Gecko Out

Hi. Hello. I love the core gameplay of this game, the specific “shift pieces around to get each pieces to their specific exit” is something you don’t tend to see a ton of. If you could add an untimed mode with extra-hard levels that I could spend a ton of time letting my brain chew on, that would be awesome, as the timer and subsequent “candy-crushification” is this game’s biggest weakness, in my eyes. Also, please add an option to turn off the “Adventurer’s bonus” or whatever it’s called. I want to beat every level legitimately without using boosters, and a booster that makes the level easier that deploys upon start-up is incredibly annoying. I’ve been resetting the level - loosing a life each time - to avoid using this booster, which effectively halves my playtime each session. Please. I’m here for a brain game, not a quick dopamine hit. I get more satisfaction when I complete a level legitimately than when I cheat it, and I just want the opportunity to complete every level on my own without any help. Anyways, excellent base gameplay, I would love it if you released a separate game mode and/or entirely new application that removes the gacha and candy-crush slop and focuses exclusively on the logic-puzzle elements of this game, because beneath the layer of micro-transaction and gambling-pop-up nightmare is a truly fun and innovative gameplay experience.

I’ve been playing both gecko out and Leon out another gecko game. I too found that at some level the time allowed to beat a game was impossibly short. It could often take 15 tries or more and options were to wait for more lives (5 lives can go pretty quickly on some levels!), pay for more time or purchase more lives. I’ve reached level 686 but at some point I got tired of the frustration. Looking for a similar option I found Leon Out. A very similar game. Some differences. The geckos can be a bit wonky when maneuvering them in Leon Out. On the upside if you start a geckos towards the right hole it will go in automatically. Leon out is not as complex as Gecko Out. Not as many variations such as the buckets at side of Gecko Out etc. it basically rises to about the third or 4th level. Eg multiple colors on one gecko or hole, chains to unlock, tiles of a color you need to cross, wooden blocks in the way (no washing off of muddy geckos to reveal color tho it does have the white ones that ultimately reveal its color). Overall Leon Out is similar. I went ahead and paid to remove the ads and it was worth it. It’s more leisurely, generally enough time, seems to be more generous with coins. You can still take multiple tries to solve but it’s much more doable. I also do t think they have the same number of levels. I played to about 200 or so then it went to a board of 1 infinity,2infinity etc. some of the boards look the same but since I don’t always remember exactly what I did to solve it the first time it’s still a bit of a challenge. In short I can play Leon Out for well over an hour with 5 lives. There is a timer but not so unreasonable as gecko out.

On one, and I love this because I love puzzles, I love the animations along with the haptic feedback. It’s definitely a simple layout so it’s easier on the eyes however, I do agree with a lot of the other commenters about the timer either have a mode where you don’t need the timer and you can Just solve the puzzle, but I get into a lot of these games and they’re such great ideas. They’re super fun but the only way to get through them is to use whatever buttons at the bottom like get out of jail, free cards otherwise it makes it almost impossible to finish. So then you have to buy coins or packages and things like that and I’m usually not wanting to just spend a lot of money on games but lately those sad games, a try and I’ll buy a package and it doesn’t even matter because it just goes through so fast. So you’ll want to play, but because the timer along with not enough coins to use whatever exit strategy you needed. It makes you not even want to play anymore. So I say switch it up either add a Zin mode or a change up this timer versus coins versus buttons because these type of games and their methods are getting old.