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Unlike GenRex, I honestly found the first puzzle quite easy! It wasn't kidding when it said to ignore information that wasn't relevant because it would try to confuse you. The second one wasn't bad either.

The third one I couldn't do, but it's not because of anything I did wrong: first of all, I think it's supposed to say the left side weighs 210 lbs, not 120. 120 would mean each silver weighs 40 lbs, but they actually weigh 70. I also think you have an error in your initial value for the left side; the change variables command in the event sets it to 21, but I think it was supposed to be 210. I'm not actually sure it's possible to equalise the scales with things the way they are.

It looks like you may have changed the value of a silver partway through, as having a value of 7 *does* line up with the clue for a harp (1 silver + 3 books). But in that case a book becomes 1.7 lbs rather than 8.

Not a bad little set of puzzles, though! Definitely got me thinking.

Oh haha is a bar of silver 70? When designing this I decided to make the weight of the objects randomly just because it would end up being a puzzle you could just google if you had the answers to each weight. I'll let you in on a little secret-the 21 is representative of the weight of the silver in a measurement of weight different to lbs-something you can find out as you do the puzzle. That 'ignore irrelevant information' line coming into play again haha. Thank you for playing and commenting!

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If it's meant to be 7 then the line about the left-hand side weighing 120 lbs doesn't work, and a book is described as weighing 1/10 of a silver bar plus a feather, so that wouldn't work either. ^_^

Yeah, I realized this last night and corrected it-posted the fixed version of the puzzle in a devlog since I can't update the files until the jam is over

Oh, is the part about the left scale weighing 120 lbs just another one of those useless pieces of information that isn't relevant to the puzzle?

Yeah haha. You could theoretically use the pounds to calculate the answer but it overcomplicates the puzzle.

In that case I'd consider rewording the rock clue as well, because that makes it sound like the "weight of the two scales" is incorporating that 120 lbs into the calculation.