As a video games reviewer, I’ve played plenty of match-3 games, after all, both iOS and Android platforms can be considered the de-facto home for such titles. In any case, indie game developer Roman Silin‘s latest iOS title, Rigibi puts a colourful spin to a traditional match-3 puzzle title and it’s one game you would wish you were a graphics designer (or a web developer) in the first place.
It’s a game where you’ll be sliding coloured tiles around in order for them to merge to come up with a new shade. Yup, you read that right. The whole idea is to get the same shade as the border ringing the tiles. There’s a bit of guesswork (if you must know, I’m colour-blind), but like I said, if you are a graphics designer or a web developer, turn on the hexadecimal codes on screen and do the math to get the correct sequence of merging tiles.
Some puzzles out of the 99 available in Rigibi can be pretty tough, but players will get a key for every 10 levels completed. And having these keys around can be pretty handy as triggering one will basically help players get over some of the tougher levels in Rigibi. Other than that, the helpful help menu (triggered by tapping on the question mark on the top left of the screen) does give a brief description on the math involved.
With a minimalist interface and an interesting twist to what would have been a typical match-3 experience, Rigibi does a fair bit to differentiate itself from its ilk. We rate it at an impressive 4.5 out of 5. Rigibi is totally FREE on the iTunes App Store sans in-app purchases, check it out over here.
