I already left a little review on this game, but I wanted to let you know that, I put you on the top of my list for favorite games in the game jam! https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-10/topic/3114508/-what-games-surpassed-your-expecat...

Pretty cool experience. Liked it very much

Starting off I gotta say this is the best take of the theme so far in this gamejam a game inside a game and each game influences the other is a great puzzle game idea. The music was great and I especially loved how the rpg world looked. Only thing I found kind of annoying was the movement in that 2d platformer was too slippery but other than that its a solid experience. I would love to see a full game like this. Definitely one of my favorites this jam.

This was definitely very intriguing and innovative.

The biggest problems I found were on the readability of the things I was able to do on each sub-game, especially on the 2d platformer one. I recognise the same world in the terminal, rpg & 3d but the 2d platformer is way too abstract. I couldn’t figure out how to pick up the key after breaking the vase so I had to look in the guide you made.

The game became more and more engaging the more I figured out how to navigate through the different games to perform all the actions I needed but I never really understood the sidescroller part of the game and every time I had to pick up a key felt like a big chore to me. It would be better if it weren’t so abstract and the layout mapped with the actual layout of the house. Also, it would have been cool to have a narrative explanation on why you can only perform different actions in different games, because it feels weird not being able to pick up a key when you can interact with things. I think that a small explanation would help the player understand a bit better the world they are and how to play.

I also feel that the terminal part can become a block for people that aren’t programmers or haven’t played any text-based games. Maybe adding the available room names or objects that you can interact with text would make it a bit friendlier and easy to use for everyone.

All this said though, great job. It’s very innovative and refreshing to play something like this. It forced me to break all preconceptions I had of how interactions work on a game to be able to advance and that’s a very clever puzzle to make. Thank you so much for the game, I enjoyed it!

This is an incredible game, I enjoyed it so much! the walk thru sheet was a lifesaver.

This is mindblowing. If i could, would give 20 stars for innovation. Can not imagine how much work that was to first create these 4 completely different styled worlds with all the game-mechanics and then also place stuff and puzzles exactly parallel in all of them. Awesome job!

I like that you even have provided a walk-through cheat-sheet... was really helpful a few times :-)

Also this kind of "funny" style of the text is cool (the bee one, lol) and together with the soundtrack the whole mood fits perfectly together.

It actually feels wrong to "critizise" anything, because for a one-week/one-person game this is absolutely perfect. But just in case you want to continue with it (what i think you should) a few points:

- At the beginning controls were bit confusing, until i read in the description "E" to grab. Saw later then that it is on the board directly in front of me at the beginning, but somehow at that point i didn't realize it yet. Maybe you could give an additional hint first time when standing in front of the pc or so. 

- Some of the keys (first and bathroom one), were pretty difficult, because you have to jump up, but this red box is unreachable somehow.  To be honest, i still do not know how i reached this red block, somehow i once was on top of it kind of randomly after falling down and respawning... but i think such a critical point shouldn't be just reachable by luck...

- In general the sidescroller "architecture" is a bit confusing. I totally understand that it is hard to also reflect the whole 3D world here, especially in that short time. But maybe if you polish it, would be good to have there some recognizable elements or so  of the world, that you roughly know where you are at the moment.

- The vase was a bit too "stable", for my taste. As i saw it first, immediatelly thought, lets fall it down... and made that (guess even 2-3 times, because thought how cool it is, that you even made some elements interactable). As i stucked then for a while, checked your cheat sheet and read i indeed should crash it... just had to lift it ways higher. So maybe make it a bit easier breakable

But anyways, totally enjoyed playing. I'm not fully through yet but will keep that definitely and complete it after the jam with bit more time :-)

Wow this is a really awesome and innovative entry! I love the idea of moving between different game genres and the interaction between them for a puzzle game. I did end up playing for a while but unfortunately got really stuck on something that's probably very simple but just wasn't well communicated (you'll see in the video below). I want to go back and take another stab at it once I know how to get past that part, because it seems like there's a whole lot more to it that I just didn't have time for in my playtest. I agree with some of the other commenters that an in-game hint button would be nice, especially if it goes into a bit more detail if you're really stuck. Overall though, aweseome concept and execution!

You can check out my gameplay video playtest below and watch me be an idiot! 🤣 Also I really apologize that there's ~2 mins where you can't see the gameplay because I left the browser capture up in OBS... whoops!

What an incredible experience! I'm blown away. Congratulations!

You did an awesome job here!  I read on discord that you did this yourself, I can only imagine how much work that was.  I felt that the design for each game type was fun.  It was cool how you re-imagined the same house in the different worlds.  Your sound design was really good, the music and audio clips worked really well for each game type as well.  I managed to get the ingredients for the cake together then ran out of time but I'll for sure play again to finish out the puzzle.  Great job!

Really great game! I really enjoyed the concept of moving from the four different 'layers' and having to accomplish different things in each. I played until I baked the cake but couldn't figure out what to do after that, the main thing really would just be to add the option of hints. Otherwise the concept was amazing and I really enjoyed it!

Great job! I really enjoyed traversing through multiple games, definitely one of the coolest games I've played for the jam! The only issue I had was probably my fault, but I went through the 2d block game, and I got the key. After I exited, the key on the shelf was gone, and I tried to go unlock the door, however the door still gave me the message that the key was still in the room somewhere. I'm not sure if I did something wrong or if it was a bug, just thought I should let you know. Other than that, I loved it, nice work!

Really cool concept, definitely very inception like lol. I really liked where the story was going, sadly I got super stumped after baking the cake and couldn't get any further. Amazing work nonetheless!

Amazing puzzle game! I usually get bored with puzzle games but I loved this one. It's amazing how you turned the theme into a mechanic. Good job!

Interesting take on the theme. It makes for an incredible puzzle game! Though I did get stuck. I didn't know what to do after the plunger key. Maybe more hints? Nevertheless, this game might be the most interesting puzzle game of all I've seen in the jam. Great work!