Nonogram.com - Number Games

Almost two years ago I was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and underwent brain surgery. Subsequent complications from the first surgery resulted in a second surgery and a long recovery. The nonogram "game" is much like others that I have played in order to help stimulate my brain throughout my recovery. Because of this brain stimulation, I try not to use the word "game." To me this implies that I am "playing" when in fact I am using nonogram as an "exercise" to aid my recovery. However, instead of experiencing brain restoration, nonogram is brain torment! This is because of poor "game" design. The squares on the grid are so small that frequent mistakes are unintentionally made -- not because the wrong boxes are chosen, but instead because an average adult's fingers are often too large to make the intended selections. Also, as the nonogram is currently designed, one cannot make changes as filling the grid progresses, and the first selection that one makes is "locked" into place. This makes completing the grids so frustrating that I feel more relieved by not completing any nonogram grid in the first place. I'll find a much more user friendly app and use it instead.

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I came to update my review for a second time but apparently it is gone? Guess they can remove reviews they don’t like. So, why do I rate low? Well, one star lost for removing my review. Another star lost because of the poor response they gave to my original review where I wanted them to make a way to play better. Tired of pushing one block and ending up hitting another. Forcing a life lost and eventually having to watch ads. Their response? To play the other game mode. They lost stars for the way it plays. I love the app minus the fact that issue happens. So, I tried the other mode. I guess it’s okay minus the yet still clicking the wrong box over and over again. Just no lost lives or forced ads since you’re not told you’re wrong. My solution? I found another app just before this recent update of theirs hit. They didn’t fix my issue so it lest even another star. Now it’s down to one. It would have zero if I could do that. The other app? Two Eyes. It has a directional pad so you can navigate with it instead. Voila! Never a misclick. And with this update on this app? The toggle of filling in the boxes or putting Xs... it was a feature already they just broke it and claim it is new. It was there when I started playing and got use to it so much that I wondered where it went. Wondered why the toggle was never switching anymore causing more errors that were not my fault.

I am in love with this game. i have never found a game that i’ve played for this long and haven’t gotten tired of. With that being said i am scared soon i will get tired of it because it is just the same thing over and over and never getting harder. with this game not having levels i understand however i wish that the more you play in hard levels it would get harder. or create another bored bigger than a 15x15 to make the game more challenging. another thing about this game that is a concern is the fact that it DRAINS my battery. this is the one thing that i absolutely hate (lol but i do still end up playing). But i play this when i am bored or waiting on something and start with 100% battery and by the time i play a few games i have less than half of that. I’m not sure what part of the game drains it so bad because id really like for this to get fixed so i can play for a longer time. this game is truly SO much fun and continue to play besides these things i mentioned about. i really am looking forward to the improvements y’all place into the game to make it more interesting and creative. congratulations on making such an addictive and fun game!

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Great game overall, and it’s extremely addicting. My biggest issue I have is that it really takes a toll on my battery and the app by far consumes the most energy out of any app on my phone. I really hope in the next update that the app is better optimized to consume less energy. Additional feedback I have is that, given that there are no levels to progress in, I wish that I could get a new board on the same difficulty if I don’t like the board that is generated. Currently if I am in the middle of a game on Hard, for example, and I click new game, it gives the same board as I currently was playing, just cleared. There’s no way to go to the “next” board. Lastly, I wish I could see the final product after I won a game in black and white a little longer before it colorizes so I can “guess” what I just made/see the full picture. Other options that might be cool are to be able to toggle the color image on/off by holding down/releasing the screen to go back and forth between the black and white and color completed puzzle. Additionally it might be cool to have a gallery/collection of all my completed puzzles that you can access from the main menu to see all the different pictures you’ve made. Thanks for a great game!

I would rate the puzzles 5 stars because they're so enjoyable to solve, even though some in the hard difficulty level should be in the medium level. An expert level would be great. The lack of app features is what I don't love. It doesn't track your progress so you can't check how many puzzles you've solved or have left to solve. It doesn't allow you to skip or save an unfinished puzzle and switch to a different one in the same difficulty level. If you choose new game it restarts the same puzzle. If you switch difficulty levels you lose your progress. You can only switch to a daily challenge to keep your progress, but when you return to the same difficulty level you have to solve the same puzzle before moving on. It would be nice to have the option to time yourself, and to be able to earn points or something, while keeping the option of a relaxation mode with no time or earnings. I'm also having the same issues others are having with overheating and excessive battery drain. I'm giving it 4 stars because I do love the puzzles and solving them is addictive.