A Perfect Casual Brain Teaser

I have always liked puz­zle games, espe­cially the ones with ties to math­e­mat­ics, Sudoku being the most pop­u­lar one. Some time ago I bought “Everyday Genius: SquareLogic”, a small release made by a Texan com­pany TrueThought. It is a vari­a­tion on Sudoku that adds a level of com­plex­ity to clas­sic rules by uncov­er­ing fewer squares than a usual Sudoku rid­dle but giv­ing you other clues in return. Squares are gath­ered in col­ored groups of var­i­ous sizes and shapes, each with its own local rule, like “the squares in this group can be ordered into a sequence” or “when you mul­ti­ply all num­bers in this group, you get 120″. There is quite a lot vari­ety here, with basic oper­a­tions, com­par­isons or squares with no info on them at all.

Various lev­els of sup­port from the game can be turned on and off and the dif­fi­culty pro­gresses both in board sizes (with dou­ble boards show­ing two dif­fer­ent tips for each square) and clue com­plex­ity, so every­body should find his or her sweet spot between being chal­lenged and over­whelmed. There are lit­er­ally thou­sands of puz­zles to solve in the game so you will always have some­thing to focus on dur­ing a break at work. Personally, I have found it very relax­ing and mind-clearing.

Grab the demo if you want to try it out before you decide whether you want buy it or not.