Recent reviews by Jxt09

This is a great take on the classic match 3 game. They really upped the ante by making the player go back and forth between rooms, find a key in one room then go back to a previous room and finish it off. It's like a puzzle. The focus is not on matching a certain number of a specific color match item but matching stuff in order to get special items to fall off the bottom of the board, which can be difficult at times. Sometimes there are chained tiles that have to be matched first to remove the chains and usually one of the special items is on top of a lot of chained tiles. But thankfully there are magic spells you can buy and one of them removes chains in a certain sized area, which can be upgraded by paying more money. There is also my favorite: the bomb! I used that more than any of the other items you can buy. Some of them I didn't even bother with. You gain the magic to use the spells by matching 4. Sometimes you get a vial of magic power, sometimes a coin, sometimes an arrow that goes up or across and eliminates all tokens in it's way.

In addition to the regular levels there are special levels like Puzzle, Race, and Jewels. I found the Puzzle levels difficult and frustrating at times but I loved the Jewel levels.

There are different modes and difficulty settings you can choose to play. There's timed, or untimed but with a set number of moves. I play on untimed.

During the levels you get items and currency that you use to buy pieces of a picture of a castle or mansion. In this game they are usually in a spooky setting. You also buy stuff like bats that fly about, owls that hoot, and other items like statues. There are four or five scenes that you construct and once you are done it unlocks a wallpaper image that you can use to set for your computer's desktop image if you like.

I love the music in this game, it's spooky!

This game is great and I highly recommend it.

Great for kids and adults. This particular game seemed to be easier than other games in the series that I've played. The images are larger and therefore easier to pick out the differences (i.e. the ear of an elephant). So this game would be good for kids, maybe the best to start with for kids, to introduce the concept of the game, finding the differences between two pictures that, at first glance, look alike but are not.

I finished the game in less than an hour. And there are achievements. It's an easy 100% for achievement hunters.

One quibble I have about this series is that they use the same music for every game. It gets old.

As for price, well I purchased my copy on sale for 49 cents so it's up to you to decide to wait for a sale or not.

This is a game aimed at kids but I found it fun and difficult enough for an adult to play also. There is a scene and the screen is split in two with seemingly identical scenes. But there are several differences between the two scenes. It could be an item that is in one scene and not in the other, or a change of color or direction.

I love the underwater theme. However I found this game a bit more difficult than some of the other "Viki Spotter" games because the things are so small like crabs or shells. So kids may have a bit more difficulty with this one. But that's good for adults because it makes it not so easy.

I finished the game in under an hour and I think I paid 50 cents or something cheap like that, so it was worth it in my opinion.

All the Viki Spotter games I have played so far have the exact same music in each game. I don't like that. I think it's laziness on the developer's part.

This game has achievements and it's an easy 100% for achievement hunters.

Great puzzle game where you have to aim a line (called a pass) to have it pass through a block, and keep going but make sure you don't paint yourself into a corner and find out at the end that's there's a block that you can't get to because your passes have blocked it in. That has happened to me so many times. Prepare to have to redo levels many times until you are able to finish. And there's no one right way or path, you can choose to go wherever you want. If you want to get a "Perfect" rating, however, you have to pass through a block each time you make a line, which is difficult. In that sense there is probably one way to do it to get a perfect but my point is you can still play the game and finish a level as long as all the blocks have been gone through.

The early levels do a great job of introducing the concept of what you're supposed to do. Then it starts to get more difficult. Later spikes are introduced (of course! gotta have spikes) that are an instant kill if you hit them. I can't wait to find out what else is in store in the later levels. And that brings me to another positive element in the game: on the level select screen you can select ANY level you want! The levels are not locked until you complete the previous one like lots of games but instead you can go ahead and select later levels, skip levels you have difficulty with. This is a great feature for me because I tend to get stuck and get sick of replaying the same level over and over again and I want to see what the next level is like. In this game I can! That is so wonderful.

You know what else is wonderful? The developer! He responds to questions on the board and even asks for feedback on what we think would be good to add to future levels. Which means he's still committed to his game, it's not like "this game is finished I'm moving on to a new game" like so many devs do. I love developers who have positive interactions with gamers.

Final thought: the music is a surprise, quite upbeat but not too much that it would distract. I like it. A lot of minimalist puzzle games have soft quiet music in the background but this game has music more like an action game.

