TriJinx: A Kristine Kross Mystery™

$6.99

Release Date:: May 6, 2010
Developer:: PlayFirst
Platforms:: Windows Mac

About This Game

Welcome to the world of TriJinx – an action-puzzle with a tumbling twist!

It’s Egypt in 1935 and you are trapped in the tomb of TriClops! Can you outrun this triangle trap? Match triangles and clear colors as you help Kristine Kross on her quest to find her missing father and escape.

TriJinx combines classic gameplay mechanics with an elegant and dynamic rotating game board, evoking the hypnotic charm of Tetris or Collapse but adding action, speed and dynamic beauty. Enter this rotational riddle and you will find yourself immersed in an intriguing story as well!

TriJinx appeals to coffee breakers and competitive players alike. Even puzzle purists will get wrapped up in this game’s electrifying story twists. This innovative action puzzle includes:

"Adventure Mode" with 68 levels of can’t-stop gameplay
An intriguing story featuring professional voice actors and full color illustrations
Three additional unique modes of play including fast-action Arcade, and two strategic Puzzle modes
Spectacular animated world!
Rich audio soundtrack, with cinematic score, special effects and sounds

So, join Kristine Kross! In this race against time, you must pass through a series of 68 locked gates before the curse turns everyone in your team to stone! Navigate a labyrinth of brain-bending puzzles as you help Kristine return the ancient artifact to the center of the tomb, rescue her dad and unearth the secret of the TriJinx.

Blaze your way through ten exciting chambers as you unlock the ancient gates and unravel the mystery of the Triclops!
Mystical triangles are filling the chamber – click on three or more to make them disappear!
Rotate the gameboard to create groups you can clear away.
Earn scarabs and use them strategically to clear all triangles of a single color from the chamber.
Create bombs from 4 smaller triangles of the same color and explode the stone blocks!
Use multi-colored triangles as wild cards with any color.
Use chameleons that constantly change colors to complete powerful color combinations!

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User Reviews

Mixed

7 user reviews

57%

Positive

User #316793 english

2 hrs at review

Recommended

Its a simple fun "match the colors" style puzzle game with a cute (cute is the only word I could think of) little story. Good for a time killer and seems like it would run on a low-end pc. $6.99 seems a little pricey so I would wait for a sale.

User #817556 english

15 min at review

Not Recommended

Too pricey for a simple match game. There's just not enough to keep my attention. It just makes me want to play Bejeweled some more.

User #340470 english

14 min at review

Not Recommended

The game crashes after a few moves. Couldn`'t find any help.

User #130865 english

5 hrs at review

Recommended

I have never played a game where ocular deformity was mentioned so frequently without any payoff. Come to think of it, I can't remember playing any other game where ocular deformity was mentioned so frequently. It really was unclear what Kristine's father was trying to accomplish raiding this particular tomb, other than providing his daughter an excuse for "adventure". There were certainly no "electrifying story twists". The fundamental flaw of this game is the scaling of the challenge. Through the first half of the game, the additional challenges steadily introduced require an element of strategy. Rotating the board to build larger matches is a unique and enjoyable feature of play. The player still has time to think ahead and plan ways to boost the score. Bonuses can be saved for emergency use in case the timer is running out. At this point, the game is fun. Late in the game, there is a period in which the minimum number of triangles required to make a match increases, and there is...