Patterned Hack 5.8.2 + Redeem Codes
Puzzling, Seamlessly Repeated
Developer: BorderLeap
Category: Games
Price: Free
Version: 5.8.2
ID: com.borderleap.patterned
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Description
Patterned is a unique puzzle game that immerses you in the beauty and joy of seamless, repeating patterns.
Each pattern begins as a sketch and you must use visual clues to reassemble its scrambled pieces. Piece by piece, each pattern begins to come alive in increasing amounts of color and structure. When the final piece is placed, the pattern fills the screen in full color.
Inspired by jigsaw puzzles, but with a unique twist…
In Patterned, your objective is to rebuild a scrambled pattern tile that is seamlessly repeating across the screen. As you place pieces you’ll quickly discover that the puzzle’s edges are repeated on the other side. Use these visual clues to help solve each puzzle!
Made for adults and kids alike…
From flowers to watercolor paintings, or from dinosaurs to kung fu sushi, Patterned is full of fun designs made for absolutely everyone!
Hidden animations…
Hidden throughout numerous patterns are short animations that will play as the puzzle is solved. See if you can find them all!
Wallpapers galore...
With each pattern that you solve, you can download a beautiful wallpaper to your device! Available for iOS and macOS only.
Take your time…
Easily start a puzzle on a device and finish it later. Even begin on one device and continue on a different device!
Beautiful music…
Relax, zone out and play at your own pace as a peaceful music soundtrack accompanies gameplay.
Inspired by design from around the world…
Patterned is full of over 1500 beautiful, handcrafted patterns created by artists from around the world. More puzzles will be released regularly throughout the year!
Each pattern begins as a sketch and you must use visual clues to reassemble its scrambled pieces. Piece by piece, each pattern begins to come alive in increasing amounts of color and structure. When the final piece is placed, the pattern fills the screen in full color.
Inspired by jigsaw puzzles, but with a unique twist…
In Patterned, your objective is to rebuild a scrambled pattern tile that is seamlessly repeating across the screen. As you place pieces you’ll quickly discover that the puzzle’s edges are repeated on the other side. Use these visual clues to help solve each puzzle!
Made for adults and kids alike…
From flowers to watercolor paintings, or from dinosaurs to kung fu sushi, Patterned is full of fun designs made for absolutely everyone!
Hidden animations…
Hidden throughout numerous patterns are short animations that will play as the puzzle is solved. See if you can find them all!
Wallpapers galore...
With each pattern that you solve, you can download a beautiful wallpaper to your device! Available for iOS and macOS only.
Take your time…
Easily start a puzzle on a device and finish it later. Even begin on one device and continue on a different device!
Beautiful music…
Relax, zone out and play at your own pace as a peaceful music soundtrack accompanies gameplay.
Inspired by design from around the world…
Patterned is full of over 1500 beautiful, handcrafted patterns created by artists from around the world. More puzzles will be released regularly throughout the year!
Version history
5.8.2
2023-10-19
To all new players experiencing the loading screen bug - this is now fixed! Sorry for this inconvenience and we hope you enjoy the game :)
5.8.1
2023-10-13
We hope you are enjoying the new Halloween and autumn puzzles!
This update provides a significant improvement to syncing saved game progress across devices. Also, initial loading time for the game is improved.
Minor adjustment to default brightness of background sketch images. Within the level menu you can adjust brightness for each puzzle.
Fix issue where piece placement highlights were not showing after restarting a puzzle.
Daily puzzle menu now will automatically scroll to most recently played daily puzzle. This helps if you are working on finishing previous daily puzzles.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
This update provides a significant improvement to syncing saved game progress across devices. Also, initial loading time for the game is improved.
Minor adjustment to default brightness of background sketch images. Within the level menu you can adjust brightness for each puzzle.
Fix issue where piece placement highlights were not showing after restarting a puzzle.
Daily puzzle menu now will automatically scroll to most recently played daily puzzle. This helps if you are working on finishing previous daily puzzles.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
5.8
2023-10-03
New Halloween and autumn themed patterns!
Improved sketch images throughout the game are now smoother and easier on the eyes.
Fix minor issue with daily puzzle menu.
Fix issue where puzzle pieces already placed may not be placed again upon restarting a level.
Fix issue with total puzzle completion counts not being shown reliably in Saved Games screen.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
Improved sketch images throughout the game are now smoother and easier on the eyes.
