I love this game. Initially, I was going to write that I had zero complaints until I read some other reviews and I agree with what someone else mentioned: that it would be nice to know where I stand. Is my score good or bad? I would not mind if there was just a chart where I could judge myself but better yet, would be knowing where I compare to others. And better yet it would be nice to know where I compare to others and a breakdown of age groups (or some other breakdown: education level? Etc.) I did also like the idea of being able to collect the tokens and trade them in for something. As for the pieces not being random as some say, I have not run into that issue, they appear random to me. And what incentive for the developer is it to not have random pieces? I do not see any reason. Overall, it is an addictive game and I really enjoy playing. The ads are short so they really are not a hassle. Thank you!
Recently it’s been extremely laggy, which unfortunately causes me to “accidentally” place tiles where I never meant to place them. I have a newer phone and nothing else on my phone lags (and this game didn’t use to, either!) so I’m leaving a 3-star review in the hopes the developers will fix whatever issue is causing the game to lag. In effect, I try to pick up a tile and it doesn’t move, so I lift my thumb off the screen, and because of the lag, the tile finally DOES move—and gets plopped somewhere on the board randomly. Very annoying!
Other than that, I really like this game. I notice a couple of reviewers saying the game seems rigged against them, providing the wrong tiles. Personally, I feel that it forces you to think about your strategy by not giving you obviously easy-fit tiles as you progress to a higher score. I like that and it makes me feel like my brain is getting a good workout. I was initially quite frustrated with it for that same reason but noticed that as I played more, I could see that the strategy isn’t really to fit all the tiles neatly together, but to almost do the opposite: take as many wins as you can, even if the board looks a little messy. I feel like in that respect, it’s a really good strategy game that is a rare find amongst most games which are more about luck or very surface-level strategy!
First and foremost, this game disappointingly has nothing to do with sodoku other than the board. It’s just a new take on Tetris. Also, it is clear that this game solely exists to generate ads. The owners make their money off of those ads and micro purchases. That means they must saturate the user with enough ads to get other companies interested in advertising on their product, but what that really means is the game will intentionally scuttle your progress in order to keep their average advertisement runs on the level. They only show you the next three pieces and then conveniently you get impossible combinations very quickly and lose: now you get an add. Play it again and they provide you with two or three possible moves before there are no more possible. Rinse and repeat until they very easily provide you with the exact combinations you need so you can advance.
In the end it takes almost no skill to win or lose. It’s the random pieces generated by the application which are in line with them forcing you back to the ads and curbing your progress. Very disappointing overall.
Bit of advice: force close the app whenever you win or lose to skip the ad. Start the app back up and you’ll be where you left off in much shorter time or even better, don’t install this game disguised as tracking software.
Game with misleading ads to show you misleading ads
I saw an ad for this game that showed a completely different type of puzzle. I’m not sure why they would bother since neither the actual game or the game they showed is any harder to make or more interesting, but it bugged me that it was using the classic fake line of “If you can solve this you have an IQ of 180”. But the puzzle still looked interesting so I checked it out. Sadly the puzzle in the game is not the one advertised.
The actual game is pretty boring since while there is a little skill to set yourself up so that you will be able to continue playing with whatever random pieces you get next, the difficulty depends entirely on which random pieces you get, which isn’t even consistent in the adventure mode (or whatever they call it). So the same level can be impossible one attempt and then ridiculously easy the next.
On top of this, the game displays misleading ads for other games between each level with no option to pay to remove the ads. I gave it a go for a while but when I got to an ad that wouldn’t play and just sat there frozen, rather than force quitting and reopening the app I just deleted it because it wasn’t what it claimed to be and it was frustrating to play.
Hi. Sorry if this has already been brought up before. Although I very much enjoy this game and play it frequently, I can’t help but feeling that, as currently designed, the app has a distinct and unfair advantage over its players, by the simple fact that each new set of pieces is generated after the previous one has been placed by the gamer. As the game progresses, it will always come to a point in which it should be trivial for the algorithm to come up with a set of figures that are impossible to accommodate, thereby ensuring you lose. It seems to me that it would be better if each new set was created and displayed onscreen after the first two of the previous one have been placed, but before the last one is. This way, the player can’t benefit unfairly from viewing the next set in advance when placing the first two, but neither could the game gain an advantage, not knowing how the last piece will be placed on the board. This would also add an element of skill in deciding how to place it in order to maximize its effectiveness, considering what pieces will follow. I hope this suggestion is clear enough.
This game used to be fun and relaxing - if frustrating because you cannot turn items and it will trip you up gradually at different levels by not giving you items you need but instead multiple items you cannot place. But at least it was ad banners and very limited ads. Now, coming back to it while healing from a medical procedure … I rediscovered woodoku. The stupid & very loud not muted (?!) repetitive animated ads at every level completion and fail are just too much.
