StackEm for Android
StackEm v1.21 is now available.
You can download StackEm from the Android Market, the Verizon VCast Android store, or the Amazon Appstore for Android.
In StackEm, you place pieces on a four-by-four board and win by creating a row, column, or diagonal of four pieces of your own color. The twist is that there are pieces of varying sizes and you can place larger pieces on top of smaller pieces, regardless of if they belong to you or your opponent, to block them or to win yourself. StackEm was originally written by Shawn Grimes and released as an Apple iOS app for both the iPhone and iPad device lines. The Android version was written by Jeff Six for Android devices; this version uses the same graphics and gameplay but has an entirely new and separate codebase.
Gameplay
StackEm is played on a four-by-four grid of tiles. Players alternate moves and are allowed to move one piece (a stacker) at a time. When it is your turn, you may move any of your exposed pieces (be they from one of your three stacks of not-yet-used stackers or already on the board and not covered by another, larger, stacker) to any open tile or to any tile containing another piece that is smaller than the one you are moving.
Here is a video of StackEm for Android, showing a game played against the computer, to illustrate the gameplay.
Features of StackEm for Android
- Single-player mode against a computer player with three levels of difficulty
- Multiplayer mode (local to the device) with both normal and head-to-head display modes
- Multiple board and piece color schemes
Get StackEm
StackEm is now available in the Android Market! You can purchase and push it to your device by clicking here.
You can also purchase and download it from your phone/device! You can scan the QR code right here to take you to the download site in the Market.
StackEm is also available for purchase on the Verizon VCast Android store (access it via the VCast app on your device) and also on Amazon Appstore for Android (you can get it here).
Support
If you have comments, questions, problems, or feature suggestions for StackEm, please use the contact form to let me know!
Version History
- v1.21 - Fixes a specific bug in v1.2.
- v1.2 - Harder AI/computer player and a few UI tweaks.
- v1.0 - Initial release.