Meldspire: Merge Puzzle Game

Drop a piece. Its twin is waiting. Two Sparks meld into an Ember, the Ember lands on another Ember, and suddenly the whole column is climbing. That is Meldspire: a merge puzzle with a spire for a board and a floor that will not sit still. Pieces arrive one at a time. Tap a column, or slide across and let go. Equal pieces stacked in a column meld upward into the next rank. Three in a row meld sideways. A meld that lands on another twin fires again, and every pass of a chain multiplies the points. Set up a column that steps down toward the top, drop the lowest rank on it, and feel the ripple run all the way to the floor. That is the chain meld, and it never gets old. The catch is pressure. Every few drops a stone row shoves the spire up. Stones never meld, but a meld right beside one cracks it loose for a bonus. Let a stone row shove a column past the ceiling and the run is over. The gaps…