I had lost all my progress and scores, but that did not bother me, I played a few regular games. Ad is super disruptive, cutting in before you knew what was wrong or even your score. Today it offered me the challenge journey. OK, let me relax with that … No, I am just like strapped to a screen and forced to view and click every 20-30 secs on these loud animated ads for games I have no interest in. None. Just ridiculous to have in game ad banners + force that many popups for games that most people either have or just are not interested in … Literally ruined by greed. People play puzzles to relax and heal. Not to get stressed out by unskippable ads you have to sit through and interact with to get rid of them. Back to my solitaire game I go. Bye.
First, to different on a mobile game not recording to ads or videos. I saw a YouTuber play it and they said it was great so, I downloaded it to see the fuss and how great it was but, as expected it was not even close on how good the YouTuber said it was so I was dissatisfied. Want to know something that’s upsetting? Ads are not even close to what the game is and it gets to hard after levels, very upsetting.
Second, the good thing about this is that it was fun for a while then, the hard thing happened and got me VERY upset so I don’t recommend this but after all is decent not terrible or bad it’s not the vibe at all, as I’m writing a whole paragraph your opinion is probably “why write a whole book when it’s not terrible or great.” Well I’m doing this so you have an honest opinion on this game and what I think of it.
Third, it could use more work then this, this is bad quality and I’m trying to write it in a good way which is difficult. I really think they could of spend more time on it and made it easier on levels higher then 8-10. As I was saying this game is not bad or great it is actually surprisingly good! Work harder but other then that great work. ❤️
I absolutely love this game and play it often. Still, I find myself frustrated at the lack of basic features that would cost the developer nearly nothing to implement. Why are the puzzle pieces not more randomized? Why are the ads SO intrusive? There is, I’m sure a way to mute the sound without us having to turn our volume off. I enjoy playing while listening to podcasts or audiobooks and the ads not only interrupt but turn them off! Why hasn’t that been addressed? Why isn’t there an ad-free paid version or no ads upon successfully completing a level? Why aren’t the ways to dismiss the ads more obvious and not clickbait? Why haven’t you considered an undo feature knowing how often people complain about the jerky drag-and-drop that sometimes means a piece is mislaid? Why don’t you all listen?
It’s clear the developers of this game are uninterested in what players have said time and again about this game. These things don’t feel hard to fix. I’d give it five stars if it weren’t for both the issues I and others have mentioned and the total absence of responsiveness by the developers. It’s sad to think you don’t care enough to listen.
Hello, first of all this game is fun,challenging, and great to play when you are bored. Second I love playing it because whenever I feel bored or just nothing really to do I play this it’s fun because it gets challenging and I love challenging so that’s why I play it. However there is just a couple problems, it drives me crazy when I’m playing and then this add just pops up on my screen so can you only make it so it is just an add after each level because it messes me up when that happens, second of all whenever I’m playing I have sound but then a couple minutes later the sound goes away so I have to clear my tab then open it back up again to get the sound back, if you are like me and you need to hear the music or sound then this would make you kind of annoyed, I’m not sure if it is just my device or if it is others but please fix! Other than that it’s and amazing game and I think you should just download it! You will make a mistake if you don’t! Thank you for taking your time to read this🍄☺️
It’s so unfortunate because I love this game. I’m sick of seeing ads that degrade women and children. These ads are for games that show characters of homeless women and children who are constantly struggling, mostly because they have been thrown out by their spouse and no longer in a “relationship” Or thrown out because they are not dressed like a stereotypical tramp. Gamifying homeless women and children is disgusting. These games imply that a woman needs to comply or looking a certain way otherwise she and her children are doomed. Another ad is for a game that degrades women by choosing outfits/hair etc for a date and then winning when the entire look is suggestive at best. No makeup = lose etc. There are more disturbing ads for games showing women and children in burning homes, digging out of the snow etc. I tried to complain but there’s no one to contact. Also the volume on ads will switch on very loudly despite having the game volume settings to mute. They took a great fun game and ruined the experience for revenue. I’d be ok with occasional non disturbing ads… and my user settings should be respected.
I love this game, but there’s one thing that really irks me: as someone who doesn’t play every day or will play for a few days straight then not again for a week or so- the “journeys” are either too short or should be on an individual timeline for each person. I understand the creators are trying to create incentive to play daily but that will never happen for some people and I would like to come back to the game and not start at the bottom level every few days. Playing to 75 points is easy and boring and not what I want to be doing every week just cuz I can’t log on enough to complete each journey in a timely manner. And If they’re gonna keep it how it is can there be other options for levels with the extra puzzle elements that I can work on over time with no time constraint? Besides just racking up points in classic game play?
I hope that makes sense and I hope they try to accommodate this… it’s doubtful but I really like the concept of this game I just get bored of it but I don’t want to be bored of it.
This started out being a great game but, either as I played more or as the developer saw fit, it gets more and more difficult. I can understand making the game harder as you go, but it has definitely changed for the worse in the months I have been playing. The developer has added more and more figures like diagonals and, as you progress through a game, you only are offered very large and unworkable figures. Three months ago, my high score was 1527 and now I am lucky to get to 800. I will delete this and search for a new one.
