For all that worked on Tidalis...
I'm a fan of match-3 titles. I gravitate towards frenetic titles. When a title offers "puzzle" mode, I tend not to bother. Just not something that I wholesale enjoy. When I learned that the story mode had a lot of puzzle levels, I kind of put Tidalis off to the side. When it went v1.0 I picked it up again and played a few of those puzzle levels. I'm well into the 3-n's at this point.
Gotta say that I really have enjoyed going through those puzzle levels. No matter how challenging, I still want to get through them. I like the dynamic of being able to try your solutions until you get it right without penalty. I like the congratulatory music, too! You implemented that very, very well.
And no less impressive are the frenetic levels - I'm into the 50's and have not seen one repetitive level. All have been fun. I don't know how, but every single one has been interesting.
Good job folks...
-cc
