I tried playing a simple but deep puzzle game "Dots & Co" that connects dots and erases them

A free puzzle game that connects colorful dots arranged on the board with a line and erases it "Dots & amp; Co"is. There are gimmicks such as ice tiles and water tiles, and special items that advance the game advantageously, with a very simple rule of "connecting the dots and dots with a line", and for games that forget about a moment to forget to play, It is getting.

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You can see how you actually play Dots & amp; Co from the following movies.

I tried playing the puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" that traces colorful dots and erases them - YouTube


Playdots, Inc., a developer of Dots & amp; Co, puzzle game which connects dots by a line before "Dots"When"Two Dots"Dots & amp; Co is the third of puzzle games using dots.

Dots & amp; CoIOS versionWhenAndroid versionI decided to install iOS version on iPhone this time. Search Dots & amp; Co on the App Store and tap "Get".


After installation, tap "Open" to open the application.


As you are asked about notification permission at first start, tap either "Do not allow" or "OK".


The start screen looks something like this. You can choose between cooperating with Facebook or playing without cooperation. If you do not cooperate with Facebook, tap "Play".


Dots & Co is a setting to explore the world of puzzles with adventurer Emily and his colleagues. Tap 'Start' to play the first stage at once.


There is a simple rule explanation before the game begins. Tap "forward" by saying OK if you connect the same color points on the board.


Stage 1 is like this, three dots of pink, blue and purple are lining up on the board.


Dots of the same color can be traced and connected with fingers. Try connecting three blue dots on the far left ... ...


The three dots disappeared and another dot fell down from the top.


Dots can be connected vertically and horizontally, and the dots of naname can not be connected to each other.


The stage clearance is achieved if the goal is achieved by the remaining number of turns on the upper left of the screen, the target of the stage is written on the upper right, and the number of turns becomes zero. Since time limit is not set, you can enjoy it slowly at your own pace.


When you clear the stage, you can get "energy" necessary for game play as a reward. In addition, the energy automatically recovers "1" every 10 minutes, and the full tank becomes "15".


Where the basic rule of the game is known, tap "Continue" to continue the game.


Emily of the hero progresses the stage.


Dots can be connected not only by straight lines but also by bending. Because the rules of the game are explained in detail in this way, it is a nice point that even beginners can easily play.


Following the tutorial, I succeeded in bending a line and turning off several dots at once.


In addition, when the number of turns is left when the stage is cleared, the following spouted dots appear, you can extend the score by eliminating the surrounding dots and disappearing.


Connect the dots in a square ......


It is possible to erase dots of the same color at once.


To erase dots efficiently with fewer turns, it is a point to make use of the method of connecting dots in a square and eliminating them at a stroke.


You can see in the following movie how the dots are connected in a square and are erasing all at once.

The puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" connects squares of dots and disappears, the same color dots disappear at once - YouTube


In the stage where dots are regularly arranged, first remove the central pink dots in a horizontal line ...


You can erase a large amount of dots in one stroke by connecting square in order of blue, purple, orange.



When a dot is enclosed in a rectangle, when there is a dot inside, it is possible to change the inner dot to a dot of a spider and erase the surrounding dots.


Some of the stage shapes are distorted as follows.


A new member's penguin Anita appeared while playing for a while. Tap "Continue".


When triangular dots are connected, the animator charges the force.


You can see how much the anita is charged by the meter on the upper right. Every time you delete a triangle, the meter will increment by 1.


Anita has the skill of "to erase one color randomly from the dots on the board when the meter is full".


In the stage where a dot can not be connected to a square as shown below, we will actively erase the triangle dots and continue the meter.


Successfully erasing the purple dots on the board at once when the meter accumulated.


You can see how the animator collectively erases the dots on the board in the following movie.

Stage where the penguins of the puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" collectively erase all the dots - YouTube


You can also boost the animator to make the meter fast. Tap "Boost" on the start screen.


Then Anita transformed into "Super Anita".