As to the different games which give time limits for solving, they are interesting but the developers make it so difficult (actually impossible) to progress enough to make one delete the game icon entirely. That is exactly what I have just done.
This game gets really frustrating really fast because it is so repetitive. In real sudoku, you know all the numbers (hopefully!) and the game is about placing them and thinking it through. In this game, you only get three pieces at a time so there is a huge luck factor. I think the game could be great if you had a whole bank of pieces at the start that you had to place, like sudoku. You would know the pieces in advance and have to fit them together. Once you place a piece you cannot remove it anyways so it’s not completely like a puzzle but it would add the pleasing factor of actually having to think through strategy. Then if you say you wanted more points or to make the level difficult maybe they could reduce it to you only seeing a few pieces at a time. While there are some skills involved in the current set up a huge portion comes down to luck. And though it is addicting, it is also equal parts frustrating, so you burn out fast. My hope is that the developer might consider my comment. It has the potential for greatness.
I like this game at first, but when I saw there there are 40 levels and you only have 6 days (or so) to get as many awards as possible, I stopped playing as much. Maybe I want easier games, but there are so many games to play that I am not going to spend that much time doing the same thing over and over. Also…
The one big annoying issue I have with any game is that I like to play in silence but the ads are super loud and some even play through the speaker even though I silenced my phone!!!!! This is a terrible situation when you are trying to be discreet! It’s bad enough I have to be tortured with repetitive ads for other games but to make it super loud makes me want to throw my phone. Ads should be silent because if you do like the sounds then you tend to look at your phone when the sounds stop, so the ads have the opposite affect if they are so loud and disruptive that you are trying to get rid of them the fastest way possible.
PLEASE FIX IT - I was drawn in by the diamond shaped puzzle in the ads but it is not in the game. I have been playing and doing well but that puzzle never turns up as an option. The journey builds you up and then drops you back to a level 1 for some new journey, which is really just a new title of a new theme that isn’t even expressed in the game. Changing the name of the theme when you’re just starting over with the same game, does not make it a new journey, especially when it’s just blocks on the square grid - no theme to be seen. The theme is not even apparent in the game itself, just back to a low goal. The journey thing is poorly planned. I often close out the app when I doing well and then get dropped back down to start of a new “journey.” The square grid is fine for some brain exercise but it gets old. The gems are fun but after you become skilled at collecting more of them, why would you want to start at level one and have to just score low on the grid game yet again. They had a good idea but the execution needs help to keep me engaged.
I really enjoy this game, that is till I get to a high level. I only play the daily and the Journey. On Journey, each level gets progressively more difficult. There are 84 levels in all. I am a good player so I always get to level 70. Up to that point, the puzzles get to be or quite challenging but are still doable. Depending on the week, I’ve gotten as far as 80 and twice have completed the journey. Many weeks, however, the levels beyond 75 are impossible. The puzzle only generates large pieces that truly are impossible to place and I end up with no more space and have to start over. I’ve repeated a high level dozens of times and it’s always the same: the puzzle doesn’t generate small pieces and single squares to make the puzzle winnable. It’s very frustrating and I usually quit trying until the Journey ends and a new one begins. It’s no fun if the puzzle is clearly not winnable. I don’t mind a challenge but this is just annoying. That’s why I only give this app 3 stars.
I’ve been addicted to this game for six months. BUT there are a few things I wish could be changed or added. 1) an ad-free purchase option. I would certainly spend my money for that and I don’t really buy apps. 2) if you’re not going to offer an ad-free version then maybe reward the clearing of a level with no ads. Ads only when there’s failure? 3) level options. Each week starts a new challenge and it’s tedious to have to begin at level one over and over. For experienced players it would be nice if we could choose a starting level or if the challenge had experience levels to choose from, something like Easy, Challenging & Pro. Or just skip the weekly & keep leveling. Also HATE the ads that take over my sound because I’m always on silent so out of nowhere the sound comes on loud & now I can’t play this game in bed or in quiet places. Please please please eliminate those ads. Thanks for a fun game.
09 Nov, 2023: The game was playing flawlessly yesterday. I did an update to the app today, and now it won’t load. It just gets stuck on a completely white screen with nothing to click, which is when I have to force stop the app. I tried restarting the iPad, nope. Force closed again. I tried turning on Wi-Fi and then loading the game, in case your update has followed that trend of requiring Wi-Fi to function even at all, nope. Force closed again. Tried starting with Wi-Fi off again, in case something useful snuck in during the last boot, nope. Force closed again. I came here to the App Store to contact the tech team, but it only goes to your (very awesome and attractive, but ultimately unhelpful) recruitment page. (Nice graphics, btw. Your artist seems to have really captured everyone) So, unfortunately, I had to resign myself to leaving this message in an open/public forum. I miss your game being part of my wake-up routine. Hopefully we can be friends again soon?
Look, I will *pay* to have ads taken off. This game is fun, and I like filling out my daily puzzle calendar. But I am so tired of seeing the ads with the mom and her child suffering from poverty and the cold.
