Blockudoku - Block Puzzle

Name: Blockudoku - Block Puzzle
Rating: 4.65083 (557144 reviews)

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Blockudoku - Block Puzzle

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4.7

557.1K ratings

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12+

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Easybrain Ltd

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User Reviews for Blockudoku - Block Puzzle

Not as advertised

The ad for this game that drew me in is misleading, as it shows block configurations dropping into grids with different outlines, as though there would be a variety of puzzles to solve, but as it turns out there’s just the same puzzle ad nauseum with the only variety being how long before your luck runs out, more or less, and it could be a source of frustration if you fixate on the score, as you can gather from reading other reviews. For me the challenge of beating my highest score is so much greater than the reward that it’s not a meaningful motivator, and I often don’t finish the game. It’s a great diversion when I have unproductive time to fill (waiting rooms, etc) but I play less and less frequently, because I get bored by it very quickly now that I feel I have reached an insurmountable plateau. I think it would be interesting if the game tracked my average score, so I could see if it improved, seems like an easy feature to include. The ads are pretty annoying as well, but the game isn’t interesting enough to pay to remove them, in my calculus.

Acorn Falls, May 10, 2021

Enjoying it

I thought this game was more like Tetris. I love the fact that i can place the objects wherever I want on the block, but wish I could rotate the pieces also to fit in. I had previously thought the ads were too long, but the developer very helpfully explained to me that the right arrows and the plus signs were a way to eliminate the ads after 5 secs. I am very appreciative for their help, and did thoroughly enjoy playing the game this morning.Update: I am getting very frustrated with the amount of ads in this game. It wasn’t this bad before. I can understand that I have to go through an ad when I lose a game quickly, even though a just had to go through ads a couple of minutes before, but when I am close to the targeted score, and my game is being paused for ads, it is frustrating. ESPECIALLY when the ad freezes the game and when I come back in, it restarts the game! Which just happened again this morning, a week after the update that supposed to have stabilized the game. How can I enjoy the game when at any minute, it can be paused for an intrusive ad?!!!

Ahma Nerd, Apr 07, 2022

Good except for two things.

This game is fun, and I like to play it in the mean time. But, I’ve been paying more attention to my scores more and I’ve realized that the “Days best score” notifications are random. For example, last month I was playing and my score was around 300. then, I lost. When I started a new game, I had gotten to around 250 before I saw a notification that said “Month’s best score”. I’m not sure if I’m just going blind or these best score things are random. If so, it is not a big deal, but it strange and slightly irritating. The only other problem I have is the ads. Some of them are extremely inappropriate. There was one where an “unattractive” girl was giving her boyfriend a massage, and then looked at her boyfriend to see he was drooling over some other girl that was obviously: blonde with a tiny waist and a big chest. I’m not sure how it works with this type of stuff, but if you can do anything to get rid of these weird ads it’d be great, cause kids play these games sometimes, and they don’t need to be seeing that. Other than those two things this game is fun to play and I recommend it to people who like a challenge.

annoyingly annoying., Oct 04, 2022

Game has changed

This had been my favorite game for a long while. Recently it was changed to higher goals and much harder games. In the past, it was a fun wake-up challenge for the day and exercised the brain to start the day off in a positive way. Recently it has become more difficult and is now an exercise of frustration. I understand there might be players that want an extra challenge but could you not have kept your game as is and developed challenging sidebars instead??? You are losing me as an avid player. As for your days-long tournaments, they are much too long to hold interest - perhaps a one day tournament would be more fun???? It is almost as though someone entirely different is running this app, or a new philosophy has arisen. Please, scale it back to old times. Your fun app has suddenly taken a dive and I no longer look forward to it with my first cup of coffee. JUST CHECKED - I won a daily award trophy for 11 months in a row and just this week have had 2 days of puzzles that I cannot finish. That is not a coincidence - this is not a change in my mental aptitude - it is a way that the developers have changed the game, and I just reduced your review stars to one. I am not pleased with this change. Will someone at easy brain please give me an honest evaluation of what happened?

Azlo9, Nov 15, 2020

Great but one issue

Look I highly enjoy this game. As a disabled combat veteran it helps me to focus on something other than the pain and the PTSD from combat. I even paid to remove the ads it was so good. However, recently they added this one feature that has started to make me not want to come back as often, and I’m assuming it’s a bandwagon thing but it’s one of those “let me show you a percentage of people who only made it passed this puzzle cause they are better than you are” sort of thing at the beginning of each puzzle, even when you have to restart the puzzle. This function…. And this function alone…. drives my anger scale up and over the boiling point beyond reason and I hate being compared to others. Especially when it comes to my intelligence. So as a paid customer and a long time fan of the game, I’m not asking you get rid of the feature, I’m sure there is some Masochist out there who enjoys the challenge but could you add in a setting under the cog wheel for the rest of us who don’t want to see that garbage? Even if it’s just for paid customers like myself? It’s just a small feature. A small on/off switch. Nothing more. Please and thank you!

Brethraeus, Dec 19, 2022

NOT ABOUT THE ADS!