Fix minor issue with daily puzzle menu.
Fix issue where puzzle pieces already placed may not be placed again upon restarting a level.
Fix issue with total puzzle completion counts not being shown reliably in Saved Games screen.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
5.7
2023-07-28
This is an important maintenance update to improve the main puzzle selection menu. Be sure to check this out we think you'll like it!
Also, we added a few new patterns by talented artist Tashi Tsering. These hand-painted masterpieces are absolutely beautiful and make great wallpapers! Enjoy!
Also, we added a few new patterns by talented artist Tashi Tsering. These hand-painted masterpieces are absolutely beautiful and make great wallpapers! Enjoy!
5.6
2023-06-01
Introducing SharePlay! Now you can assemble a puzzle together with a friend in real-time, all while chatting over FaceTime! Open up any puzzle, tap the multiplayer button and give it a try!
This update also provides a fix to the multiplayer invitation screen closing down unexpectedly.
This update also provides a fix to the multiplayer invitation screen closing down unexpectedly.
5.5
2023-04-26
New patterns! Over 70 new spring and summer-themed patterns for you to enjoy
Faster loading! Now when you start up the game, initial loading is much faster.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Faster loading! Now when you start up the game, initial loading is much faster.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
5.4
2023-03-23
New patterns! Over 70 new spring and summer-themed patterns for you to enjoy
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
5.3.1
2023-03-03
This update fixes an issue where not all puzzles were showing up in the tags menu.
5.3
2023-02-27
New springtime patterns for you to enjoy!
Fix issue where Meghann Rader's "Boreal" puzzle was not loading properly
Fix issue with upcoming March daily puzzles.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
Fix issue where Meghann Rader's "Boreal" puzzle was not loading properly
Fix issue with upcoming March daily puzzles.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
5.2
2022-12-08
New winter and holiday patterns for you to enjoy!
Daly patterns! Now you can play a new puzzle that's unlocked every day!
Fix issue with Around the World achievements not being awarded correctly.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
Daly patterns! Now you can play a new puzzle that's unlocked every day!
Fix issue with Around the World achievements not being awarded correctly.
Continual improvements, fixes and optimizations.
5.1.1
2022-09-27
Fix issue where changing orientation on your iOS device would cause the screen to render incorrectly.
Fix issue where correctly placed pieces could sometimes be moved again.
Fix issue where correctly placed pieces could sometimes be moved again.
5.1
2022-09-14
While playing a real-time multiplayer game, other player's photos are shown on each piece!
Other minor improvements to multiplayer gameplay.
Other minor improvements to multiplayer gameplay.
5.0
2022-09-08
Real-time multiplayer is here! Now you can assemble patterns together with family and friends in real time. No more waiting on others to finish their turn!
Major improvements to pattern downloading! Now you can select and download multiple patterns right from the level selection menu.
Offline mode is fixed! Any pattern already downloaded to your device will appear as downloaded when your device is offline. Great for playing while on an airplane!
Fix bug with Soccer Space puzzle where the pattern appeared in black and white.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Major improvements to pattern downloading! Now you can select and download multiple patterns right from the level selection menu.
Offline mode is fixed! Any pattern already downloaded to your device will appear as downloaded when your device is offline. Great for playing while on an airplane!
Fix bug with Soccer Space puzzle where the pattern appeared in black and white.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
4.5
2022-05-05
New patterns! Over 180 new spring and summer-themed patterns for you to enjoy
New achievements for completing all patterns in each Around the World region!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
New achievements for completing all patterns in each Around the World region!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
4.4
2022-01-25
We hope you are enjoying the new winter levels and Zen Mode! This update fixes a rare issue affecting some players where some patterns would not download.
Also, random menu sort is back! Sorry we took this out when we added the oldest first sort method. When random sort is active, menu will now snap to the top with your most recently-played pattern at the top.
Fix issue with Game Center access point interfering with menu when left-handed mode is active and iOS device is in landscape mode.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Also, random menu sort is back! Sorry we took this out when we added the oldest first sort method. When random sort is active, menu will now snap to the top with your most recently-played pattern at the top.
Fix issue with Game Center access point interfering with menu when left-handed mode is active and iOS device is in landscape mode.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
4.3
2021-12-09
New patterns! Over 125 new holiday and winter-themed patterns added bringing the total to over 1000! Also, a few new hidden levels for you to unlock.