I know woodoku likely has no control over the ads that rotate, but the homescapes (or gardenscapes idk which one) ads are horrible and also happen to be the longest ads on top of that.
Finished the daily puzzle? Watch a sick trembling bed-ridden mom receive ice cream, her shivering daughter beg for the player to fix the fireplace (it stays broken), and them both stare at the player to fix the open window that’s been letting snow in this whole time (it also doesn’t get fixed). The viewer can’t actually do anything but watch. And there’s also ads from the same game where you watch the player purposely sabotage the mom and daughter from getting money from a puzzle. When they only get one coin out of hundreds, we watch them sob.
This game is my favorite nighttime thing to wind down with, but it gets ruined by these ads every time. They’re cheap, emotion farming, long, and so frequent. Please do something woodoku team, I like this app but it’s not worth seeing that same ad multiple times a week. I’ve been playing for 10 months, and I can’t imagine how many times I’ve seen that ad by now. I’ve reached my limit. I can’t do it anymore, man.
So much time to get to levels that insure you fail from your first move…
I agree 100% with “chessacr” and their review. Not only does the game have the advantage of giving you pieces to insure that you lose BUT I played one level, on the Journey area, more times than I care to recount. The reason for this was being given the 3 pieces to incorporate into the puzzle, not just any 3 pieces, the very first moves of the puzzle, and it showed you by greying the pieces out that you couldn’t even play the very first three pieces! This is beyond an unfair algorithm. If you can’t play the very first plays of the game, by its own design….what’s the point of solving so many puzzles to advance to a level that simply cheats. I had enjoyed the game for around a week before getting to this level, so it does take skill & time to achieve this point, but should you not be rewarded with simply more advanced puzzles? Why make it so that you can not even place the very first pieces. The algorithm needs work.
I got my highest score the very first day I played and then the game actually changed and got harder right from the beginning! Now I can’t get anywhere close! It’s like it figures out the pieces you can least use and gives you exactly those! The game is impossible as is and not fun at all. Two things that might help are 1) an undo for the last move and 2) always replace a piece after it is played so there are always 3 to choose from with an given move. Finally, TODAY I clicked update here in the app store on the Woodoku page and it updated my app. Then, after that, in the game, I got a prompt about a new 2024 version of the game asking me to download with Yes and No choices. Neither allowed me to choose it and I had to close the app to get out of the prompt. But why would the update happen there? It’s supposed to update through the app store. Plus, I did update through the app store today. Why wasn’t that the most recent version? Something isn’t right with this. Also, by the way, this is my second low review. My first one mysteriously disappeared. Hmm…
Love this game so much. Such a great brain strategy practice and gets more and more challenging as you play (especially the journeys) which I’m grateful for. Love the good graphics without constantly flashing or creating “screen noise”, making it a good game to be challenging yet relaxing.
The only thing I wish was different was the time allotment for the journeys. The levels sometimes take several attempts to complete/pass to the next and with busy life schedules, even playing a little bit everyday when I am able, I always run out of time before getting close to level 84 - which is a goal I’d like to achieve. I wanted to send TripleDotStudios an email rather than write it here in the review, but there is no contact info on the website unfortunately. Can Woodoku journeys be extended from 6 days to maybe 12? Or even 8 would be better. Please and thank you! 🙏🏽
UPDATE—They seem to have fixed the ads so they do not pop up mid-game. (At least I haven’t experienced any more, and I log in every day.) Thank you.
PREVIOUS REVIEW:
I understand that you have to show ads to offer us free games, but I have recently noticed they are now occurring also during game play. This is irritating because while I am in the process of placing a piece, an ad causes me to drop it in a place I didn’t intend. This totally defeats my strategy and ruins my progress in the current game. I do not want to play if I am concerned about losing because of an ad. It makes it not worth it to me. Otherwise, I find this game very relaxing as there are no timers or opponents. Please reconsider you ad placements.
There is a consistant lack of smaller pieces provided the longer you play, as other reviewers have stated. It means you have to replay Journey games over and over and over to finally complete them.
Furthermore, the number of ad screens has increased from 2 to as many as 11 or 12 since you have to touch the super tiny ‘x’ to get back to the game. The difficult button means you switch back and forth between the ad and the download screen over and over and over until you hit the ‘x’ just right. Far too many interruptions for this game to be fun.
Also, there is no way to silence the ads unless you turn the sound off on your phone. You can silence the game sounds in the app but not the ads. That means no playing in bed, at work, or in public (ie. waiting in line or in s waiting room) without turning all media and phone sounds completely off. This causes all sorts of problems when opening the game and forgetting to toggle all phone sounds, alarms, audiobooks, etc off before starting to play.
And there are not enough days allowed to finish the journey activity. 5 days to get through 45 levels, each of which have ten or more ad pages after each fail and between levels.
All in all, the game is fun even though the parts dropping in to be played are far from random and the ads take up so much time and are
splittingly loud. Exceptionally fristrating.
