Lemmings: The Puzzle Adventure, also named Lemmings - Puzzle Adventure and previously Lemmings: The Official Game, is a free-to-play Lemmings game for mobile devices. It was released worldwide on December 20th, 2018.[1]
Plot[]
Asteroids have annihilated most of the universe. From a single world spared from extinction, lemmings need to voyage through the vast universe - building, terraforming, decorating, and settling asteroids and planets for Lemming-kind.
Gameplay[]
The game is similar to classic Lemmings games and is presented as a 2D side-view puzzle strategy game with the main goal of guiding the ever marching lemmings towards Exit portals. However, to accommodate the smaller screens of mobile devices and the lack of game controllers, the game has been made tile-based.
Every level is setup against a 14 tile high by 8 tile wide grid littered with various traps and obstacles and sometimes multiple entrances and exits. Instructions are assigned to tiles and are activated once reached by a lemming, allowing them to temporarily use the skills needed to create an escape path. Assigning an instruction depletes from the total energy count that persists throughout the game. Energy regenerates at a rate of 1 energy every 4 minutes and generation is capped at 60 energy (or at 120 energy with an active VIP Pass).
Various rewards, including collectible lemmings tribes and characters, are also earned by perfecting levels (i.e. saving all lemmings in a level), winning tournaments, playing enough levels to gain daily rewards from the Reward Rocket, completing seasonal challenges, by accumulating XP, or from the spins awarded by the game.
Boosters[]
- Main article: Boosters
Boosters give players advantages while playing a level or increases rewards upon completion of a level.
XP System[]
- Main article: XP System
Gain XP by completing levels and collecting tribe-lemming characters. Accumulate enough XP to level up and unlock additional rewards and extra instructions.
Reward Rocket[]
- Main article: Reward Rocket
The Reward Rocket gives players a daily set of rewards in exchange for completing a set amount of levels.
Tournaments[]
- Main article: Tournament
The tournament is unlocked upon reaching XP level 5 and allows a contestant to compete in ranking against other players by comparing how many lemmings they can save over the contest duration. The contestant is then correspondingly rewarded according to the achieved rank with gold, tickets, boosters, and other items. Achieving the top ranks also allows the contestant to climb to higher tournament leagues and tiers that earns them the chance to earn bigger rewards.
Tribes[]
- Main article: Tribes
Players can be rewarded with eggs which randomly unlocks a tribe-lemming character; each featuring a unique costume with some characters walking at a different speed than the rest.
Every month brings with it a new season and 8 new tribes or a total of 32 new tribe-lemming characters. Collected characters from the ongoing season will automatically appear in the levels being played.
| 01 | 13 | 25 |
| 02 | 14 | 26 |
| 03 | 15 | 27 |
| 04 | 16 | 28 |
| 05 | 17 | 29 |
| 06 | 18 | 30 |
| 07 | 19 | 31 |
| 08 | 20 | 32 |
| 09 | 21 | 33 |
| 10 | 22 | 34 |
| 11 | 23 | 35 |
| 12 | 24 | 36 |
Tickets[]
- Main article: Ticket
Tickets are used to unlock Challenge and Mayhem levels and can only be gained by winning them as a reward in one of the following:
- All prize spins except the Super Spin
- Tournament
- Reward Rocket
Players can only hold up to 5 tickets at a time although this capacity can be temporarily increased while holding a VIP membership and by progressing through the XP System. (Note: As of v7.30, VIP members are able to increase their maximum ticket capacity to 13 tickets upon reaching XP level 80.)
Season Challenges and Rewards[]
- Main article: Challenge
Once a tribe-lemming character from the ongoing season is unlocked, players can pay a ticket for every attempt to complete their associated challenge level. The level, played with no energy restrictions, requires saving all lemmings in the level and when completed rewards players with a special prize spin. Additionally, every four (4) challenges that players complete will also unlock additional season rewards as follows:
| Number of Challenge Levels Completed | Staple Reward | Additional Rewards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x4 | Vintage Egg x1 | Free Digging  x1
|
Free Stairs  x1
|
Free Blockers  x1
|
Resurrect  x1
|
| x8 | 500 Gold 
| ||||
| x12 | Free Digging x2
|
Free Stairs x2
|
Trap Disable  x2
|
Insurance Policy  x2
| |
| x16 | 1000 Gold
| ||||
| x20 | 30 Energy 
|
Double Lemmings  x1
|
Trap Disable x1
|
Resurrect x1
| |
| x24 | 1500 Gold
| ||||
| x28 | Free Digging x5
|
Free Stairs x5
|
Free Blockers x5
|
Resurrect x1
| |
| x32 / All | 3000 Gold
| ||||
Mayhem Levels[]
Mayhem levels are associated with previous season tribe-lemming characters and present the game's Challenge levels under trickier or more challenging restrictions:
Creatorverse[]
- Main article: Creatorverse
The creatorverse is a game mode which allows players to create and design their own levels and share them with the general playerbase.
Search and Play
Players can play a random creatorverse level, search for a specific level by name or code, and browse through the lists of new, most liked, or bookmarked levels.
When browsing levels, information cards display the level thumbnail, name, author, total likes, total play count, difficulty, and average energy rating. Players can also bookmark levels.
Difficulty Rating
Levels are assigned a calculated difficulty rating ranging from 1 to 5 stars based on the level success/failure rate.
