Great game, but one issue with the one-a-day system
Sat Feb 10 2024 Cindi MayweatherI adore this game! It’s unique as far as word games go and the art style is so charming. I don’t mind that you been only play once a day for free because it keeps me from getting sucked in too much.
The one issue I’ve noticed is that while I’m in Eastern time, the timer that restricts you to one game a day will still allow me to play until 3 am (midnight Pacific time). However, if I play a game between midnight and 3 am, I will not be able to play again until 3 am the following day. For example, at 12:30 am on Feb 9, I was still able to play the daily from Feb 8. But at 12:30 am on Feb 10, I am NOT able to play at all. The daily from Feb 9 is marked as complete even though I did not get to play that one, only the daily from Feb 8. I would love for this to be fixed, especially now that you’ve introduced streaks. I don’t mind losing the ability to play the previous day’s game until 3 am if it means not getting cheated out of the next day’s game altogether 🙏🏾
Please fix bugs. Otherwise great
Sat Jun 01 2024 JPrice077538I want to give this 5 stars so badly because it’s a fantastic game with wonderful art that’s so unique and fun. I play every day and paid for the full version. But it’s so frustrating how many bugs there are! Some examples: Sometimes when I play a good Gubbins, like the one that’s supposed to take single tiles on the board and turn them into a word, it only takes 2-3 single tiles and leaves the rest. More often though, when there are pencil Gubbins on the board in the daily challenges, they disappear randomly at any point in the game - very unpredictable. Just now, I placed an O tile on the daily challenge and suddenly all the tiles in that column changed, ruining every single word I’ve made (I even undid it, it reverted back, I played a few different tiles, and when I put my O back there it wrecked the board again). There’s no error report form so I have to leave this review, but it’s so frustrating when I spend 30-60 minutes on a game and then the bugs wreck it before I can finish. Makes me not want to play or recommend it. PLEASE FIX THE BUGS 😭 because otherwise it’s amazing
Fantastic
Thu Dec 28 2023 PeplopSo refreshing to play a game that isn’t full of ads… we forget what that’s like. The lack of ads actually made me want to pay for the game just for that alone. Such a rarity now, shut up and take my money - Other developers please take note. The game is thoughtfully designed, artwork is great and the concept is simple. Beautiful game overall and really enjoyable to play so far. Yes, it’s another word game based on other word game mechanics but it’s really well done and feels unique with the gubbins and it’s actually quite strategic mixed with the hope of the draw giving you what you want before you run out of space on the grid. The daily puzzles are great, free and the lack of nudge /micro payments in the game makes it terrific - yes there is a shop but it doesn’t block/restrict/cap gameplay with stupid stuff like in game currencies and scam economies. Nope, instead it’s just about fun gameplay that’s open to all. Fantastic.
love it, don’t love streaks
Wed Jan 10 2024 ivoy12forI’d really love it if displaying (or even keeping track of) the current streak was configurable. I understand that’s a big deal for a lot of people, but it makes playing a game feel less joyful and more like a job for me. I’d like to be able to opt out. Please keep up the good work; I love what you’re doing and it’s a joy to play. Don’t forget to be awesome.
a bug: if i open the app and select the daily puzzle, its often labeled correctly as todays puzzle but actually reloads yesterday’s. there’s no way to abandon the solve, so i redo the puzzle (sometimes just throwing stuff down to get to the FIN tile). afterwards, the current days puzzle is marked completed in the main screen even though i haven’t seen it. i can go to the archive screen and select it from there, and play it that way, though. this doesn’t always happen and i haven’t noticed a pattern yet.
Great game, just one thing
Tue Nov 14 2023 KurgBurgerThe art style is charming, the sound is amazing, and the gameplay is just as good. I’ve always liked how games like Wordle brought people together with their daily games and this game has that too, but unfortunately you have to pick between playing that mode or the normal mode if you’re playing for free. While I understand the daily concept for monetization, it would be great if we were able a try at the daily and the normal mode before the countdown starts. It would let people have fun with normal gubbins and also share with others their daily mode experience. Anyways, if you’re a person wondering to get this game or not, please do. It’s free and 100% worth it
I DID like it…
Sun Jun 23 2024 ShamalambUpdate June 2024: still so glitchy! Letters get stuck so you can’t use them. Lightning bolt says 1 more round but never expires so it had ruined that row. It seems like such a simple game I don’t understand how it breaks constantly.
