Math Puzzle Games - Cross Math 4+

Enjoy!

Fun for anyone who enjoys math as I do!

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They claim “no annoying ads,” but that’s what you’re going to see between every game. They might even respond to this review, saying “We’re sorry, but blah blah blah” instead of simply revising their false advertising. Just tell the truth, respect others.

Developer Response ,

Hi, we are so sorry for any inconvenience! As a free game, we have to survive and support further development by integrating with ads but we also strive to make sure there will be not too many Annoying Ads in our game. If it is not too much trouble, could you please take a screenshot of the "No Ads" advertisement you see and reach us at crossmath@fungame.studio? We really appreciate it and will do everything in our power to make our game right for you. Thanks a lot! - Melody

All right game, UI a little glitchy

So, I start up the game and am presented with a tutorial that shows me I can place numbers either by tapping the location and tapping the number, or by dragging the number. Okay. I saw some reviews complain about dragging sometimes dropping in the wrong place, so for accuracy I prefer the tap-tap method. (Which has the unfortunate side effect that it doesn't seem to work for removing a number that turns out not to work, for that I must drag it back down). One problem: the game is REALLY obsessed with dragging. It's insane sometimes. I had several times where tapping a number instead of placing it, the game "dragged" it to the bottom of the equations grid, ruining equations I had already solved! And make no mistake, there is no question whether I tap short enough, even tapping lighter than average often triggers this behaviour. I tried to tap undo to fix this garbage, turns out the "Undo" circular arrow is "Restart". Why isn't there any no-harm-no-foul Undo??? Especially if the game likes to screw up like that? Why not account for any Oops? (On my part OR the game's part). I've found I have to tap SO lightly and quickly that I border on not triggering the touch sensors at all. It's a difficult balance.

Also, I've installed this on a tablet, an iPad. Tablets work best in landscape, as such I tend to disable turning by locking rotation into landscape mode (using the size and width to read sentences more comfortably, etc). However, this app only accounts for phones, in portrait, AND forces itself into turning to portrait (by comparison, the jukebox app TouchTunes and delivery app DoorDash also only have a portrait layout, but they still let me use them in the landscape orientation I've locked my device into. It would be nice if there was a landscape layout, or at least let me see the portrait layout while the device is oriented in landscape.

Also, I note that even in my first Medium difficulty game I quickly ran out of equations with two numbers, forcing me to guess/trial-and-error my way through the rest of the puzzle. When I got to Expert that feels to be expected, but Medium seemed a little low difficulty to have to solve more than half the puzzle that way. (I took a screenshot if there was any way to share it).

And as feedback, I note a pathetic reliance on the number 1 for multiplication and division. Those multiplication/division equations carry promise to be more interesting, exercise my brain a little more, so it ends up being rather disappointing when they just turn out to be "x 1 =" or "/ 1 =". I just had a puzzle where more than a third of my numbers were "1"! Like the puzzle was so obsessed with 1 I had "1 + 1 = 2" and "2 - 1 = 1" a couple of times! (Note, I've played less than 10 games thus far and ALREADY see this as a trend).

Another feedback, it would be nice if the completed puzzle sat there for a moment, let me see my finished work, maybe even long enough to screenshot a particularly difficult puzzle I'm proud of, but currently the last number IMMEDIATELY jumps to the result screen where the puzzle is made much smaller. Maybe even stay on the completed puzzle by adding a "Next" or "Finish" button to let ME choose when to proceed (obviously stop the timer, but wait there).

Also, I saw another review suggest a feature to challenge friends with the same puzzle. I wouldn't have any use for this feature myself, but I totally agree that this feature should be there. It would be great to compare your completion time with a friend. (Email maybe? Sending a link via Facebook Messenger would be most convenient and ideal, and would double as a way to recommend/share the game/app, just make sure to allow people to include a personal message to separate it from looking like spam).

Developer Response ,

Hi, thank you for your kind support and feedbacks. We have forwarded your feedbacks to our development team and product team and will continue to update our app to deliver a better gaming experience. Also, after you finish one game, the page will jump to theCongratulations page, which will display the difficulty level of the game and the time spent. If it doesn't show up, could you please send crossmath@fungame.studio some screenshots or a recording concerning the issue? We will further look into it and help you solve the problem. If anything else, please feel free to contact us at our email. Thanks again for your support! - Melody