This game is really addicting especially the journey and daily challenge. However it can be unfair and winning ends up by chance and not skill. It gives you three pieces at a time and you don't get to see what's next until you place those three pieces. The next set can totally screw you over if you don't have enough options to win which isn't fair. You should be able to see which pieces are coming next if the game is truly based on strategy and not chance. I couldn't finish the journey because it's nearly impossible, too many levels and some are so difficult that it takes days to complete combined with the chance of getting good pieces. Not all the different pieces cycle through and the game decides to give you the hardest pieces over and over again. If these frustrating things were changed then it could be a really solid game.
I really enjoyed playing this game but there too many cons and not enough pros. First of all, too many ads. I would gladly pay for an ad-free option. Also, on my iPad , the ads make the game freeze and glitch out so I have to close it out and reopen it to continue. Second, where are the shapes that I see in the Woodoku ads?? I have never seen any shape puzzles come up. Third, the Journeys - I was really excited about these until they started coming out with 84 levels. Really?? That is impossible in only 6 days, especially when the app keeps crashing! And some levels are difficult and takes 5 tries or more to pass. Lastly, the daily challenges - those are fun to do but there should be an option to go back and complete the ones you missed. When it’s working, this game is a great way to zen out and relax, but all the problems made it too frustrating to keep it.
Will admit I enjoy playing it, but after about 4-5 rounds, the frustration of only getting 3 blocks at a time and not see what is coming next always kills a great game and eventually you’ll need to just close it and move on. This game never allows you to calculate risk when setting the third of the 3 delivered blocks. You can set areas of the board up and the game can progress and progress and you never get delivered the piece to clear cornered or areas you have prepped. It’s almost as if the game traps you in to keep trying to clear one section of the board. Decided to write this review after the last game just closed down. I had the upper left corner and basically left side of the board prepped for any number of pieces and went through multiple rounds and the game would not even deliver me a single block or double block. I highly doubt the pieces are delivered randomly. No block games being developed will ever match original Tetris.
This game is wonderfully addictive, however, it’s recently begun showing an ad that pops up in the *middle* of your game OVER the game. As in, you’ll be playing and about to place a price when suddenly there’s an annoying ad in the way *blocking the entire game*. You can’t see what you’re doing, and if you let go then the piece you were holding will drop who knows where. It’s made me stop playing the game altogether at times and if it isn’t removed I’ll need to find something else. The amount of times this stupid ad pops up during even one round of game defeats the purpose of playing. Seriously, they need to remove that ad and that feature.
Otherwise, it’s great. There are several types of puzzles with plenty of variety and challenges. I have zero issue with anything else other than that stupid ad displaying over the game.
I love this game and the different challenges. I love that it isn’t timed so you can strategize before placing the tile options. What I can’t stand is that there an ad after EVERY SINGLE GAME!! Once you’ve achieved the lower levels in the “Journey” the games in the upper levels can easily be over in just a few moves (not completed, but the game is over because you have to space for the remaining tiles). So you play less than a minute, then there’s an ad. Play 30 seconds, there’s another ad. Want to try again? Oh boy, there’s another ad, often the same one you’ve seen a dozen times in the past half hour. Now for the really frustrating part: every third or fourth ad crashes the game, requiring me to reload it. Within a week, I loaded the game more than 100 times. I finally deleted it and I wish there was a version I could buy to replace it. Free games are worth what they cost- absolutely nothing. As a bonus, you get a load of aggravation for no additional charge.
Love playing the games, however it could use some tweaking! The drag & drop on the pieces sometimes locks up for a few seconds & will drop the piece in a spot not intended. There are way too many long ads to watch between each retry. Some of the journeys are too long. But mostly the end of the journey puzzles are way too difficult to solve with the pieces given. The Journey to Japan is ridiculous and I spent way too many hours on re-trying to solve the puzzles. I just wanted to make it to the end!! It shouldn’t be so frustrating, it should just be fun. Great concept which is why I keep at it but come on guys, make it more fun! Also, the game will lock up after playing for a while so I just have to close it out & try later. A game for someone with lots of time on there hands.
This game is super fun and simple. I play it when I just need something casual. I like that there are now more levels in the events since those are the only games I really play. However, the games are not fair. If the pieces were random, you’d occasionally get a single block or a double block throughout the game. You only get those early on when you hardly need them and are stuck with the hardest shapes as the game progresses. I am currently stuck on level 81 of the current event. I’ve played it at least 60-70 times (maybe more!) and I’m now thoroughly convinced the level is nearly unbeatable. You either have to get super lucky or be clairvoyant and know what blocks you’re going to get next. What’s the point of a game that’s set up to make you fail???? This app should be 4 stars (1 star deduction for ads and not being able to remove them), but I’m giving it 2 because it’s purposefully impossible the play.
