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Fun but…
I really enjoy this app. The only issue I have is that the rating of designs is confusing to me. There are designs that are rated 5 stars but are hideous and don’t seem to fit what descriptions say for the landscape. I don’t know if there is a starting number that is given based on the choices that is assigned by the app and then our voting is added or subtracted to that number or if the star rating is based solely on voting. I have seen designs use huge trees with large root systems as trees on rooftop designs and get high ratings. This is not possible. I know it’s a game but I thought the point was to use plantings that are able to thrive in whatever place they are being used. I have seen accents that are used that do not go with the decor at all and they get really high ratings. I feel like sometimes the high ratings are just because all of the extras are being used even if they do not go along with the design. If this is the case then it’s just so the developers can make more money. I have bought a couple of extras but I’m not going to do it just do I can add extras to get higher star ratings when I don’t think the extras are adding anything to the design. I wish I could be told exactly how the star ratings are calculated. If it is solely by voting, I would like to see the actual accounts that are giving high and/or low ratings to my designs.Show lessSurvivorMaggie
Issues with the game
Overall this is relaxing and I like it but they could use to add some things to it to make it work better. I was doing a design and had added the wishing well in one of the spots and then tapped on another and it added a wishing well to that spot too and I didn’t want one in the other spot so when i went back to tap it again to remove it like you do on all the others it would not remove it, it was removing all the other things around it so i went to where the other one was and tapped on it and it would not remove either just the other plants or things around it would be removed frustrating to want to change one or two of the items or remove it and cant. They should really have a clear icon for people to be able to clear it all out and restart the process again when they are unable to tap the icon to remove it. So i had to submit my design with two wishing wells in it that looked goofy and now gonna not get a good score because the game would not work it was like that item was froze, even tried shutting off my phone and restarted it to see if that would work and nothing. Then there is not even a way to report issues with the game or app without exiting the game or app. Please fix. Too slow at adding to the game im getting bored with it already been at the end of all the levels for months now, they can add new designs but they cant add new levels. Gonna give it another month then i will just find another garden design game to play and uninstall this one.Show lessfjsjsjvdkrkqksickskxiao
Developer Response
Hi, we apologize for any issues experienced in the game. We want the game to run as smoothly as possible. Please report this to our support team so they can check any potential bugs preventing you from removing your items from designs. You can reach them either through the app or by emailing garden-joy-support@scopely.com.Emma
This game is so great. I love it so much I just wish everything was free because people can make a lot more things. It be super fun and everything I don’t get the diamond part. I hate buying stuff but like I just want people to make their own thing and like not require anything just let them have fun, but I think it is like a really good game, I’ll give it 4.9 out of five but I can only give you five because it’s that great of game. I love your guises game so much make more like this. Thank you. Have a nice day.Show lessEmmabuuuuuuug
Suggestions
More challenges, be able to favorite items, be able to file your designs and swipe through them, less city scapes and more wooded outdoor type gardens. Rainforests, cabins, huts, waterfalls, rain, night/dark scapes, plants that thrive on forest floors, carnivorous plants, country scapes. The whole section that shows closed challenges can be removed and replaced with something we can interact with. The nursery is underwhelming and I like the idea of collecting plants, but there’s so many plants and items on this game and I get rewarded the same flower all the time. So much potential in this game it just feels a little too surface and landscapey so far. and I wish I had more challenges every day.Show lessSMC C
It WAS a joy
I would have loved to give this game a 5, because it is worth a 5. It’s a pretty game, a teaching game about plants and flowers, a game where competition isn’t the main focus, and a very relaxing game. If it’s all that why would I only give it a 3?
Well, let me tell you……at the end of each level you are given a lot of decorating gifts and flowers. Gifts are a lot of fun, right? Again, why? I played this game to Level 29. It took me a few months of daily play to get that far. When I reached Level 29 I got a message telling me that the Devs were working on making new levels. That was 2-3 weeks ago and it still hasn’t happened. They have added many new things that can be bought. There used to be a way to earn trees but that changed to earning surprises. Unfortunately my surprises were mostly the same and I now have to use coins or diamonds to buy trees. Now you can play on and on and no longer the Level Up gifts. They are now making many gardens where you need 2 trees, 2 benches, 2 decor items, 2 hanging items, etc. This uses up quite a bit of what you have on hand and sort of forces you into actually buying items in order to continue.
