Wasteland Hunter: puzzle RPG

So you're in a dusty, wrecked wasteland, and instead of just shooting stuff, you're fitting Tetris blocks together to fight. The core loop is: you walk into a fight, see a grid of enemy icons, and then you get these falling blocks that have stuff on them--bullets, medkits, shields, grenades. Your job is to arrange them so matching pieces touch and create combos. A row of three bullets? That's a burst of damage on a nearby scorpion. Stack shields next to each other? You get a barrier that lasts a turn. The satisfying click happens when you set up a chain--like a grenade block clears a path for a health pack row to reach your squad, or you deliberately leave gaps to make a bigger explosion later. Early levels are simple: plain bandits and radroaches that just charge at you. You're mostly learning to clear rows fast. But around the "Rusted Junction" area, the game throws in armored enemies that need two hits--so you have to think about stacking attack blocks in specific formations, not just any match. Then you get the "Toxifier" enemies that poison your blocks, forcing you to prioritize health or shield combos mid-fight. Difficulty ramps through new enemy types and larger grids--later fights have 7x7 grids and blocks that decay if you don't use them. Your brain is constantly scanning: what's falling next, where can I fit this, is it worth breaking a combo to survive. Between fights, you're back at your camp, which starts as a few tents. You rescue NPCs--like the engineer who lets you craft "Synth-Blocks" that count as any type for one match, or the medic who upgrades your health block drop rate. You also find blueprints for new gear--like the "Shockwave" upgrade that makes grenade blocks clear an extra row if you place them in the center. Managing the camp is basic but necessary: assign survivors to scavenge for block types or to heal your squad. The satisfying moments come when you execute a perfect cascade--say, a shield row triggers a shield explosion that clears debris, which frees up a bullet block for a full row clear, wiping out a sniper before it gets a shot. The game doesn't tell you everything; you figure out that some enemies telegraph their moves by the color of their icon border, so you can prep a block formation. Later, you unlock special blocks like "Mimic" that copy adjacent types, which changes how you set up. It's not neat--some fights you'll lose because a bad block rotation screws you, and you have to restart from the last saved camp. The camp rebuilding is slow but gives you permanent stat boosts, like a 5% faster block drop rate. The loop is simple to pick up but the depth comes from learning each enemy's pattern and adapting your block strategy on the fly.