A hard strategy/action game.

the main thing is to get into the game and follow it!

I have this game on my phone! Will try it out here now too!

I have this on my mobile, too!

My biggest city has 22089 citizens and highest tower level is 253.

One small hint for city building - the building restrictions are valid only for the building phase, once it's there you can replace all the buildings around it as you see fit. So it's basically quite possible to have a city filled almost entirely with green and yellow buildings, you just have to be a little bit careful with planning.

I love this game. Saw it a little while ago. The special roofs are cool. =)

This is great, it is going to be my new addiction I am sure.

Dumb question - I want to clear my city and start over, but I haven't figured out a way to do that. Anyone know?

Oh goodness, never mind, I found it right on the main menu - I said, stupid question.

all i can say is, thank goodness there are no earthquake in this little town!

Good game! Same style as "Thor Towers"(LDF), but a lot more complex and fun. Still, I don't think I would be brave enough to live in those houses...

The best board possible can have 12 yellow buildings, and I haven't worked out exactly the maximal number of green, red, and blue remaining (I managed 6, 4, and 3).

I got a city with over 25,000, and I think the limit (for someone with more patience than I) is about 30,000 based on my best buildings of each color:

Blue - 204 people
Red - 900 people
Green - 1600
Yellow - 1750

I think this guy built my first apartment...

I think the most Luxury (gold) towers you could build is 13. I've figured out how to make a checkerboard of 12 of them.

A tip for when you're stacking blocks:

I like how the little people fly in the windows with umbrellas :P

There should be a "Stack" tag for those games. Not a bad idea, huh? (Maybe a little hard)

Okay, here's a piece of advice that may make me sound idiotic but it worked for me sooo....

Interesting and fun game. :) The tactical aspect keeps you thinking to prevent wasting a lot of time on towers you won't need later on, and the unlockables make building previous towers more interesting again too, while also encouraging more precise building.

Anyone knows what's the maximum number of unlockables? So far, I've unlocked the special roofs for blue and red...

For better accuracy when constructing towers:

For better score during your bonus period:

I believe the best layout is:
12 yellow
8 green
4 red
and 1 blue.

Of course, you'll have to overwrite a number of towers to get there...

Pieter: I've unlocked the special roof for the green buildings, but I've only been able to actually put it on one once.

So, using regular old MS Paint and some ingenuity, I've come up with two different ways of making the same pattern of 13 yellow towers and 4 each of the other 4 towers, which makes me thing that that's the optimal city. I'm slowly playing through trying to actually build the city that way and it's working okay so far.

My only problem is obsessively wanting to put the special roof on every building. I'm such a perfectionist.

Oops, a little clarification:

The two plans I came up with have the same arrangement of yellow towers, but the 4 blue, 4 red, and 4 green towers were in different places between the two plans. Interestingly, the plans were symmetric in the same ways, and there was a noticeable pattern of the colors, which is why I think it's the optimal layout.

My best current setup is 12 yellows, 3 greens, 5 blues and 5 reds. I did this in-game without any heavy MS Paint pre-planning or whatever.

Where is your 13th yellow building placed? Mine are in a checkerboard pattern, with the middle being non-yellow...

Never mind, I've got it.

My optimal setup is 13 yellows, 4 greens, 7 reds and 1 blue. I have the building algorithm, but I still didn't try it out in-game.

well i have heard about this game from my friend too i was looking over the internet about this game... and i found the review from this site ..i really likes these kinds of little games that you can also play on the go .and this game is really appealing to me ...well i am really keen to play this game

kind regards
eddies

How do you fit more than 12 yellow towers onto the board?

The best I can figure out with 12y, 6g, 4r, and 1b is:

Boston Gamer,

I've got a Yellow with 2019

Great game. I can't think of anything that could have been done better, except maybe it could be a little bit more lenient to get a perfect drop. It'd be awesome to see this in a SimCity style...

Careful, guys. Your "optimal" plans require you to destroy towers that other towers are dependent on. So that may hamper you in the long run. For example, if you have greens in the corners and are now bounded by two yellows, and you unlock the special green roof, you're going to have to demolish those two yellows and insert a red and a blue tower in their place before you can replace the regular-roofed green tower in the corner with your special-roofed green tower.

