The Pads Game

Was great but now it is impossible to advance

I’ve been playing this game since it first came out. Enjoyed it - I actually loved it but now when you get a high score the game seems to delight in sabotaging your progress. Dial down the huge impossible shapes. I’ve had games where I had eight centers and nothing to put around them and it same time I’ve had up to eight completed squares with no centers. I don’t know why but this game just loves frustrating you.

Fantastic but there’s a catch

I love this game. It’s well polished and a great example of how to present a simple idea well. My only complaint is the kind of challenge it presents the player. It seems to me that, no matter how carefully I play, the game decides to give out the most awkward shapes starting at around level 10. I don’t mind a challenge, in fact I love challenging games that pose a challenge but also encourage me to get better in order to progress. But I get the distinct impression the randomizer code responsible for which shapes it brings up deliberately selects only shapes I cannot accommodate. And it does this so aggressively that I am left feeling that there is nothing I can do to get farther. My maximum level is 18. And I have never ever been able to get past that in all the years I’ve played this. Maybe dial-down the shape difficulty a little - just enough to where I feel like I might have a chance if I play smarter