Stay, Mum Lucid Labs Genres: Games Adventure Puzzle GAME CENTER ENABLED $2.99 USD Supported Devices: iPhone-3GS iPhone4 iPodTouchFourthGen iPad2Wifi iPad23G iPhone4S iPadThirdGen iPadThirdGen4G iPhone5 iPodTouchFifthGen iPadFourthGen iPadFourthGen4G iPadMini iPadMini4G iPhone5c iPhone5s iPhone6 iPhone6Plus iPodTouchSixthGen Minimum iOS Version: iOS 6.0 Download Size: 66.6MB Stay, Mum Lucid Labs * NOTE: Download size is ~80 MB * --- "As a fan of puzzle games, I’m loving Stay, Mum..." - 4.5/5 AppAdvice "Stay, Mu… $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details* NOTE: Download size is ~80 MB * --- "As a fan of puzzle games, I’m loving Stay, Mum..." - 4.5/5 AppAdvice "Stay, Mum gets big points for its heartfelt presentation..." - 148Apps "Stay, Mum is a tear-jerker..." - Kill Screen Daily "...one of the best Best Mobile Games of 2015" - TechRadar "...beautifully designed heartbreaking puzzle." - iPlayApps.de --- Stay, Mum is an ordinary story about John, a young boy with an extraordinary imagination and his mother, who is busy trying to make a living for the two of them. Stay, Mum will let you manipulate different blocks to form surreal shapes out of John’s wild imagination and explore the bittersweet relationship of John and his mother. John means the world to his mother. But to meet their needs, his mother has to work very hard. So hard that she never finds time for him. John’s loneliness is only cured by different blocks given to him by his mother. Why does the mother give him building blocks and what purpose do they hold? ELEGANT Minimalist and gorgeous visuals accompanied by smooth ambient sounds to lure you in. EASY TO PLAY Tap and move the blocks around to form shapes based on the outline shown before each level. When satisfied, tap a button to make them fall on the platform. But - make sure they stay in shape when they hit the floor! IMAGINATION IS THE LIMIT Meet John’s friends as he imagines all sort of different beings in his 7 blocks, each with their own visuals and behaviour. Use them at your aid to achieve complex shapes in more than 70 levels! LEARN THE TRUTH John’s mother leaves him different mysterious blocks to play with, to distract him from the fact that she has no time for him. Learn the truth about why his mother has no time for her only son and how are the blocks going to help him. iCloud Play on one iOS device and synchronize your progress across all your iOS devices automatically. Information Seller:Lucid Labs Genre:Adventure, Puzzle Release:Oct 28, 2015 Updated:Aug 20, 2016 Version:1.5 Size:1.0 GB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (14) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal touchy85 Well-Known Member Jan 21, 2015 1,616 1 38 #2 touchy85, Oct 28, 2015 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #3 AppUnwrapper, Oct 28, 2015 I'll have a proper review up later, but here's a little video where I question its very existence at the end: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Do not recommend. coolpepper43 ð® Spam Police ð Aug 31, 2012 4,615 7 38 On the toilet #4 coolpepper43, Oct 28, 2015 Last edited: Oct 28, 2015 @AppUnwrapper, that looks painful to play. The gameplay looks so boring even for a puzzle. Does anything at all change in the gameplay to make it interesting? BTW, your comments at the end are hilarious! Lol!!! sobriquet Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jul 30, 2015 1,216 1 38 #5 sobriquet, Oct 28, 2015 Thanks for the video. I don't want to be mean so I'll just say it's not for me. The game I mean, not the video. NOEN Well-Known Member Jul 31, 2012 3,245 0 0 U.S. #6 NOEN, Oct 28, 2015 Yea. I've heard some pretty negative things about this game recently. I'd definitely recommend waiting for a review or watching a couple videos before buying. AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #7 AppUnwrapper, Oct 29, 2015 Last edited: Oct 29, 2015 Not that much. I have a review written but I'm holding out till tonight. I just thought I should show some video since the trailer showed nothing about it. Also, I should reiterate that I completed the whole game already except for the buggy level I pointed out. I really did not expect that to happen at the end, and that's a big part of the problem -- the physics don't make sense. Quazonk Well-Known Member Mar 30, 2011 1,102 4 38 #8 Quazonk, Oct 29, 2015 Wow, this game looks awful to play. And please don't jump in at me like "OH, you can't say that, you haven't played it!" By watching this video, I'd be doing exactly what AppUnwrapper in doing. And I was getting frustrated for her watching it. I was hotly anticipating this game, and by watching the gameplay, I can make absolutely no correlation between this touching-looking story with cute graphics, and by....stacking blocks and hoping that by some stroke of luck physics will be on my side. It just doesn't look like it makes any sense at all. I'll be dodging this one. Thanks for saving me 3 bucks, AppUnwrapper. coolpepper43 