In addition, rewards awarded by completing the levels scale according to its difficulty rating.[2]
| Rating | Fail Rate | Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| 5 star | >=90% | 5 star spin
(which may include Vintage Eggs, Resurrect |
| 4 star | >=80% | 4 star spin
(which may include Epic Eggs, 200 Gold |
| 3 star | >=60% | 3 star spin
(which may include Rare Eggs, 100 Gold |
| 2 star | >=20% | 2 star spin (which may include 15 Energy  )
|
| 1 star | <20% | Regular prize spin |
Energy Rating
Levels are assigned the following energy levels depending on the average energy it takes to solve the level:
- Low - 9 energy or less (note: low-energy levels do not award players any rewards regardless of difficulty)
- Medium - between 10 to 35 energy
- High - between 36 to 60 energy
- Ultra - 61 energy or more
Daily Featured Levels
Featured levels is a daily showcase of creatorverse levels handpicked by Exient. In exchange for completing featured levels, players are awarded a prize spin equivalent to 5-star level rewards. The first two (2) attempts at each creatorverse featured level are also playable at zero (0) energy cost. In addition, the game tracks the player's featured levels winning streak.[2]
Level Creator
The creatorverse level editor
The level creator allows players to design and upload their own levels, using the basic blocks and traps they unlock through normal gameplay. In addition, players can lock a custom level's instruction set, restricting usable instructions to only those used by the creator in validating the level.[3]
Monetization Mechanics[]
The game includes gameplay mechanics which can only be accessed by paying with real-world currency.
In-game Store[]
The store presents players with various in-app purchases and resources which can be purchased via real-life currency or via in-game gold.
The following resources are available for purchase in exchange for in-game gold:
- Full energy refill for 900 gold
- Lights On for 350 gold[4][5]
- 2x Lemmings for 350 gold
- Trap Disable for 200 gold
- Insurance for 100 gold
- Uncommon egg for 100 gold
- Rare egg for 200 gold
- Epic egg for 600 gold
- Legendary egg for 1800 gold
- A random tribe member from the previous season for 500 gold[6]
- A random tribe from any of the previous seasons for 1000 gold[6]
Ads[]
The game presents players with the choice to watch advertisements in exchange for additional rewards with all ads being completely optional.
The following can be claimed in exchanged for watching ads:
- An extra reward spin
after completing a level - 100 gold . This offer can be claimed every after 8 hours from the store.
- A Daily Spin reward
- Either 10 bonus energy , 35 lemmings (instantly added to the current mission quota), or a tribal egg in exchange for watching an ad. This is offered via various pop-ups from the main worlds screen.
- Resetting the tribe or tribe-lemming offered in the store
- Reopening the same egg after getting a duplicate tribe-lemming character
- 2 tickets[7]
VIP Membership[]
- Main article: VIP
By purchasing a VIP Pass, VIP members skip ads and unlock additional in-game rewards and advantages across multiple game modes and features.
Advantages
- Skip ads while keeping ad-related rewards and benefits
- An extra reward spin after completing a Main Universe level
- 100 gold offered every 8 hours from the store
- A daily spin reward
- Either 10 bonus energy , 35 lemmings (instantly added to the current mission quota), or a tribal egg offered via random pop-ups in the Main Universe screen
- Replacing the tribe of the day or the previous season tribe-lemming character offer in the store
- Reopening the same egg after getting a duplicate tribe-lemming character
- An extra reward spin
- Energy capacity increased from 60 to 120 energy
- This has the added side-effect of making the energy refill the most efficient method of earning up to 120 energy
- Energy refill is offered at the store for 900 gold
- This has the added side-effect of making the energy refill the most efficient method of earning up to 120 energy
- Enhanced energy regeneration at a rate of 1 energy every 2 minutes
- Additional XP System rewards including:
- VIP-exclusive instructions
- Additional ticket capacity for the duration of the VIP membership (as of v7.30, ticket capacity can be increased to 13 upon reaching XP level 90)
- Additional favourite lemmings slots (as of v7.30, favourite lemmings can be increased to 24 upon reaching XP level 80)
- Reward spin is awarded without the need to perfect Main Universe levels
- Special free resurrect in the Main Universe once per day
- Instant access to all creatorverse traps
Piggy bank[]
Piggy bank automatically converts duplicate tribe-lemming characters into gold and stores the gold until full. Once a minimum threshold is reached, the gold can then be bought in exchange for real-world currency.
Capacity
The piggy bank initially reaches its full capacity at 500 gold, allowing the 500 gold to be claimed the first time for free. Its capacity is then upgraded and does so every time it is emptied, eventually reaching a final full capacity.
| Attempt Count | Maximum Capacity | Minimum Purchasable Gold | Price (approximated in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 500 Gold
|
500 Gold
|
Free |
| 2nd | 6,000 Gold
|
2,000 Gold
|
$2 |
| 3rd | 8,250 Gold
|
5,500 Gold
|
$5 |
| Nth attempts | 21,000 Gold
|
12,000 Gold
|
$10 |
Conversion Rate
The amount of gold a tribe-lemming character is converted to depends on the current capacity of the piggy bank and on the rarity of the duplicate tribe-lemming character. Generally, the lemming-to-gold conversion rate improves as the gold capacity increases, alleviating the difficulty to later fill the piggy bank at higher capacities.
Regardless of the current conversion rate, duplicate tribe-lemming characters are converted as follows:
- Uncommon lemmings convert at the current base rate
- Rare lemmings convert for approximately 2x the base
- Epic lemmings convert for approximately 4x the base
- Legendary lemmings convert for approximately 8x the base
Trivia[]
- This is the only Lemmings game in which the critters appear with no limbs and floating hands and feet.
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ "Lemmings". MobyGames.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved on 16 July 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Available starting version 7.4
- ↑ Available starting version 7.5 "Instructions Unleashed"
- ↑ Available starting version 6.8.
- ↑ Price reduced from 600 to 350 in version 7.5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Available starting version 3.0
- ↑ Available starting version 7.5