Game: Rise Fig -
As promised, I tested the game ‘Rise Fig' by @alexmove
This game consists of two parts:
- Mahjong
- Garden (Sowing, growing and harvesting)
Mahjong
Is good for the brain and here it provides water for your plants, or rather, it supplies the energy you need to carry out actions such as sowing, harvesting and planting.
Seeds/plants
Next to sowing your seeds and grow them into plants, there’s something extra: you can cross-breed plants with your own varieties or those of other players.
Pets
You can let them look after, or rather, protect your garden/grove or other players’.
For protection, you have 3 pets:
- the hedgehog (attack: chooses the best beds or grove),
- the rabbit (defends your beds, grove or neighbours) and
- the squirrel (the courier).
You must feed these animals with seeds. You can quickly end up with a lot of seeds, but not all seeds have the same value (give the same energy). So you can run out of seeds quite quickly.
See also the short guide
The Start
When I started the game via the link, I chose Telegram. After accidentally pressing the wrong button, the game disappeared for me and I couldn’t get back in. I was given a link and told that I had to install the app on Telegram, something that didn't show before I started playing.
I started with the seeds because that’s where the game began. I don’t do too much here, and I’m not going to sit around waiting until I can harvest. You can do that, but… You need water, so you have to play Mahjong to get it, but you can also watch adverts, which I did several times to be able to harvest (not that I watch, I simply turn my phone upside down and do something else or wait a certain time).
No, this isn’t the Easter Bunny, but the one defending the seeds!
Protection of the neighbours
It’s been a while since I last played Mahjong, and this isn’t quite the same as what I’m used to. Here you have some different options. In short: it is visible when you can play the bricks.
I suppose you don’t just forget how to play the game. On average, it took me 60 seconds to complete a level; I click on the bricks in a continued rhythm. I’ve reached level 127 and I’m in first place, so I could do with a few fellow players.
If it comes to this game there are some extras.
If you are stuck you can use:
- shuffle,
- magnet (no idea what that is or does),
- hint or
- undo, but not unlimited.
See at the bottom of the game.
With me this does not work very well (no idea what causes it either, but is not really that I need it).
And no, the game cannot be played without internet.
Issues
- The game seems to close if I hit ???
After that It cannot start again unless I restart my phone. I tried out the game on two different phones and it happened with both. - There's a part of the garden game still in Russian. This makes it a bit harder to understand, what is be going on here.
- if you really like actively do the garden game it will be hard to do with Mahjong only. I had to "watch" the advertisements a lot of time while trying to harvest. Are there enough levels?
I think the game looks fun. At first, I thought it would be a simple game, but there are extras that keep it fun to play. As I said, I do have my doubts about the water supply, which I’m currently really short of. I can’t even harvest one plant. Anyone who’s forced to watch adverts (9+) just to be able to harvest one plant, will probably give up pretty quickly.
Play: https://risefig.com
Telegram / web app: https://risefig-app.web.app/
