
Now, you can either try and make squares or link together companion dots to get a boost. In Two Dots, my main focus was on making color-clearing squares to jump-start my progress if I was having a tough time with a level. This changes the way you play the game in pretty significant ways. When it's full, your companion drops a special move in the screen to help you progress. Throughout the playing field are companion dots clearing those helps fill up an energy bar at the top of the screen. You'll see them at the top of your screen as you play through a level - a big penguin or eskimo smiling down on you as you play through the level. Fortunately, these helpers are very subtle. The most noticeable change is the new "companions" that help you in each level. is still a fresh and refined experience that introduces a bunch of new gameplay features, and that is definitely a good thing. The new game is not the radical change that we saw between the initial Dots and Two Dots. Each level has an objective to be accomplished in limited moves (clear a certain number of specific colored dots, or break all of the "ice" on the board, for example), and you'll still get up to three stars based on how many points you get. If you've played earlier Dots games, the new one will feel pleasantly familiar: Your job is still to connect same-colored dots, and making a square will clear all of that color off the board.

It's easy to play and succeed in the game without ever spending a dollar, if that's what you want to do.Īfter releasing more than 700 Two Dots levels, the game's developer is ready to unveil the next evolution in the series: Dots & Co. It was a huge improvement over the original Dots and was one of the best examples of a free-to-play game that doesn't nickel-and-dime you to death. The game took a simple mechanic - matching two or more dots of the same color - and added a bunch of great power-ups, varying goals, constant content updates, new mechanics as you progress and a great visual style.

Mobile puzzle Two Dots (from developer Dots) did a ton of things right when it was released in 2014.
