Wildwood: Graveyard Defense 4+

The controls are too awkward for me; I’d rather it be a twin stick and be able to turn instead of just a shoot button on the right.

I love the Halloween vibe though, and hope that it gets expanded with more of that. There are hardly any quality Halloween themed games in the AppStore

Thank you for your feedback. The controls are a bit different but they do grow on you. Thanks for the suggestion on the twin stick style — I’m not sure it fits the current combat design but I’ll try out a few games that have it and see if it could work for Wildwood. Always room for improvement! 🐸

A fun little game. You are a frog and go out into the graveyard to use your flashlight to make the ghosts disappear. The flashlight has stamina which goes down when you use it. Starts off easy yet gets more challenging.

It’s great though I wish there was the following: a pause button (though when you click on Game Center it’s similar to pause), being able to change the sound settings, playing the game in vertical mode, and that there were more areas to unlock/ explore.

Thank you for the kind review sarAAA! I appreciate your feedback. 

A pause button is a great idea, and should be easy to integrate. Sounds settings will take a little longer. It's funny that you mentioned being able to play vertically - that used to be in the game a couple years ago, but I removed it! I will consider adding it back in. 

Regarding more areas to unlock: there is a roadmap for the game's development on my website. Version 5 and Version 6 of the game are currently marked as "SECRET"... but maybe you're on to something... :)

Thank you for playing! It means so much to me

updated review:
played the game again after the new update.
suggestions:
1) change the lantern button into a joystick button similar to the movement joystick. that way, players can run and attack the ghosts. to prevent this from being overpowered, limit the turn speed of the lantern joystick.
2) movement joystick activates when you tap the left half of the screen, lantern joystick activates on the right half of the screen.
3) i'm not sure whether there is a day/night cycle, but it could be nice if there were. maybe other mythical/mystical creatures that are day-friendly, and night-friendly creatures other than ghosts. that way you can get some ability and content diversity. to give players somethin' to attach to.
4) i have a ton of ideas about where you could take the game, and potentially the franchise. let me know if any of that resonates with you, maybe we could work somethin' out!

developer followed up, proactive devs are the best!

old review:
very fun game. i only played one round, and found myself enjoying it thoroughly. my main problem is that the joystick control doesn't always work. it can get sticky and cause you to get hit.

Hi! Thanks for the review and thanks for playing! A new version (4.0) just went live today and has a brand new joystick! I’d love for you to check it out. There’s a bunch of other new features too that I hope you’ll enjoy :) —Alan