sliding tile games

[gorobei]

fun web game the dr who site put out

Game - Thirteen | Doctor Who

Can you join the Doctors to get to the Thirteenth? Use your arrow keys or swipe to move the tiles. When two tiles with the same Doctor touch, they merge into one and regenerate into the next Doctor!

www.doctorwho.tv

question: is there a name/genre for this type of game? i cant get past eccleston and i am wondering if there are strategies i am missing or if it is all based on the random draw.

 

[sdifox]

There is definitely a strategy to sliding puzzle.

Sliding puzzle - Wikipedia

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A fool-proof guide to solving every solvable sliding block puzzle, ever. - Sliding-Block Puzzles - Giant Bomb

In the quick look for The Tomorrow Children and in the recent podcast, the team complained about the sliding block puzzles, saying how much they hate

www.giantbomb.com

 

[gorobei]

There is definitely a strategy to sliding puzzle.

Sliding puzzle - Wikipedia

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A fool-proof guide to solving every solvable sliding block puzzle, ever. - Sliding-Block Puzzles - Giant Bomb

In the quick look for The Tomorrow Children and in the recent podcast, the team complained about the sliding block puzzles, saying how much they hate

www.giantbomb.com

its not that type of puzzle. its more of a puzzlequest click and swap/slide match 2 game. the twist being instead of destroying the matched tiles they combine into a new color piece.

 

[sdifox]

its not that type of puzzle. its more of a puzzlequest click and swap/slide match 2 game. the twist being instead of destroying the matched tiles they combine into a new color piece.

So, 2048?

2048 (video game) - Wikipedia

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[gorobei]

So, 2048?

2048 (video game) - Wikipedia

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cool. thank you.