Giveaway of the Day - Destiny Architect (rerun)

Thank you for the rerun, here’s my comment from the first time this was given away. Unfortunately this game received a very poor rating the first time it was given away, (38% of 170 votes) and didn’t get many positive reviews, though I personally though it was a great game:

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This is a new game from Meridian 93.

Watch out for the select additional tasks window when setting up the game because if you just click to install you’ll miss the tick boxes, which you will need to tick if you want a shortcut on the desk top. However if you do miss it you can always create a desktop shortcut from the start menu programs list, by right clicking and selecting ‘Send to the Desktop’.

The Game presents with a good looking main menu, which I hope is an indication of the overall quality of the game. The options menu includes the music and sound sliders as well as a windowed mode, 3D Acceleration and Special Cursor. The special cursor makes the cursor look like a fountain of colored stars which will probably appeal to the younger kids (as it did to me)

When the game starts for the first time you will be prompted for a profile name. Then thereafter to create another profile you will need to click on the Click Here button at the bottom of the screen.

The game starts with a short story, then a one page tutorial on how to move the blocks which can be moved left or right using the keyboards arrow keys or moving the mouse to the left or right. Once a block is in it’s correct line you can help it to drop quicker by pressing the left mouse button, or the down arrow key. The aim of the game is to build a tower. If you place a block in the wrong place early in the game you will get a tutorial message to tell you what you did wrong. I thought you may be able to rotate the pieces falling by clicking on the up arrow, but this caused the shape to fall and a message said not to try and rotate the piece, which would lead me to believe that in later levels this may be possible. The game seems to be an unusual type Tetris clone. (but better than the traditional tetris IMO). You can pause the game at any point by using the Esc key.

From what I’ve seen of the game so far though it looks promising. So my advice is, give it a whirl. I can’t give it a score though as I’ve not fully evaluated the game yet. I’m still at the stage where tutorial hints are popping up, so there’s obviously more to discover.
The lack of a proper help menu does spoil the game a little, as despite the tutorial screens, I personally think there is always a use for having at least a hard copy of how to play the game kept in the games folder, but better still accessible from the main menu. For example, when a block is initially falling you can see it has a particular texture which will give it a specific characteristic such as marble or brick. The towers you build look like their stability depends upon the correct placement of these blocks so it would have been useful to know from a help menu what each of these textures represents.

I’ve posted a few screenshots, but as mentioned above I’ve not completed the tutorial, so don’t think that what you see is all there is too it. Thank you.

All on one Page:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/?start=all

As a slideshow:
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/gaotd/?action=view&slideshow=true

To Meridian 93 and the giveaway team, thank you for a reasonable game. On first inspection it seems like it’s going to be interesting to play. Sorry my original review was cut short due to a hospital appointment and I haven’t the time to expand on todays re-run. I’d definitely try it out, especially if you missed it the first time around.

Thank you folks at GGOTD for the re-run. The game was incomplete the first time, and I was hoping for the chance to play the game through.
I like the game as it’s a puzzle game where logic is more important than speed. Give it a try!