Bells ring for puzzle lovers

Even if you don't like Chime, you can feel good about giving it your $7, because developer Zoe Mode is donating more than half of those dollars to the OneBigGame initiative, which distributes those donations to the Save the Children Fund and the Starlight Children's Foundation.

Fortunately, players who love puzzle giants Tetris and Lumines most likely also will love Chime, which takes portions of both games, mixes in some Tangrams, and emerges with something serenely unique.

The object in Chime is to arrange shapes (some straight out of Tetris, others inspired by it) into quadrants with the eventual hope of filling every block on the playing grid before time runs out.

As in Lumines, a virtual beat line slides horizontally across the screen, and portions of the song play in concert with how many squares you clear in any given measure.

Chime's excellent five-song soundtrack, along with the fact that players arrange shapes at their pace instead of catch them as they fall from the top of the screen, makes for an experience that's considerably more tranquil than those from which it draws inspiration.

But while Chime offers enough mode flexibility to engage just about anyone, those looking to tackle all five levels with 100% completion will be shocked to find out just how tall and entertaining an order that turns out to be.