Good for companion, bad for everything else
The companion for “a message for the stars” delivers just what is needed, but a little bit more experience in the interface doesn’t hurt. The game apps simply doesn’t open at all.
Terrible UI
There are no instructions on how to use the user interface for Mountain Goats and it is not at all intuitive. It seems impossible to control which dice you are grouping together. The camera angle is also terrible, makes the game difficult to see, and can’t be moved. I own the physical game and would be willing to pay for an app that actually worked…but this one doesn’t.
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Mountain Goats Joy and Frustration
I love Mountain Goats. I’ve gifted several copies to friends and several others have purchased it themselves as a result of me introducing it to them. Finding it as an app was fantastic, especially as it’s presently free. It’s a beautiful rendition (which would have got 5 stars) let down by one very frustrating aspect - the dice selection. For me the way you select the dice seems a bit clunky but more than that the main issue is that when you select a die (very tricky as the die are so small) you frequently end up dragging the screen instead so that you end up seeing the system page showing the brightness/volume. In every game I must do this at least 1 in every 3 die touches. I can see why they chose it, but trying to play the game whilst stationary is tricky enough but in a moving vehicle (eg commuter train) is frustrating as hell and I would strongly recommend a pivot to pressing the mountain numbers before confirmation as a die selection method. A great game hampered by just one part of its implementation.
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Mountain goats
Game is fine, but I had to look up rules online. Also, moving dice to the top row would activate my notification menu on the iPhone which was very annoying.
Message from Stars weak
The helper app for "A Message from the Stars" is not good. The sections for Trust, Amplify, and Suspicion letters should be more visually obvious. They're in columns, which isn't the natural inclination for people entering info. There are thin lines indicating the grouping, but it could be made more obvious.
Also, the rules have limits to the use of Green, Black, and Red letters but the app doesn't enforce or even indicate when these rules aren't followed. You can enter 'E' in every slot ('E' is a common, or Green, letter) but the game won't even highlight or indicate this.
Also, the rules have limits to the use of Green, Black, and Red letters but the app doesn't enforce or even indicate when these rules aren't followed. You can enter 'E' in every slot ('E' is a common, or Green, letter) but the game won't even highlight or indicate this.
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