I am going to play until the end of this month to see if these things improve, if not I’m going to delete the game.Show lesswykedwytch
Repetitive and Exhausting (Unless you like modern designs)
I was excited to play this, as I love games like Redecor, and on top of that, I'm a horticulture major. I had every reason to be excited to play this game. However, I have done 18 designs so far, and they all but one have had the same modern style. There are so many different kinds of gardens. Why just boxy modern looks? There's pollinator gardens, Asian gardens, lawn less gardens, English garden, French gardens, liberty gardens and more! Your given traditional and farmhouse furniture, but you will never use it. I have done eighteen designs so far all but one have had this look: Manicured lawn, squares and rectangles, little to no smooth surfaces, 90 degree angles, minimalist. Unless this is your favorite style of all time, it can be draining to do the same style over and over again. After awhile, I just started thinking: "not another modern design!" I personally find it disappointing that a game about designing gardens has such little variety.Show lessMohawk Mojo13
Frustrated
I downloaded this game a while back and I really liked it but it kept shutting down every few minutes and I’d have to restart it over and over again and it lagged when putting items in the design and while scrolling to choose an item. So I deleted it thinking I’d wait and try later so maybe the bugs would be fixed. It’s been a few months since I last played, so today I decided I’d give it another try. I downloaded the game again and to my disappointment, it is still doing the same things that it was doing months ago that caused me to delete it.
So I guess you guys are never going to fix the bugs so I’m going to delete it again. It’s a shame because it really is a fun game, when it works.Show lessGranny McSad
Developer Response
Hi there, it pains us to hear about the issues you are experiencing. Please reach out to our support team at garden-joy-support@scopely.com and they'll be glad to take a look at these issues.MONEY GRAB: NOTHING CHANGES...
GJ is fun… for awhile. But voting system and the fact that they just re-use the same layouts over and over eventually takes the fun out of it. You have to spend money to buy items and the more items you have/buy the more the algorithm will put your garden up for voting. Also, the game creates scenarios where the player HAS TO use all these specific items, which of course, more items=more money. There are gardens with just tons of mismatched junk everywhere and some gardens with almost nothing and yet both get almost a score of 5 (the best score) bc they are in the most rotation. And bc the player is forced into voting on one or the other and can’t vote no on both, the people who spend more $$ and use more get way better scores than the rest. And not for nothing, GJ just re-uses the same layouts over and over again, which after awhile playing, you recognize and it becomes boring. Six months max but you will cycle through the entire game layouts in 3 months tops. Waste of money and time.Show lesscitizen_rowe
Docking a few stars :(
I left an initial good review, but I’m becoming increasingly frustrated with the too small areas to design. I spend real money on the in game items, and say I have 10 trees I’ve bought. I can only choose from 2, because it’ll say “item too large.” I guess it’s just another part of the challenge but it doesn’t feel very fair. Im unable to design with most of my purchased items so I have to throw together a clunky garden just to try and earn coins/diamonds, so I can buy something I may or may not be able to use. And my gardens aren’t really pretty anymore because of this feature, I’m not proud of them. And most of the time I’m not even earning the prizes anymore, feeling like a lose-lose here. :(Show lessSome flaws, but pretty
You don’t earn currency by reviews of your creations. You can only earn a max of 1000 coins per level but each level has specifics and you can’t afford any of the items for 1000 coins. You basically have to vote nonstop to earn coins and you only get 250 each time you do. There’s a lot more earning coins than playing games. Plus it takes like 5 minutes of loading time to even see your results. Besides that, it’s simple and pretty and fun. I enjoyed it when I first downloaded, but after you use that first amount of coins and diamonds, it got boring quickly reading results for no prize and having to vote a hundred times to buy items for literally every level.Show lessPacoMayhew