I paid for this game, I got it on sale I think 10% off, and I do not regret my purchase at all. This is a clever little puzzle game and I highly recommend it.

It's a simple run around and collect squares and try not to die. The amount of squares you collect is your score. Try to get a high score. The game keeps a record of your high score and there are leaderboards for you to compare your score to others as well as how many seconds you lasted.

You are a light blue dot and when you move around (using the mouse) there appears a tail behind you like a comet's tail. Obstacles are blue lines, one horizontal and one vertical, that travel to the other side of the screen. There is a gap in each line for you to go through. Other obstacles are the big dark blue dot that just flies in a straight line from where it randomly appears on the edge of the screen, and the annoying little dark blue dot with a little tail that follows you until you are killed or it gets killed. The Follower can be killed by running into the big blue dot or red dots. A red dot will appear near the edge and separate into three red dots and each travels in a separate direction until it disappears off-screen. And I don't know if there are even more obstacles to come that I have not lasted long enough to see!

Yes it was originally a phone game. So what. I've got no problem with people developing a game for one platform and then try to make more money (so they can make more games) by releasing it on another platform.

Also the game has really nice background music (if you last long enough to hear it!). After I died one time I left the game running and was amazed at how good the music got.

I recommend it to people who just want a quick game to challenge their reflexes. Sometimes we need to take a little break on PC same as people do on their phones.

Edited: removed a line because the Dev added Leaderboards.

The more Zup games, the better!

A good nonogram puzzle game. Not my favorite but has good features. There are many difficult puzzles for those who love a challenge. And easier Mosaic puzzles for those who don't. Ironically the difficult puzzles might be only 20x20 size box. The difficulty lies in the numbers given, mostly small numbers (1s, 2s) and barely any longer numbers to try and get a foothold on the image. I was amazed at how difficult some of these puzzles were. I'm used to the smaller grid puzzles being easier and the challenge only comes on the bigger grid puzzles. I'm not sure how big the grids get in the game because I'm still working on it! Currently at 30x30 grid.

In addition to the main puzzles and Mosaic ones there is an option called "Endless" which I haven't tried but assume is easier small puzzles endlessly, but I could be wrong. And I think there's a workshop for player-made puzzles that I also have not looked into. So there's a ton of content in this game. I'm 47 hours in and, like I said, have not even finished the main puzzles.

The music is really nice, especially the opening guitar song. Some of the music feels like lounge music, like you're in an upclass bar with a piano player in it. But it is easy to tune out so you can focus on the puzzles.

I don't remember the price, and I'm pretty sure I bought my copy when it was on sale but with all this content it's got to be worth the price. I'm just a cheapo and always wait for a sale before buying a game but do what you like.

Rating this game versus other Nonogram programs I'd say it comes in the middle of the pack. Not the best but very good. One feature I love and wish other Nonogram programs would copy is to wait until I place the X before graying out the number. Other games automatically gray it out as soon as the correct number of squares are placed and that can confuse me. This one waits on you so that I can see for sure how many squares are needed before I X it off. What I dislike about this game is how difficult it is with all the small numbers in the puzzles. I prefer puzzles that have at least several large numbers (especially on the border!) so I can get a start and something to work with. In this game I stare at the screen and can't find the next move. So I give up on it, quit out of that puzzle (the game auto-saves) and try another one. I have probably ten puzzles in progress as I speak! I might post more later as I complete more of the game but for now my vote is a solid YES!

This game rocks. One of the best nonogram/pixcross games on Steam!

Will add more to this review later.

A short but good match 3 with a twist.

There's a barebones story, something about restoring the castle to it's former glory because the peasants all moved away. So they need money to build things and they get that by delving into the caves, where you play the match 3 games. There is also another currency, spirit or something like that, and that's used to buy special bonus things like remove 5 pieces in a cross formation anywhere you want on the board (useful for those things that you have to drop off the bottom of the board), and remix the board when you can't find any matches, and a red dragon that I never figured out what he did. You can also use spirit to make her run faster in the caves.

