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by CM30 295 days ago
Okay, gonna be honest, the main issue your game has is that it seems too generic/boring. The visuals aren't bad per se, but they feel like they come straight from some premade UI framework, like a slightly fancier equivalent to programmer art.

So while the game might be fun to play, at first glance it just looks and feels cheap. It lacks an identity of its own, and that makes it really not stand out from the hordes of other generic puzzle games flooding the app stores at the moment.

Definitely add something to make it stand out there. Unique characters, a visual theme as a whole, etc.

Also maybe rethink the name too. Arrows is definitely a clear name for this game, but it doesn't really sell the game in any way, and feels about as generic as the art style does. Most successful games have strong branding that you can build a potential series off of, whereas this one does not.

Gameplay wise it seems like it could be fun, but it also feels like the mechanics will get old very quickly. It's a gameplay loop that doesn't look particularly compelling from the footage required, and which most bigger titles relegate to a mini game or dungeon puzzle since the mechanics don't have enough to them to carry a whole game.