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  • Buggy So Far

    I couldn’t play long. I couldn’t disable the music when doing a puzzle. I would bring up settings, choose my preference, then click done. I was dumped back in the museum with the music blaring, every time. If I returned to the settings, I discovered my preference was still set, but the music was still blaring. I would have to turn down my actual volume to do a puzzle. The music is just too much.
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  • One of the Best and the worst app at the same time

    I actually really like the physics of the game, but there are so many bugs its hard to use the app. 1) The preferences are ignored, especially in relation to sound. You can go into preferences and set the sound back to enabled..and then disable it again. That will work for a bit, but then even with the setting to disable…the sounds returns 2) The latest updated breaks this work around. If you go into preferences and then click done, it closes out the puzzle your in and takes you back to the hallway..which turns back on the sound. There are just so many annoying bugs, which is a shame because I like the core app when I get it to work
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  • Nice idea.

    Love the Van Gogh rooms.
  • Shows a ton of promise

    This has quickly become one of my favorite Apple Vision Pro experiences. I’ve enjoyed interacting with Vincent Van Gogh’s art and learning a lot in the process. A few suggestions- in the first version for Vision Pro, the puzzles would take you out of the gallery by default. This was a good behavior. With the latest update, it tries to have you play the puzzle in the gallery. The galleries are really not that interesting to look at though. I would remove this, or at a minimum make the choice more obvious. If I press the Digital Crown, it seemingly allows me to play the puzzle outside the gallery. Unfortunately, if I so much as look at another app it may cause the puzzle to become blank and unplayable. Additionally, the ambient “music,” while nice, seems to be mandatory. I cannot figure out how to play a video or music from another app while working on the puzzle. This seems like a simple request. If these features could be re-worked, this would be an instant 5 stars from me.
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  • Really bad game

    There’s no reason for this app to be in an AR or mixed reality. Space doesn’t take advantage of the technology inside the Apple Vision Pro really disappointing no reason for it can’t believe it’s even listed as a great game doesn’t deserve to be on the App Store.
  • Faith Messages are Distracting

    I really enjoy this game, and have spent far too many hours playing it. But the recent update introduced an artist waxing rhapsodic about faith in small-town America. I haven’t picked up on explicit religious messaging in the app before, but this keeps jumping out at me. The artist may not think he’s being specific, but there’s no way what he’s describing is anything but Christian faith. As a non-Christian, that’s distracting and a bit offputting.

    Edit: I realized later you’ve had plenty of Christmas-themed content in this and your previous app. Somehow, discussing faith itself hits differently than the symbology of Christmas. Or it’s the faith-in-a-small-town thing specifically, as those haven’t always been the most welcoming settings for people of *different* faiths.
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    Developer Response

    Hey there thanks for playing and for your feedback. We are quite inclusive on artists of ALL faiths and backgrounds and as you've probably already experienced throughout our game as you have played a lot of puzzles (thank you!), we have numerous stories that share famous quotes from religious leaders throughout time... such as Buddha or others that are not Christian. With that said, many of our artists may indeed have a Christian faith background, and we are not going to discriminate from any of them or others because they are or aren't Christian. While we do review all stories that are published in the game, these are genuinely the inspiration of the artist themselves. And the illustrations and stories that I believe you are referencing we believe are quite amazing and beautiful, and yes tell the artist's stories behind what inspired them to create each piece. All in all, we LOVE that you are playing our game and enjoying it. Again, thank you!! Content in our game is designed to inspire and not be distracting. You are welcome to not play those galleries if it's personally distracting to you. Ultimately, we believe them to be stories of peace, love, joy and happiness, and many might be inspired by faith the artist has. Rest assured, we will be adding a LOT more illustrations, stories and new artists in the days, weeks and months ahead so you'll have a lot more puzzles coming to play :)
  • Illustrated

    Enjoying the app! Maybe you should have made it to where the puzzle doesn’t move around so much once u start putting in the pieces. Don’t know if that would take away the option to zoom in or out but it’s a little easier if the puzzle stays in place. Thanks 😎

    So glad that you made it to where the puzzle doesn’t move around while working on it! Usually when you make a suggestion it takes a long time before you see anything at least that’s how it is with most other apps. That’s why I don’t make too many suggestions cause not all developers take your idea seriously to make it easier or better for their app. I’m glad u did!☺️
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    Developer Response

    Thank you so much for playing and for your feedback! The board "snaps" to the center point but we have been getting lots of feedback about it needing a lock feature, so we're adding one! This gameboard lock feature will be in the next update released here very very soon! We hope you keep playing and stay tuned for the update :)
  • Is this heaven?

    I cried. Yes, I wept reading Alexandra’s explanation for each broken art piece. My inner child delicately put the picture together and called for me to enjoy this experience. Yours will too. You don’t have to cry like me but this is puzzling at its best. Except it’s more. All my stress went away to a place where it was when I was a child. Maybe stress didn’t exist then. I don’t know. Wonderful, and I am sending a thank you to all those who made this perfect. Thank you so very much for sharing your creativity and art and something else I cannot put into words. This is special.

    Alexandra P.
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  • Love this app!!!

    I am totally hooked on this app and I don’t usually care for jigsaw puzzles! Nevertheless, there is definitely room for improvement. The pictures are attractive but there is way too much blank space. They would be far more exciting if there was more actual picture in each jigsaw. Also, it is hard to do because the colors are not true. Ergo, it’s sort of boring not to be able to use color to help solve the jigsaw. The puzzle with the wardrobe was my favorite and it makes total use of color rather cleverly. I’d prefer if none of the puzzles were locked. I do resort to using the quotes and stories to help me out but I’d rather have more picture to work with. Finally, the pieces stick. I’m certain that’s just a kink that you are working on. I'm a teacher and I can imagine it is rather difficult for a four year old to grasp the puzzle pieces when they get stuck.
    However, keep up the great work! This is a relaxing, albeit addictive app to use. But, please, consider having the artists fill up all that blank space with cool jigsaw pictures.
    Thanks for hours of fun!
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  • It could be better.

    If you're looking for a good puzzle app this is not it, yet. There's no way to see the picture in full and in color aside from the pieces you've assembled. The background is a muted gray scale. You cannot organize the pieces on the board as the pieces will turn red on the board when not in the correct space.
    I understand this is trying to be more artistic and casual by weaving a story with a series of puzzels by an artis, but I don't understand why it can't be both. With just a few additional settings a tweaking you could have one of the most beautiful puzzle apps for die hard puzzle lovers and a casual easy play artistc app as well.

    With all of that said one whole star was lost just for one small yet infuriating reason. When you complete a puzzle there is no next or continue button to bring up the next in the series. You have to go back out to the main menu scroll all the way back to the series you were playing and then select the next puzzle.
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    Developer Response

    Hi there thank you for your feedback and for playing! Have you tried the in-game settings menu? There are a bunch of customizations that you can make, including being able to see the full picture in the background (in sketch-mode though). I encourage you to check this out so you can see how you can customize the gameplay to your liking. Also, in the next update releasing this week you'll be taken right to the next puzzle in line, after completing one ;)

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