New Zen Mode! Sit back, relax and watch patterns that you have completed beautifully assemble on their own to beautiful music. Works great on any device, especially Apple TV!
New "Daily Completion Challenge" recurring leaderboard! Compete for most number of patterns completed each day.
New achievements! With more puzzles come more achievements!
Left-handed mode! Now you can enable this setting on your iPhone or iPad and the puzzle pieces will be on the left side of the screen.
New "Oldest First" sort method in level selection menu.
Significant improvements to initial app download size.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
New Zen Mode! Sit back, relax and watch patterns that you have completed beautifully assemble on their own to beautiful music. Works great on any device, especially Apple TV!
New "Daily Completion Challenge" recurring leaderboard! Compete for most number of patterns completed each day.
New achievements! With more puzzles come more achievements!
Left-handed mode! Now you can enable this setting on your iPhone or iPad and the puzzle pieces will be on the left side of the screen.
New "Oldest First" sort method in level selection menu.
Significant improvements to initial app download size.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
4.1
2021-08-26
New patterns! Complete your "Around the World" tour with Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific and Antarctica!
Fix network detection issue where an active Game Center account was required to download patterns.
Daily streak improvements! Now your daily streak count will accumulate every day you complete at least one puzzle. Playing on consecutive days is not required! Also your daily streak will now continue with your highest streak total.
Added new achievements for daily streak milestones!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Fix network detection issue where an active Game Center account was required to download patterns.
Daily streak improvements! Now your daily streak count will accumulate every day you complete at least one puzzle. Playing on consecutive days is not required! Also your daily streak will now continue with your highest streak total.
Added new achievements for daily streak milestones!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
4.0
2021-06-24
New patterns! Over 75 new patterns added bringing the total to well over 850! Play many new "Around the World" countries throughout Asia and Africa!
To help save storage space on your device, patterns are now downloaded on demand! This will also enable us to add lots more patterns to the game!
Settings options are now available from within the level menu!
New settings options! Now you can adjust how far pieces move out from underneath your finger! Also you can show or hide highlights that assist where pieces can be placed.
Daily streak improvements! Now if you finish a level within the first 6 hours of the next day, it'll still count towards your total streak.
Share-a-Pattern! After a puzzle is completed, you can share its pattern with others and on social media.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
To help save storage space on your device, patterns are now downloaded on demand! This will also enable us to add lots more patterns to the game!
Settings options are now available from within the level menu!
New settings options! Now you can adjust how far pieces move out from underneath your finger! Also you can show or hide highlights that assist where pieces can be placed.
Daily streak improvements! Now if you finish a level within the first 6 hours of the next day, it'll still count towards your total streak.
Share-a-Pattern! After a puzzle is completed, you can share its pattern with others and on social media.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
3.2.1
2021-04-13
New patterns! In addition to new "Around the World" patterns, new features and fixes recently released, this update adds over 60 new patterns for Spring!
New language selection menu available in game settings menu.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
New language selection menu available in game settings menu.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
3.2
2021-03-11
New patterns! Over 40 new patterns added bringing the total to over 725! Play new "Around the World" countries including Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy and many in Eastern Europe!
Expert mode! Add to the challenge with smaller pieces and a custom leaderboard for completing puzzles in expert mode!
Added new achievements for daily streak milestones!
Fix issue to show achievements that have already been earned.
Fix issue with extra notification badges showing on app icon for multiplayer games
Increase distance that pieces move out from underneath finger when moving.
Fix rare issue with "S" shaped piece not appearing.
Fix issue where a few puzzles did not have fully seamless repeating edges.
Multiplayer fixes and improvements.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Expert mode! Add to the challenge with smaller pieces and a custom leaderboard for completing puzzles in expert mode!
Added new achievements for daily streak milestones!
Fix issue to show achievements that have already been earned.
Fix issue with extra notification badges showing on app icon for multiplayer games
Increase distance that pieces move out from underneath finger when moving.
Fix rare issue with "S" shaped piece not appearing.
Fix issue where a few puzzles did not have fully seamless repeating edges.
Multiplayer fixes and improvements.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
3.1.1
2020-12-20
Over 120 new holiday and Around the World patterns! Now featuring Central America, South America, Iceland, Scandinavia and Western Europe.
New "Load game" feature where you can have three people playing on the same device, each with their own game slot.
Daily streak! How many days in a row can you complete at least one puzzle?
Jump to a new puzzle easier after completing one.
