Milkmaid of the Milky Way

I really wanted to like this game, but I became increasingly frustrated by the combination of obscure puzzles / solutions and touch controls. The first issue could just be me being dense but the second is a problem: you have to be extremely accurate in placing where you want an item to be used. I wasted time by choosing the correct item, dragging it to the correct place to use it, but nothing happened, and then trying to find another non existent solution! Finally, having to check out a walkthrough video and finding out I was right all along was very annoying. This happened several times and I gave up and deleted the game out of frustration which is a real shame as there is much to like. I don’t like giving negative reviews but I hope this may be considered constructive feedback.

Is it really that difficult to at least optimise it for those devices so it’s proper 16:9 ratio with black bars only on sides. Because of that basically looks smaller on iPhone X than on iPhone 6,7,8. Home bar visible all the time as signal, battery and time. I know you’re just one guy but it would be great if you can fix it. Cheers Edit: The game is so good. It was simply unfair and immature to review it so low just because of screen size. I got full explanation why is so hard to change it without changing UI. Is worth playing even if it’s not full screen. Can’t wait for the next project!

Beautiful game, thoroughly enjoyed it but I completed it in one short evening. I would say for the price it’s far too short, or needs to be reduced. The actual game play (what there is of it) is lovely, click and point puzzler. The gameplay and nostalgic graphics would make the game a 5 star if it hadn’t been so short.

It was ok but felt short

As an original 80s LucasFilm adventure gamer I can can give this 5 stars. Beautiful nostalgic game. I played this with my 4 year old and read out all the conversations (which rhyme by the way) and he loved it. Quality!

It took me a while to get into the rhyming descriptions, but it’s got a wonderful charm to it all, and some good humour. The story is compelling, and the graphical presentation does a lot with a little. Recommended!

If you’re using an iPad pro 12.9” then when you get to the part where you need to let the wood dry on top of the hill, it may take quite a few tries and you need to be in just the right spot before the wood will drop. You need to be right at the top, slightly to the left of the centre of the cairn. It took me about a dozen tries, the game was made for a regular sized ipad and although the image scales up for the larger ipad pro, apparently the responsive area for this particular puzzle does not, so it’s only a relatively tiny patch of the image where you can drop the wood. But... Don’t let that put you off! This is a thoroughly delightful, charming game full of innocent joy. I’ve never played a game with anything quite like the same mood before. It would be an ideal game for parents to play with their child/children, but is fiendish and funny enough to satisfy adults anyway. I’ve kept below my initial one-star review (!!) and the developer response. And to any game developers out there, notice how much of a difference it can make when you DO read reviews and respond. First Review: 1 star. Title: Bugged! I spent AGES trying to get to get through just the first few screens of this and I hate using walkthroughs. Eventually I resorted to a walkthrough as I couldn’t dry the wood whatever I tried. The walkthrough said leave the wood under the cairn at the top of the mountain, screenshot included. It was something I’d already tried a hundred times (I’d tried leaving the wood out to dry pretty much everywhere by this time, but the top of the mountain was my first choice). Ok, I tried again just like in the screenshot to no avail, it won’t go there. So I thought maybe things have to be done in a certain order (I’d already made the butter, maybe doing that prematurely confused it). So I restarted the game from scratch. Nope, I can’t leave the wood out to dry by the cairn. Obviously other people have managed it, but on a 12.9” iPad pro, I’m having no luck leaving the wood out to dry at all. I’m also getting tired of our protagonist telling me it’s a stupid idea when according to all the walkthroughs (I’ve triple checked now) that’s what I need to do. Going into outer space? I can’t even get off the farm! I’ll hang on for a week to see if it’s a simple bug fix, If I’m still stuck on the first few screens I’ll get my money refunded. I’ll update this review whatever happens.

It’s not a long game, but it’s charming and great fun. Love games like this and will hope for a sequel!!

Thoroughly enjoyable. Look forward to more from Mathis Folkestad. Really pleasing to play and the rhyming adds extra enjoyment. Loved the protagonist Ruth even when her mounds hit the ground 😉. I was one of those who got stuck so I appreciate Machineboy (Appunwrapper) but I have no doubt for most it will be challenging, fun and doable. I’m just sorry it’s over, for now. Maybe we will get to follow Ruth in her universal travels (fingers crossed).

Played monkey island years ago. What a game. This is on a par with gameplay. Unfortunately I finished it in an hour. For 3.99 I felt ripped off. Far too short for the money.