The caves start out simple but gradually get complex and bigger so that you can't see what's down a corridor or shaft. The goal is to get all the treasure before you find the exit. One time I took a wrong turn and ended up at the exit before I had gone everywhere. ANd there's no do-overs. You can't replay a level. You have one chance and that's it. Your character travels in a direction until she hits an obstacle (blocks, doors, etc.). At intersections there are arrows and you choose which direction you want to go. There are also animals to rescue by running into them. After you are done in the cave the animals frolic in the outdoors among the buildings you have built.

There's always some "quest" that you need to build something or do something and that costs a certain amount of money (gold coins). I call them "quests" because after you have purchased it and the graphic of it building something is done it says "Quest Completed!" When you do not have enough money to buy the "quests" then you click on "Go to the caves" and start a cave run. The cave layouts seem pre-made and not random but I don't know for sure. I also don't know how many there are but there must be enough in case a player misses some treasure chests and needs to do extra cave runs to get more money. Or you can get money by trading spirit. I had way too much spirit because I seldom used the bonus abilities but it's there for players who like to use the bonuses a lot.

According to Steam I played a little over 4 hours actual playtime. Pretty short but it really didn't feel that way to me. Maybe because I played this game in short spurts instead of long time. So keep that in mind when deciding if you want to get the game or not. I reccommend waiting for a sale, that's what I did.

The background music is okay, not annoying even though it was repetitive, it just blended into the background in my mind while I was concentrating on the match 3 levels.

This is a great game when you just want to play something for 15 minutes. This is a card game but not one where you have a deck of your own and play cards on a field. Instead there is a grid of cards randomly chosen from enemies, weapons, healing potions, and more, and YOU are one of the cards! You move around the grid up, down, left, right by clicking on the card next to you that you want to go to. If there is an enemy there you'd better have a weapon otherwise you take damage equal to the enemies HP. Your HP is 10 and you need to be careful not to take too much damage because healing potion cards do not always show up when you need them. If your HP goes to zero, you die. Other helpful cards are shrines that make every enemy on the board poisoned or on fire for a few turns. There are also spikes to watch out for. They go up on one turn then down on the next. You can walk over them when they are down (it looks like ground with a bunch of holes in it) and that neutralizes that threat. Some enemies move and follow you as you take your turn but most stay where they are so you can maneuver around them, grab a weapon, collect coins and then come back to kill them. But each move you make creates a space for a new card to appear and it could be an enemy, a weapon, spikes, healing potion, or just flat empty ground.

Currently there are four bosses each with it's own look (skeleton head, spider-woman, giant green blob) and once defeated leave a great weapon like a fire stick. Defeating bosses helps you unlock things like more weapons and helpful abilities to choose from such as "heal each move you make that is not an attack".

You start with the basic hog but as you play more you unlock more characters and each one has unique weapons. For instance the Ninja has a staff, the Cowboy has a gun. They all have 3 weapons that could appear on the board: their main one, like a sword, a second one that is usually a multi-enemy weapon like the molotov cocktail.

Currently there are four different modes you can choose to play, all single player (hopefully multiplayer will come in the future?).

Dungeon Loop is the main one I've been playing. If you last long enough there is a red door card that leads you to a small "town" where there are NPCs that can increase your weapon damage in exchange for the scrap you have collected, or add cards, like different weapons, to the deck in exchange for some of the coins you collect (some enemies leave coins after they die). Once you've done all you want you return to the main board and continue on.

Endless Mode is, as it sounds, endless. Just keep playing until you die.

Flame Escape Mode where you have to keep moving to the right because there is a wall of flame that will destroy the left-most line of cards after you take your turn.

Zombie mode (not it's real name, sorry it just got added and I forget what it's called). I haven't played it yet but I assume it's got Zombies!

Though they say it's in Early Access the game as it is now is completely playable (and re-playable!) The Devs are open to what the players have to say and have even made changes based on player feedback. They also say they have more things planned to add and I can't wait to see what they come up with.

I've played for 8 hours, according to Steam, and it feels like a lot longer. Maybe because each game is so short because I die a lot (as you will too). I haven't even unlocked all the characters yet! So that will give you an idea of how much you have to play (some say grind) to unlock everything. In the beginning your game might only last 5 minutes because you don't have anything unlock, you start with the basic hog with a basic weapon. As you unlock things you can play longer, 15 minutes or even more but eventually you will die.

If that sounds like fun to you then get this game! I love to support Devs who are active with their player base and listen to them.