Great game! But some updates would be nice…
Thu Jul 20 2023 Just Da FaxI love this game! I play it daily just to help myself wake up in the morning. I have been playing Hit the Island for a long time and the introduction of “Levels” was a game changer (literally and figuratively)! I also enjoy the option for classic mode and occasionally pinball.
Developers: my only complaint is that I have one Game Center achievement left but it’s impossible for me to get it because it’s the achievement for “complete 5 levels in Pool Category” …..I have completed all levels of Pool Category and still haven’t gotten it. I’ve tried playing all of them again too… any help/advice would be great!
Overall, amazing game - very entertaining and creative! Would recommend 💯
Don’t get me wrong, I love this game… but
Sat Oct 22 2022 VortexJszaGamingThe idea and premise behind this game is awesome, and I really love playing it, however there are 2 problems that have come to my attention.
For reference, I am on a 14 pro max.
The first issue I have is the stuttering. The ball is almost flickery at times, though I believe the developers are working on fixing this.
My second issue is that the game is considerably easier on the 14 pro as opposed to the pro max. This is because the island module is the same on both phones, but since the regular pro is smaller, the island is actually bigger in relation to the screen itself. This means that the hit box of the island is much easier to hit on the pro than on the pro max.
This makes it frustrating as a pro max user, as competing on leaderboards and with my friends unfair, as anybody with a normal pro has an advantage over anybody with a pro max.
Now for my suggestions.
As for the skill difference required for the 2 phones, the hit box could be made larger on the pro max to compensate.
Another suggestion I have is for a new mode where throughout play, the island itself will change shape. I think there are so many opportunities for other modes and stuff that could really make this game shine.
All in all, I love this game, and I am excited to see how it hopefully continues to develop. I hope the developers see my review and take some of these things into consideration.
Nice game. Wish it didn’t stop music playback
Wed Oct 05 2022 ocfountainsUpdate: Developer responded and mentioned they had added the ability to continue playing audio (music/podcasts) while playing the game.
This indeed can now be accomplished, however, it is still not quite correctly implemented.
For example, if you’re playing audio (again, music or podcasts) and you launch the game, the playback immediately stops. You can then swipe down control center and hit play to resume audio playback, and that works. But why does it stop the playback when launching? That’s annoying and i wish they could fix that.
It’s still a really simple and fun app to play, and the developer continues to improve it. That’s great.
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I like the game. It’s simple and yet very enjoyable. One thing I wish for it is that it didn’t stop background music playback. If you’re playing music, on a flight, for example, and you want to play the game, as soon as you open the app the music stops playing. This is doable for the developer. The right implementation is needed to not stop music playback, but rather either not play the game’s own sound effects, or overlay them in the audio pipeline. Right now, even if I disable sound effects on the app, it still stops Music’s playback as soon as the app is opened. Really annoying.
Nice but it needs more ideas!
Sat Apr 01 2023 DrinoriiiiiI really like playing the game specially when I’m traveling, its very entertaining.
I have some ideas it may help you guys a lot.
1. First I would suggest a nice calm relaxing music while we play it will really entertain people playing it more. And the noises when we hit the ball and the dynamic island is a bit annoying.
2. If you guys would add the iOS emojis instead of the boring balls that hurts our eyes lol it would be so much fun and it will literally fit more the concept.
And we need more interesting backgrounds and Live Backgrounds too.
3. Add more fun options on the mystery box like :
animals on top of the Dynamic Island moving kinda slowly from the start of the island to the end and if don’t hit the island on time the animals will fall and we would lose some extra stars. That’s a very nice idea, Cash app me lol. Add a laugh sound if the animals fall that would be very funny lol.
Thank you ,keep it going!!!
Addictive and Challenging
Sat Dec 24 2022 private info sucker! 😂😂😂This game is different from a lot of the games you’ll find on the app store. I find myself playing a couple rounds once every few hours when I’m bored. It’s very simple, the objective is to bounce a ball back and fourth and hit the black box and the top. Every couple of hits a power up box can pop up and change the game in a variety of different ways. It is quite challenging for sure, but it’s not impossible. My only issue being that sometimes the ball will go right into the corner and the only way to hit it is to basically swipe your finger right off the phone. This becomes annoying when you reach later stages when the ball is going super fast. It leaves you with no recovery time.
App has gone downhill
Thu Jan 05 2023 michael.cheek99Don’t know what changed recently, but since the update where it shows the voodoo and unity logos, the app has gone downhill. Graphics are slower and lower quality, and in app purchases I have made have had features removed - specifically in the no ads feature. I paid for the no ads feature so I didn’t have to watch an ad in order to try again, instead I had to pay 30 stars. Now that option is no longer available, replaced with the ad option, despite having restored the no ads purchase. Not cool to take away features I paid for.
I also don’t like the increase in data used to track me. I might just remember incorrectly, but I don’t think this app used to track as much. I try and avoid downloading and spending money on apps that track, so I was surprised to see recently that it tracks so much.
lags and ads
Fri Aug 25 2023 pdmdkejngjfthe game WAS great, it was fun and simple and had very few ads. it was a great aesthetically pleasing app but after recent updates it has changed completely. there are SO many ads and you will get ads in the middle of the game which causes you to die, then when you restart you get another ad. the game is also super laggy even with perfect wi-fi. if you get too high the game often crashes and you lose all
your progress. the ball will also lag a lot and just give you a headache.
despite all these cons, the game is really fun and very cohesive. the game is very fun to just distract yourself and even calm yourself down. i will definitely not be deleting but if the ads get worse, so will my patience.
overall, great game!
Love the game-but…
Sun Jan 01 2023 LivipawI do love this game! There are minimal ads and it’s cute and fun, BUT-up until only like a week ago, it was run by some company that I didn’t know of, but now, it’s run by voodoo, (which isn’t a problem but like) is glitchier, i lost all of my progress (the stars you get, free slow downs and stuff) and it’s not available on Apple Watch anymore! The whole reason I got the app was so I could have a game to play on my watch during school when phones aren’t allowed, and now that it’s not on my watch I’m upset and there’s nothing else quite like this app on the Apple Watch App Store, so I am very disappointed in the ownership being transferred.
The ads are great therefore addicting game
Thu Mar 30 2023 yolomcswag1590Title is weird yeah. Ads aren’t good but the ads in this game are. They aren’t in your face or long in duration like a lot of other apps on the store. It’s very bearable and they are easy to exit out of. Therefore I keep on playing the game because I’m never annoyed with the ads. Only complaint is sometimes mid game I switch out of the app to do something on my phone and when I get back to playing the ball gets stuck and I have to start over. I don’t mind starting over so I didn’t feel this app deserved minus 1 star.
Glitch that caused me to lose all my stars and removed ads
Sat Dec 31 2022 NotdanwinI paid $2.99 to remove ads and everything was working fine. Less than a month later I lost all progress on my game with high scores and I lost all the stars (in game currency) that I had saved. On top of that ads have come back to my game. Restore purchases did nothing and when I tried to pay AGAIN to remove ads it says I have already done so and if I would like to remove ads for free. I accept and the ads are still there. I have contacted Apple and they said there is nothing they can do and I need to reach out to the developers. I have gone to the developers website but I cannot find any kind of contact info via email or social media for help. This has been so frustrating.
