holedown 4+

Nicely polished puzzle/strategy game

It’s a nicely presented and polished puzzle/strategy game with great physics. It’s a great way for killing some time and involves some strategic precise aiming for achieving your end goal, plus it’s ideal as a quick pick up and play if you only have short periods of time to spare.

I would like to suggest that between the “Sun” and endless “Black Hole” level; if there could have been maybe a few more levels such as perhaps maybe a Neutron Star stage, a Pulsar stage, a Quasar and then finally the infinite Black Hole. The reason for this is that they would have an end goal being the “core”, which is something the endless Black Hole stage doesn’t have which therefore doesn’t keep you quite hooked.

AWESOME - 3 stars - really should be 5

This is simply the best while-away-a-few-minutes-here-and-there game I’ve come across since Seven many years ago. Perfect blend of simplicity, skill and feel. I can’t put it down - but.....

Minus one star for lack of game length/options - I’ll add a star if there’s more forthcoming - it so deserves more

Minus one star for confusing/faulty Game Center set up - I want to play on my iPhone then pick up where I left off on iPad. Game Center inclusion suggests I ought to be able to but nothing works.

It’s not at all clear what the ‘Game Save Reset’ button is for but switching it on just sends the game right back to square one with all progress lost. As a web designer/gamer, I’m not stupid (well comparatively) but I can’t figure it....either there’s a bug or it ought to be made clearer.

It’s s tribute to the game that I am restarting having lost all my progress. Like others tho, if it happens again I think the game will get binned.

I LOVE this game - I want to give it five stars - frustrating!!!!!

Edit:
After completing it it’s slightly disappointing that it actually gets easier not harder - once you have lots of upgrades you can hammer the last level first go without much thought. Needs rebalancing I think - upgrades are too plentiful - might be nice to have to hit other targets to get them. Bit of variation....

Well presented and fun game

Holedown is lovely little game that you can come back to play in small chunks. The game is so satisfying when you hit a perfect shot that causes a huge amount of ricochets. The progression system means that every ‘run’ contributes to improving. It’s a simple premise but beautifully presented.

The low rating is because currently cloud saves don’t work and due to a bug I also lost all save data randomly. This forced me to start a new game. Right now I can’t bring myself to reinvest the lost time. Shame.

Update: It looks like the bug has been fixed so my rating has been updated.

Developer Response ,

I'm so sorry about your lost save. I have located and fixed this bug in the latest update. It was a real doozy too, requiring a very special sequence of events to manifest itself.
Again, I'm very sorry!