ð® Spam Police ð Aug 31, 2012 4,615 7 38 On the toilet #9 coolpepper43, Oct 29, 2015 I was also looking forward to this. The story and animations are great but the gameplay doesn't make sense. It seems like an odd choice. Even with the physics working correctly it does't look that great. What a let down. AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #10 AppUnwrapper, Oct 29, 2015 I was also looking forward to it, but I had no idea what the gameplay would be like. If it were just the shapes without the gravity thing, it might have been ok for little kids. But as it stands, I really can't imagine anyone of any age enjoying this. PixTragic Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2015 60 0 0 #11 PixTragic, Oct 29, 2015 This looks kind of random.....? AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #12 AppUnwrapper, Oct 29, 2015 Last edited: Oct 29, 2015 If anyone wanted to still read my review, here it is. Although my video might have been enough. http://www.appunwrapper.com/2015/10/28/stay-mum-review/ cloudpuff Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2013 3,600 0 36 lazy layabout uk #13 cloudpuff, Oct 29, 2015 Such a shame, there's was a ton of positivity and talks of "editors choice material" on the beta thread for this. Makes me wonder if it's a very big bug or something that didn't happen in beta? because how can people have beta tested and not found this frustrating? AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #14 AppUnwrapper, Oct 29, 2015 I thought I should report back that I played around more with that level off-camera to see what the deal is. It appears you need to leave a gap between the blocks so they don't knock each other over when they fall. I must have had the gap the first time I played without even realizing it, because I don't remember having trouble with that level. On top of that, it doesn't really fit with the game to require a gap that's not shown in the outline. In other levels, if there's a gap between blocks in the final solution, the gap is shown in the outline as well. So why would the player, in this particular instance, think they need to make a gap for it to work? The puzzles just don't feel well thought out. They're either way too easy and straightforward, or incredibly frustrating due to the unpredictable physics (that you have very little control over). I replayed that level a bunch of times now, and I could create two nearly identical shapes, where one would be successful and one wouldn't. It's a shame the game didn't live up to its hype. I wanted to like it. I completed it to try and give it a chance, even though I honestly was bored after just a few levels. slarti88 Active Member Apr 30, 2015 34 5 8 Freelance software developer #15 slarti88, Oct 30, 2015 So just bought it and played for a while. And now I'm stuck at one of the levels because of the weird pattern which seems impossible based on the game's physics . To be honest the physics seems like a bad mechanic for a game like this. There's too much uncertainty about how things will pan out once you've arranged the blocks. Wasted an hour on that one puzzle, so only opening it if there's an update that fixes that level. I was really looking forward to this too :/ Sweettty Member Nov 2, 2015 10 0 0 #16 Sweettty, Nov 2, 2015 looks not bad false_prophet New Member Nov 3, 2015 2 0 0 #17 false_prophet, Nov 3, 2015 Quick question The game looks pretty ordinary and straightforward from the video review (don't know if you could call it a puzzle at all) and with all these talks of bugged levels how could this thing get a global Apple feature? From what I have heard, Apple is pretty serious about maintaining quality on it's store. How does this reflect on their standards if they feature an incomplete, buggy game globally? AppUnwrapper Well-Known Member Oct 26, 2011 4,062 3 0 http://www.appunwrapper.com/escape-games/ #18 AppUnwrapper, Nov 3, 2015 I'm not going to speculate as to how that happened, but very good question indeed. Rawk GWJ Well-Known Member Feb 9, 2014 335 0 16 #19 Rawk GWJ, Nov 3, 2015 Well, I like speculating about these things. So here goes. - Money. They gave apple, or someone at Apple a truck load of cash. - Connections. They're uncle Herbie works at Apple and was able to push their game to the front page as a favor to his favorite nephew. - Happy Accident. Through some oversight or mix-up, Apple accidentally put this game on the front page. WoodLoaf Active Member Jan 27, 2013 30 0 0 #20 WoodLoaf, Nov 3, 2015 Whenever I see colored blocks hovering over a dotted line moved by an unseen force, I am overcome with melancholy. So naturally I bought this right before collapsing into a wailing mush. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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I'll have a proper review up later, but here's a little video where I question its very existence at the end: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Do not recommend.
