That’s something awfully satisfying about putting things in order by colour.
This may not be the case for everyone. But when things are arranged by colour, I feel organised and relaxed. My closet and even my smartphone apps are almost always arranged that way.
So when I stumbled upon “I Love Hue,” I knew I was about to be hooked.
The smartphone game — which is available for iOS and Android devices — has a super-simple premise: Choose a puzzle and arrange the blocks by colour and shade.
I’ve been playing “I Love Hue” non-stop for the past 36 hours — I even have a game going on two separate devices at this point — and can safely say it’s my new favourite app.
Here’s how to play:
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The game presents you with several different puzzles made up of blocks in a range of colours. When you start a puzzle, the blocks will be scrambled and your job is to put everything back in order in as few moves as possible.
The game has a distinct, New-Age tone to it: When you succeed, it will give you a compliment like, 'You're an iridescent moonbeam!' and the various levels are named Mystic, Prophet, Guru, and so on. While a little odd at first, I eventually found the magical language comforting. Plus, the name of the game itself is pretty cute.
One important thing to note: 'I Love Hue' is entirely based on colour, so if you have trouble discerning between two very similar colours or have colour blindness, this is not the game for you.
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'I Love Hue' puzzles look a lot like a Pantone colour bridge.
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The goal is to complete the puzzle in as few moves as possible.
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