Geonic Block Wars

A puzzle game wearing the clothes of a space shooter.

A giant alien pyramid threatens the planet Veyra. You fly a small ship, the G-Lance, around it. You do not just shoot the pyramid. You solve it, one block at a time, before it can destroy the world.

How it works

• Fly the G-Lance. Orbit the pyramid. Step from face to face and stay square-on to the blocks you aim at.
• Match the colours. Three blocks of the same colour in a line are a match. Lock one block and swap it with a neighbour to line them up.
• Switch blocks off. A match makes blocks inert. Only the highest live row can be switched off, so you work from the top down. Break the dead blocks with your weapons. Clear every row to win.
• Beat the clock. You have a limited number of moves. The pyramid rises as you play. If its top reaches the danger line, the planet is lost.

The demo

The demo is one full level, The Hourglass Gate. It starts as a classic pyramid. Then the shape changes to a plus, and the touching rules change with it.

Weapons

• Geonic Cannons (right click): lock a block, swap, let go.
• Pulse Ripper (1): rapid beams. It overheats if you fire too long.
• Tri-Helix (2 or Space): a salvo of three missiles.
• Spearhead (3): one huge missile you steer through its nose camera.

Enemies

The Weaver meddles with the pyramid and changes block states. The Warden shields parts of the pyramid and protects the key systems.

Controls

• Left click: fire the selected weapon
• Right click: Geonic Cannons
• 1 / 2 / 3: choose a weapon
• A, D, Q, E: step to the next face of the pyramid
• W, S: raise and lower the ship
• Mouse wheel: zoom
• M: sound on or off (the demo starts muted)
• Esc: pause menu

How to play

Unzip the download. Run GeonicBlockWars.exe. Click the prompt on the title screen and the level starts.

This is an early demo for Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). It needs a modern graphics card. It has not been tested on many machines yet, so please tell us how it runs for you.