New Game Center achievements... and leaderboards!
Pattern titles now are available in the main level selection menu.
Support for mouse scrolling on macOS.
Multiplayer fixes and improvements.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Please note your daily streak count will only begin with your first play using this update to the game.
** This update also fixes an issue with Game Center achievement notifications appearing repeatedly.
New "Load game" feature where you can have three people playing on the same device, each with their own game slot.
Daily streak! How many days in a row can you complete at least one puzzle?
Jump to a new puzzle easier after completing one.
New Game Center achievements... and leaderboards!
Pattern titles now are available in the main level selection menu.
Support for mouse scrolling on macOS.
Multiplayer fixes and improvements.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Please note your daily streak count will only begin with your first play using this update to the game.
** This update also fixes an issue with Game Center achievement notifications appearing repeatedly.
3.1
2020-12-17
Over 120 new holiday and Around the World patterns! Now featuring Central America, South America, Iceland, Scandinavia and Western Europe.
New "Load game" feature where you can have three people playing on the same device, each with their own game slot.
Daily streak! How many days in a row can you complete at least one puzzle?
Jump to a new puzzle easier after completing one.
New Game Center achievements... and leaderboards!
Pattern titles now are available in the main level selection menu.
Support for mouse scrolling on macOS.
Multiplayer fixes and improvements.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Please note your daily streak count will only begin with your first play using this update to the game.
New "Load game" feature where you can have three people playing on the same device, each with their own game slot.
Daily streak! How many days in a row can you complete at least one puzzle?
Jump to a new puzzle easier after completing one.
New Game Center achievements... and leaderboards!
Pattern titles now are available in the main level selection menu.
Support for mouse scrolling on macOS.
Multiplayer fixes and improvements.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Please note your daily streak count will only begin with your first play using this update to the game.
3.0
2020-10-01
Patterns from around the world! Assemble unique patterns that celebrate beautiful landmarks, peoples and cultures from around the world! Patterns for new countries and regions will be released regularly throughout the year!
New patterns! Over 100 new patterns added bringing the total to over 550!
New pattern categories! Watercolor, Holidays, Realism, Hobbies and more...
New translations with 19 new langauges added.
New achievements! With more puzzles come more achievements!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
New patterns! Over 100 new patterns added bringing the total to over 550!
New pattern categories! Watercolor, Holidays, Realism, Hobbies and more...
New translations with 19 new langauges added.
New achievements! With more puzzles come more achievements!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
2.2
2020-08-07
New puzzles and hidden animations in this update, with even more coming throughout the year!
Completed puzzles are now hidden by default. They can be easily viewed in the "Completed Puzzles" screen in the menu. This setting can be changed in the game.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Completed puzzles are now hidden by default. They can be easily viewed in the "Completed Puzzles" screen in the menu. This setting can be changed in the game.
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
2.1
2020-05-15
Multiplayer support! Assemble patterns together with family and friends!
New content! Lots of new puzzles added!
New hidden patterns! Now unlock a hidden pattern for every 5 levels solved!
Group and sort patterns by artist name in the main menu!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
New content! Lots of new puzzles added!
New hidden patterns! Now unlock a hidden pattern for every 5 levels solved!
Group and sort patterns by artist name in the main menu!
Continual improvements, fixes and other new features.
Ways to hack Patterned
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Ratings
4.8 out of 5
33.1K Ratings
Reviews
SummerAuthor,
Amazing App, With One Big Problem
Edit: The developers got back to me within two days and helped me fix it completely! I am ridiculously hopeless when it comes to anything techy, but now everything is working properly! I love this app!
I love this app! It is so beautiful and calming and I love how all the puzzles are designed by people from all around the world! But I’ve now had it for about a week, and something weird is happening. From the moment I got the app, it has been telling me, every single time I open the app, that my device is not connected to the internet, when I am COMPLETELY sure that it is, and all my other apps work fine. It was still working and wasn’t causing a problem, so I ignored it and kept on playing this wonderful game. Until two days ago, when I opened it and it said the same thing as usual. I thought nothing of it, but then I went to select a new puzzle, and it said that I can only play downloaded puzzles because my device is not connected to the internet. I now only have access to nine of the amazing puzzles, and can’t get it to connect to the internet. I really want to play the other puzzles, but I can’t figure out how to fix it! I even deleted the app and downloaded it again, but the problem is still there. And I’ve checked my internet, and it’s fine! I just really want to play more, but I’m running out of available puzzles!