I'd be interested in knowing the building algorithms, though. It's actually an interesting mathematical question. See http://homepage.mac.com/simx/technonova/C757145247/E20070829211523/index.html .

Ok here's a little tutorial for maximizing your city. This tutorial doesn't take your skills into account just the placement rules and the bonuses you get.

Start with playing however you like. No, really. Your primary goal is to unlock all the bonus roofs - starting an optimal layout from scratch would result in plenty of non-bonus roofed towers.

First build a yellow building in the middle. Then start from the top row and proceed in checkerboard pattern - 2 in the first row, three in the second, two in the third (not counting the middle) and so on. Also, try to "push" the blue buildings further down as you build because those buildings in top rows are most likely staying. It goes without saying that every building has to have a bonus roof, at least.

My final setup looks like this (1-blue, 4-yellow)

34243
43424
24441
43424
24143

and this is from the game, without preplanning, so it probably is not optimal. See if you can do better :).

This is not the best configuration, but one that includes 12Y, 5G, 4R, 4B. I also figured I'd spoil it for those who are lazy.

Keep in mind, like I said, this is not the best, and not done mathematically or anything.

STEP 1 (BLUES)

STEP 2 (REDS)

STEP 3 (GREENS)

STEP 4 (YELLOWS)

Mind you, doing it this way will only let you optimize

.

Like I said, not the best configuration, any optimizations or corrections are welcome.

Pray tell, how is your 12Y, 5G, 4R, 4B city more optimal then my 13Y, 5G, 5R, 2B one?

For the optimization and correction of your conf just recheck the post above yours.

Re-read the post above yours baba. He said that he knew it wasn't the best config about 3 different times. Yours shows your final setup, but not how to get there. Dan posted a complete walkthrough to get 12Y

I've figured out how to make a city with 13Y, 6G, 5R, and 1B. Currently in the process of demolishing my old map and putting in this one, which stinks because I was finally able to put special roofs on ALL my buildings X(

it doesnt work!!!

[Edit: You have to be patient for the game to load. There is a few moments when no even a loading bar is displayed. -Jay]

Dan's approach would work if the restrictions had to be followed indefinitely. However, since it's not the case his approach is doomed from the start - the only way to improve his layout is to essentially start from scratch.

I explained in my post how to get better setup, but I cannot go in as much detail as he did because it would take too much place. I outlined a general principle and I think it's quite clear - start with the middle yellow, then follow the checkerboard pattern from top to bottom while pushing the blue buildings out of the way all the time. By that I mean after building a yellow building exchange the blue building for a red or green whenever you have a chance by making another blue building below.

For a TRUE optimal solution, I guess contacting a math whiz is necessary. It's not quite in Fermat's theorem league but it is a complex math problem, and would take some serious thinking and knowledge of graph theory.

A little scoring advice: Nothing matters more than keeping a combo going as long as possible. I think combos made higher up a building are worth more than those down lower, but I'm not certain of that. The only other significant factor is getting the roof on as perfect as possible, preferably a bonus roof. But you can make a really high scoring building with no roof at all just by keeping the bonus sparkles going without interruption.

By best layout I've done so far is:
13y, 5g, 6r, 1b

Though I think I would score higher with Sethums layout of 12y, 8g, 4r, 1b. Since my yellows don't hold that many more people than my greens yet.

Here are my steps: (last spoiler for the final outcome)

Screenshot of my 13Y, 6G, 5R, 1B:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y133/zxEBOYxz/bloxx2.jpg

It got me 11th place when I finished it, but now it's in 13 and I'm rebuilding almost all of the buildings to try to get higher. My highest combo was 23 on a yellow building, which gave a +1467 bonus (the tower ended up with 1964 people). Not as good as some other people's here.

I love this game :)

this is the most addicitve game ever!!!!! I just cant stop...

LSN, Thats impossible you need a blue green and red to make a yellow! HOW IS YOUR DESIGN POSSIBLE!?!?

It's possible if you know which towers to destroy and rebuild into other towers. And I made it an actual screenshot to show it is possible :)

Not so user friendly.but it develops the interest as we go on play.

13 yellow, 6 green, 5 red and 1 blue. Like this:

34243
43424
24443
43434
24142

29,964 citizens. My best yellow had 2,337 residents.

