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Action Puzzle – Board Game Review
Action Puzzle is a Board/Puzzle game from Joachim Mertens, first launched in 10th April 2019.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 231+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Action Puzzle Stand Out
Action Puzzle takes jigsaw puzzles to the next level. You play with a fully animated 3D scene instead of a static photo. Think about cutting your TV into pieces while it is showing a movie ;-)
The animated scenes are shown in a beautiful, low poly 3D graphic and are filled with many details. The order of incoming puzzle tiles is random, so you often see new things when you solve the same puzzle again.
In this first version we have a detailed city scene, a fully functional airport, a thrilling car race and a port with ships and trains. The first two locations are free. The remaining scenes can be purchased within the game.
- 4 puzzle sizes: 12, 20, 30 and 48 tiles
- 4 locations (2 of them are free)
- Tile rotation can be switched on or off
- Beautiful, low poly 3D graphic
- Realistic sound
- Perfect for kids: no Ads, no violence
- Special mode for left-hander
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Action Puzzle is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 25th September 2022
Recent improvements include:
- Performance improved
- Small bugs removed
Download & Availability
Action Puzzle is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Action Puzzle 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:
We thought this would be more like goragoa or a jigsaw puzzle. It is like a child's block game. It is designed for young children. Only two pieces are offered to the user at a time so not much puzzle to it. Its cute but not much here for adults,.
We love this but the sound stopped working.
UPDATE: Prompt reply and explanation received. Many thanks and look forward to enjoying THIS FUN App!!! Also, appreciate the time and effort in creating this App Prior Question: Unlocked this App which which states that the full version is included free today. Not certain whether further levels are free or not. Kind of misleading. Ill wait for a reply from the Developer.
We love this unique style of puzzle combining a traditional puzzle with a video. We like how you can choose from a variety of puzzle sizes. We would like to see an ultra easy level with just 4 puzzle pieces too- for little ones. We hope you come out with more of these puzzle apps with different scenes.
This video-style jigsaw puzzle is so cute and fun! Being relatively easy to put together the pieces; it's suitable for all ages. So impressed, we've upgraded to support the developer.
An inspired developer! This App really intrigued us, first as a 3D Motion App with in-time moving-motion pieces, and again, as a story time interactive device for motivating the creative process of a youngster. A Mentor who is watching the child and asking questions afterwards will be surprised at the depth of understanding a youngster will take out of the storylines of the puzzles. Definitely a download and keeper for those times when youngsters might arrive! 5 Star App. Extremely Creative! Check out his other Apps.
Nice to see an updated version of a puzzle.
Seems to us, this format has a bright future in online/app jigsaw puzzles! Harder than it looks. The kids had a blast along w/our wife & we! We look Forward to seeing more puzzles with more video/moving pieces. Also, would be great to see, separate, layout more pieces around the puzzle as can be done w/the better jigsaws out there. Instead of a few w/one replaced when one goes into the pic/Vid. Great Idea that hasnt gotten old.
We love puzzles! This is the first time Ive ever done a moving puzzle. We really liked it. Id find ourselves just watching the pictures before and after we solved them. The only thing we would like to see added is a timer so we know how long it takes us because we like to race ourselves.
We would describe this fame as cute. Not complicated or overly long. But we love seeing the scene unwind in each puzzle. Very clever. Need more levels! Thx.
Love that the action is in the pieces and the main part of the puzzle.
Our 5 year old loves this game! Hes obsessed with puzzles and this adds a fun element with the moving scenes.
We've noticed a lot of reviews that are confused by how the IAP works. There is also a glitch though. If you play straight through all 4 parts of a level, it allows you to play them all but when you get back to the main screen, only the first 2 are unlocked. You have to close out of each part when finished to have them all unlocked to the point where you can play any part whenever you like. (we tried to find a way to just message this to the dev but clicking "App Support" just takes you to a blog.. So we're doing this instead since they seem to actually read these.).
We came across this app in APPS GONE FREE. The IAPs ask for parents area code. We tried that a few times. It didnt work. Then we figured the equation below keeps changing so just solve the equation. That worked. IAP was $0.00. Tapped and free purchase was successful. The issue is the last 3 puzzles are still locked. Is this a bug or do the puzzle have to be done in sequence from left to right? It didnt cost anything so Im not upset, but the developer should fix the bug or explain the puzzles have to be completed in sequence.
Went through app advice to download this game..both it and the app showed temporarily free to unlock the entire game..yay..but when followed directions was charged $2.99….how can this be fixed and money refunded..thanks..not free after all..will not use until issue resolved.
Nope, we hate it. These app developers hound users for reviews BEFORE having a chance to even use it?… Then LEMME BE BLUNT, we H A T E IT.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.31
- Size: 70.24 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Joachim Mertens]()
Last updated: 25th September 2022 | Genre: Board, Puzzle | Developer: Joachim Mertens