To activate the skill by the animator, it is necessary to delete 6 triangle dots, but Super Anita can activate the skill by activating skill by merely deleting four triangular dots and it is possible to advance the game efficiently.


Next, transparent dots appeared on the board.


Transparent dots are convenient dots that can be connected to any color dot.


As you further advance the game you can now use items. Tap the eraser mark as per the guideman's grandfather.


An eraser is an item that can remove one obstructive dot. Tap the pink dot to try.


Then the pink dots disappeared and the blue dots became easy to connect to the rectangle.


Three erasers are granted for free, and after purchasing up, you can buy it for a fee.


Items will be given in order as you progress the game. The second item is "cross-erase".


When cross-erase item is selected, when you tap the middle pink dot, the dot disappears in the cross shape from the middle.


It is possible to see in the movie below how the cross-erase item is used.

I tried using an item to erase the dot of a puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" into a cross shape - YouTube


Three cross-erased items are also given free of charge.


The third item is "skill charge".


It is an item that can use the character 's skill immediately at the beginning of the game.



Get 3 skill charges for free. Depending on the placement of the dots, it is possible to advance the game advantageously by making full use of three items.


There are stages where dots wrapped in transparent ice tiles are appearing.


Ice tiles can be erased by connecting them like a normal dot with a line.


When the dots are erased, the ice gradually dissolves ... ...


When you delete the dot three times, the ice melts completely. At this stage all the ice melted and the stage was clear.


The appearance of ice tiles melting gradually is easy to understand in the following movies.

Stage that can clear when melting ice tile of puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" - YouTube


Also the stage where the board surface was divided into two as follows.


Iceberg harder than ice, by erasing adjacent dots ......


It will melt into ice, allowing dots to pass through the inside of the ice.


This stage also filled the whole face with iceberg on one side.


I will gradually melt the iceberg from the upper side and advance the game.


You can see the melting of the iceberg in the following movie.

Stages to advance while melting the iceberg of the puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" - YouTube


A new recruiter "Emilio" appeared.


Emilio's skill is a spiral dot called "paint dot".


Connecting paint dots and normal dots ... ...


The dots around the paint dot were painted in the same color.


By doing this, it is possible to efficiently create a tetragonal connection. As a point of playing the sensation of a tactful sense of capture, "to make a box anyway to make a square even at the expense of the number of turns" is the point, the point is that paint dot is the key to building a rectangle.


You can see in the movie below the stage that erases dots in paint dot.

A stage that uses a paint dot of a puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" to erase dots in one stroke - YouTube


As you advance the stage more and more, a difficult stage where the following ice tiles and icebergs have united together appears. When it is difficult to clear and it has become stuck inevitably, I will play using items and character's boost.


"Water Tile" appeared as a new element. If you connect dots next to a water tile ......


Water spreads to other tiles, and it becomes clear when water spreads to all tiles.


We will spread water more and more by taking advantage of past playing experiences such as tethered connections and transparent dots.


Where you are playing the water tile stage you can see it in the following movie.

Stage to spread water tile of puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" - YouTube


There is also an extremely difficult stage that you must melt the iceberg and ice while spreading the water tile water. Since water does not pass through tiles with ice, it is necessary first to dissolve ice and let it penetrate water.


The state of the stage where both water tile and ice tile are appearing from the following movie. In order to make water flow all the way to the corner, I made a rectangle more and more, the last few turns seemed to be faster to destroy one frame at a time than to make a square.

A senior stage where ice tiles and water tiles of puzzle game "Dots & amp; Co" merged - YouTube


If you can not clear within the specified number of turns, you can continue the game with 9 gold. However, since we have only 25 gold from the beginning, since there will be paying fee, it is better to go through without adding turns as much as possible.


The energy required for game play can be recovered to full with 12 gold.


Gold was able to purchase from 10 yen 120 yen.


At the time of writing the article, 155 stages were prepared in total.