@AppUnwrapper, that looks painful to play. The gameplay looks so boring even for a puzzle. Does anything at all change in the gameplay to make it interesting? BTW, your comments at the end are hilarious! Lol!!!
Thanks for the video. I don't want to be mean so I'll just say it's not for me. The game I mean, not the video.
Yea. I've heard some pretty negative things about this game recently. I'd definitely recommend waiting for a review or watching a couple videos before buying.
Not that much. I have a review written but I'm holding out till tonight. I just thought I should show some video since the trailer showed nothing about it. Also, I should reiterate that I completed the whole game already except for the buggy level I pointed out. I really did not expect that to happen at the end, and that's a big part of the problem -- the physics don't make sense.
Wow, this game looks awful to play. And please don't jump in at me like "OH, you can't say that, you haven't played it!" By watching this video, I'd be doing exactly what AppUnwrapper in doing. And I was getting frustrated for her watching it. I was hotly anticipating this game, and by watching the gameplay, I can make absolutely no correlation between this touching-looking story with cute graphics, and by....stacking blocks and hoping that by some stroke of luck physics will be on my side. It just doesn't look like it makes any sense at all. I'll be dodging this one. Thanks for saving me 3 bucks, AppUnwrapper.
I was also looking forward to this. The story and animations are great but the gameplay doesn't make sense. It seems like an odd choice. Even with the physics working correctly it does't look that great. What a let down.
I was also looking forward to it, but I had no idea what the gameplay would be like. If it were just the shapes without the gravity thing, it might have been ok for little kids. But as it stands, I really can't imagine anyone of any age enjoying this.
If anyone wanted to still read my review, here it is. Although my video might have been enough. http://www.appunwrapper.com/2015/10/28/stay-mum-review/
Such a shame, there's was a ton of positivity and talks of "editors choice material" on the beta thread for this. Makes me wonder if it's a very big bug or something that didn't happen in beta? because how can people have beta tested and not found this frustrating?
I thought I should report back that I played around more with that level off-camera to see what the deal is. It appears you need to leave a gap between the blocks so they don't knock each other over when they fall. I must have had the gap the first time I played without even realizing it, because I don't remember having trouble with that level. On top of that, it doesn't really fit with the game to require a gap that's not shown in the outline. In other levels, if there's a gap between blocks in the final solution, the gap is shown in the outline as well. So why would the player, in this particular instance, think they need to make a gap for it to work? The puzzles just don't feel well thought out. They're either way too easy and straightforward, or incredibly frustrating due to the unpredictable physics (that you have very little control over). I replayed that level a bunch of times now, and I could create two nearly identical shapes, where one would be successful and one wouldn't. It's a shame the game didn't live up to its hype. I wanted to like it. I completed it to try and give it a chance, even though I honestly was bored after just a few levels.
So just bought it and played for a while. And now I'm stuck at one of the levels because of the weird pattern which seems impossible based on the game's physics . To be honest the physics seems like a bad mechanic for a game like this. There's too much uncertainty about how things will pan out once you've arranged the blocks. Wasted an hour on that one puzzle, so only opening it if there's an update that fixes that level. I was really looking forward to this too :/
Quick question The game looks pretty ordinary and straightforward from the video review (don't know if you could call it a puzzle at all) and with all these talks of bugged levels how could this thing get a global Apple feature? From what I have heard, Apple is pretty serious about maintaining quality on it's store. How does this reflect on their standards if they feature an incomplete, buggy game globally?
Well, I like speculating about these things. So here goes. - Money. They gave apple, or someone at Apple a truck load of cash. - Connections. They're uncle Herbie works at Apple and was able to push their game to the front page as a favor to his favorite nephew. - Happy Accident. Through some oversight or mix-up, Apple accidentally put this game on the front page.
Whenever I see colored blocks hovering over a dotted line moved by an unseen force, I am overcome with melancholy. So naturally I bought this right before collapsing into a wailing mush.
