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Just solved it! I had some trouble getting started, but I really liked the main puzzle. Rest of the feedback in rot13, because spoilers.

V arire svtherq bhg ubj gb npghnyyl ybbx ng gur qrpbe. Nsgre abgvpvat gung V pbhyq gnyx gb gur ryrcunag naq ybbx ng vgf obql cnegf, V svtherq V’q whfg gel ybbxvat ng gur guvatf gurl xrrc orvat pbzcnerq gb, naq gung jbexrq. Gur qrfpevcgvbaf bs gubfr (naq gur snpg gung gurer’f nccneragyl n gnax gung gur fanxr vf va) znqr vg frrz yvxr gurer’f n jnl gb trg gur qrfpevcgvbaf bs gur birenyy gb znxr bhg gurfr bowrpgf.

Nsgre gung, vg jnf n yvggyr grqvbhf gb purpx rirel pbzovangvba bs vgrz naq crefba, rfcrpvnyyl fvapr gurer jnf ab punyyratr vaibyirq.

Svanyyl, nffrzoyvat gur pyhrf, V zbfgyl fgnegrq jvgu gur uvagf nobhg yrggref naq jbeq yratguf/pbhagf naq gura svtherq bhg gur nantenzf. V znqr fbzr rqhpngrq thrffrf nobhg gur fanxr pyhrf naq gura bayl arrqrq bar be gjb bs gur sna pyhrf gb svther bhg gur fbyhgvba.

V ernyvfr gung fpbcr vf n ovt yvzvgngvba va wnz tnzrf, ohg V guvax n sha jnl gb znxr guvf n yvggyr zber ratntvat (naq qrny jvgu gur vffhr bs gur fbyhgvba orvat birepbafgenvarq) zvtug or gb ybpx rnpu vgrz naq rnpu crefba oruvaq n fznyy ohg havdhr chmmyr. Fb lbh’ir tbg 12 bs gurfr fznyy chmmyrf, naq qrcraqvat ba ubj znal lbh pna fbyir, lbh trg naljurer orgjrra 0 naq 36 pyhrf sbe gur fbyhgvba (jvgu na vapragvir gb zvk vgrz naq crefba chmmyrf), nffhzvat gur jnyyf jbhyq tvir pyhrf nf jryy.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun, and really liked the theme/metaphor of the elephant. :)

Tahnan3 years ago(+1)

All very valid points.

To the first point: Lbh pna'g ybbx ng gur qrpbe vgfrys, bayl gur guvatf lbh'ir orra erzvaqrq bs. (I think Desuovi had the same issue--i.e., that it wasn't obvious that something had changed at that point--and I think I need to telegraph it.)

As for the rest: I think it falls very much into the "scope of a Game Jam game" category; I'd love to do more (keep an eye out for more parser games from me, somewhere down the line!), but the limited scope of the game jam sparked the idea you saw, rather than something larger with more pieces hidden behind more things. Still thinking about ways to incorporate wordplay into a parser game. (Other than just pointing people to Emily Short's Counterfeit Monkey and admitting it's the acme of the genre.)

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