I love this app! It is so beautiful and calming and I love how all the puzzles are designed by people from all around the world! But I’ve now had it for about a week, and something weird is happening. From the moment I got the app, it has been telling me, every single time I open the app, that my device is not connected to the internet, when I am COMPLETELY sure that it is, and all my other apps work fine. It was still working and wasn’t causing a problem, so I ignored it and kept on playing this wonderful game. Until two days ago, when I opened it and it said the same thing as usual. I thought nothing of it, but then I went to select a new puzzle, and it said that I can only play downloaded puzzles because my device is not connected to the internet. I now only have access to nine of the amazing puzzles, and can’t get it to connect to the internet. I really want to play the other puzzles, but I can’t figure out how to fix it! I even deleted the app and downloaded it again, but the problem is still there. And I’ve checked my internet, and it’s fine! I just really want to play more, but I’m running out of available puzzles!
JSLR100!,
Relaxing AND challenging!
Pandemic lifesaver:) This app offers variety and two levels so you can relax or be challenged. The gentle music encourages you as you start...just a few notes for each right piece and then continuously as your puzzle gets going. I really like the understated crescendo that happens as you finish the puzzle and celebrate.
It is really hard with the repeating ‘wallpaper’ pattern, but that’s what makes it good. You have to focus on very small patterns within the pattern to find each piece’s place.
You start with a grayed- out design that blooms into color as you go, or, if that level, becomes stressful just switch to color in the beginning. There are thousands of different puzzles to fit all the many moods of quarantine.
There are only two small technical issues I had, but they may also be user error;) When I ‘grab’ a piece to search, my finger covers up the smaller ones so it is hard to maneuver. Sometimes, if I get it just right, I can guide the piece without having my finger right on top of it. My other issue was that when the puzzle is farther along, dragging a piece onto the playing board highlights identical shapes which can give its position away.
So, all in all, love it! Really hope we can purchase it at some point instead of having to subscribe to Apple Arcade.
It is really hard with the repeating ‘wallpaper’ pattern, but that’s what makes it good. You have to focus on very small patterns within the pattern to find each piece’s place.
You start with a grayed- out design that blooms into color as you go, or, if that level, becomes stressful just switch to color in the beginning. There are thousands of different puzzles to fit all the many moods of quarantine.
There are only two small technical issues I had, but they may also be user error;) When I ‘grab’ a piece to search, my finger covers up the smaller ones so it is hard to maneuver. Sometimes, if I get it just right, I can guide the piece without having my finger right on top of it. My other issue was that when the puzzle is farther along, dragging a piece onto the playing board highlights identical shapes which can give its position away.
So, all in all, love it! Really hope we can purchase it at some point instead of having to subscribe to Apple Arcade.
kbeanzzz,
Relaxing, I think
I can’t decide if this game is stressful or not. Really the only thing “bad” that happens if you go too slow is that the music pauses for a bit, but if you go faster and drop a piece into the wrong place it turns red! It’s wrong! Seriously, these are not Big Bad Things. But they still stress me out somewhat. Otherwise the game is beautiful and relaxing and I turn to it several times a day, and have even made wallpaper from some of the finished pieces.
My biggest qualm — and I almost took away one star but I didn’t — is with a few certain puzzles where a piece can exactly fit in two different places, (because of the way that particular picture pattern was built, there are no subtle differences in the picture between the two spots), except one placement is arbitrarily WRONG and then I don’t earn a perfect achievement through I-don’t-know -what-fault of my own. Those should be caught before they’re published.
My biggest qualm — and I almost took away one star but I didn’t — is with a few certain puzzles where a piece can exactly fit in two different places, (because of the way that particular picture pattern was built, there are no subtle differences in the picture between the two spots), except one placement is arbitrarily WRONG and then I don’t earn a perfect achievement through I-don’t-know -what-fault of my own. Those should be caught before they’re published.
TheKevinFigs,
Lovely game, made for righties
I love this game! It’s extremely relaxing, and I think the best part is getting to use each newly solved puzzle as my new background or lock screen on my iPad. It’s ridiculously satisfying to watch the puzzle slowly transition from a black and white sketch to a full color image, and the sketch aspect also adds a degree of difficulty as well. I love being able to look up more puzzles by the same artists, or go randomly.
