Zen Idle: Gravity Meditation

I downloaded this game after being spammed with ads for it on other games, with the intention to see just how bad it was, and surprisingly it was quite fun to play. It’s an oddly satisfying experience, with no ads being forced upon you like most other games (and quite ironically for it, because ads for it were everywhere for me), and progression that makes you excited to get on with. While most idle games are just numbers ticking up as little characters move around and you watch your clock reach your goal, this is an idle game that lets you witness your progress, and see how specific balls fall. Its inconsistencies for income make it fun to play, as a lack of income indicates a clog, and you’re always looking out for (x10) balls clearing the way for them. If you’re a fan of idle games give this thing a download.

Please note: If your balls are getting “Stuck” that’s part of the game!!! There’s a balance between limiting ball production and decreasing the size of obstacles via upgrades, if you’re getting stuck and backed up that’s why. Some balls do get stuck behind obstacles but that hardly affects game play There are so many variations of this “get money get bigger expand to the next biggest/strongest/fastest thing to make more money, prestige for relics/multiples etc.” game out there. However, I really enjoy this game due to watching how the balls interact with the different zones. It’s interesting to see how they bottle neck and how you can get around it to keep them flowing. Well worth the $9.99 tag to remove ads, great game

The game itself is easily 5 stars. I dropped 20 at the start for the ball upgrades and the early cards and that was all I needed to spend to fully enjoy the game. I feel like I make progress fairly easily through the game (I’m currently stuck on triangles but that’s because I’m reluctant to change my card build for it). The challenges are nice, I can see the difference they make on their value and gems are easy to come by. The first problem I have is simply an interface issue. It’s set up for older generation iPhones, and when I upgraded from the 7 to 11, the total cash icon clips into the speaker at the top of the phone when you get into 3 digit values. That didn’t happen before. It’s a visual annoyance more than anything. The second problem is a major bug that sometimes occurs when I don’t completely close the game. If I hit the home button and back out and switch apps without fully closing the game, it will sometimes “pause” and I won’t get any money for the whole time I was gone, sometimes for 12 hours. If those could be fixed it would easily be a 5 star game.

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I downloaded this game when I still had my iPhone 7 and when I switched to an iPhone 11 I noticed that the display is just a zoomed in version of the iPhone 7 version. This causes problems with balls getting stuck in places they shouldn’t because the path is too small due to the change in format. I also have this issue with the geyser section because the bottom platforms don’t spray the way they’re supposed to. A solution I think would work is either allowing the zoom feature to reveal more of the map or adding bars on the top and bottom to keep the main screen the same aspect ratio as the iPhone 7. Also because this wasn’t tested on iPhone 11 it’s harder for me to access the perks because they’re right at the top of the screen where the little notch is on the 11.

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I would rate this game higher save for the fact that there’s this terrible bug where the game will take my income while the app is closed and ask if I want to double it by watching an ad. I do so, and instead of giving me the double amount, it multiplies the amount by 2 and...somehow gets zero? And I get nothing? That’s actually -discouraging- me from clicking the ad, which sounds counterproductive to your business model. You don’t seem to have a help or customer support so I’ll just put this as my review. Fix this issue and I’ll change my rating, but until then this is just a glaring oversight. Edit: even after your most recent bug fixes, this still happens. Fix it.