{{Short description|2015 puzzle video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Hex Frvr | image = Hex FRVR cover.png | developer = Chris Benjaminsen | publisher = | platforms = Browser, iOS, Android | released = 13 August 2015 | genre = Tile-matching video game | modes = Single-player }}
'''''Hex Frvr''''' (stylized '''''Hex FRVR''''') is a puzzle video game released in 2015, created by indie developer Chris Benjaminsen. The player is given an empty hexagon-shaped board, and must strategically place pieces on it to fill in lines of tiles. It started as a test, but unexpectedly went viral after Benjaminsen released it.
== Gameplay ==
The title "HEX FRVR" stands for "Hexagon Fever". Players can choose one of three pieces to add onto an empty board at a time, made up of several small tiles. Linking tiles in a line from one edge of the board to another will remove all the tiles in the completed line, and finishing several lines at once will create a combo for extra points.<ref name=VB>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/14/meet-hex-frvr-the-new-puzzle-game-thatll-take-over-your-life/|title=Meet Hex FRVR, the new puzzle game that'll take over your life|date=14 October 2015|website=VentureBeat|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629011516/https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/14/meet-hex-frvr-the-new-puzzle-game-thatll-take-over-your-life/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game ends when the player can no longer place anymore tiles.<ref name=PCG>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/hex-frvr-the-perfect-procrastination-puzzle-game/|title = Hex FRVR: The perfect procrastination puzzle game|website = PC Gamer|date = 12 October 2015|last1 = Senior|first1 = Tom}}</ref>
== Development ==
''Hex Frvr'' was created by Chris Benjaminsen as a way to test his HTML5 skills. His first game was a version of solitaire, so he "wanted something different."<ref name=cnet>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/hex-frvr-set-to-become-the-new-2048/|title = Hex FRVR is set to become the latest gaming craze|website=CNET}}</ref> The game was based on a minigame in ''Second Life''.<ref name=PCG/> According to Chris Benjaminsen, "Quite a lot of my friends started losing sleep to the game, which is a pretty good indicator that you have a success on your hands." He also commented that "the game got even more addictive when sounds and music were added to the game".<ref name=VB/> The game was released on Facebook and web browsers in August 2015, with the mobile versions releasing 4 October of the same year.<ref name=VB/>
== Reception ==
When Benjaminsen promoted the game on Reddit, it got over 1,500 comments and started to go viral.<ref name=cnet/> According to Benjaminsen, the Reddit post was "definitely what made the game explode. While I have been successful with distribution before, I have never done anything like this."<ref name=VB/> After five days of being released, Chris Benjaminsen revealed that "players have spent just above 4 full years (1,598 days) playing the game".<ref name=cnet/>
Tom Senior wrote an article for ''PC Gamer'' titled "Hex FRVR: the perfect procrastination puzzle game", stating "It's so quick and simple that I can't stop playing it."<ref name=PCG/> The game has been noted by many players to be addictive.<ref name=VB/>
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Category:2015 video games Category:Browser games Category:Puzzle video games Category:Indie games Category:Video games developed in Denmark Category:IOS games Category:Android (operating system) games Category:Single-player video games