The Abandoned Planet

Let me start off by saying that I understand the time, effort, and skill it takes to put together and release a game. I get it. I hate criticizing because I def cannot do this. However, as a player, I can never understand why game creators create games that lack in logic and order. Be ready to click randomly on the screen because there’s no story that has a progression. I don’t know how this game has a 4+ star rating. Something is up. It’s a game for the mindless. Randomly click on the screen until something happens, and then, you go back to random clicking. I’d rather pay for a game than get these “free trials” waste of time. Who likes this? This game seems unfinished. There’s no direction, no coherent sequence. Oh, and the items you collect…. What are they? You don’t even know because they look like nothing recognizable in your inventory. Two stars for the effort but zero for creativity and strategic story writing. It’s sad when developers don’t see the game from the player’s perspective. And Unity has awesome games. Why they chose to associate w this one? 🙄

Fun and inventive game with a charming heroine and a cool world to explore with lots of interesting elements to it. The puzzles feel fresh and enjoyable to figure out, mild difficulty but with some really fun aha moments when you figure out how disparate elements work together. I wrote clue notes in a notebook for the first time in a long time since this game doesn’t have an in-game camera, but I enjoyed that as a change of pace. I love a low-anxiety puzzle adventure with lots of places to explore, a storyline, a notebook to decode, and a brain teaser feel, and this game fit the bill. My only caveat is that the pixelated artwork was rough on the eyes after a while on the iPad screen, and that the ending was out of kilter with the rest of it.

I am really enjoying this game, and have been waiting forever after finishing Dexter for you to come out with something else. But I’m at the point I need to place the raft in the water, and I won’t let me anywhere on that screen. I’m not sure if it’s a glitch or I’m really not putting the raft in the right place, but I have clicked all in the water, all on the dock, and even everywhere on the land to no avail (yes while dragging the raft). Can you help? ETA: Thanks for your helpful responses! I had time to follow your suggestions last night and was able to catch up to where I was and now everything is working perfectly. Thank you so much for your attentiveness and helpfulness! I am very much enjoying the game, and your dedication to your players and direct connection to ensuring they have a good experience playing it makes me want to give you ten stars. Thank you so very much!