One thing that bothered me was that there is no setting to change the pieces to the left side of the screen. I still have a tendency to use my left hand, and inevitably end up covering pieces with my arm. It would be great if I could choose lefty settings that would make the pieces appear on the right, and cause the pieces to “scoot” to the right when I pick them up.
Also, I think it could be made easier to find puzzles you’re working on. I know you can organize all the puzzles into categories, including progress, but I don’t typically work on lots of puzzles at once. It would be easier to just have one “in progress” section where I could store puzzles.
One thing that bothered me was that there is no setting to change the pieces to the left side of the screen. I still have a tendency to use my left hand, and inevitably end up covering pieces with my arm. It would be great if I could choose lefty settings that would make the pieces appear on the right, and cause the pieces to “scoot” to the right when I pick them up.
Also, I think it could be made easier to find puzzles you’re working on. I know you can organize all the puzzles into categories, including progress, but I don’t typically work on lots of puzzles at once. It would be easier to just have one “in progress” section where I could store puzzles.
DrLAST1276,
Beautiful art, not enough representation, right-hand biased
Patterned is a lovely game that is soothing to play (if you choose it to be). I have a few quibbles. One is that you cannot move where the unused pieces are, which is not helpful if you are not right-hand dominant or if you just want to switch things up and use a different hand to move the pieces. It would be great if you could have the unused pieces at top, bottom, left or right. I play in landscape mode on my iPad so it may be that playing on a phone or in portrait mode there are more choices.
I am increasingly uncomfortable with the Around the World puzzles as I have yet to find one where the person creating the puzzle has listed that region as their own. There is also more representation of white- and light-skinned folks in the puzzles that have humans in them. I would love to see Around the World puzzles focusing on creators from those regions, whether or not their subject matter is of the region, possibly a mix of both. Given the dominance of the Around the World puzzles I think there is an opportunity here to do a better job at representation while keeping the gorgeous art and satisfying game play.
I am increasingly uncomfortable with the Around the World puzzles as I have yet to find one where the person creating the puzzle has listed that region as their own. There is also more representation of white- and light-skinned folks in the puzzles that have humans in them. I would love to see Around the World puzzles focusing on creators from those regions, whether or not their subject matter is of the region, possibly a mix of both. Given the dominance of the Around the World puzzles I think there is an opportunity here to do a better job at representation while keeping the gorgeous art and satisfying game play.
ValerieGryphon,
Good game with a maddening issue
This game has good puzzles. Even in sketch mode the puzzles are pretty easy, so I challenge myself to do them without any mistakes. The game, however, has different ideas. If I'm dragging a shape into position, it will sometimes snap out from under my finger or stylus into some other (wrong) place with the same shape.
I generally challenge myself a little more by placing all of the multi-square pieces as I encounter them. Then, I place the 15 or so single-square pieces. If I drag a piece too close to an empty square, I have to fight the puzzle to move the piece to where it belongs. I'd prefer the snap to have a proximity potion so out wouldn't snap unless it was close enough, and an option where it wouldn't snap unless the piece was released. I just spent far too much time fighting with a game that's supposed to be relaxing.
It also differentiates identical pieces to require correct placement. I've come across this when there are several single square pieces entirely in the background color. Unless they are placed into the correct locations, the puzzle is not considered solved.
I generally challenge myself a little more by placing all of the multi-square pieces as I encounter them. Then, I place the 15 or so single-square pieces. If I drag a piece too close to an empty square, I have to fight the puzzle to move the piece to where it belongs. I'd prefer the snap to have a proximity potion so out wouldn't snap unless it was close enough, and an option where it wouldn't snap unless the piece was released. I just spent far too much time fighting with a game that's supposed to be relaxing.
It also differentiates identical pieces to require correct placement. I've come across this when there are several single square pieces entirely in the background color. Unless they are placed into the correct locations, the puzzle is not considered solved.
tigercait,
Relaxing, but with a flaw in a recent update
After updating to version 3.2, picking up pieces after putting them down in the wrong place on the puzzle has a rather annoying problem: when I tap and hold on a loose piece, it slides out from under my fingertip, about a block and a half to the left. The piece will move around as I move my finger and drop when I let go so it isn't completely breaking the game, but it is disconcerting when I want a puzzle to be relaxing.
