Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-laces/id1442515267 Word Laces Minimega Word Laces is a word puzzle game about associations, connotations, and collecting shoes. Every picture tells a story, f… Buy Now Watch Media DetailsWord Laces is a word puzzle game about associations, connotations, and collecting shoes. Every picture tells a story, find the meaning and solve the puzzle. Just swipe to lace up words, it’s simple and satisfying! Each level presents you with an image and a set of jumbled letters. Your task is to find words associated with the image and “lace” the words together. Loop, link, and weave your way through over 1000 puzzles. Unlock new themes and expand your shoe collection. How many can you collect? The daily puzzle for Word Laces features topical content from around the world. Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Ramadan, Halloween or Hanukkah, every day is worth celebrating. Information Seller:Minimega Genre:Word Release:Sep 19, 2019 Updated:Feb 24, 2023 Version:2.9.7 Size:596.2 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel MiniMega and shining jade like this. Morbus Iff Well-Known Member Sep 9, 2010 236 33 28 #2 Morbus Iff, Sep 18, 2019 Last edited: Sep 18, 2019 This is a relatively typical "find the word" puzzler which feels like it should be part of an ad model but isn't. Each level you complete, you get 5 stars. Stars contribute to unlocking new shoes, which change the background and the laces you see when joining words. Hints are available, and you'll lose one star per hint used. Which... doesn't... feel right. The only "cost" of using a Hint is a slower progression to your next shoe, which grants purely cosmetic additions. As such, hints have no scarcity (there's no "watch an ad!" to get more, no recharge timer, no buy-more-hints IAP), and thus you tend to use them more often simply because you can. That, in turn, lessens the strength of this puzzler as a puzzle - nothing feels like a challenge because there's no little downside to reaching for the answer. Georgina and MiniMega like this. shining jade Well-Known Member Apr 1, 2013 387 3 18 #3 shining jade, Sep 18, 2019 This looks like my kinda puzzle game! I don’t like complex puzzles but this looks fun! MiniMega likes this. Hoodin Well-Known Member Jan 29, 2016 54 7 8 #4 Hoodin, Sep 19, 2019 It’s a nice, relaxing game, and the most relaxing part is that you don’t have to watch an ad after every puzzle. MiniMega likes this. fiskadoro Well-Known Member Jan 1, 2009 325 16 18 Chicago, IL #5 fiskadoro, Sep 19, 2019 I'm so used to expecting ads or prompts to buy stuff, it's just so refreshing not to see this in the Apple Arcade. I'll gladly subscribe to be free of that crap. ColeDaddy, houseofg and MiniMega like this. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,571 896 113 #6 ste86uk, Sep 26, 2019 Just did the first 21 of them and it’s not bad for a word game, just what you would expect really without it being filled with freemium rubbish everywhere. Thanks for the info about the hints though I used a couple as it didn’t seem to cost anything but now I know it costs stars I’ll try to use them less unless I’m really stuck rather than being impatient. At first I wondered why it’s such a huge file for a word game but then I figured it’s because each puzzle has a picture so that’ll take up a lot of space. Personally I don’t really care about the shoes or laces, just thought I’d give the game a try as I could play with my wife as she doesn’t really game at all but likes word games. MiniMega likes this. Georgina Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 30, 2010 361 7 18 Sydney #7 Georgina, Sep 27, 2019 Yeah, it's interesting to me that even though this isn't a freemium game, it still feels like one. Not only due to the stars and unlockable shoes, but because it has so many filler levels. (More levels = more ads between.) I played the first 11 levels and they were so easy that I wish there was an option to skip ahead to level 40 and see if that's more of a challenge. 1.5GB for a game like this seems a bit much, too. MiniMega likes this. Morbus Iff Well-Known Member Sep 9, 2010 236 33 28 #8 Morbus Iff, Sep 27, 2019 I'm currently on level 89. I'd say it's maybe "slightly" more difficult, but only because the words they're looking for get "tricky-er". Like, a father and son learning how to play guitar and the word is BONDING. Or, ACOUSTIC cos it's a normal guitar instead of an electric one. That seems to be happening a LOT more lately - where the words are not physical things in the picture, but feelings or concepts epitomized by the picture. Can't say I'm a huge fan of it. I was gonna decide if I wanted to keep playing at level 100, and currently I'm skewing toward "rarely". MiniMega likes this. ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,571 896 113 #9 ste86uk, Sep 27, 2019 I’ve been playing with my wife so we both sit and do it and she’s enjoying it but me not so much I’d rather be playing one of the other great games that’s out now on AA. There’s nothing wrong with it as a word game but I do agree with you Morbus that the words start becoming things that aren’t even in the pictures and they are just something relating to it which to me sometimes feels like a complete guess or something you wouldn’t have thought of when looking at the picture. But still sometimes it’s a clever design to get more words out of a picture. I’m more looking forward to say what you see returning in that aspect though. MiniMega likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
This is a relatively typical "find the word" puzzler which feels like it should be part of an ad model but isn't. Each level you complete, you get 5 stars. Stars contribute to unlocking new shoes, which change the background and the laces you see when joining words. Hints are available, and you'll lose one star per hint used. Which... doesn't... feel right. The only "cost" of using a Hint is a slower progression to your next shoe, which grants purely cosmetic additions. As such, hints have no scarcity (there's no "watch an ad!" to get more, no recharge timer, no buy-more-hints IAP), and thus you tend to use them more often simply because you can. That, in turn, lessens the strength of this puzzler as a puzzle - nothing feels like a challenge because there's no little downside to reaching for the answer.
It’s a nice, relaxing game, and the most relaxing part is that you don’t have to watch an ad after every puzzle.
I'm so used to expecting ads or prompts to buy stuff, it's just so refreshing not to see this in the Apple Arcade. I'll gladly subscribe to be free of that crap.
Just did the first 21 of them and it’s not bad for a word game, just what you would expect really without it being filled with freemium rubbish everywhere. Thanks for the info about the hints though I used a couple as it didn’t seem to cost anything but now I know it costs stars I’ll try to use them less unless I’m really stuck rather than being impatient. At first I wondered why it’s such a huge file for a word game but then I figured it’s because each puzzle has a picture so that’ll take up a lot of space. Personally I don’t really care about the shoes or laces, just thought I’d give the game a try as I could play with my wife as she doesn’t really game at all but likes word games.
Yeah, it's interesting to me that even though this isn't a freemium game, it still feels like one. Not only due to the stars and unlockable shoes, but because it has so many filler levels. (More levels = more ads between.) I played the first 11 levels and they were so easy that I wish there was an option to skip ahead to level 40 and see if that's more of a challenge. 1.5GB for a game like this seems a bit much, too.
I'm currently on level 89. I'd say it's maybe "slightly" more difficult, but only because the words they're looking for get "tricky-er". Like, a father and son learning how to play guitar and the word is BONDING. Or, ACOUSTIC cos it's a normal guitar instead of an electric one. That seems to be happening a LOT more lately - where the words are not physical things in the picture, but feelings or concepts epitomized by the picture. Can't say I'm a huge fan of it. I was gonna decide if I wanted to keep playing at level 100, and currently I'm skewing toward "rarely".
I’ve been playing with my wife so we both sit and do it and she’s enjoying it but me not so much I’d rather be playing one of the other great games that’s out now on AA. There’s nothing wrong with it as a word game but I do agree with you Morbus that the words start becoming things that aren’t even in the pictures and they are just something relating to it which to me sometimes feels like a complete guess or something you wouldn’t have thought of when looking at the picture. But still sometimes it’s a clever design to get more words out of a picture. I’m more looking forward to say what you see returning in that aspect though.
