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Scenic Route's Generations – Puzzle Game Review
Scenic Route's Generations is a Puzzle game from Scenic Route Software, first launched in 3rd April 2023.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 21+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Scenic Route's Generations Stand Out
The popular game for the Playdate handheld console, now on iOS! Experience what IGN called one of the ten best games for the Playdate, but now on your phone! And in color!
No ads! No in-app purchases! It won't even harass you to rate it (Though it would be nice if you did)! Just a super fun, meditative puzzle game. Don't forget to pet the cat!
"I can honestly see why this was such a big hit on Playdate" — Touch Arcade, Game of the Week.
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Generations is a challenging puzzle game that has you organizing family portraits on the wall of a living room, a task requiring a surprising amount of strategy, planning, and thinking ahead.
Each time you hang three (or more) portraits of any family members of the same age group next to each other, their portraits will combine into a new portrait of an older family member.
The current portrait is on the table to the left of the couch, and the next portrait rests on the middle of the couch. Bonus portraits will appear on the table to the right of the couch.
The game begins with storks. Three storks combine into an infant. Three infants turn into a child, and so on until you combine three portraits of the matriarchs and patriarchs of the family. When this happens, you've created a Generation, and all portraits you've hung on the wall will automatically age up and the spaces occupied by the seniors will open back up, ready for a new generation of descendants.
Portraits can only be hung next to other portraits, and you'll need to think ahead to optimize their placement in order to chain matches and not strand any. Once you've run out of space on the wall, the game will end.
== Features ==
- The same game play. music and sound effects you love (if you're lucky enough to own a Playdate!), but now in vibrant color.
- Online leader boards and a slew of achievements to earn.
- Fun haptic feedback when matching and dropping portraits.
- Play as either the Smiths or the Joneses.
- Numbered Portraits accessibility mode.
- A sticker pack for iMessage! Who among us hasn't wanted to drop a minus heart on a text message?
- A cat named Poe!
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Scenic Route's Generations is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th April 2023
Recent improvements include:
- Added Russian, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and Turkish localization to the game.
- Minor updates and fixes.
Download & Availability
Scenic Route's Generations is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Scenic Route's Generations on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
It is ridiculous how much we like this game and how much time we spend playing it. Highly recommend.
We prefer games that make you think and involve strategy, not games for which you need razor sharp reflexes, or those with ads and extra payments. This $4.99 game is perfect! You can play it at a leisurely place, and you can keep learning as your scores get higher. We seem to have hit a plateau at a score of about 2500 to 3000. Our current situation is that we keep winding up with four or five seniors that we cannot connect in an adjacent group of three. This clogs the board. However, we still greatly enjoy the game and trying out new strategies. We once got a score of 9000 and thought we had mastered an effective technique, but we never achieved that high a score again and Im not sure how we did. It may have been the luck of the draw or we may have figured out a good strategy that we cant remember or repeat. We would appreciate it if anyone can give us some hints or point us to a strategy guide. Thanks! Bob G.
We love this game, but intermittent freeze up of the tiles on the board.very irritating as you loose your set-up of the blue puzzle pieces. We have been playing this game everyday since we purchased, but this little problem is driving us nuts. Otherwise this is a GREAT game.
Ill give us a four star rating, despite it only being good on a phone and not an iPad as much and being just a basic match three with a small twist because it is not a paper plate or add game which we strongly support. Tired of those kind of games and regardless of this game we wouldve gotten five stars if we just had a little bit more to it.
This game is fantastic. Its incredibly fun and addictive and is well worth the $5. There are no ads, no loading, no annoying upsells. The only time Ive been confused was when we didnt see a save button so we could come back to a game and then we realized that EVERYTHING IS JUST SAVES AUTOMATICALLY, like mobile apps used to do. This game will be a classic. Well done.
This game is approved by us, and our 3YO and 6YO nieces. They immediately apprehended the game dynamics of matching three pieces to age up the family members, and we take turns laying down pieces. The youngest claimed the bird pieces and the eldest claimed the baby pieces. The self-paced nature of the game keeps it fun and relaxing, and the musical tones are a nice touch too. You can also save to the game and return to it later. The game developer has also shared some nice tips online. 100/100 for an iPhone puzzle game.
It's seemingly a simple game but it's filled with strategies to discover. We're obsessed.
Generations is an amazing puzzle game! It's all about organizing family portraits to create generations, and it's super challenging but tons of fun. The graphics are bright and colorful, and there are online leaderboards, achievements, and even a sticker pack for iMessage. You can play as different families and it's just a blast! Totally recommend it for puzzle game fans. 5 stars all the way.
Love the self-paced nature of this game. The more you play it the more you start to develop your own strategy, which is a lot of the fun. Graphics are gorgeous, too.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.2.0
- Size: 11.97 MB
- iOS: 16.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, RU, ES, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Scenic Route Software]()
Last updated: 11th April 2023 | Genre: Puzzle | Developer: Scenic Route Software