It's not easy to catch fish. My boss stood behind me and coughed three times today. I was so scared that I quickly cut the desktop into an Excel spreadsheet. 😭 But to be honest, with the daily plans, reports, and meetings, my mind can hardly move. I just want to spread it out into a piece of cake after work, and I really don't have the energy to do anything else.
As a result, during my lunch break yesterday, I randomly opened a small game called "Block Explosion Puzzle" and got right into it! This thing is simply a fishing toy tailor-made for us workers.
Let's talk about the gameplay first, which is to drag blocks into a 9×9 grid and fill a row or column to eliminate points. The blocks come in all kinds of weird shapes, 18 shapes, and they can also rotate. Doesn't it sound a bit brain-burning? But actually playing is not tiring at all, because there is no time limit at all, and there is no stamina value. You can play as you want and stop as you want. The boss comes over? One click to stop the screen, and then come back and continue to torture you. 😎
The most exciting thing is the combo bonus. Sometimes, with a flick of your hand, several lines will suddenly disappear horizontally and vertically. The tinkling sound effect, combined with the exploding stars on the screen, will instantly make you feel like your IQ is 180! Of course, more often than not, I am blocked with my hand, watching the chessboard being filled to the brim, and then silently clicking "Start Again"... But it is this impulse of "one more try" that is particularly stress-relieving.
And it doesn't make you angry! In the free mode, you can score points at will, and in the level mode, you can play all the way from 9×9 to 5×5. The board gets smaller as you go to the back, and the tension is high, but a game only lasts three to five minutes. Unlike some games where you have to wait for half an hour at the beginning, the risk is too high.
The most important thing is – it's free! No in-app purchases! No ad pop-ups! The developer is probably a colleague of Qitan. He understands the pain of our social beasts and just goes to the end for free. 🎉
Anyway, I sneak in a couple of them every day when I'm squatting, waiting for the elevator, or distracted in meetings. Work is tiring enough, just let me be a happy waste in a pile of cubes. All fishing enthusiasts, that's it!