Old review: I paid for this game awhile ago and then recently paid AGAIN to get a few new Gubbins. These new ones are glitchy where every so often it will have an error message saying sorry that meteor got messed up- and then it takes away the Gubbin but does not fix the tiles that had been moved. So then your board is wrecked. I’m like 8 tiles into the Daily today and it has happened again and I’m not going to finish the game. Sometimes it will place a Gubbin over a letter tile that’s already been played on the board. Even if that Gubbin disappears, the letter tile become unplayable. Have a 9 letter word? No, you now have a 3 letter word, a 5 letter word, and a dead tile that can’t be fixed. It’s just wildly expensive for a cute little game to have such game-breaking (derogatory) issues.
Fun & fresh game
Sat Dec 09 2023 Actually a catGreat game, I look forward to my daily free play & don't mind that it's only 1 a day; like NYT word games, I think that keeps it interesting & fun instead of something you can have on demand all the time. The artwork is amazing, and the different puzzles keep it fresh as well. I have had problems with the game, like others, where going to a different app in the middle of the game (such as to respond to a text message, check a bus schedule, etc) kicked me out of the game and wouldn't let me finish, which is disappointing. I also wish there was a quick video tutorial for each gubbin to have an example of what they do. I find that the descriptions sometimes lead me to believe 1 thing, but when I play a gubbin either nothing happens, or it does something different than I expected. All in all I'd recommend this to anyone who likes word games but it could use some improvements!
Good game but a bit of trouble with communication
Tue Nov 14 2023 Mortal-IshI’ve been watching the game on TikTok for quite some time and have been really looking forward to it. I really enjoyed the tutorial levels and could see that it is an enjoyable game with great art. However when I was looking around at the three available levels I mistakenly clicked to play classic level. I wasn’t able to play at the time so I clicked to exit the level. Without realizing it, I had used up my only play for the day and felt a bit confused. I understand that this will likely only be a one time problem but I would have liked a confirmation prompt that said something along the lines of, “leaving this game will count as your daily game, confirm?” Again, the game seems really fun and I look forward to playing it tomorrow I just feel a bit frustrated over the fact that I cannot play today.
Great game! Just needs some adjustments.
Thu Dec 07 2023 captiancookiecatI’m enjoying Gubbins a lot, it just gets a little repetitive at times, and there are some balance issues with some of the gubbins. Here’s a couple of suggestions to improve the game:
- Nerf the sock gubbin. It seems completely impossible to get a high score without it.
- A new game mode. Maybe something that’s really different like some sort of little puzzle rush? Not sure, but the gameplay could use more variety, and it would be nice for some games to be a little more bite-sized.
- Differing daily boards. Maybe in the dailies, or a different game mode, the board could change size/shape, or add walls in the middle. This would vary them a lot and change the way you have to think.
- Obviously more gubbins, which I’m sure will come at some point in more packs.
Another idea for them though is to have seasonal gubbins: packs that rotates in/out based on the time of year. This way the game changes a bit throughout the year and it would be exciting when the season comes for one of your favorite seasonal gubbins!
For example, fall gubbins and Christmas gubbins! :)
Good, could be better
Wed Jul 24 2024 dhdhsnsksidhdvIt’s baffling to me that there are only two directions to make words in. You can’t swipe backwards or diagonally to make words which in my opinion is a huge miss. I travel a lot so I paid the six bucks to have infinite play when waiting for flights or the train and I feel like for the animations and novelty it’s worth 6 bucks one time. The RNG in the game is awful however. Your score is completely dependent on what random letters and gubbins you get, and many times two bad gubbins in a row has completely derailed a game. There’s also no reason to have undoing letter placements be limited to three per game when gubbin animations regularly cause me to misplace a letter and destroy a word. It’s a cute aesthetic game but it could be a great game with some tweaks.