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Idle Idle GameDev – Simulation Game Review
Idle Idle GameDev is a Simulation/Casual game from Lutz Schoenfelder, first launched in 5th June 2020.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 768+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Idle Idle GameDev Stand Out
Do you want to make your own Idle Game but you're just too lazy?
In Idle Idle Gamedev, you have the opportunity to create various idle games while going idle.
Different unlockable Jobs
4 Stats with 9 Skills each
Many Items and Research to unlock
Reset the game to skill special skills
Try a challenge to unlock more skills
Many Achievements
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Idle Idle GameDev is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 13th July 2020
Recent improvements include:
fixed bp purchases
Download & Availability
Idle Idle GameDev is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Idle Idle GameDev 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:
Have you tested this on at least iphone x. You can hardly see the text. When you can hardly make put anything it's difficult to play the game no matter how good it is. If you can fix the assets on the game and make full use of the screen. We'll replay and review again.
Games pretty good but if you butcher your employees, save the set, and then load it after rebirthing, it just deletes your employees.
We used to play this on crazy games.
Love idle games and honestly this has been our jam so far. We like how everything is connected. But something we think would really help flesh it out, especially for new players would be some kind of in game Wiki on the top left info button. Just something explaining again what effects the idea has, marketing, how research works etc. Thanks again for a fun idle game.
Don't let the start overwhelm you. It's very simple and enjoyable.
We loved your previous game the dice one and this one might even be better.
Fun little incremental about game creation no fluff to it very simple rewards great for ads that are optional.
Words cannot describe how good this game is, but the best part is that you only have to watch ads if you WANT to. We appreciate a game that does that.
This game feels very similar to universal paperclips.
Pretty fun idle game; pretty simplistic, only been in a few hours, but it has some interesting complexity.
Im taking time out of our day to write our first review of an app. This game we started playing on our school desktop and just had to find it and download it on our phone. Highly recommend it.
We enjoy the game, it has money on game, and . It fast get money.
Honestly one of the better idle games for mobile. If it grabs your attention we suggest you give it a shot.
We really enjoy a good idle game, its one of the few genres we can really invest some time in. Im loving the progression, though we are only at 2days and 6hours of active play, its been super fun. We bottle necked while learning, but after that hurtle we got our footing. If anyone reads this and you felt that bottle neck push on a little further find your groove. Open every menu, explore, make mistakes, get messy! We hope you too will enjoy this idle game as much as we have. Tip: Much like on ogre or an onion there are layers. Be sure to layer your time between contracts and money develop uh we mean game development.
The game may have some annoying things but it has a lot of things to do.
Definitely at least worth a download. The machine must grow.
We actually wanted to follow the creator of this game on twitter because we love this game and idle dice (another game they've made) but the link doesn't work great game though, it's very entertaining.
We play a lot of idle games, and this one is easily up with few others at the top. Its simultaneously unique, while also simple. Many unique games are over complicated. The only critique we have is to please try and fix the graph? Its a little jittery, but its the only thing that pulls from the experience, and even then it doesnt pull much. We highly recommend.
You should play all Lutz games.
Been looking for some good idle games when we stumbled upon this. We must say, its a game that starts fast but progressively gets slower and slower. No ads here, so you can play the game without an interruption! Lastly, the mechanics of this game are simple and easy to learn! 5 star deserved.
Im a big fan of the genre and its hard to find decent idle games. Having a lot of fun with this one, too bad it looks like the developer has abandoned the project. Would love to have supported this project to keep it going.
Honestly, the concept from the preview was amazing! We had our doubts about this game at the start, but now Im spending some time grinding at this game! Doing the challenges when you have enough fans for great rewards, rebirth (aka recursion in the game), and theres so much more we could say! This game can be reset and replayed so much times! As long as you get the hang of it, youll enjoy it. One thing though, the tutorial should be updated, and also the buttons are broken, like when we spent all our logic points and the buttons were white still. So download this game or youre missing out! Also, can the developer(s) pls update this because its a great app, just asking.
We used to play this on crazygames.com but when our save got deleted we got this game on mobile we love this game.
Started this game up for some time. Doesnt push hard with micro transactions. The gameplays fun. Ive been enjoying the gameplay loop. 4/5.
Its a really good game, but eventually making progress can be slow.
Havent played much yet, but the app seems very well designed (and no forced ads, big plus). Could do with some kind of tab giving a quick rundown of each mechanic, something you could occasionally consult for answers.
We have played a lot of idle games throughout our days This one would rate a 8/10 on tutorial and understanding A 7/10 on Ad Annoyance meaning it doesnt have a lot of ads that are forced down your throat. If you want to take advantage at the later stages in the game though youll need to use the ad promotions or spend 5.99$ to get the package. A 6/10 on playability/longevity due to it kind of being a hard repetitive(locked) on the same screen the whole time. Ive always enjoyed games that Advance Worlds. So overall we would say a 7/10.
This game is fun. The concept is refreshing and somewhat meta. Our only complaint is that the game appears to be poorly optimized because our phone catches fire when running the game for more than 1 minute. Our battery gets punished for playing. Running an XS Max and this is the only game that we play that nukes our phone temp.
We played this online before it was released on iOS very fun game only downside is the mobile version low key harasses you for a review so here we are.
Its a good idle game that definitely takes time to build up.
Sometimes we use our skill points and it doesnt upgrade the skill.
We found this game to be actually enjoyable but the good features stop working even though we turned the tick on and off.
This is a great idle game, played it a ton on the web version. However this version is very buggy. Numbers dont update often, especially in the upgrade skill tab. Bug count, the progress bar to a quality game, among other things. Great game but desperately needs an update to fix bugs. We also have like 1e300 fans, yet the final achievement for 1e21 fans hasnt proced yet. So sadly its so buggy you cant complete it.
We were enjoying this game for the first 24 hours, we were playing it all day despite some of the bugs where stats fail to update. A hard reset would usually fix those little glitches, until we ran into this current glitch that is a game-killer and wont allow us to progress. Something is really messed up with the Code Structure algorithm, it is making our programming Feature and Bugs go haywire, like 3e-350 to 3.5T Game Quality 10 times in a second, to the point where it is so messed up we cant even progress. We have enough employees for those so thats not the problem, and when we hard close it displays the stats it should show for a few seconds before going haywire again. Cant progress, broken game. Please fix.
Cant unlock further challenges because fan number wont exceed 7.5 billion.
We were going to rate 5 star but then our retention was not going up even though we had all bugs fixed and also it says at the top that our max retention is at 99.9 but it wont go passed 5.
Games become worthless the day after you release it.
The game was ok spent a few days on it and was fine. Then we got on and Avery thing went from 1000+ power to single digit. So we deleted the game plz fix bug and add a place to submit bugs.
After a few days, it has become so much of a nuisance we have stopped playing.
Great addition to idle dice. Played for about 30 minutes so far, no major issues.
Waaaay to easy to release a game. The button is right under the notifications. Ive released too many games before we wanted to. The game is barely worth playing. First off its too easy to release games when you dont want to. Second the buttons seem broken. If we spend all the experience on something sometimes the buttons will make it look like we can spend more.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.113
- Size: 39.71 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Lutz Schoenfelder
Last updated: 13th July 2020 | Genre: Simulation, Casual | Developer: Lutz Schoenfelder