Serious Game Classification

BricksFix Madivar Games (Russia), Madivar Games (Russia), 2003  

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Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25 / 8-11
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

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Amazing Tetris (later renamed BricksFix) is an unusual variant of the classic Tetris game. You can play this game not only with usual blocks made of squares, but triangles too. It includes five different variations of the game with falling blocks.

The goal of the game is to maximize your score by placing the falling blocks or triangles into lines. Playing with triangular blocks you should assemble them into full squares and form full horizontal lines. Every assembled line disappears increasing your score. Score is increased as fast as a number of disappearing lines at a time. Also score is increased after every dropped block.

While you assemble the lines the level of the game is increased. With every next level the speed of the falling blocks is increased too. And every disappeared line increases your score as much as the level of the game is. After the block has fallen to the bottom of the playing field or on the other block, the new one starts to fall. If the playing field is overfilled the game is over. You can play this game upside-down, with usual playing field or a huge one, with "trash" (useless objects) or without.

The game features settings to adjust game complexity and set other preferences, music and sound effects, and a High Scores table. Originally players could compare their scores with others around the world from a Top Records Table on the game's website. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PC (Windows)

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