Final tally, 30,360

Very easy way to get a very big score is the following layout:

2 4 1 4 3
4 3 4 2 4
1 4 4 4 1
4 2 4 3 4
3 4 1 4 2

13 y
4 g
4 r
4 b

This way you can rebuild all of your yellows bar one with impunity. As the yellows are the ones that are going to contribute most to your high score, this is a good plan... not the _optimum_ layout, but it helped me get 24500 with minimal effort.

That's 12 points below my highest score, Hermann. We had the same tower count, but I think your average yellow tower was a little lesser than mine since my biggest yellow had only 1964 population.

Can someone please help me?!
How do you get to build a yellow tower? I have gotten to the part where it says "no place to build this type of tower". Thanks for all your help!

the optimal is 13Y...pushing blues as down as i could i finally came up with just one blue tower bottom raw middle,and last tower i had to build was the yellow above it.

I don't keep a yellow tower unless i get 1700+ citizens in it, but i got several 2k yellows, and i managed to do a 26combo with 2500 citizens, which is my record. I guess this city is gonna hit aprox 35k+ citizens, im gonna post the layout soon.

my best one :

34243
43434
24442
43434
34243

Y-13
G-8
R-4

It *is* possible!!!

What is the cirteria for each of the special roofs?

I've got a yellow with 2542. I'm pretty sure I got 25 or 26 in a row right up until the roof.

...Just had to throw that out there to stroke my nerd ego.

My highest score is 28k! i was so shocked when i saw it!!

> It *is* possible!!!

No, it's not. Not unless there's a bug in the game.

You cannot have a configuration with no blue towers.

Proof:
Whichever order you placed those towers in, you must have placed some tower (let's call it X) last (i.e.: after all the others). Tower X must have been one of a B, R, G or Y tower.

Case B:
Then tower X is blue and since X was the last tower placed, there remains a blue tower on the board.
Case R, G, Y:
Then one of tower X's neighbors is blue, and since X was the last tower placed, there remains a blue tower on the board.

Ergo, your configuration which lacks a blue tower is impossible.

Every few weeks my game disappears :( Does anyone know how to fix this?

I unlocked the towers but how do I use them!by the way!if you want a real cheat in the corner when you build a tower before putting it where you want it says how many guys live there and put it over annother tower and its population will be at the bottom number in the corner!remember that its the top right corner!

found out how to make speacial roofs happen! do your towers perfect man! well not perfect but like really strait like one straight and another straight right after and keep that up! they let one miss slip but not two!

Hi,
I wrote a little C++ program which uses A* algorithm to make "personal-optimum" placements.
The resulting patterns are
RYBYR GYRYG
YGRGY YRYRY
GYYYG GYRYG
YGRGY YGYGY
RYBYR BYRYB
These are not really optimum, because it could give other results, depending on how points you judge the buildings. I manage to get perfect Blue & Red, and after some tries nearly perfect greens, but yellows anooy me too much and i never go beyond 2000 pts.

I tried. I tried to like this game. But the click bang, click bang, click bang monotony just got to me. Plus, I made the mistake of playing with headphones on and it was like the pieces were crashing right into my brain. The challenge of lining them up just right is not enough to make me want to see what else there might be (is there anything else?) to this game.

I have 30018 now..and may be getting more and more...
My best blue 200
my best red 987
my best green 1087 (but not quite optimal yet)
my best yellow 2485

but i still have 2 red,and 2 green without special roof

i love this game..

I have figured out that on the mobile version, the max you can get is 2 blue, 4 red, 6 green, and 13 yellow = 5 x 5 (25) squares to build on.

Yay! Nice game! Very addicting, which is a problem, but otherwise great!

This game should be on ipod touch and iphone!

g=1261 y=2164 b=160 y=2223 g=1286
y=2243 r=796 y=2489 g=1204 y=2263
b=161 y=1799 y=2714 y=2551 b=156
y=2245 r=789 y=2500 r=799 y=2336
g=1297 y=2367 b=163 y=2433 g=1642

build city total of=40041
quick game total of 461 with 63385 points

Well I have a Cell phone version which is much easier to aim (nothing special)

The People who've got 13 yellow..how did you actually get there? It just seems impossible because once you've got 12..how do you add one more coz u need a red blue n green. Plus. how di you get 200 on a blue?! I got straiht combo including the roof..and the total was 134.?

i think this is a very good and i got addicted to this as soon as i put down the first block!although i havent even managed to put a normal roof on a yellow tower i still play this games after school.

