GUBBINS — It's a word game 9+
With little friends
Studio Folly Pty Ltd
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Gubbins is a friendly puzzle game where players place tiles to construct words, with the help and hindrance of wildcard modifiers called Gubbins.
Minimalist typography alongside kooky cartoons serve as a canvas for moreish wordplay. Dig through the draw pile and make words on the board with hilarious friends wreaking havoc.
What’s New
Version 1.1.1
Hello Gubheads! Today we have an important patch that includes critical fixes and small QoL features. Thank you kindly for your bug reports and postcards!
Fixed an issue with the Black Hole which would cause other Gubbins to break (UFO, Chili, Meteor)
Fixed an issue with the Meteor Gubbin, and its ability to track jumbled tiles
Meteors will now try to avoid landing near each other, as to not break the game (and our minds)
Fixed issue with Sock Gubbin trying to destroy itself
Sped up Mushroom Gubbin spotlight animation
Pencils will now prioritise creating 'common' words
Fixed missing 'Saved to Photos' popup in postcard menu
Added Streak sticker for postcard making
Added a new additional option for turning off streak tracker on main menu (nested in Accessibility & More in the Settings)
Bundles and purchased items should more accurately update in the Kiosk based on what you have purchased.
Fixed issues with using undo after some Gubbins (Black Hole, Meteor)
Added the pause button during Gubbin selection to allow exiting the game.
Known Issues
We are aware of a rare bug that causes Gubbin selection to break. We are investigating this issue.
Playing a UFO, Chili or Meteor on the same turn as a Black Hole expires can cause some tiles to appear in the wrong place temporarily. This is only a visual issue, and only while the tiles update to the Black Hole's rotation.
Ratings and Reviews
Editors’ Notes
A funky ’70s aesthetic, wild cards that thwart easy wins—we’ve rarely seen a word game with so much style.
Great game, but one issue with the one-a-day system
I adore this game! It’s unique as far as word games go and the art style is so charming. I don’t mind that you been only play once a day for free because it keeps me from getting sucked in too much.
The one issue I’ve noticed is that while I’m in Eastern time, the timer that restricts you to one game a day will still allow me to play until 3 am (midnight Pacific time). However, if I play a game between midnight and 3 am, I will not be able to play again until 3 am the following day. For example, at 12:30 am on Feb 9, I was still able to play the daily from Feb 8. But at 12:30 am on Feb 10, I am NOT able to play at all. The daily from Feb 9 is marked as complete even though I did not get to play that one, only the daily from Feb 8. I would love for this to be fixed, especially now that you’ve introduced streaks. I don’t mind losing the ability to play the previous day’s game until 3 am if it means not getting cheated out of the next day’s game altogether 🙏🏾
Please fix bugs. Otherwise great
I want to give this 5 stars so badly because it’s a fantastic game with wonderful art that’s so unique and fun. I play every day and paid for the full version. But it’s so frustrating how many bugs there are! Some examples: Sometimes when I play a good Gubbins, like the one that’s supposed to take single tiles on the board and turn them into a word, it only takes 2-3 single tiles and leaves the rest. More often though, when there are pencil Gubbins on the board in the daily challenges, they disappear randomly at any point in the game - very unpredictable. Just now, I placed an O tile on the daily challenge and suddenly all the tiles in that column changed, ruining every single word I’ve made (I even undid it, it reverted back, I played a few different tiles, and when I put my O back there it wrecked the board again). There’s no error report form so I have to leave this review, but it’s so frustrating when I spend 30-60 minutes on a game and then the bugs wreck it before I can finish. Makes me not want to play or recommend it. PLEASE FIX THE BUGS 😭 because otherwise it’s amazing
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Information
- Seller
- Studio Folly Pty Ltd
- Size
- 791.1 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 9+ Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Copyright
- © Studio Folly 2023
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Infinite Play $5.99
- Launch Pack $9.99
- Planet Gubbin $0.00
- The Space Gubbins Pack $4.99
- The Travel Gubbins Pack $4.99
- The Chonkiest Bundle $13.99
- Giant Postcard Pack $1.99
- The Space Punc Bundle $5.99
- Space Travel Bundle $7.49
- Punctuation Pack $2.99
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.