
I am really impressed! The last time I had a similar impression of a game was with Threes and Card Thief which both belong to my all time favs. The mechanics are not super original but they fit perfect with the skyscraper theme and the elegant design. The IAP is more than fair and I‘ve spent the one Euro immediately. My personal wishes for an update: - A local Highscore-Table - I want to know whether my last attempt was in my own Top 10... - An optional dark mode (background) and maybe different color palette options. - A battery saver mode. It seems to be the battery is draining kinda fast... - An undo option (maybe just one time per x moves). But besides these minor issues: highly recommended!
Still improving my understanding of the mechanics and getting better. I keep coming back to this one. Here’s my high score so far: One thing I’d like to see added would be a save state feature so I could leave the app and come back to it later without having to restart. I like the suggestions from @soniclife too.
I second the opinion on being able to save the game, even if it’s just an auto save when you exit the app or quit to menu that would be great. Overall it isn’t really my kind of game being a high score chaser as I don’t really care to chase high scores. But the game has something, it’s such a simple idea which turns very tactical and I do enjoy puzzle games. So I’ll give it a few more tries.
@fgrolig Could you please elaborate on the scoring system and maybe incorporate an info page within the game?
I had a huge breakthrough with the mechanics once and it basically doubled my scores consistently. Towers will take blocks from those around it, enough to grow, regardless of how those around it are placed. So for a tower of 3 to grow, you could have next to it: - Another 3 - A 2 and a 1 - Three 1s This applies to all heights and even if the block you need is on top of another colour (I.e. a green tower will take a green block even if that block is on top of a red one). You get more points for chains - placing a block so that a 1 merges into a 2, which then merged into a 3, which then merges into a 5 will get you more points than merging the 5 directly. My deletion priority (every 500 points): - Towers directly in the way. - Towers that are far away from its colour cluster - Tall towers, 7+, especially if there isn’t a colour cluster nearby. I’m hovering around 9k points on average and I’m keen to break 10. I think I could reach 15 without major strategy adjustments and a little luck. What strategies do you guys use?
I think you did a great job explaining the way the game works - way better than I could have. The only thing I can add to your post is that I didn’t even think about deleting the large towers but that makes total sense!
Great game, love the progression of the music, aesthetics and mechanics, really tricky and fun. some suggestions: agree with the Dark mode and auto save. Lefty mode? Maybe a silly one, but i cover the next block with my left thumb all the time. Camera mode or something like that, love how the cities looks at the end! great work!
Higher is better and houses are double Not sure if i should interfere to much as figuring out rules and tactics is half the fun... I for sure want to thank you for all the suggestions, all very thoughtful. We are following, writing tickets and hope that we can include as many of them in the patch. As we are a two men team and the sales so far are not paying anyones rent we hope you'll all understand that it might take a moment.
God I love this game. There’s always just a little more to discover, lots of tiny, simple and meaningful ways tweak to your strategy. I realised just now that I’ve been fundamentally playing the game wrong. Just straight up making bad decisions. With one tiny tweak, I set a personal high score without breaking a sweat. If I hadn’t mis-tapped a few times, I could’ve gone much further.
It's so nice to see that you're still spending time with the game) As you obviously played a few games already may i ask a question? We get a lot of reviews now, pointing out that sometimes a block different from the one in the preview is placed. Did you also epxerience this bug?
I was about to say “no”, but the answer might be “maybe”. Which is entirely unhelpful. There were a few occasions where I thought the wrong block was placed, but when I go back through the recording it absolutely looks like the right one. I’ll keep recording as I play for a little while and see if I can catch an example for you.
