I really enjoy design- related apps, as it’s a great opportunity to exercise my creativity in a way that is relaxing. In the past, however, I have deleted all of these types of apps, because either they had an abundance of annoying ads, you had to play other games in order to earn points to be able to keep designing, or otherwise it was just too hard to earn coins or other credit. I am not one that is going to spend actual money to earn rewards, so it’s not enjoyable to have an app that lets you do so little otherwise— or without getting angry at the app itself. 😒 I’ve also seen other apps that are just plain confusing to navigate, which makes no sense to me whatsoever. On the contrary, Venue is super easy to use, incredibly fun, and completely easy to keep playing without interruption (by ads, insufficient coins, etc). I just found this a few days ago, and I am pleasantly addicted. I can’t believe that an app like this actually exists, and I am genuinely so impressed and so grateful!

I actually love this game. Unfortunately, it costs way too much to play. The designs are fun, but just for example, if you spend 4800 to 5000 coins to submit your design, there is a very good chance you’re only going to win back 750 to 1000 coins. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that eventually, you will have to spend money to play this game. If I enjoy a game, I definitely do not mind spending money from time to time or even maybe once a week a little bit here and there. The problem with this game is even when you do spend money you have to continue spending money because you will eventually end up in the rat race of trying to catch up and not able to design as you would like. You do have inventory that you can build up, but they only let you have access to one or two items every now and then so you do not have full access to your inventory. You also get to spin a wheel twice every 24 hours, but sometimes you get something decent and sometimes you don’t. Not really enough to help with gameplay. I wish the developers would understand that they would actually get more if they’d be willing to give more. As it is, I’m seeking out other games to play while I still play this one, but I’m not going to pay to play because I have to. I will because I want to. And with that being said this game is losing out.

This is a fun game to design rooms. There are three main problems. First, the description does not always match the picture of the item. When you select that item, the color that appears on the screen is different than the color swatch that you see when selecting your choices. The second problem is glitches in the system. They will have special events where you need to spend a certain number of coins or vote on so many designs, etc. I found that you don’t always get credit for what you do. The third problem is that you use more coins and diamonds than you ever collect. Obviously it’s a game and the developer wants to make money so they put together special bundles for a fee. Not everyone wants to spend a lot of money on gaming when it’s just a way to relax. Most games will give you the option to watch ad videos to get more diamonds or coins. There’s only two areas where you can do that in this game. It reaches a point where it’s no longer fun. You don’t have enough points to create the design that looks good. Other players vote on designs and you earn diamonds/coins. Because you had to use only items that you could afford, you get a low score so you don’t earn very much. It becomes an ongoing spiral of poor designs, nobody votes for you, you don’t earn coins/diamonds, you just run out of money. That’s too close to real life to be any fun.

I enjoy the design aspect of the game. There are some really nice materials and settings to work with. The problem is the finances of each entry. Using all of the cheapest materials, it’s at least $5000 to complete a room. You can get $2000 for submitting a design if you watch a video - $1000 if you don’t. The most you can win for a design is $3000, and that’s if the design is voted 5 stars, which seems rare. Usually, it’s $1250 or $2000. This is for their regular “Chapters” designs. If you play the Live Events, it costs the same while offering a top prize of $1500! You could maybe break even on coins on a regular design if you bought mostly items that cost gems, but those also run out quickly. You can get $1000-$2000 per day for logging in. The only way to play this without spending a lot of real cash is to submit one design per day.UPDATE: I downgraded my review to one star because since I wrote it, the game has robbed me of coins twice - once a video reward that didn’t pay, and once because it just took my submission money twice. I contacted customer service both times. First, I was told to update the game and not credited with my money. The second time, she just copied my report back to me - no refund, no “sorry for your loss, sucker.” Nothing. Game: deleted.