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Tumblebugs

Tumblebugs is a casual game of the match-3 genre. Players are required to shoot different coloured balls into a existing queue to make groups of three or more of the same colour, scoring points for larger…

8 May 2005

Tumblebugs is a puzzle developed by Wildfire Studios, released 8 May 2005 on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tumblebugs is

Tumblebugs is a puzzle game developed by Wildfire Studios and released in 2005. It is available on iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tumblebugs is a casual game of the match-3 genre. Players are required to shoot different coloured balls into a existing queue to make groups of three or more of the same colour, scoring points for larger groups and activating powerups. The game takes place across over 30 distinct backgrounds and over 70 different levels which are divided into 12 stages and 5-8 rounds per stage. The story is based around the hero, Tumble, who is saving her tumblebug friends from the evil Black Bug Empire. Tumble is the mechanism by which the player shoots the balls to make matches.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tumblebugs launched on 8 May 2005, within three weeks of Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Forza Motorsport.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Forza Motorsport.

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When did Tumblebugs come out?
Tumblebugs was released on 8 May 2005 for iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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