Edit: in response to the developer response: I’m talking about the PET energy, not Diggy energy. I’m not an idiot. I know Diggy’s energy can be managed with equipment. That’s my point. That’s part of the gameplay. There is NO EQUIPMENT for pets. There is no way to manage or improve the pet’s energy. Obviously no one actually read my review. Now my rating is down to one star, for replying without actually reading my comments, and for implying that I’m stupid. I was open to this new pets concept at first. Unlike other reviewers, I don’t mind the pet following Diggy around. But the energy aspect is completely off. Now it doesn’t matter how much energy Diggy has, and how well you manage that. When the pet runs out of energy, you’re stuck. Energy regeneration is way too slow, and, critically, there’s NO way to improve it. There’s no equipment to speed it up, there’s no food to replace it. Your only option is to buy a small amount with gems. That cost real money. That’s it. There’s no gaming or sporting aspect to it, unlike the management of Diggy’s energy. As you progress, the pet tiles require more and more energy, like the regular tiles, but unlike Diggy, your pet’s energy regeneration never goes up. Energy capacity increases slightly, but energy regeneration is so glacially slow that it can’t even refill overnight. At least let us cook food for the pet!

I have been playing this game for years & absolutely loved it. Not so much recently, it is becoming highly obvious the designers are getting greedy & just want to force players to spend money to be able to play the game. The introduction of the pet, while a cute concept is making game play impossible. Not only is the pet an annoying distraction while navigating the boards it barely has any energy, which only refill every 4-6 hrs depending on which pet you use. The amount of energy given is minute (33) for what is expected (100s) to be used to get through each board. Leaving the player to have to purchase more energy using gems, and a lot of them, you spend over 100 gems & can’t get more than a 30 energy level, which then means the player would have to spend money on more gems. So only option left is to wait hours upon hours till the pets energy refills, just to be able to play for a couple mins, making it highly unlikely you will be able to complete the quests before they expire. It is ruining the game for me, I have already spent money to not have ads, as well as on energy bundles for Diggy. Now this dumb pet comes along that we are being forced to use. You need to REMOVE THE PET or allow it to gain energy like Diggy. If you don’t fix it I’m pretty sure you’re going to lose players based on other recent reviews, there are many people who hate the pet.

I have played Diggy’s for a few years on and off. I love the puzzles and trying to figure out how to maneuver an obstacle. I would love to enjoy the “pet” but I don’t. Short of piling a bunch of money into a feature I didn’t ask for, nor did I get a choice on the type of pet, now I have energy for Diggy, but not that stupid looking cat. So I have to wait. And as I don’t have huge amounts of time in my daily schedule, it means now I play less. It takes literally hours to get the power to fill to like 22. And then if you don’t make it back, that’s all the energy you have for that stupid cat. Probably ought to mention, not a big cat person. Not that that would have changed anything, it’s just an impediment to get you to slow down or pay an arm and a leg to power this impediment I didn’t ask for. Honestly I can’t imagine who thought this idea up and why you all thought it would be a positive. It’s annoying. I don’t care about the ads every time you turn around, I understand that from a financial point. At least when they are over I could go back and play some more. But you managed to take that away now didn’t you.