Stupid layout, good game

Gameplay is interesting, though the first puzzle is figuring out the rules (and I still have no idea how the scoring works—or even how to track the scores I’ve achieved). But it is designed to force you to play in vertical orientation despite a horizontal layout—with huge expanses of wasted space top and bottom, while the text—including the target numbers—is compressed too small to read. Other design details show subtle attention to detail (except the bg color appears to have been chosen to replicate a leaky dark lcd screen, which is actually a bit disorienting on a non-lcd device) but the layout is a stubborn hot mess. In addition, the slider buttons are quite sensitive and so far I’ve ruined at least three games when a button registered two clicks instead of one—a brief lockout of a second or so after one press would prevent these errors.

Unique gameplay, very addictive!

I really love this game for its design, sound and play style. It has combines two very unique styles with sliding blocks and combining same colored blocks in order to complete tasks. Overall I’m very impressed, I don’t regret buying this it’s a game that I can pickup for hours and still enjoy playing. There’s only one downside I’ve seen so far. As myself I cannot see as well and find it had on the iPhone 7+ to read how many I’m blocks i’m suppose to combine in order to complete a task. I wish in the future you could add an adjustment to the display size to increase the text size. (This was a struggle when playing through the instructions as well).

Addictive

I’ve played for years. I play often, daily. I can never “win” because there’s always a new layer. I complete 51 requests (tasks) but when do I get to a plateau? I’ve learned much about strategies to use, like building long strings as much as possible, like blowing up the unwanted colors in order to potentially refill tiles with desired colors, like blasting the requests down when there aren’t enough tiles to complete a request. But when do I reach a new level? Is it only when I pass my personal high score? It’s like playing Solitaire but you can never “win” no matter how good you lay those cards.

Excellent game

I love this developer’s Subpar Pool game, so I bought twofold too. What a great game! For a great price too with no ads or IAP. It’s also a small file size and good on battery, and it’s recently been updated. The tutorial is informative, everything runs smooth as butter, the design is gorgeous. And it saves progress at all times, so you can play in bits as you have time. This is the perfect game for the casual gamer who wants a challenge that is fun and not frustrating. You do need to strategize and plan your moves, there is a scaling difficulty, and luck is involved too, which I like better than games that rely on strategy only. I think most gamers whoever they are would like this game. It’s so well done. Thank you developer for doing unique games so well, and monetizing so fairly too with none of the typical gimmicks so many games use. I highly recommend this game and others by this developer.

Lots of fun, room for improvement

It's difficult to get the hang of this game, considering the beginning tutorial is super long and almost makes you more confused, but rest assured with enough patience you'll catch on after a while. It's a fun, challenging puzzle game that really requires you to actually *gasp* use your brain. There's definitely room for growth and improvement-but I'm sure that will come with time. My top request is to have something that recognizes when there are no moves possible. This doesn't happen very often but it drives me crazy when it does! But, overall, really great puzzle game.

Great game but absolutely devours my battery!

I loved this game- it's addictive, clever, not too tough to learn but tricky to get good at. It's the perfect thing to play in all the moments I want a fun distraction that's not all-consuming. Unfortunately, when it comes to my phone's battery life, this game was indeed all-consuming! It ate up battery faster than anything else I've downloaded, but was so addictive I kept playing anyway. 😜 I finally removed it to avoid temptation. Maybe I'll try again whenever I replace this iPhone 6 with something newer.

Clever and challenging

I like this game a lot. It looks simple and maybe even boring in the screenshots and video, but it's not. There's no time limit so you have plenty of time to think, but the turn limits keep the stakes high. The only thing that bugs me is that you have to drag a path through the blocks to clear them. It's pointless given the way the game works. It's a bit satisfying to draw the path, but once I get going, I'd rather just tap the clearable blocks. That's an extremely minor complaint though. The game is well worth the price.

Intriguing, but with major flaws

...It takes a while to try to figure the game out because the instructions are cryptic. The way scoring works as a mystery even after playing many times. The way the scoring works in reality does not match what the instructions indicate. ...The algorithm which determines what colors new tiles will be is the major flaw. It allows the board to be almost completely filled with the same color of tiles, at which point you can made any progress so “die” soon. ...So at first the game is addicting and quite interesting to figure out, but it soon becomes very frustrating since it has such major flaws.

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Cult of Mac Sun Nov 13 2016