Teeny Tiny Trains

Just paid 8 bucks to purchase full game + added content (the Attic). Don’t think I’ve EVER paid that much for ANY apple game, cuz I’m stingy, but this had my brain “on the right track”. Don’t know about later levels, but the first was truly stimulating, so I took a chance on this brain “trainer”. Addendum: the devs were kind enough to contact me with a courteous response. Could’ve been AI generated, but still a nice touch. 😊

The game starts out pretty fun but then at round 29 gets extremely difficult - so much so that I punched out. It would be great if it had a more gradual transition toward difficulty. Also, the tap and drag of track components is a little inconsistent (doesn’t pick up tracks half the time) and the draw of track components gets it about half right (puts a straight track where you intend a curve, etc. Most of the games have an element where either the blue train or the red train has to get there first. The way the signals are displayed on top of the little buildings telling you which one needs to get there first is very ambiguous. Sometimes you end up building both tracks just to find out you got the wrong train there first because you didn’t understand from the indicators, which one was supposed to land first. Also, when I’m in the click and drop mode and try to go back to draw mode, the game seems to stick on the eraser and won’t let me tap on the pencil so I end up having to do the whole game through click and drop. Overall, not super satisfying. Feels a lot like work!

The first chapter was nice, had a somewhat good introduction on how the games work. However, when I got to the next chapter, every level I wanted to get had me watch a 60 to 105 second ad, usually on the higher end. It's ridiculous. I probably would've played through it all if there was less ads, and the fact that by reading the reviews saying there used to be less ads is absurd. Sad to say I missed out on that. Addition: Usually when I use a hint it gives me hints to tracks I have already placed correctly, making me use all 4 hints and thus all 4 ads.