App Profile: Twofold inc.

Xtopad

Rating: 4/5

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.

Fujian12

Rating: 4/5

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).

yesmuseum.org

Rating: 4/5

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.