I hate this update! Why fix something that wasn’t broken?? Why did you all change the way the lines erase? It’s terrible! Makes the game slower, more cumbersome, more drain on battery. ******** ********************************************* I PAID for Blockudoku, so I don’t see the ads. I do see that is irking a lot of people. ********* *********************************************** My issue is different! You changed the actual game graphics! ************************************************* I’m very tempted to delete the game . Will there be an update to restore the game play as before? Or give it as an option in the settings? ************************************************* ISSUE: Each time a line eliminated…NOW with the update, its a wave?? the line slowly disappears. Having to watch that wave over and over is very annoying! I really liked the lines just disappearing. Straightforward, no frills. No fancy graphics. ***** ************************************************* I enjoyed that it felt sort of like Tetris, because lines just disappeared! *************************** *********************************************** Please remember, this game is for calming mindfulness, relaxation, I like that nothing is timed…I love this game for helping me during anxious times…please restore or give option to have lines disappear as before.

emoji4747, Feb 01, 2022

Pieces seems not random

I’ve played this game for a while and many similar to it. I used to be able to score much higher, but over the year, they made updates that made it incredibly harder. I now can’t even average half of my former scores. From my experience, comparison to other apps of the same game, and many other similar user reviews, it really seems like the pieces are not truly random and increase in difficulty as you progress pursuant of creating ad revenue. The developers claim the pieces are random, but it seems very unlikely. For example, why can’t others and I score as high as we used to? Why do some of the same pieces in the daily challenges always appear first? Why do I receive less small pieces on average as the game progresses? Why can I score 5-10 times higher on other apps like this? Why do the pieces flip as they are presented and are so often the mirrored copy of what one would need? Also, an undo button would be appreciated. We can make placement mistakes and sometimes the app glitches to place a piece in an unwanted location. Why no back button? To me it’s clear they have made this game to make money from ads.

heartjesusart, May 01, 2021

Great Game, but too too many ad interruptions during the game.

Use to be a great game that I g free, that I rated at 5 Stars. But, the number of ads has gotten absolutely ridiculous. Now instead of a few add w between games, there are interruptions during a game with ads./ and they are so numerous that they are absolutely annoying…. And, I have decided to stop playing what was a wonderful, challenging, and fun game. I will also be deleting it from my iPhone…… Sorry, but the ads have become very annoying! Is this business of interruptions of the game play with ads, instead of having the ads between games . Strategy to get more people to buy your game? Not very honest ….. You initially sold the game as being free with ads between games …. Now annoying the players with ads in hope that they will but the game. It would have be much more honest to have simply offered the game at a much lower price with no ads at all. The buy numbers would likely have been much higher. I don’t appreciate the trickery …. So I’m deleting the game, and using the $4.99 (no ad price) you are now offering, to buy this or another game From someone else. Integrity counts in selling games !!!!

IMFSystems, Jan 22, 2022

Good App but a few suggestions

I like almost all the features yet from a potential standpoint I think a few additional features are necessary to make it a truly A1 app. One change is to allow you to disable in settings the ability for it to glow before you place the block down so you don’t know how your decision will affect the turn. Another more important feature would be to save states. For example, if you added a third game mode for practice you should allow the ability to move backwards in plays and the only way to do so would be to keep track of the states whether that is through an array or otherwise(stack) this could even be implemented as a setting features on any game mode or in a premium version as it would be a crucial tool for learning from your mistakes!Edit: In addition look at A* search or Greedy algorithm to create a system of which blocks you generate for the turn. This should allow to integrate a difficulty setting into the game because you will know which blocks produce the most points and you can if let’s say they choose hard difficulty make sure it’s only giving them the blocks that only fit into one particular spot on the board.

Mr. Jon young the gun, Apr 09, 2020

Ads in free version are disturbing

I’ve had this game on my phone for almost a year and I love it. I have the free version because I’m a graduate student scraping by on student loans. The ads for other games that pop up are so disturbing that it makes me want to delete the game. Just a few minutes ago, an ad popped up for a game where a mom and infant come home to find the husband in bed with another woman. She packs her bags and leaves. Her new home is in terrible shape so the game is you fixing up the place, but you have the option to let them freeze to death. In fact, that’s how the game is advertised: you get to watch the mom and infant shiver as the designer puts snow around them and leaves a gaping hole in place of a broken window. This is just one of about 3 or so other games like this advertised on the free version of Blockudoku. It’s repulsive. Is the marketing strategy to upset players with these ads so much that they buy the game? I sincerely hope not. 3 star rating because the game itself is great but the ads bring the rating way down.

Neesie913, Mar 25, 2022

Description

Blockudoku® is an original combination of sudoku and block puzzle games. It’s a simple yet challenging puzzle you won’t be able to put down. Match blocks to complete lines and squares to remove them.

Keep the board clean, and beat your high score. How to play: - Drop the blocks on the 9x9 grid. - Fill up lines and squares to keep the board clean. - Complete Daily Challenges and get unique trophies. - Join Seasonal Events and get unique animated postcards. - Compete against other players in Tournaments, beat your high score, and climb the leaderboard. - Destroy several elements at once to make a Combo. - Make several successful moves in a row to get a Streak. How to become a Blockudoku® master? • There is no time limit, so no need to rush. Think one step ahead when faced with a difficult move. It might be your last one. • Try to place blocks on the board to destroy lines or 3x3 squares with every move to keep the board from filling up. • Find your zen by balancing between destroying figures as quickly as possible and getting as many combos and streaks as you can to score higher. • Score more points by making streaks. The emptier the board, the better for you! • It's always risky to wait for a good block – you may quickly run out of moves. When you see a chance to destroy a figure, do it. Relieve stress, or train your brain with a relaxing, yet challenging, game of Blockudoku® anywhere, anytime!