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Hydroform

Build · Hydrate · Contain · Survive

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  • Two boards under the sea: the right one bursts into steam and rainbows while a rain cloud hangs over the left
    Burn a lake and it rains on your rival.
  • A board crowded with lakes under the banner RAINBOW ×10
    Hold enough water and the rainbow multiplies it.
  • A split-screen match: the left board marked OUT, the right LAST STANDING
    Up to four boards on one screen. Last one standing wins.

The game

Water finds a way

Hydroform is a 3D puzzle game of fluid physics and speed. Pieces fall onto a floating board: raise the land into walls, catch the water in lakes, and burn the lakes off for points before the water finds a way over the edge.

Every lake you hold is a gamble. Buoys, deep water and rainbows each multiply the lake you burn next, so the longer you hold, the more it pays. Spill too much and the drain fills, and the board is out.

Genre
Puzzle · Action
Players
1 to 4 on one screen
Controls
Keyboard · Gamepad · Touch
Platforms
PC · Mobile
Status
In development

Trailer

See it move

Trailer coming soon

How it plays

Build, fill, burn, survive

  1. Build

    Raisers lift the land. Drop them in rings and ridges to wall off ground for water.

  2. Fill

    Droplets and rain fill what you have built. Hold a basin deep enough and it counts as a lake.

  3. Burn

    Flares evaporate a lake for points, multiplied by its buoys, its depth and any rainbow.

  4. Survive

    Water that spills over the edge fills the drain. Plug the leaks; a full drain ends the board.

Also in the bag: sinkers to lower the ground, bombs that blow holes, ice that freezes a lake, mines in the water, and a quake meter that fills with every block you pile on.

Modes

Alone, or four on one screen

Solo

  • Classic

    Level 1, everything in. Normal or Hard, with your best score to beat.

  • Daily Seed

    Normal rules on the day's shared seed, the same for everyone. One official run a day.

  • Challenge

    A fixed piece sequence to learn and beat, frozen discs that thaw in thirty seconds, boulders, holes, a half-full drain, and a picture to scrub clean against the clock.

  • Tutorial

    Short lessons, from moving and turning pieces to leaks, flares, mines and multipliers.

Versus and co-op

  • Survival

    The same pieces for everyone. Every lake you burn rains on the other boards. Last board standing wins.

  • Broadside

    Every buoy is a pirate ship, and every ship fires on the other boards.

  • Watermark Race

    The same picture printed on every board. Flood it and burn it clean; first board clean wins.

  • Co-op

    Two players on one board with both pieces falling at once, or four as two crews.

  • Online versus

    Boards across the wire. Coming later.

Up to four boards on one screen. Drop in with L-Shift R-Shift or any gamepad, and computer players fill the empty seats.

Platforms

Where to buy

  • SteamPC · Coming soon
  • Epic Games StorePC · Coming soon
  • App StoreiPhone · iPad · Coming soon
  • Google PlayAndroid · Coming soon
  • RuStoreAndroid · Coming soon

Store pages will be linked here as they open.