Gobble Dash

This game has such a simple premise. It’s a mix between Pac-Man and Snake. And unlike with some games with simple premises, there isn’t much more to it. No music, no enemies, heck, the game doesn’t even have a menu screen. Just endless levels of a little snake thing running around a set path and eating little spheres. I think the sound design (though so simplistic that I don’t think I should even call it sound design) is great, just a little increasing scale for every point you get, and a small alert when you almost hit yourself. The point system is addicting, I’ve spent hours trying to reach higher scores and despite the game’s simple and calm nature it Has had me on the edge of my seat multiple times while getting close to my high scores. Overall, just a game with simple but pleasing graphics, and a simple but pleasing concept. I’ve had it for years and I still play it all the time.

If SNAKE from the dark ages before smart phones has a love child with PAC-Man you would have Gobble Dash. The game is fun and addictive. There are some minor tweaks / improvements that the developers should look into for future releases. The boards tend to repeat themselves every couple of levels. Have more and different puzzles to be more complex. They have this great 3D dimensional space that the can work with where the worm / snake can travel in. Currently so far from what I have seen it move in the Y axis quite a bit and a little in the X axis. As the worm / snake eats the pellets the audio increases then returns to normal once it hits a space and continues eating. Give the players option to turn off the sound without having to silence their phones, or continue with the higher and higher pitches or make the pellets musical. Paying $2.99 for no ads is awesome. But I’m still getting adds every once and a while, whether or not I eat my own tail. A short tutorial would be helpful. And the constant hand gestures in game are not necessary.

Gobble Dash is a unique idea combining a old school centipede game with a pac-man style dot collection. I enjoy the game, don’t get me wrong. Its a great idea and rather fun to play, but this app has a long way to go. First things first, this app is noticeably laggier than your average game app. This app lags as if im playing one of those mmo apps that is flooded with graphics. For an app that is just a snake, a bunch of dots, and roads, this is REALLY bad. It is very poorly optimized. Next, this app flooded with ads. I can beat a level in like 10-20 seconds, and there is an ad between every level. You will spend more time watching those 15-30 second ads than playing the game itself. If you are lucky, once in a while you’ll get a 5 second ad you can skip. Finally, the game is overly simple. For kids to play its great, but for me its trivial. I went from levels 1-30 without dying. The game gets stale fast once you figure out that you have unlimited moves. Missed some dots? Just go around the entire map and you’ll beat the level with a couple of extra moves, except the game doesn’t track extra moves. I’m willing to bet my life savings that I can get to level 100 without dying (not that i’m going to try, there’s way too many ads to make it worth my time). If there was a move counter or something to add an extra challenge to levels it would be perfect of this kind of game. Overall, its a decent app. Something to pass the time while you wait, but it gets boring fast. I played it for one waiting session and I have no inclination to go back to play it, its a shame really.