RUNA 4+

RUNA

Good game. I like the challenge. I think there is harder puzzles that can be come up with to add higher levels. Bigger as well with more jumps and movement. Can not wait to see.

Clever puzzle game, but annoying ads

I enjoy the challenge of these puzzles. However, after completing about every fifth game, a dialogue comes up urging me to try a different game, or beta test, or something else. These are annoying, especially since I paid for the game. Fair enough if this were a free game, but it wasn’t free, I paid for it. Feels like a bait-and-switch to pay for a game that then advertises to me.

UPDATE: Thanks for the swift reply! I do enjoy the game and the quality of the puzzles, which really make one think about how each solution is achieved. I realize 2 stars does not reflect that, so I’ve added a star. The ads I mentioned happened again, right after completing game 7 in level 3. A dialogue asked me if I wanted to also try a game called KLAC.

Developer Response ,

Hi, thanks for playing RUNA. Hi, I show my other games just at very end, when you almost completed the game, and they aren't intrusive and are blended with the game.
I'd like to know what you think about the game? Did you enjoy RUNA and its puzzles? 2 stars rating seems fair? Let me know, so I can improve and make it better.
What would you like to change? I'm just a solo developer, I listen with care to my players.

Maybe skip. Can be short.

Finished in roughly 90 minutes. No fan fair after I did, too. Even closed the app and reopened just to make sure there wasn’t anything I missed.

The puzzle mechanic straddles between clever and outright confusing.

Didn’t care much for how every few levels it would stop to ask if you’d like to try another one of their games. Stop showing me this. It really takes you out of the flow.

Edit: Suppose my score before was too harsh but I don’t think even if I had left it that it ‘destroyed’ your rating. Looks like you are doing just fine. I could go into more detail about how switching puzzle pieces felt clunky or that often it felt like I lucked into the solution to justify the rating. On positive, it looks well polished and has a style to it. It’s near flawless with its mechanics, only encountering a single bug in the later levels. The game crashed when the platform flipped, but the puzzle completed after I came back from restarting the app.

Developer Response ,

Update#2:
Thanks again. This is what I call constructive communication. I'm glad you did. We're not at war, we can collaborate. Just to let you know, I decreased the rate of the messages, and I show my other games just at the very end.
As you can imagine, I left some door open for future updates. Would you like to get more? I liked your honest feedback, I'd love to know what you think... so mail me at games@nonostante.io

Update#1:
Thanks for finishing RUNA. I'd like to say more and to make the game better for you, but given that you kept playing until the end, I already reached my goal.
Just to let you know: the average work needed to make a game is about 1 month for 30 min play.

Previous:
Hi, thanks for playing. Next time, why not just contacting me first? This way, you just destroyed the game rating without saying a word about the game. It seems you enjoyed RUNA, so why not be supportive so I can improve and make RUNA better?
The point is: making game is hard, if we communicate, you can enjoy more and I can make new levels, new games. This way, you simply put an ultra heavy anchor that drags my game down.
Please contact me at games@nonostante.io or via twitter. Maybe we'll find a solution that pleases you.