[App Friday] IQ Dungeon has a new take on puzzle gaming

Bear in mind enjoying Mario in your Nintendo again within the day? The long-lasting red-and-blue plumber would hop extensive gaps, slide down pipes, duck fireballs and keep away from each potential impediment on the market to save lots of the princess. 

Since Mario is having a resurgence, you may get pleasure from it once more. However what in the event you may save the princess utilizing your brains as a substitute of geese and excessive jumps? 

That is what IQ Dungeon affords. Launched in February 2021 on the Google Play Retailer, the gaming app requires you to make use of your thoughts to unravel each degree to save lots of your princess. 

IQ Dungeon at present has over 10 lakh downloads and 4.7 ranking, in response to the Play Retailer. 

How does it work?

As soon as downloaded, there are not any login particulars required. You might be straight into the sport. The person interface may be very minimalistic with a lightweight yellow background. 

A bar on the highest of the web page informs you in regards to the degree and the duty to be accomplished. As an illustration, in degree one, a participant wants to determine methods to purchase fight materials reminiscent of a sword, helmet and an armour. 

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Equally, each degree has puzzles. Ranges to start with are a lot simpler, the place you will get away with solely shifting sure issues on the display screen. However as you go additional a mixture of patterns and mazes, amongst different issues may assist you to cross the extent. I might not wish to spoil the video games any additional, however use a number of permutations and mixtures earlier than you resolve to surrender.  

As an illustration, in one of many ranges, the sport asks you to seek out the doorway of a dungeon. The entire display screen is roofed with bushes. The preliminary intuition is to look behind the bushes. However assume a bit tougher after which method the extent. 

Or, you may go for a free trace. If you’ll be able to determine it out then nice or else you may purchase extra hints by paying in gems. IQ Dungeon provides you 50 gems and you may watch advertisements to get extra. Or you may additionally buy limitless gems for Rs 470 and in addition take away all of the advertisements. However what’s the enjoyable in spending on gems and getting all of the hints? 

Verdict

I totally loved fixing these puzzles. The straightforward design additionally works wonders as a result of you aren’t distracted by the flowery colors or figures and might solely focussed on fixing the given problem. 

The best way IQ Dungeon additionally weaves in a storyline, which additionally retains you very engaged. The one flaw within the app can be that it may do with offering a tutorial for at the very least one degree. As a result of whenever you obtain the app, you may be very confused as to how one is meant to method the sport. 

In any other case it’s an effective way to spend some free time and in addition clear up attention-grabbing challenges and be ok with your self.