Update: Apparently this is a feature, not a bug. Thank you, developers, for responding to this review! I can see what you're going for here, but please, please, try a different way to do it. Right now picking up a puzzle piece only to have it scoot out from under my finger feels like trying to stab a fork into the last cherry tomato on a salad plate. Maybe you could make any tap inside the puzzle area pick up the loose piece, so I could choose how far away my finger was from the piece and that distance would stay constant the whole time? Or just make this an optional feature?
Update: Apparently this is a feature, not a bug. Thank you, developers, for responding to this review! I can see what you're going for here, but please, please, try a different way to do it. Right now picking up a puzzle piece only to have it scoot out from under my finger feels like trying to stab a fork into the last cherry tomato on a salad plate. Maybe you could make any tap inside the puzzle area pick up the loose piece, so I could choose how far away my finger was from the piece and that distance would stay constant the whole time? Or just make this an optional feature?
Generic,
It should be relaxing but it’s confusing and frustrating.
So, the big problem, for me, is that it’s a repeating pattern, literally like wallpaper. Except, the area you are allowed to use is just in the center and, for reasons I don’t understand, there can be a perfectly viable place to drag your “colored piece” to and it won’t go there. Sometimes it matches perfectly in 3 places. But, nope those are the wrong places, it’s the 4th identical image that’s the correct one. The grayed out image is dim and hard to make out details, and the “colors’ are pretty muted, so, sometimes. You can’t even tell if you’ve “colored’ an area or not.
Essentially this is a new kind of coloring book with a puzzle element, but, I have no idea why they don’t just have one image like an actual puzzle/coloring book, instead of using the continuous wallpaper style. If I were to give the developers notes I’d say, less watery, washed out colors, and a single image instead of coloring 50 wallpaper flowers. Some of the puzzles I enjoyed were of villages and shops, and, although they repeated, I felt more invested in putting a larger theme together.
Essentially this is a new kind of coloring book with a puzzle element, but, I have no idea why they don’t just have one image like an actual puzzle/coloring book, instead of using the continuous wallpaper style. If I were to give the developers notes I’d say, less watery, washed out colors, and a single image instead of coloring 50 wallpaper flowers. Some of the puzzles I enjoyed were of villages and shops, and, although they repeated, I felt more invested in putting a larger theme together.
bmills313,
Great game but with flaws on Apple TV
First off, this game is wonderful and I love it; one of my faves on Arcade. It’s chill, beautiful, calming, somewhat mindless fun and I really enjoy it on my phone and iPad. However, on Apple TV it is terrible. Using the remote to grab and place pieces is really tricky and made worse by not knowing which piece you are grabbing. The opacity of the piece you’re on before clicking is like 5% darker than the rest, at best, so when you get down to the smallest pieces it’s truly a crapshoot and the puzzles take probably 3x longer than they should because of the poor UI. A simple outline over the piece you’re on or a slow shaking movement would do the trick so maybe an update will include this and hopefully scrolling through the list gets ironed out as it’s not smooth, same can be said for navigating the menus. It’s a bummer as it looks beautiful on the big screen with Apple TV, but I won’t be playing there any longer until they figure out a better UI. Great work, but keep up the great work and fix the Apple TV version.
FunconVenntional,
I want to like it…
This should be a relaxing game. It has chill music… no timer to make you feel rushed… but unfortunately actually playing the game is weirdly frustrating. To start, the thumbnails are often misleading as to what the actual puzzle will look like. A clear, defined thumbnail often turns out to be fussy and packed with mixed proportion details that repeat multiple times with apparent minor coloration changes which of course can’t be seen.
Maybe I need to visit the optometrist, but on some puzzles the pallet is so washed out it is hard to tell where/if pieces have already been placed or the resolution is so poor you can’t make out details.
On many puzzles, placing one piece fills in multiple, identical details… BUT! there is only ONE CORRECT placement of the piece!?!?! How are the other locations “wrong” if they are identical and will auto-fill when you place the piece?
I like the concept, but the effort to keep it from being ‘too easy’ often turns it into a game of ‘chance’ instead of ‘skill’
Maybe I need to visit the optometrist, but on some puzzles the pallet is so washed out it is hard to tell where/if pieces have already been placed or the resolution is so poor you can’t make out details.
On many puzzles, placing one piece fills in multiple, identical details… BUT! there is only ONE CORRECT placement of the piece!?!?! How are the other locations “wrong” if they are identical and will auto-fill when you place the piece?
I like the concept, but the effort to keep it from being ‘too easy’ often turns it into a game of ‘chance’ instead of ‘skill’