It’s not a bad game but some of the ads are lengthy and you can’t close out of them. There is no option to go ad free. It seems like the longer you play the game, the more often you get the lengthy ads and they keep repeating. I wish that they would change the icons in each game more often. I have been playing this game for months and would be more interesting if they changed the icons from apples and mailboxes and bubbles to something different every couple months and especially around holidays. Have bunny’s for Easter, Flags for 4th of July, turkeys, Christmas trees…etc. If it wasn’t for this. I would have given it 4 or 5 stars.
I am now adding the fact that I am bored of this game. Nothing ever changes. It is the same thing, over and over. It seems like the developer is not interested in any of the reviews people have given.
This is a terrific game concept. It makes you think in different ways than some of the other block puzzles, and it is both creative and fun.
That being said, the advertisements truly detract from the game. Not only is this one of those games that makes you go through a process of dismissing the same old ads for the same old online games, but mine often reverts into some empty ad mode where I have to click an X on an empty ad screen because the app thinks it’s time to load an advertisement for me at random times, and there isn’t one coming from their advertisers server, or wherever those ads come from.
It’s gotten to the point where the game is no longer fun and I simply have to delete it. Don’t waste your time until the people making money off this put in a little effort to make sure the game is actually enjoyable rather than just a money maker for them.
Burning out on having to sit through the same ads over and over and over and over and over…you get my point. A few ads, sure. But these are ads for ridiculous lame games that I would NEVER be inclined to download. I’d be happy to pay for an ad-free experience, but that is not available, which tells me the ENTIRE purpose of this game is one big click bait ad campaign. The ads come after every single round, regardless of how quickly the round ended.
Blech such a turn-off for an otherwise clever game that allows one to play without the constraints of time. I wouldn’t mind as much if so much of it wasn’t based on luck of the tiles you are given. I’ve had rounds end after three moves because the tiles I was given didn’t work in the pre-loaded, higher levels. Ok no problem, I’ll try again, except now I have to sit through another long ad for a smutty, offensive “make-over” game. LAME.
This game has such potential to be a really addictive and fun game, but instead it turns out to be super frustrating and makes me want to stop playing. There seems to be an algorithm to make you lose, there’s no way it can be randomized pieces. They only give you 3 at a time and you can’t rotate them at all and you can’t see what 3 will be next. Even with an almost empty board, you still end up losing because they give you 3 big weird shapes that can’t fit into your board. If that’s not bad enough, the ads aren’t long, but they sometimes pop up in the middle of playing and end up glitching the game making you place pieces in random spots you don’t want them to be. If you could rotate pieces, or if they gave you smaller pieces to clear some lines more often, this game would be super addictive and fun. Instead I’ll be deleting the app because it’s no longer fun, just frustrating.
I enjoyed playing this at first. I challenged myself to beat my daily high score, several days in a row. However, the ads are killing me softly. They are ridiculously long. The play after every single round of the game (oftentimes the ad is longer than the game itself). They will also occasionally crash the game. And it’s super repetitive. For the love of God, offer a paid version with NO ads.
Also, similar to other reviews, I hate that you can’t be strategic. The game only allows you to see three pieces. You must place all three before seeing the next three. How hard is it to place a piece, see a new piece? Asking for a friend. There should consistently be three pieces, bare minimum. And once your board is full with only small gaps, the game will consistently deliver large pieces. Ugh!
I’m giving it 2 stars because of the ads. But I would love for this to be more of a game of strategy vs a game of chance.
This game is very addictive but also very frustrating! I have never seen a game this impossible to finish levels in. I can spend literally hours and days trying to beat a level and it is literally impossible. As much as I play, I still have never been able to finish a weekly challenge. The first few levels are easy but by the time you get about half way through, they get nearly impossible to beat. I am a very competitive person and it infuriates me that I can’t finish- EVER. The other thing that is horribly frustrating is how the stupid ads lock up the game. I have the data turned off so the ads don’t come on when I am out of my house but as soon as I connect to my WiFi they are back again. Some might say it is my phone, but it does do that for any other game I play. Right now I am trying unsuccessfully to finish the challenge for the week and am super frustrated, so it is getting a one star. I would give it a zero if I could!
The game has a very annoying tendency to give you pieces you can’t use, so you lose, not because of skills, but because the piece selection is flawed. Of course, some of the strategy involves planning ahead for the odd piece that may not fit, but sometimes the pieces are so random you can’t do anything with them no matter how skilled you are. I made it to an upper level that I tried too many times to count and finally gave up. I was simply never enough pieces to succeed.
I tried to buy out if the advertisements, but there is no place in app to do that apparently.
The app endlessly crashes during the advertisements. I’ve had to download and delete repeatedly. As others have noted, once you go so far, you never get the shapes you need, no matter how good you are at strategizing. Seems like it’s just a set up to get you to watch advertisements.
