Message from Stars weak

The helper app for "A Message from the Stars" is not good. The sections for Trust, Amplify, and Suspicion letters should be more visually obvious. They're in columns, which isn't the natural inclination for people entering info. There are thin lines indicating the grouping, but it could be made more obvious. Also, the rules have limits to the use of Green, Black, and Red letters but the app doesn't enforce or even indicate when these rules aren't followed. You can enter 'E' in every slot ('E' is a common, or Green, letter) but the game won't even highlight or indicate this.

Good for companion, bad for everything else

The companion for “a message for the stars” delivers just what is needed, but a little bit more experience in the interface doesn’t hurt. The game apps simply doesn’t open at all.

Terrible UI

There are no instructions on how to use the user interface for Mountain Goats and it is not at all intuitive. It seems impossible to control which dice you are grouping together. The camera angle is also terrible, makes the game difficult to see, and can’t be moved. I own the physical game and would be willing to pay for an app that actually worked…but this one doesn’t.

Mountain goats

Game is fine, but I had to look up rules online. Also, moving dice to the top row would activate my notification menu on the iPhone which was very annoying.

Duplicate numbers?

Quite a nice implementation of the board game. However in my first game, it gave me duplicate rolls on two different occasions. If I recall, this is not supposed to happen. So the good game I had going was ruined because it made me place 45 and 54, even though I already had those numbers on the board. Otherwise, like someone else said, it would be fun to plot your own route at the end instead of having it done automatically. It feels kind of cheesy when the CPU finds one worth more points than you were planning.

Poor implementation

No sounds for simple stuff like dice roll or cards flipping. No dice or card flip animations. I know… its a trivial thing, a minor gripe but I HATE “silent” apps. Digital board games should convey a sense of the physical board game. This one game fails in this regard. I’m surpised the app shows dice at all. Very cheaply made. I like the GAME concept… and if it ever goes on sale, I’d get the physical game. Looks FAR more interesting to play than this digital simpleton. One thing this digital game should do at the end is to allow you to submit your chosen route, overlayed with the “optimal” route. They wont always be the same and would be interesting to see how close your chosen route matches with the optimal route. Oh well, glad I tried it but I’ll probably never play this digital app again. Great GAME concept, poor/boring digital implementation.

Nice implementation!

This is a great visual implementation of the board game. It looks great and has a simple intuitive interface. I would love to see multi-player functionality built out so you can play with friends. However, I can still see myself enjoying this as is.

Awesome!

This is a solid implementation of a great roll and write game. I’ve spent many hours with it. I would *really* like it if it would to allow me to listen to music or podcasts while I’m playing, though. That would get it 5 stars.

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