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Loco Looper – Puzzle Game Review
Loco Looper is a Puzzle/Casual game from James Vanas, first launched in 17th June 2022.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 109+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Loco Looper Stand Out
Trains. Fluffy Clouds. Planets. Stars. Even a seagull. Cute, tricky cerebral fun.
Get on the brain train with this original puzzle game!
Make a perfect track using all the pieces.
The harder the level, the more ways to solve.
Handcrafted levels, each a pen & ink style love letter to mini dioramas and trains.
A neat 3D effect makes the game naturally POP when holding your device (no face tracking required).
Loco Looper is designed and written for iPhone & iPad using Swift and Metal.
Move fast and make nice things!
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Loco Looper is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 6th April 2023
Recent improvements include:
Updates to the game engine: Improved stability, reduced CPU and memory usage
Download & Availability
Loco Looper is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
As a lover of puzzles and trains, we are very satisfied with this game! The art is beautiful. The pseudo-AR affect on the levels work wonderfully. The trains and scenery really pop with this art style. Well done! The gameplay is great! The puzzles become challenging. And what might be easy for one person who stumbles into a good process right away may be a difficult level for another. But most all courses have many, many possible solutions. But it is rewarding just to find one on a difficult level :) we didnt love the method of placing track at first but it eventually becomes second nature. Finally, the developer is very kind and responsive to any questions or feedback. It really makes us happy to see how much the developer loves and supports this game. And the dev should be proud of themeselves! We highly recommend this game.
Presentation is great, controls take a minute to get used to but loving it.
Cute and clever game but its hanging too often. IPhone XSMax.
We saw it mentioned on the AppRaven popular list. Normally Im not into puzzle games but this one is fantastic. And super well developed. Works great on the iPhone and iPad with a Magic TrackPad 2 (in landscape mode.) iCloud saves seem to be working for cross-device gameplay. Lots of options in the game settings. The game even has multiplayer. Quite amazing.
Its a fun game that keeps you coming back for more.
We do wish there was an in game hint system. Sometimes we just need a single track or 2 that has the right orientation to help nudge us to the solution. As is you either fiddle with it and hope for the best or look it up if you cant get it, which doesnt feel good.
We really enjoy playing this game. It starts easy and gets difficult enough that we find some levels very challenging to get a perfect score on. The graphics of the world are nicely drawn. The train is cute, but is a little clunky in comparison to the rest of the graphics.
We're stuck on a Delta level and can't move forward.
Super fun little puzzle game. However, it resets us to level cherry everytime we open the game and we have to remove one track and put it back to get back to where we were. This is every single time we open the game. We cant really advance anymore unless we want to spend 5min catching back up to our furthest progress. If this issue gets fixed its an easy 5 star. edit god the problem solved so we updated star.
After some initial confusion and frustration with the controls, the developer personally walked us through it and sorted everything out for us :) This is a great game! It's a neat combination of problem solving and building, and the visuals/aesthetics are super cool and original. Very well done sir.
This game is so good, we couldnt accept the fact that it was over! Of course we went back to the app store to see if there was a sequel waiting for us, but NO! Please release a sequel soon. This game makes us want to buy a train set, and Im a GIRL! Great job developers! Smoooch.
A beautiful and clever brain teaser! Trains and dioramas! What a concept! Well done.
Absolutely got our mind shredded with puzzles in the beginning( which is the tutorial which goes into depth a lot). Im glad that it actually makes you think about how to place your tracks and not guide you constantly. For $4 this is an absolutely steal. We had an in game issue( that was our brain being slow) and contacted support and immediately got a response by a REAL PERSON. Who does that anymore for a mobile game? They actually asked for our opinion in how to better the game( which we did not give since the game is amazing already) and for proof to better help our issue.Great game, good price; awesome customer support.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.8
- Size: 67.54 MB
- iOS: 15.5 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: James Vanas
Last updated: 6th April 2023 | Genre: Puzzle, Casual | Developer: James Vanas