Blocked (video game)

Blocked
Developer(s)	Joel Rosenberg
Platform(s)	iPhone, iPod Touch

Blocked is a 2009 puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch made by Joel Rosenberg.

Development

The game was based on the puzzle game Rush Hour.[1]

Game description

The player maneuvers around gray blocks until a blue rock can escape. Blocks can only move left and right or up and down. The game has 100 challenges in 20 levels: easy, medium, hard, harder, and hardest.[2]

Reception

James Savager of Macworld noted that Blocked is the perfect puzzle game for those quick moments during the day when you've got some time to kill and need a puzzle to solve.[3] Lew Reed of Slide To Play pointed to the game's simplicity as being crucial to its success.[4]

References

1. "Blocked (for iPhone)". ukpcmag. 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
2. Bergen, Jennifer (2009-07-09). "Blocked Review". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
3. Savage, James. "Blocked Review". Macworld. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
4. Reed, Lew. "Blocked Review". Slide To Play. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.