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AbaCruX - Mindful Gameplay at Mac App Store analyse
RoGame Software
Version
3.6.0
Size
136.96 Mb
Updated
1 day ago
Released
12 Feb 2019
Screenshots
Description
AbaCruX is a take on the familiar board game - a dazzling piece of entertainment in its heydays often rendered with the most exquisite game pieces and expensive wooden boards to entertain guests and as conversation piece. Some regions, as is still apparent in the naming of some of the boards, preferred certain designs: there are English, French, and even German board variants amongst many others and different boards require different solution strategies.
Players can switch boards at any time but will find only the first puzzle in each board to be unlocked at first. A 4-star solution (of 5) of that configuration is required to unlock the next puzzle and so forth. To remove a piece its neighbor simply has to jump over it into an adjacent empty slot. While leaving the last piece in the target location is the general goal and best outcome, there is also a timer to consider. One must beat the timer, or it's game over and faster times result in higher scores.
There are several ways to approach these puzzles. Step-by-step memorization is common but after a while a player learns to detect patterns intuitively and to think several moves ahead. One can get very good at this game, even at the more complex configurations available in Extra Boards but it is a learning process. To be sure these puzzles hard to solve but excellent mental exercise without a lot of flashy noise. Great to wind down or spend some unexpected downtime.
Marble or peg solitaire predate most written records of their rules, and only in the last few decades has anyone tried to solve them exhaustively rather than by hand. Part of the reason is arithmetic: a board with n holes has up to 2^n possible arrangements of marbles and empty holes, so even a modest board can produce billions of positions to sort through before a computer, let alone a person, can say which ones are solvable. For the English board, the same 33-hole cross shape both AbaCruX and most of this research use, researchers have gone further and catalogued every solution to its central puzzle, arriving at a total in the tens of quadrillions.
A large search space means many possible positions to review, but not necessarily more paths to a solution. Some of AbaCruX's more advanced layouts, like the infamous Siege board, have many slots and pieces, but their difficulty largely arises from their irregular shape rather than sheer size. Only a narrow set of jump orders successfully navigates the Siege board, and a single early jump made out of sequence can turn a solvable configuration into a multi-ball dead end. Familiarity with the theory or any of research mentioned is not required to enjoy the game; it is noted here for players interested in the puzzle's mathematical side.
Each board in AbaCruX holds 15 puzzles, with an additional 8 high-scoring, advanced boards available via in-app purchase, some are shown in the screenshots above. Solution attempts are scored and can be improved upon at any time. All records are local, with the exception of Game Center which is entirely optional but also a lot of fun. AbaCruX has been around for many years and is the ideal casual game. The design is sparse but unobtrusive, and each level a true challenge. The timer is unforgiving, and real focus a requirement. As mentioned, solutions to the more advanced puzzles are far from trivial. But then we're hardly meant to beat this game, or are we?
Install on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and now also, AbaCruX mini for Apple Watch.
Estimates
Availability
Devices
iPad2Wifi
iPad23G
iPhone4S
iPadThirdGen
iPadThirdGen4G
iPhone5
iPodTouchFifthGen
iPadFourthGen
iPadFourthGen4G
iPadMini
iPadMini4G
iPhone5c
iPhone5s
iPadAir
iPadAirCellular
iPadMiniRetina
iPadMiniRetinaCellular
iPhone6
iPhone6Plus
iPadAir2
iPadAir2Cellular
iPadMini3
iPadMini3Cellular
iPodTouchSixthGen
iPhone6s
iPhone6sPlus
iPadMini4
iPadMini4Cellular
iPadPro
iPadProCellular
iPadPro97
iPadPro97Cellular
iPhoneSE
iPhone7
iPhone7Plus
iPad611
iPad612
iPad71
iPad72
iPad73
iPad74
iPhone8
iPhone8Plus
iPhoneX
iPad75
iPad76
iPhoneXS
iPhoneXSMax
iPhoneXR
iPad812
iPad834
iPad856
iPad878
Watch4
iPadMini5
iPadMini5Cellular
iPadAir3
iPadAir3Cellular
iPodTouchSeventhGen
iPhone11
iPhone11Pro
iPadSeventhGen
iPadSeventhGenCellular
iPhone11ProMax
iPhoneSESecondGen
iPadProSecondGen
iPadProSecondGenCellular
iPadProFourthGen
iPadProFourthGenCellular
iPhone12Mini
iPhone12
iPhone12Pro
iPhone12ProMax
iPadAir4
iPadAir4Cellular
iPadEighthGen
iPadEighthGenCellular
iPadProThirdGen
iPadProThirdGenCellular
iPadProFifthGen
iPadProFifthGenCellular
iPhone13Pro
iPhone13ProMax
iPhone13Mini
iPhone13
iPadMiniSixthGen
iPadMiniSixthGenCellular
iPadNinthGen
iPadNinthGenCellular
iPhoneSEThirdGen
iPadAirFifthGen
iPadAirFifthGenCellular
iPhone14
iPhone14Plus
iPhone14Pro
iPhone14ProMax
iPadTenthGen
iPadTenthGenCellular
iPadPro11FourthGen
iPadPro11FourthGenCellular
iPadProSixthGen
iPadProSixthGenCellular
Pricing by country
| Country | Price |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4.99 CAD |
| China | 18 CNY |
| France | 3.99 EUR |
| Germany | 3.99 EUR |
| Italy | 3.99 EUR |
| Netherlands | 3.99 EUR |
| Portugal | 3.99 EUR |
| Spain | 3.99 EUR |
| Poland | 3.99 EUR |
| UK | 3.99 GBP |
| India | 399 INR |
| Japan | 600 JPY |
| Korea, Republic Of | 6600 KRW |
| Poland | 19.99 PLN |
| Russia | 349 RUB |
| Turkey | 199.99 TRY |
| USA | 3.99 USD |
| Korea, Republic Of | 3.29 USD |
| Ukraine | 4.99 USD |
Version History
Latest: 3.6.0
Version 3.6.0 introduces additional statistics and improved widget display. Menu commands in iPadOS and macOS were updated and some localization issues fixed. This version also introduces AbaCruX mini. You can now play the game's entire first 2 boards on your Apple Watch.
Price changed to $0.00
v3.5.2
1 day ago
v3.2.2
3 months ago
Reviews
All reviews →Das App läuft auf dem iPhone 4 nicht
Habe das App geladen, es läuft aber nicht. Wird nicht einmal gestartet - Toll
Cannot play iPod while gaming
Even in sound off mode, it stops iPod music. I presume many people prefer play game while listening music! I hope this inconvenience will be solved shortly. Otherwise, it does not worth the price. サウンドＯＦＦモードにしても、iPod の音楽を強制停止してしまいます。多くの人は音楽を聴きながらゲームを楽しむのではと思いますが。この不具合を早く解決して欲しいです。そうでないとこの価格には相当しないものと思います。
くそゲー
インストールしたけど全く起動しない。 詐欺ゲー。 金返せ！
perfect
perfect game for iphone
chi mi può aiutare?
...niente da fare, lho anche reinstallato ma non funziona ....soldi buttati
Worst app
I didnt even get to play it before it decided not to work. This application is a waste of your time and money.
Confounding
Is there a 5 star solution to every level?
