Great game - one suggestion for the devs – Backgammon NJ HD Review

Excellent! The only suggestion I have for the devs is this— you have two options of how to move your checkers, but can only choose one or the other, never both options of play simultaneously. You can either do a single tap which always move the highest number first, or you can hold down on the checker and slide your finger to move it. The sliding method shows you a highlight of where the checker can move, but makes you move it by sliding, never clicking. This can be so clunky in gameplay. The tap method does not show highlighted move options because it’s automatic. On the tap option, I found some things happening such as— I rolled a 3 and a 4 when I was ready to bear off but still had only one checker left in the outfield, and it MADE me move the outer checker four, without the option to move it three, which I wanted instead. I wanted to move the outsider in with the 3, then bear off my 4 spot. Wouldn’t let me do it because it always no matter what makes you move the higher number first. Every other (crappy terrible) app like lord of the board, you can do either method if you choose. For example, on most apps, if I hold my finger down on the checker, it shows highlights of where I can move. Then I can let go and simply double tap to move which one I want to move the farthest first, OR I can just slide the checker manually so I can move the lower number first. Make sense? The sliding the checkers function is really clunky and hard to use. The click function is better, but then takes away your option to slide/ move a lower die number first when you need to. Devs please reply and tell me if I’m wrong and there’s a way to do both! If so I will update the review. I’ve tried looking but can only find one thing in settings to toggle on or off, and it allows you to only do one of these move methods at a time. Other than that, great game! Also, hints would be great if you made an error, and when it pops up, it could tell you the gravity of the error (mistake or blunder for example), and then show you statistically the top 5 best moves in order, like eXtreme Backgammon app does. But overall- awesome!
Review by NiceladyMT on Backgammon NJ HD.