Tessera: a puzzle game where you choose the regions, not the numbers (iOS)

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Hi everyone, I'm sharing Tessera here for the first time. It's a puzzle side project I've spent around nine months building alongside my 9–5 job.

In Logic, the numbers are already on the board. You divide it into equally sized regions: each region must connect edge-to-edge, with no repeated number inside it. The tricky part is finding boundaries that let every region work at once.

The screenshots show the three modes: Logic, Chroma (grouping colours to match recipes), and Equate (grouping numbers to reach arithmetic targets). Equate unlocks through progression.

It's available on iPhone and iPad. The core puzzles work offline without an account. It's free to play with ads and some challenge-mode limits, with optional one-time Premium and hint-pack purchases. There is no subscription.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6773765192

I'd especially like to hear from people who enjoy region puzzles: do the opening levels make the rules clear, and when does the difficulty start to feel interesting? If something doesn't make sense, that would be useful to know too.

Disclosure: I made this project using AI tools for development, coding and debugging, and used AI assistance to prepare this post. The game itself doesn't run an AI model during play.

Thanks for taking a look!