=D THIS GAME ROCKS MY SOCKS!

wow and i thought i was good!!
i play the mobile version of tower bloxx but i guess my strategy will work for computer too.

gyryg
ygyry
rybyr
yrygy
gyryg

12 yellow towers-1929
6 green-1207
6 red-796
1 blue162

please post if you are also a tower bloxx mobile fan im interested to see if there is any one that can beat just over 30,000 city build???

How do you place a yellow tower

can you post the layout Ie.

XX
XX

.

Hi guys,
I have a Blue tower with a population of 8417, and it does not have a special roof. I think my game has a bug, because I don't know how it was done.

I managed a population of 25279, but the buildings aren't built perfectly. I have this layout:

My best quick-game score is 28459, with 265 floors. I managed to see all the planets up to Saturn, not sure what's even further.

[Edit: Spoiler added ~ Kayleigh]

Hi,

My high scores for Quick Game

Height 444 Score 69250
Height 402 Score 66660

Currently in Build City with the following (12Y, 8G, 4R, 1B format)

1605-2078-0794-2112-1433
2078-0000-0000-0000-2012
0794-0000-0000-0000-0796
2006-0000-0000-0000-2074
1541-2115-0788-2094-1504

Total = 25822. Hoping I can beat 40,000 with this City.

@Vivek Abraham - Dude, you should go for 45000 at least. I think you can do it with those glorious Yellow building you make. Don't settle for anthing bellow 2200 there.

Addictedly Yours,
Ankit

I'm playing TB3D on the iPhone, and I'm stumped as to how to unlock the "Keys to the City." I have #1 rated buildings in every slot in every town, generally with much higher than the minimum tower population required for a #1 rating. All 3 cities are down to 1 blue tower, with 9 yellows in Seller's Market and 10 in Richmond Business. My populations are:

Richmond Business: 31,515
Seller's Market: 23,611
Toonfield Grove: 10,858

I ditch all towers unless they are at least:
Blue: 180
Red: 600
Green: 900
Yellow: 1500

Anyone out there unlocked the keys in one (or all) of the cities? If so, what were your populations/yellow tower counts?

Hint and a major question...

So I have the whole the game down, one hint I can give, you can always replace existing buildings with better more populous ones, or demolish a low or badly built one by placing them on th e bull dozer. Just look at the top and you will see the newly built ones population over the current spaces.

BUT, I can't find out what the box in the upper left shows. It has a tower with "XX/20" and two people there. I would assume the goal of the game is to get this number to be "20/20" but what is it then? Any clues?

that very fantastic game,i,m really happy for playing it,thank for ur info,call me when there are another game like that

Here is a way to get 13y, 4g, 6r, 1b building 42 towers in all (assuming you build them all perfect first time). As noted above, it means you have limited options later in the game so other layouts may let you get higher scores as your skill improves. I used this on the Nokia phone version.

Thinking over the weekend about the best you can do with all towers rebuildable to improve your score while you practise I came up with this. It won't beat high scores possible with the other layout but is OK if you don't want to got to all the trouble of starting again and having to build at least 42 towers improve your personal best.

OK, A final comment with the best I can do for both rebuildability and high scores.

Wow, the post in The Vault really takes me back. I still randomly get emails through photobucket about the screenshot I posted way back (as LSN) :)

here's my basic layout
RGBGR
BYRYB
BYRYB
RGBGR
BYRYB

then, get the towers to have trophy roofs. ALL of them.

and thanks to the ones who mentioned the 12 yellows, thanks for your comments! it appears that if i didn't see that, i might have resorted to starting over again.

I play the mobile version of this game, and I love it!
I was wondering if the scoring system is different, because I can't see how it's possible to have a red with 987 and a blue with 200 as somebody here mentioned. I managed to have a perfect red, with all blocks perfectly stacked all the way to the top, and it scored 801 points. Probably I could have had a few more points placing the roof even better, but surely not that many!

My best scores:

Blue: 162
Red: 801
Green: 1492
Yellow: 2511

Total city: 40817

have an old nokia now,
i like this game
my configuration: 13y, 5g, 6r, 1b
dont have any algorithm,
just thought deeply :)