Rune Legend

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Rune Legend
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Developer(s) Dreadlocks Ltd [1]
Publisher(s) Dreadlocks Ltd
Designer(s) Václav Sahula
Programmer(s) Michal Červenka
Artist(s) Alena Bendová
Composer(s) Karel Antonín
Engine XNA
Platform(s) Windows Phone 7
ReleaseWindows Phone 7
  • WW: December 30, 2011 [2]
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Rune Legend is a Windows Phone 7 puzzle game developed by Dreadlocks Ltd with the game's setting being inspired by Norse mythology.

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Gameplay

The player places differently shaped rune stones on the game board. Your goal is to place the different shaped rune stones on the board to completely fill the game board in. When the game board is filled in you complete the level. The levels increase in difficulty. In the story mode of the game after completing each level you unlock a unique rune stone. The game also features the swift time mode or multiplayer mode and various challenges to accomplish.

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Awards

Availability

The full version of Rune Legend is available on Microsoft Store, an online game market, for $0.99. [4]

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References

  1. The official Dreadlocks's page
  2. "Rune Legend on Windows Marketplace". Microsoft. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  3. "Rune Legend for Windows Phone 7 won the fifth App-Parade mobile app show". 6 December 2011.
  4. "Buy Rune Legend". Microsoft Store. Retrieved 2022-06-01.