While this app is not a money grabber since there is no option to buy anything, it also leaves you stuck watching every single ad after each game, even if it take 30 seconds to play and then out of moves. As you progress to each level, the ads become longer, having NO “X” button to end it, you are stuck for more than 30 seconds watching and a very high chance of freezing up. It gets aggravating having to shut and reboot the app every time. Not to mention, it is ALWAYS those ridiculous ads that don’t even fit the game its trying to convince you to download. Also, the higher the level you get, it almost seems impossible to complete. After placing the 3 shapes, your next ones are usually guaranteed to go nowhere, almost like it’s on purpose. Very bad concept, since the only options are to get frustrated or just quit playing & delete.
This is clickbait. If you even see this review I’ll be amazed. I doubt that they will allow it to be posted. If you click app support, there is none. Only the website. And no way to contact anyone there either. The way the puzzle pieces are allotted is very questionable. It seems that after enough failed attempts, you’ve seen enough ads, so they let you win. It’s more likely they’re snooping in your personal info and gathering info from other sites you’re visiting so they can sell your info. I’ve tried it. It could be fun if done right. I’M OUT!!! Update, they sent me a message, through Apple, to send them a “screenshot”. How do you send a screenshot of a game? How do you send a screenshot of something that doesn’t exist? A contact link that doesn’t exist? A series of pieces that come in an order that make it impossible to win, no matter how you strategize. Just the fact they sent it through Apple tells me they are hiding their contact info. Shame on Apple for assisting their coverup.
Yes, they sent a response. Had nothing to do with the fact that the game advertised is NOT the game you play. They just wanted to let me know there’s a way to confront them in private, so the rest of you don’t get to see the facts.
Developer, when you send me instructions on how to play the advertised game, then maybe I’ll reconsider.
Until then, you are CLICKBAIT with possible shady intentions.
Game is designed to cheat players so that it can be a revolving ad machine for those that play. If you need proof, pay attention to what kind of pieces you get when you start playing versus when you have been playing for a minute. In the beginning, you’ll get singles and other smaller pieces. Once the game starts getting more pieces left on the board, it will no longer give you small pieces. It will then give you diagonals and larger pieces to try and block every move. If it were random, you would get an equal shot at all pieces from the start, but after playing a few hundred times, I feel confident in stating that the game is rigged to know exactly what pieces won’t fit and it will give you them every time.
The sad part, if they made the game fun and random, I’d probably keep playing long term. Since there’s no way to win, I’d rather delete the game and move on. Feel free to test my theory for yourself. If you track the pieces, you’ll see what I mean.
Fun, but will purposely discourage you to waste your time trying to reach the finish-line.
Daily challenge is great. The weekly adventure to try and reach the final stage…. (Used to be 50) Now 83, is impossible by the algorithm giving you a predetermined losing combination of blocks to keep you coming back for another try. It’s enough of your time just play 82 games, but to lose 30 times in a row to a single stage so you can never reach the finish line (and I don’t mean on the last stage) by, obviously not random pieces when approaching your goal, is annoying and a waste of time. It’s a fun game and used to be better, but now they keep you roped in by having a glimps of hope and rip the carpet out from under your feet. I took a long a break and came back. Now I feel like I should have just stayed away. OCD trigger warning for those who can stop.
Woodoku is as much of a teacher as it is a game. Its smooth, soothing wooden tiles invite us to think about creating space - on the board as well as in our lives- the randomness of the tiles reminds us that despite our efforts to organize everything into little boxes, the future won’t always fit neatly into our plans and we must remain flexible. Whether we score hundreds or thousands of points, Woodoku displays a message of encouragement while providing accountability in the form of measuring us against our past performance and celebrating our successes as we best ourselves. Finally the ads between games show us that we really could be wasting our time in worse ways.
It’s a very addicting game, but also frustrating. I agree with the last reviewer totally. As the game progresses, it refuses to give you even one shape you need to keep going. It boxes you in. As the game progresses and the space gets tight, it never gives you the small shapes you need to clear an area to keep going. I can always tell when I’m screwed. Once I get to about 700 points it starts giving me the opposite of what I need and starts giving me 4 or 5 block diagonal shapes etc. I have never started a fresh game and been given a diagonal shape. If it were truly random I assume I’d get a variety of shapes throughout the game.
I also notice anytime I need an L shape or a single block deep into the game I never get those. It’ll give me a backwards L that I can’t use over and over. If you play it enough you’ll notice right away.
This game is a combination of Tetris and sudoku. It is challenging and fun but I have decided to uninstall it because of several flaws.
1.) The developer has no way of removing ads. This is an issue for several reasons. Some of the ads are borderline inappropriate and NSFW and I often play this in public or at work on my breaks and no longer feel comfortable doing so. Also ads play between every single round so 1 minute of gameplay at most warrants a 10-60 second ad?? Really? I would gladly pay a couple of dollars for ad removal.
2.) There is no offline gameplay advancement or rewards system. Any gameplay the happens while you are not connected to the internet is not registered on your timeline. The daily challenges are treated as though they were never completed. I am offline due to my work 4-8 hours a day and would like to participate in these challenges but can’t.
3.) the game audio is broken and glitches several times throughout the day. No fix is available.
