Mixolumia

Mixolumia is a masterpiece. It offers something incredible both for the competitive among us, and for the more casual player. It is completely customizable in its color scheme, visually gorgeous, and has impeccable sound design and music, which may truly be unmatched among all games of this genre that I have seen. As a world-class player of another game in the falling block puzzler genre, I can say that Mixolumia offers a genuinely deep intellectual challenge, and the skill ceiling is unknowably high; meaning then, this game exhibits rare excellence as a competitive single player game. AND YET, somehow simultaneously, Mixolumia manages to accomplish the task of being an *incredibly* comfy and relaxing game. Put on the Summer Shower music track and play the Relaxed mode with your favorite colors, and you can experience true zen. Speaking as well as an apprentice mathematician, I can say the mechanics of Mixolumia are elegant, and much like Tetris, this game stands as an expression of something beautiful: it's a game that touches something fundamentally approachable in terms of a mathematical paradigm, while exhibiting itself as an incredibly satisfying, enthralling, and of course, an extremely fun game when you really get into it. As a falling block puzzler, naturally, Mixolumia is consistently compared to the poster child of that genre, which is of course Tetris. But I think that does this game a disservice. Mixolumia deserves to be understood on its own terms, as a new creation with immaculate vibes.