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Bubbles holding Halloween items: two matching ones touch and become one, at the next stage. Around this gesture are built an adventure of 1000 levels and four modes with rules of their own. A puzzle game for mobile devices, developed by Quaradur Industries.

  • Android
  • iOS
  • Mobile Game
  • Puzzle
Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — One gesture, one merge

One gesture, one merge

You drag a bubble, take aim and let go: it bounces, rolls and pushes the others. When two bubbles holding the same item touch, they become one, at the next stage. Each level asks for its own items before the moves or the time run out. At the top you always see the move counter, the timer, the objectives with the required quantities and the level number: at level 100 you need three wands, three cubes and two little dragons.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — 20 mechanics, one at a time

20 mechanics, one at a time

Each mechanic is explained the first time it appears: trampolines that repel bubbles and ice trampolines that freeze them, wind that deflects your shots, linked portals, moving cages that capture, spikes that pop; bombs to set off, frozen bubbles and crates to break; cobwebs that hold, veils to cross in one direction only, sliding tombstones; gates that close in turns and pads that keep the door of their colour open; whirlpools that attract, bats that repel, fused bubbles, mystery bubbles, chains and ghost bubbles. The fields come in 20 different shapes. At level 888, in the image, portals, wind arrows and bubbles with the items to merge appear together.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — Four power-ups

Four power-ups

Power-ups unlock as you progress and are bought with the coins you earn with every win. Pair finds a pair and merges it for you; Bombs offers three explosions that clear space; Extra moves adds 5 more moves to finish the level; Magnet makes matching bubbles seek each other out on their own for a while. In the level 587 screenshot, the pumpkin-shaped bomb and the magnet are in the foreground.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — Four modes beyond the Adventure

Four modes beyond the Adventure

The Game modes menu offers Recipe of the Day, Ghost Challenge, The Haunted Music Box and The Endless Night, each with its own Play button. Every day the Recipe is new and the same for everyone: same ingredients, same field, to be brewed in as few moves as possible; for coins, the first attempt counts. The difficulty rises from Monday to Sunday, every successful Recipe leaves a vial in a Collectibles tab of its own, and seven days in a row are worth 300 coins and a power-up. The Haunted Music Box offers 100 melodies to put together, classics and original pieces: you merge the notes in the order of the score, the right note has a golden ring and every merge plays the song.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — Ghost Challenge

Ghost Challenge

You replay a level you have already won against the replay of your fastest win. The ghost moves across the same field as transparent bubbles, and next to yours you see its moves and its time. To beat it you need fewer moves; if the moves are equal, time decides. In the level 150 screenshot you are at 25 moves and the ghost at 23, with the two clocks still level.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — The Endless Night

The Endless Night

Three minutes, the same length for everyone. A potion rises from the bottom of the field, faster and faster, and the bubbles it touches burst; every merge pushes it down, while two matching bubbles at the final stage turn into points. As the sky goes from dark to dawn the curses arrive: frost, crates, fuses, fog, chains and ghosts, and every night the field has a different shape. If the potion reaches the brim the night ends early: your record score is what counts. In the screenshot you are on 60 points, equal to the record, with the moon high in the sky.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — 800 items and 1366 vials

800 items and 1366 vials

There are 500 Halloween items for the adventure and 300 reserved for Recipe of the Day, each in three stages. Every completed level gives you its collectible vial: 1000 in the adventure, plus those from the Recipes, for a total of 1366. The Collectibles tab is divided between Adventure and Recipe of the Day, and in the screenshot 799 of 1000 vials are unlocked.

Skwizzo® Bubble Merge — 1000 levels in 40 chapters

1000 levels in 40 chapters

The Adventure is a map of 1000 levels in 40 chapters: the sky changes every 50 levels, twenty in all, and the image shows the transition to chapter 33 around level 800. With replays on, the game records your matches, which you watch again like a video, forwards and backwards and at up to 4x, divided into Adventure, The Endless Night and Recipe of the Day. Coins arrive with every win and are spent on power-ups and lives, which refill on their own; if you lose you can resume the level from where you were by watching a video. Progress is saved through Google Play Games on Android and through Game Center and iCloud on iPhone and iPad if you link your account, and no account is required. The game is available in Italian, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Hindi and Thai. Skwizzo Bubble Merge is free and contains ads (only rewarded videos, if you choose to watch them); purchases are optional (coins, power-ups and bundles) and no internet connection is needed to play. It is available on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

Status

Available on Android and iOS

Areas of work

  • Game Design
  • Mobile Development
  • Interface
  • Levels