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Temporal Dark Patterns
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Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 11 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
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1 votes
Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
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1 votes
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1 votes
Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
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1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
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1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Waste Aversion
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Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.
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1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 1 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
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1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
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1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
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1 votes
1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
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1 votes
Fear of Missing Out
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If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.
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1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 2 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value
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Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.
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1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
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1 votes
Illusion of Control
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The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.
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1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
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1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
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1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
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App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 2,463 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.78) with 13,689 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Invested / Endowed Value reported on May 9, 2023
kind of? its a game with a beginning and an end, so a save file at the end of the game is better than one at the beginning.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 9, 2023
there are several achievements you can get, with a few unlocking perks in other games made by butterscotch shenanigans. some are kinda nothing achievements, like the one where you have to craft 10,000 floors.
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"...a design masterpiece." 5/5 - TouchArcade2016 Game of the Year - TouchArcade, Gamezebo
Time's Top 10 Games / Top 50 Apps of 2016
Craft, battle, and quest your way through Crashlands, an outlandish, story-driven Crafting RPG overflowing with sass!
Become Flux Dabes, a galactic trucker whose latest shipment gets derailed by a chin-strapped alien menace named Hewgodooko, leaving you stranded on an alien planet. As you hustle to retrieve your packages you’ll become enmeshed in a nefarious plot of world domination, which will require all of your wits and both of your glutes to overcome. Learn recipes from the local sentient life, make new friends, uncover ancient secrets and deadly bosses, tame everything and build yourself a home-away-from-home as you learn to thrive on planet Woanope.
▼▼ Key Features ▼▼
-● Expansive Crafting System ●-
Unlock over 500 craftable items as you explore the world and learn its secrets!
-● Self-managing, Infinite Inventory ●-
In Crashlands, your inventory is infinite, manages itself, and retrieves your tools when you need them, so you can focus on adventuring, questing, and building. You'll never have to dig through your bag or return to your base to free up inventory space!
-● RPG-Style Character Progression ●-
Become more powerful through creating ever-more-amazing items! As you grow in power, you can venture to new regions of the world, meet strange characters, discover new stories, and encounter new and interesting enemies.
-● Skill-Based Combat ●-
Learn the attacks of the enemies you encounter, and use your skill, agility, and wits to defeat them! You can even augment your fighting prowess with the power of the dozens of gadgets you can craft. Set your enemies on fire, stun them, slow down time, and more!
-● Intuitive Base Building ●-
Building a base in Crashlands is so simple it feels like fingerpainting. You can create beautiful, sprawling bases in minutes!
-● Tameable Creatures ●-
Every creature in Crashlands can become a trusty combat sidekick. Find an egg, incubate it, and hatch your very own adorable or hideous bundle of joy. You can even craft special items to grow and empower them!
-● Huge World... with Huge Problems ●-
Four sentient races, three continents, an epic bid for the future of the planet, and you - trapped in the middle, trying to deliver your freakin' packages. Take your time to dive into the side stories of the characters you meet or just rush headlong into making that special delivery. With hundreds upon hundreds of quests, there's a lot to do and discover on planet Woanope!
-● Effortless Cloud Saving ●-
Just because your battery died or you accidentally dropped your device into a bottomless chasm, doesn't mean your save has to die with it. With BscotchID, you can easily store and retrieve your save from the cloud, and move it between your devices!
-● Controller Support ●-
Tired of rubbing your sweaty hands all over your beautiful touchscreen? No problem! We've got support for most mobile-compatible controllers, so you can rub your sweaty hands on some joysticks instead!
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Requires iOS 10.0 or above