Nonogram Animal Griddlers Reviews

game is very fun!!!!!! i love it so much!!!!!!

Not many levels and the bat level is unsolvable due to a mistake made by the devs

Horrible, HORRIBLE UI and controls. It's even worse than it looks in the trailer because they disabled the 5-line separators (which are ugly), the tiny blurry resolution isn't showing, and it also doesn't showcase how bad the controls are. I've played this mess for 4 minutes and idled for another minute just to write this review.

a good nonogram is hard to find if you have some standards regarding basic functionality, because sadly most developers don't. [b]nonogram animal griddlers[/b] was really bad when it first came out, then about a year and a half later it got patched up, but it's still not in a good place, unfortunately. [b]120 animal-based grids between 10x10 and 20x20[/b], so not an insane amount or size, but I like that it has a theme and I like the theme itself too. all 6 packs and all the levels are unlocked, so you can do them in any order, but unfortunately level names are shown for unsolved levels as well, spoiling stuff, while size isn't shown on the level select screen. finished levels remain solved, so you can look at the result by loading them again. [b]the presentation is not great[/b], the menu could cover more of the screen, and it's also very green, but you're coloring grids based on number clues without guessing, so it's fine, especially after colors got adjusted a bit for better number visibility. you can have multiple player profiles and there's a very brief help screen covering the absolute basics. [b]individual mid-level progress is saved when you quit[/b], this is where most games in the genre immediately fail, and without it no matter how good the rest is, it's worthless. [b]no timer or mistake counter or level reset after a few[/b], numbers fade out one by one, can't leave the current line once you start filling, can't accidentally change a cell's contents by dragging the mouse over it, and said dragging shows how many cells are currently selected if it's more than 4. in fact, [b]mouseover on a filled tile shows how many cells are in that particular section[/b], which is excellent, not sure if I've seen it elsewhere. wouldn't mind it becoming a standard, but since even more basic stuff is too much to ask for most of the time, I won't hold my breath. toggles are available for the filled block counter, the divider after every 5 cells (why would anyone want to turn that off?), the location indicator (highlights current row/column, helpful), and you can turn off blocking filled or crossed cells, so dragging can overwrite their contents. the more options the better, but again, why would you? [b]no undo/redo[/b], but I don't find it as crucial as in other puzzlers. and while accidental overwrites are handled, it went a bit overboard: [b]an entire line can't be marked easily[/b] if there are crossed or filled cells somewhere, as [b]the selection stops at the first 'obstacle', annoying as hell[/b]. it's obviously mouse-driven (though I've seen masochists playing other nonograms with a controller, it was painful just to watch), [b]plenty of control options are available[/b]. the default fills/unfills a cell with left click and places/removes an 'x' with right (more or less the standard), the other method fills a cell with left, then have to right click to empty it and another right click to cross it out, then left click to remove the 'x' (yeah, it's as bad as it sounds). the next is the same but it allows free drag, so it's even worse, and there's one that only involves left click to select buttons on the ui, good for touchscreens. wasn't a fan of the sound effects, a lonely piano provides the background music, and there are separate volume settings and a next song button (always appreciated, there's usually at least one track I'd like to skip in most games), a windowed mode toggle with a smaller non-resizable window and no resolution options. settings aren't available while playing, and with progress saved and no timer or any sort of rating, there's no real need for an actual pause menu, but it would still be nice to have access to settings anytime (alt+enter works as a windowed mode toggle). another major issue, since they're the most important part of a nonogram, is [b]fading numbers not always working as they should[/b]. if it ever gets fixed up, it'll be among the recommendable few, even if it's not gonna be my favorite, but might as well skip it until then. [b]there's a demo[/b] if you want to try it.