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<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gunblocks&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><i>GunBlocks <&sol;i><&sol;a>is a &OpenCurlyQuote;round-based-platform-adventure game’ and the first game of German developer &OpenCurlyQuote;<i>Cookie Engine<&sol;i>’&period; It combines turn based combat with Tetris along with a cute writing style&period; The gameplay works by giving you a place to get to&comma; enemies along the way to shoot&comma; and blocks to place to manipulate the landscape in your favor&period; But something almost as standout as the gameplay was the game’s sense of humor&period; For example&comma; the demo is a mission to help your captain retrieve his favorite snack from an alien planet&comma; under the slightly too watchful eye of a floating computer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05084423&sol;Gunblocks-2&period;png"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-large wp-image-64370" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05084423&sol;Gunblocks-2-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"Gunblocks 2" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"421" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demo establishes the tone of the game well&period; The unique and obscure characters that populate the game build a sense of fun and silliness&period; This compliments the gameplay very well and prevents it from becoming stale or repetitive&period; However&comma; the demo only gave a short snippet of gameplay&period; Although I enjoyed what I played&comma; I cannot be certain whether it will hold up for however long the finished product is&period; The small amount of puzzling available seemed fairly simplistic&comma; limited to bridge building or making cover&period; The combat is also somewhat limited&comma; with not too much thought needed to outwit the AI&period; However&comma; this is a very early demo&comma; and there is still much time for improvement&period; I expect there to be many more levels to it’s design and I am looking forward to playing the finished product&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can play the demo <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gunblocks&period;com&sol;demo&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">here<&sol;a>&comma; and keep up to date with the development blog <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;forums&period;tigsource&period;com&sol;index&period;php&quest;topic&equals;42086&period;0" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">here<&sol;a>&period;<i> Cookie Engine <&sol;i>say that they are looking for a release on PC and Mac in early 2015 &lpar;&OpenCurlyQuote;maybe’&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;