Tricky Towers

Tricky Tower's campaign consists of 50 trials split into three different modes: Race, Survival and Puzzle

In a Race, you are given a time limit to build your tower up to a certain height which is marked as a finish line. Your tower must reach that height before the time runs out and than stand for a total of three seconds without collapsing. You have unlimited lives in this mode and could potentially drop all bricks you don't want into the water. In multiplayer, there is no time limit but the player who reaches the finishing line first (and has their tower survive the three seconds countdown) wins.

In Survival mode, you have to place a given number of bricks onto your tower. There is no time limit but you only have 3 lives. Endless mode is a special kind of survival with an unlimited number of bricks. The game ends once you've lost all three lives. In multiplayer, the winner is either the player who places all bricks first or the last survivor if all other competitors lose all their lives first.

Puzzles give you a fix set of bricks that you have to place on your tower. The catch is that your tower must be build below a barrier marked by a laser. Failing to do so means instant game over as does dropping a brick mean (you have only 1 life). Unlike in the other modes, bricks always come in the same order which makes this mode very easy when following a guide. Puzzles usually have multiple correct solutions. In multiplayer, there is no fix order of bricks and the tower base is randomized each map but all players get the same bricks. Your goal in multiplayer is to place as many bricks as possible below the laser. If a brick drops into the water, your tower will raise one level leaving you less space between the top of the tower and the laser. A simple mistake can cost you multiple bricks here.

Gameplay analysis
You usually start with a base of 6 columns. Left and right to this base is water. Any brick that falls into the water costs you a life and cannot be restored. You can overlap bricks to expand your base to the left and right but you always have to keep the physics in mind. If either side carries too much weight it will eventually collapse. You win the game by either placing all bricks (survival, puzzle) or reaching the finish line (race). A successful match always ends with a countdown of 3-2-1. During countdown you must prove that your tower stands. If the top bricks fall during a countdown in a race the countdown is aborted and you have to reach that height again. In a puzzle, if a brick touches the laser or the water during the countdown, it's game over and in survival, it'll cost you a life. A game may end prematurely if you don't win within the time limit (race), lose all your lives (survival) or lose a brick / touch the laser (puzzle).

The higher your tower, the stronger will be the impact of wind. Your tower will start to swing from left to right and bricks will fall down quickly if you don't place your bricks well. If you have gaps at the sides of your tower, you can fill them by nudging bricks into them. This is often the key to solving puzzle trials and a good way to get as many bricks as possible under the laser in multiplayer puzzle mode. To win a race trial within the time limit, you always have to find a compromise between a stable construction and raising your tower as quickly as possible.

Here are videos for all trial solutions including all the puzzles (click on the links to see the video):

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