PiKuBo User Reviews

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Fantastic game!!!

Fantastic game. Been looking for a game just like Picross 3D on the DS, but for my phone. And this is it, 100%.

Great game!

Nonograms are my favorite type of puzzle but I’ve done so many over the years that none of them are challenging anymore and just take slightly more or less time. These 3D nonograms are fantastic and incredibly engaging.

My only complaint is the odd system of marking and deleting cells. I see no reason they need to be on a timer like that and deactivate every time you move the screen. It’s pretty annoying when you start, especially if you’re used to nonograms, but it’s easy enough to get used to, I suppose.

The first pack or two is sort of easy, but the later ones get pretty complex and take 15-25 minutes for me and I played picross 3D on DS and have about 8 years of consistently playing nonograms from freshman year of high school till now. They’re quite well made and I love how large the later packs’ levels are.
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Love it….

One suggestion: when enlarging the puzzle, especially on harder puzzles, can you move the timer/stars? Gets in the way.

More grown up than it looks.

A clever 3D variation of nonongrams. The logic is straightforward but finding the next location is the challenge and is very satisfying. Oddly in 3D you need to ignore the very obvious front facing numbers on the block and only pay attention to the ones on the side and top. It can be surprisingly difficult to train yourself to do this.
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It’s too complicated!!

The game is good when you start. But it makes me want to throw my phone across the room because it won’t give me enough hearts! It’s so frustrating. It only lets you play the first level I have to pay for the other levels.

Response from developer

Thank you for playing PiKuBo. Sorry to hear you found the game complicated. It is difficult to find the sweet spot of fun and challenge. Which specific puzzle was it that you feel didn't have enough hearts? If possible, we would like to tweak the difficulty of the puzzles a bit.

Please restore my purchase!

I really love this game. It is just like the Picross 3D game from the DS and 3DS games. I’ve been looking for something similar. The only downside is that I purchased Puzzle Pack 3 and I haven’t received the pack. I tried emailing support, but I received a message saying “email not found”. Please help so I can continue playing this great game.
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Response from developer

First of all, thank you for playing PiKuBo. Regarding the missing In-App purchase, in the game settings on the main menu there is a "restore purchases" button that can help you retrieve any previous purchases you have made in the game. If the purchase was completed correctly (you should have received an email from Apple confirming this), the this should re-enable the purchased puzzle pack (the pop up message will inform you if the restore purchases process succeeded). Please make sure you are currently logged in to the same account that you used to make your purchase with and that your device is connected to the internet when performing this action. If this still does not solve your issue, please get in touch with Apple to see if they can help you out further.

Good. Could Be better

-Quick save doesn’t save progress if in the middle of a level.

-Controls don’t have full 360° rotation, so can’t turn it to all the way around which can be kind of jarring if trying to hit a certain orientation

Response from developer

Thank you for playing PiKuBo. Allowing full 360° rotation would produce some undesired rotations making the player struggle to rotate the cube back to its original position, so this is why the Y axis is locked to only allow ±90 degree rotations. Also, if there was full 360° rotation, it would be necessary to add an extra button to reset the cube, and the goal has always been keeping the user interface as clean as possible. As far as the game progress not saving, could you tell us how exactly is the game progress not being saved? Feel free to send an email to contact@pikubo.com to better help you resolve this issue.

Thank you!!

I’ve loved the 3d picross games on the nds and 3 ds and am excited by the idea of a mobile developer introducing new players to the concept. The monetization is generous, I think, with enough free puzzles to decide if you like the gameplay (if you’re new to these) and at only $.99/pack it was an insta-buy for me. Thank you to the developer!!!
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Love it….

One suggestion….maybe buy all 3 puzzle packs, at one time, at a small discount?

As good as it gets on iOS!

Without Voxelgram’s library or any official Picross 3D, Pikubo is great! The first 36 levels are somewhat easy, but the last two packs aren’t very expensive and have some pretty good puzzles in them

I’ve already been a fan of these puzzles and nonograms for a long time, but I appreciate the tutorial! It’s well done and easy to understand
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