AVALANCHE

■ Drop. Connect. Let the avalanche begin.

AVALANCHE is a falling-block puzzle about placing pieces and clearing lines. Stack five-cell pieces called Trons, then reshape the board with column-by-column gravity and sideways pushes. Blocks fall into the gaps left by a clear, sometimes setting off an unexpected chain.

■ How to play

◆ Clear a line, then watch each column fall

Fill a horizontal line to clear it. The blocks above fall down their own columns and close the gaps. Blocks that were separated can come together and trigger another clear before you place the next piece. Plan not just for the line you are clearing, but for where the remaining blocks will land.

◆ Seven five-cell Trons and the one-cell Spark

The normal pieces are seven different five-cell Trons. Each set also includes one Spark, a special one-cell piece. While Spark is falling, touch a neighboring block and press in the same direction again to push the connected cluster one cell sideways. Use the space you open to set up your next line.

◆ Snow, hard ice-snow, and Cascade Shockwaves

As the game progresses, soft snow and overhead hard ice-snow fall onto your columns. Spark can push or crush snow directly, while multi-wave cascades unleash shockwaves that melt soft snow, shatter hard ice-snow, and push back the snowfall countdown. Check the snowfall forecast and decide whether to clear snow with Spark or break the field wide open with a cascade chain.

◆ Place quickly, or keep more time before the snow

Hard drop instantly drops and locks a Tron. It also advances the snowfall countdown by one extra turn compared with a normal lock. With 10 turns remaining, a normal lock leaves 9 and a hard drop leaves 8. Choose between a quick placement and more turns before the next snowfall.

■ Six solo modes

Choose from six modes, each with its own goal and snowfall pacing.

• Endless (ENDLESS): Build your score until game over.
  
• Cascade (CASCADE): Race to clear 120 lines.
  
• Rush (RUSH): Race to clear 50 lines.
  
• Storm (STORM): Chase a high score in three minutes.
  
• Pressure (PRESSURE): Survive waves of overhead hard ice-snow by shattering them with cascade shockwaves.
  
• Combo Hunt (COMBO HUNT): Race to reach 12 consecutive clears (12 CON).

■ 180-second online battles

Find an opponent through Random Match, or share a room number to play with a friend. Offset incoming attacks and counter-send trash lines with cascades. Win by knocking out your opponent first, or by leading in score when the 180-second timer runs out.

■ Features

• Seven normal five-cell Trons and the one-cell Spark.
  
• Expanded 22-row playfield where blocks fall column by column after every clear.
  
• Push connected clusters sideways to open space.
  
• Snowfall forecast, overhead hard ice-snow, and Cascade Shockwaves that shatter snow and push back countdowns.
  
• Hold, Ghost, NEXT previews, and full 8-action key rebinding.
  
• Keyboard and XInput controller support.
  
• Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese and Korean UI, achievements and personal bests.