2005 · Puzzle
Biniax
Biniax is a free and open-source puzzle video game which was first released in 2005.
- Released
- 2005
- Platforms
- AndroidJava virtual machineLegacy Mobile DeviceLinuxWindows
- Genres
- Puzzle
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
About
Biniax is a series of free and open-source puzzle video games first released on April 17, 2005. The games Biniax, Biniax 2 and BiniaxMobile are licensed under the zlib license. The first two are coded in C, and the mobile version is in Java ME.
Keywords
- open-source
- games released for unsupported platforms
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The game is played on a 7 by 24 grid, which contains empty spaces or pairs of colored elements. There are four colors to choose from: blue, green, red, and yellow, with each pair composed of elements of different colors.
At the start of the game, the player is given one element that they can move to any empty space within the grid.
Reception
A 2005 review on AllAboutSymbian rated BinaxMobile 75/100.
A review of Biniax-2 at PlneHry.cz in Czech in 2007 rated it 7/10.
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Description adapted from its source, CC BY-SA 4.0.