4,) Developer support is nonexistent and I have used the in-app support to attempt to resolve these issues but have never even gotten a response back. 3 months, 10 tickets.
The challenges are repetitive and become boring after a while. There is never an escalated challenge after the first one.
Great game but the in-game ads are not only annoying but YOUR own ads are even more worse!
I just installed this game and I loved it at the start, but right when I played a few rounds of it, I started seeing the usual ad invasion. Can this game just stop throwing the same ads for the same games? Some ads are even sexually inappropriate too, like this one that I keep getting for that same reality show game with the cheating woman and that other ad with that “spot the difference” game with the lady on the toilet! As if that couldn’t get any worse, your OWN ads are literally NOTHING LIKE THE GAME! The ads literally show you putting pieces on a diamond when in the actual game, the board is just a big square! So misleading!
How I would change the game: Add a no-ads button as well as changing your ads so they can ACTUALLY look like the game. Thank you.
Triple dot,
Today while playing Woodoku, a game for 12 and up. An ad for a game came up. This game featured a women in a thong and bra style nighty. This offended me greatly for several reasons. First I do not care to see other people in this state of dress. Second Twelve year olds are not adults and do not need to be subjected to this kind of sexuality. Social diseases and pregnancy is on a rise in this in this country. You as the maker of this game can’t eliminate this fact, however we can each do our part. What ads you accept are under your control. Third the women in this ad was overweight and the man in the ad was discussed by her body. Eating disorders are a very serious mental health diagnosis. Body shaming the adolescent as well as Adults contributes to this disease.
I do enjoy playing Woodoku and I have downloaded other games after seeing an ad while playing. I assume this is good for your company when player’s act on the ads we see while playing your games.
It is my hope to continue to play this game and others not only by your company but by other companies who advertise on your sites. Please remove inappropriate ads from your game sites.
I am giving your game a 1 star because it is my hope to be taken seriously and for others to see my concerns. We’re it not for this ad I would have given your game a much higher mark.
Jennifer Conner
This is an addictive app. I have different versions. I like the brain challenge, but it is so annoying when the game freezes for 5-10 seconds and I can not move any of the pieces. Often I have to restart the game. I’ve tried closing and reloading, doing a forced shutdown of the iPad, but nothing helps. What causes it to freeze when it’s time to move a piece? Also, the number and frequency of ads is so annoying! And some games like Brains n Balls don’t have a “silent” button, and so can’t play this in bed or anywhere while waiting! Why not offer a paid version w/out ads? Let us buy it once, not a monthly charge. Also, I HATE all the FAT ads! They are not true and there is no pill that can create those results. PLEASE eliminate these ads!
I really do love this game! It can be frustrating at times but totally satisfying when your pieces align correctly. I’ve been playing this game on and off for a year or so, and there’s one thing I can’t wrap my head around: what is the purpose of the gem collection and the journeys? I think it would be really cool if you could trade your earned gems or journey awards for a specific block during a game…you know a shape of your choosing. And I understand that diminishes the challenge a little and takes away from the “randomness”, but it would really increase each player’s personal satisfaction. Let’s be honest here, those are what others reviews have reported being the most frustrating and annoying…
It seems like the biggest complain from other players is the ads. Is there a paid version that you can buy or subscribe to that turns those off?
Also, I’d like to see how I rate with other players. It shows you your personal scores, but I’m curious what other people’s high scores are. My best score 1787, but is that a low score in the grand scheme of the game or a high score?
Anyway, I still love the game and will keep playing it regardless!
I LOVE this game. My husband and I both play it every day. There are constantly new puzzles and we compete to see who can get farther at on the Weekly Journeys. I just have one problem, ADS. There are so many, one after every single try. If I lose in 3 moves I have to watch an ad to play again. If I play for a full minute, I spend at least a quarter of it if not half watching ads. Of course I got a message today saying I need to allow the game to track me. Right now, the game won’t open, because I have all my tracking turned off. I would be willing to pay for the game, I love it that much, but the ads are driving me crazy. Even if it does allow me to play again, I’m afraid I will end up deleting it because of the amount of ads.
Woodoku: wood block puzzle games meet a sudoku grid. It’s a calm but challenging puzzle that you’ll be addicted to in no time!
Place blocks in the 9x9 board and fill rows, columns or squares to clear them from the game. Play for as long as you can without running out of space to beat your high score!
How to Play:
□ Drag shapes onto the board to place them in the grid.
□ Fill a row, column, or square to clear blocks from the board.
□ Clear multiple rows, regions, or squares to earn Combo points!
□ Clear blocks on every turn to earn Streak points!
□ Earn as many points as you can to beat your high score!
□ Have yourself a woody good time!
It’s a quiet, zen game that’s easy to learn, but challenging to master! Take your time and take it easy.
Featuring:
□ Beautiful graphics and satisfying sound effects
□ A tactile game experience with realistic wood tile design
□ Relaxing gameplay with no pressure or time limit
□ A light, small game that won’t take space on your device
□ Playable offline so you can enjoy this classic anywhere
