App Profile: Project Terrarium

Gold Architect

Rating: 5/5

I love this game, and it was definitely worth the purchase for all the levels. However, there is no option to mute the game entirely. You can mute the music and ambient sounds, but the game still makes lots of noise with button pressing and other things like the whispering from the hidden orbs. This might just be me, but I would like the option to mute the game entirely without having to mute my phone. I usually listen to my own music or audiobooks while I play mobile games, and the game sounds tend to clash with the audio I’m trying to enjoy.

srtvarehareiv

Rating: 2/5

It’s a cash-grab from what seems like a very amateur developer. The graphics are clunky, the ending sequence is the exact same for every level, which is lazy. The game glitches and freezes at times, so you have to start levels over. If you don’t do some of the puzzles in the exact right order, you can’t finish the level and have to start the level over. Some of the puzzles make zero logical or mathematical sense, and when you get a hint, it sometimes doesn’t match the puzzle you’re on, or the hint goes way too fast with way too many steps to remember. And you can’t skip puzzles to simply move on. Some of it is fun, but a lot of it is so crappy it’s not worth the money. Developers should only require payment for a game that is literally flawless, and this has tons of flaws.

Geophany

Rating: 3/5

Love the UI and the puzzles and everything, but sometimes a puzzle isn’t solvable. When I reboot the level I see that parts had been missing or had disappeared. Especially levels 10 and 15, but I had to restart many levels because of glitches. And when you do a level again, you don’t get to find the three little sphere bots! In one late level (with the large turning wheel and switches around the edge like a ship’s wheel), the series of clues in the screen above the keyhole were not there so it was super frustrating (and impossible) to try to solve and once again I had to restart. I think I had to restart 35-40% of the levels. I’m on iPhone 14 Pro with the latest software.