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Kapsula is a Cool Retro-Futuristic Racing/Puzzle Hybrid on Android, Coming Soon to iOS

If you're looking for a different kind of racer, perhaps Kapsula will hit the spot. This title is part racer, part puzzle, and all challenging. You have to maneuver your Kapsula through traffic in a bizarre futuristic city, knocking other Kapsulas off the track without taking yourself out too. Plus, there's a web version you can try for free.

The track has seven lanes in Kapsula, which you move between by tapping the left and right edges of the screen. There are gems scattered around the track that allow you to upgrade your vehicle when you collect enough of them, but it's the other Kapsulas you need to pay the most attention to. If you pass one in the lane immediately to either side of your vehicle, the other Kapsula sticks to you. You need to dislodge it, but therein lies the challenge.

Colored Kapsulas can be knocked off in two ways—you can run them into the side walls of the matching color, or you can line them up to run into another Kapsula of the same color on the track. If you let the other vehicle hit a non-matching Kapsula, it's game over. If you should run into any of the other Kapsulas, that's also the end of your run. You have to stay on top of the Kapsula situation, because you will keep snagging them until you can't even maneuver anymore.

The goal is to survive as long as possible by clearing vehicles and increasing your score multiplier. The farther you travel, the faster you'll get those upgrades.

This game is fast and has a cool electronic soundtrack. The look and feel of the game also changes each time you play it based on the time of day. Kapsula has a very cool retro-futuristic vibe based on Soviet space imagery. It's like a more colorful version of an old pulp space adventure comic.

The game is in beta on Android, where you can get it for $0.99. The final version will cost $1.99 on both Android and iOS.

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