Inline

[b]edit:[/b] full price got reduced from $5 to $1 in october 2022, much better deal, then it went free. [b]inline[/b] is an endless tetris-like where you have to place shapes on a grid and clear lines until you run out of space. [b]no timer[/b] and the [b]next 3 shapes are shown[/b]. there's a bar on top that fills up as you keep placing things and removing lines, maybe even doing [b]streaks or combos[/b] by clearing multiple lines with one placement or one line after the other with each shape. [b]once the bar fills, you get a skip[/b] (can't have more than 5 at a time) to use if you'd rather move on to the next piece. run out of both skips and space and it's game over. that's pretty much it, [b]it's all random and there's only a single layout[/b], with a so-called 'spawn zone' in the middle, where the current piece shows up. as you keep playing and level up, weirder and weirder shapes enter the picture. also, after the first run [b]custom mode[/b] unlocks, where you can set various ...

A beautifully put together little gem of a game. The most interesting and relaxing game the I have played for quite a while. Congratulations to the Developer. I give this game a very high rating for emersiveness. You can take all the time that you want to place your pieces, or you can compete against your previous best time taken or high score. It's all up to you. Play with whichever game boards takes your fancy. An hour or two will pass without you even noticing it! Well put together, bug free, Interesting, good music, nice game board, easy controlls, easy to learn, loads of options and worth the price. Thumbs up - this is a good purchase if you want a relaxing, stress-free and interesting puzzle to play.

Thanks to GG Gabriel Gaming, I found this game. This is a masterpiece. In my humble opinion, if this game was on more consoles, this would be a perfect game.

Wonderful small Tetris-inspired puzzle game. Relaxing soundtrack, simple gameplay and funny easter eggs!

A very fun game. Play this for the achievements. There is a lot more here than meets the eye on first inspection.

There have been times when I went on a tetromino-based-game frenzy. Inline showed me that my enjoyment mostly came from packing odd shapes together and leaving options open for various future blocks. The lack of time pressure in Inline, combined with a (by default) multiple-piece preview of upcoming pieces, allows for deeper thinking about placement than action-focused block games. Unlike many tetromino-based games, this has pieces beyond the normal four blocks with various larger pieces with up to nine blocks, down to a single block. There are even a few pieces that have two or three blocks connected at a diagonal. The default mode later difficulty requires some planning ahead, especially on the later levels. For more challenge, the custom mode allows a higher maximum difficulty. Custom mode allows changing difficulty in various ways, to make it very easy to very hard. Change the playable area size, the number of upcoming pieces seen, or even the percentage breakdown per-piece. (Wan...

pretty neat little game with some neat little secrets

Fun relaxing game with some amazing easter eggs

Date of completion: December 8, 2019 Review: It was a good game; nice graphics, music, sound effects, gameplay and clever Achievements. ...Some of which were TOO clever; I had to get help from someone who already got those certain achievements but the procedures were still fun to watch all the same. I think INLINE also has potential for Steam Trading Cards, too; so many shapes to choose from for card images and thus for Profile Badges, emoticons and profile backgrounds. ...A shame barely anyone plays it anymore, though.

Absolutely love it. I played Tetris on the NES a lot in high school and love Tetris-y games--this is easily one of my favorite takes on the game. +1 for the Easter eggs.