[Android Apps and Games] NBoyko75:
Do you love a dynamic game puzzles? "Three in row" games are a kind of oldest puzzle ones. It's hundreds such games on the Google play market. Try enter "Diamond" or "Jewel" search word in the search edit box. You will see dozens of games as a result. Each one has an amazing special effects. A huge part of it does not require any thinking. Just make a moves and level will be passed. And many people love it. But it's not interesting for those, who prefers a logical tasks. The are some aspects of a puzzle game to be interested.

1. A player must have a several way of the next move. But it may causes confusing if possible moves are too much.

2. A game must provides a way to return to the previous position. It can be save \ load or back move function.

3. The variety of special game figures raises interest to a game. Classic "three in row" game does not attract players at present. It may be the most interest to get an extra move in a game.

4. A game position could be calculated some steps ahead. A game will lose thinking matter if player can't imagine a game position after next 2-3 moves.

The author is followed this principles in the free Android game "Diamond combinations".

Game brief

The game consist of 8х8 square game board and 8x4 square incoming diamonds area over it. Each level begin with some glassed diamonds. To pass level you need explode all glassed diamonds. Level is over when all glasses is broken or move limit is expired. The glass is trying to be restored in the cell of breaking. A player need to break glasses in series to prevent glass restoring. He has to prepare a move sequence to do that.

Many variant of the next move

The 8х8 game board provide enough count of possible moves. The situation of any available move is very very seldom.

A possibility to return to previous game position

This feature is not available in the most part of existent "three in row" games. The author didn't find any of it with save \ load or back move function. A player won't revert to previous position if wrong move has been done. Also he won't start level from the last game position. This functions add some comfort in the "Diamond combinations" game.

Special figures

Special figures were designed for more move variants. It expands classic tree-in-row opportunities. There are game figures listed below.

- A Gun can explode any glass or diamond on the game board.

- A Star can explode all diamonds with a color of the chosen diamond.

- A Lightening can add lightening to any non glassed diamond.

- A Brush can repaint any non glassed diamond to a color of the selected diamond.

- A Snowflake can freeze glassed diamonds. So glass restoring process will be stopped on Snowflake's life count moves.

Special figures have own lives. This means a figure can be used life count ones. Life count can be increased by exchanging figure with lightening or other figure.

Combination preparing

The incoming diamonds area is designed to stay some steps ahead. A player can see what 4 diamonds will fall next in columns. Also it's very easy to combine in the game with back move function. To pass a game level a player has to construct sequence of moves. Otherwise glasses will be recreated very fast.

At addition the game is lightweight. So, there is any delay while playing.

A game can be found on Google play market by the "Diamond combinations" search phrase.