Magicube reimagines the puzzle cube for a mobile, touch experience. Through my work with Stonegate Games, we designed Magicube for what we see as an underserved demographic: hard-core puzzlers. Inspired by classic physical puzzle games like the Rubik's Cube and sliding block puzzles, Magicube has straightforward, intuitive mechanics but deep and complex strategy. The digital space allows us to use geometries inaccessible to physical games but that look and feel natural when interacting with them on a touch screen.

The vivid, minimalist aesthetic allows players to focus on the puzzle and is visually engaging without distracting from the gameplay. The individual squares of a given "cube" are designed in such a way that each piece is unique and clearly conveys its position within the completed grid.

Magicube is now available on the iOS App Store.

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