They’re actually giving it away!
Boy, do I love Threes. It’s a charming puzzle game; a sublime blend of simplicity and polish. It’s won many awards, including a ‘Best of 2014’ from Apple itself. Unfortunately, developers Asher Vollmer and Greg Wohlwend had their flavors chomped hard by the plagiarists behind 2048 and the con men behind putting 2048 on the App Store.
Making a profit in the mobile space is difficult enough, especially when the free game biting your style is more popular than the product you’re charge for. Vollmer and Wohlwend have been trying to solve the money problem ever since 2048‘s inception, including a free version of Threes with ads, an Xbox One port, some physical merchandise to capitalize on the game’s impeccable graphic design, and now a browser version of Threes that I can only assume is some kind of honeypot.
I’ve been known to mess around with free browser Tetris from time to time in order to chase those Tuesday blues away, and this could be a solid replacement. The phone version is still the primo version in my eyes; there’s something about the accessibility of having this game on the tiny rectangular computer I have with me at all times. But if you can get past the persistent tutorialization, the browser version absolutely works!
We are the folks that made Threes […] AMA [Reddit]
Published: Dec 18, 2015 10:45 am