Tesserae (1990)
- Developer
- Nicholas Schlott
- Publisher
- Inline Design, GameTek, Inc.
- Platforms
- Android, Sega Game Gear, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Game Boy
- Genres
- Puzzle
- Rating
- 1.5 of 5, 2 player ratings
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Flip and chain colored tiles in a contemplative tile-removal puzzle demanding careful strategic planning.
cerebralpuzzle-heavycolor-matchingrelaxingabstractstrategicminimalist
About
Tesserae is a single-player video game developed by Nicholas Schlott based on Kent Brewster's DOS game Stained Glass. Tesserae is played by flipping colored tiles over other tiles to remove them from the board. While flipping over tiles subtracts the color from the tile that was jumped, landing on a tile adds the colors, making it more difficult for that tile to be removed. Primary tiles of red, blue and yellow combine to produce secondary tiles of purple, green and orange. A gray tile is produced by combining all three primary tiles. Game play starts simple with only primary tiles on a rectangular board. More complex board shapes as well as introducing secondary tiles increases the difficulty.
Screenshots
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