NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition 07: Hexaxis XXI (update 4)

Darksoft‘s first entry into the NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition is one heck of a game for two days of work. It’s called Hexaxis XXI and, in a way, it’s a mash-up between Lumines and Tetris.

Like Tetris, you get a vertical array of blocks you have to match together, though you’re trying to set up large chains of blocks like in Lumines. The removal of blocks comes straight from Lumines, however, in that blocks disappear when the vertical bar passes by them once they’re matched up to a group of similar numbers. What makes this game so much more different is that you’re actually rolling dice, so positioning them to match means that each block comes up as one of six numbers you can manipulate like dice. The higher the number of the block chain, the greater the multiplier to your score.

Below are the directions for playing the game, as well as a video for trying it out. As this is update four, Darksoft notes that future updates just need to overwrite any existing files as they are full versions of the game unto themselves.

Controls:
D-Pad: move dice left, right and down; up forces the blocks to roll downward
Square, Circle, Cross, Triangle: rotate the grid
L and R Triggers: zoom in and out
Select: Exit Game

Download: Hexaxis XXI (Update 4)

Via NeoFlash

Darksoft‘s first entry into the NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition is one heck of a game for two days of work. It’s called Hexaxis XXI and, in a way, it’s a mash-up between Lumines and Tetris.

Like Tetris, you get a vertical array of blocks you have to match together, though you’re trying to set up large chains of blocks like in Lumines. The removal of blocks comes straight from Lumines, however, in that blocks disappear when the vertical bar passes by them once they’re matched up to a group of similar numbers. What makes this game so much more different is that you’re actually rolling dice, so positioning them to match means that each block comes up as one of six numbers you can manipulate like dice. The higher the number of the block chain, the greater the multiplier to your score.

Below are the directions for playing the game, as well as a video for trying it out. As this is update four, Darksoft notes that future updates just need to overwrite any existing files as they are full versions of the game unto themselves.

Controls:
D-Pad: move dice left, right and down; up forces the blocks to roll downward
Square, Circle, Cross, Triangle: rotate the grid
L and R Triggers: zoom in and out
Select: Exit Game

Download: Hexaxis XXI (Update 4)

Via NeoFlash