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It was Christmas Eve 2007. My wife recommended we open a gift she purchased for both of us. It was Blokus, a globally popular polymino game of strategy. During our play, she paused to comment that I was just as capable to design a strategy game that could compete with so many others we have enjoyed. After all, strategy games have always been my favorite, offering the mind a real test over uncertain chance. I took her challenge and made myself comfortable in front of my computer.

Using EXCEL, I designed a concept, complete with a game board, a specified number and color of game pieces, a unique set of rules, creative logic and verification of possible solutions. I named the game "TOTAL BLOCKOUT" and set a goal to have a working demo and online version up and running in less than a year from conception.

Though this game was designed with entertainment in mind, we came to recognize the multiple benefits this game offers to all who play. Firsts and foremost, the game is adaptable to people of all ages. Children can benefit from the development of spatial attributes, configuring sizes and shapes within borders. Teens can develop early logic and strategic abilities, exercising the mind while common video games offer little, if any, mental growth. Adults can take challenge themselves or compete with others across the globe to learn new approaches to strategy. The elderly can also benefit by regular play, prolonging, if not preventing, the deterioration of memory and other cerebral functions.

Unless you're a genius and cannot only complete the algorithms for multiple solutions, but have the memory to make your moves within the controlled sequence, you will be both entertained and smarter from the experience. www.totalblockout.com

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By: Sky Games | 17/02/2009 | Video Games