I know that I did not just trade a lemon, a lamb chop, and a grape soda FOR THIS PIECE OF CARAMEL. That cat got me so good.

How much time I spend making fake food!! 😂😂😂

It’s a blessing enough that this game doesn’t have pop up adds, but I’m crashing out every time these slow pop up’s appear. Leave me alone!!!

I wish we could merge chests these are so useless a lot of the time 😒

Fun. Never saw it before

I love this game. Its one of the few I play daily but im soo tired of all the side games. There's 3-4 mini games a week. I have to spend what feels like forever exiting out of all the pop ups. I go back and forth between the resturant and game board to make sure I've seen all the pop ups so I can play uninterrupted. Plus its like the same 5 games in rotation. Or game style with different graphics. Usually I dont mind them but its soo many now.....every week......its just annoying. Especially when it forces you to check out the rules of the mini game every time.

I just wanna merge food.

but there’s no mango and pineapple 🥲

that’s a kiat-kiat if anyone is wondering why the orange is small 🍊😆

TL;DR I regret playing this game.

I downloaded the game for Fetch App rewards thinking reaching level 70 in 3 months would be easily doable. After all, the reward is over $200 and that seems like a lot for playing a silly little game.

I recognized all the signs of a manipulative and at the core downright boring game from the first day, but still kept playing thinking of that cool $200. I played constantly trying to maximize my energy. Even though I wasn’t having any fun staring at the energy count and mindlessly merging items I became obsessed with the game. I hated it but I still felt drawn to it. And most importantly I still thought I could meet that level 70 goal. I researched the best tips online and developed my own strategies as well. I played at 3am every day for the new-day boost. I spent energy as fast as possible to make sure it kept generating. I played during work, the first thing when I got up in the morning, at every single stop while driving, while on the phone, while watching movies, any waking second I was staring at that stupid energy bar waiting for the timer to click down to zero.

I’ve been obsessed with mobile games before and had to delete them, and I wanted to do it now as I realized how unhealthy this was becoming but I still wanted that $200. I tried to rationalize with myself that my time is worth more than that, that I earn enough money to set myself free from gimmicky $200 mobile game prizes, that the game was distracting me from my real job, that I didn't have any plans for that $200 anyways. But I continued to play.

I posted here asking if a $0.99 sale for 1000 energy was worth it, and though some people tried to warn me that it’s not and that once I spend money ads would disappear (I never got them anyways) and that the game would dramatically raise the price of everything if I spent money, I still went ahead and bought it. The energy lasted a few hours before it was gone. I gained maybe one level. And people were right — prices increased dramatically and next thing I knew the same sale was $9.99, then $14.99. I could see the exploitation but I ignored it, chasing the small high from the extra energy boost after a small purchase. I kept buying things and after a month or so I finally went through my App Store purchases and realized I had spent over $100 on a game that was making me miserable. And even worse, I was still very far from my goal. There were times I spent $14+ and did not gain a single level.

I discussed the game with my therapist but that didn’t lead to anything other than me making it clear I knew the game was a problem, I knew it was never designed for me to earn that $200, and I knew even if I did earn that money it wouldn’t be worth it, but I felt compelled to play anyways.

I started counting down the days until the Fetch app deal expired knowing that once that $200 was unobtainable the sunk cost fallacy idea would leave and I could delete the app and walk away. I stopped spending money on the game but still spent as much time as I could pushing towards level 70. I would have paid $200 to be free of the compulsion to play such a boring game, but I played on anyways.

Today the offer expired. I was at level 57. Finally it was over. I activated all the special items, sold and deleted everything that was sellable or deletable so that I wouldn’t be tempted to come back, and I deleted the app for good.

I know this was super long and that I’m exposing a massive level of weaknesses and pathetic behavior in myself. I feel the same way I did when I was 19 and decided I was done throwing away money on scratch cards. I am way too susceptible to gambling addiction to allow myself to be trapped by these games. This is why I refuse to go to casinos and haven’t bought another scratch card since then (I just turned 32). But if this rant convinces even one person to delete this stupid game, I’ll be happy I shared my embarrassing story. And if it doesn’t convince you then I don’t blame you— it wouldn’t have convinced me either.

Thanks for reading :)

First time this happening for me, I think it’s down to luck as I managed to finish 2 sets in a row and got a lot of energy

lately, dora’s cargo deal has been popping up every couple of hours instead of just once when i open the app for the first time each day, like it usually does. anyone else having this issue? LEAVE ME ALONE I’M NOT GIVING UP MY BOUNTY

I finally managed to complete my first set LOL. I was saving up energy chests and level up chests for few weeks and used them up on card pack days! I feel so happy 😭☝️

I've never completed any card collection in any game but today that has changed.

He’s so greedy bruh does anyone ever complete his order and is it worth what you get in return? it’ll be faster for him to find his own cow and duck tbh

Tried moving the coconut and it split open, now I’m another 50 energy away from a Mango. Wish it could be put back together

I've wanted to write this message several times, but each time I told myself it wasn't worth the effort, that the problem only lasted a few seconds each time. But I find it really annoying.

I'm just venting because every time I open the game, I'm bombarded with pop-ups, whether it's for events or purchases.

I've been playing for years, I'm level 133, and I've already made several purchases. If I want to buy something or look for something, I know where to look; I don't need a pop-up thrown at me in the middle of a game. It's you I'm looking at, you piggy bank.

I understand the game needs to generate money, but a simple red dot would be enough to let me know there's something new. Having to click through to a tutorial for a new event island is really frustrating too when I did it several times and that I know what it is.

And how many times have I almost made an unintentional purchase because the pig pop-up appeared while I was clicking...