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This game is really difficult. Sometimes the doors start opening again immediately after I've closed them. But the main problem is that the redactions require a lot of mouse precision and sometimes they look complete when they're not. The time limit on what I think was the final round of redactions is brutal, I was only able to finish one page because the doors kept opening. The scrolling is also very slow if you use the scroll wheel.

This game has got a really cool atmosphere but once you've lost the first time then all the tension is gone, and trying to replay for the ending was really tedious. I attempted it 3 times but I just couldn't finish it.

If the time limit was removed, I think this would ease the difficulty a lot in the game. I think the doors are creepy and they're enough pressure already. The timer feels totally arbitrary and it isn't justified by the game, unlike the supernatural threat of the doors.

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Hey ParsleyBunny, thanks for checking out Do What They Say! Do you have the latest version of the game? A lot of the problems you have mentioned have been addressed in recent patches (other than the scroll wheel speed, I'll look into that one today) so it may be worth you downloading again and trying it out.

If you don't get around to it, thanks for playing and leaving useful feed back anyway, but if you do try again and the issues are still present, drop me another comment and I'll do another round of balancing!

Thanks again!

Thanks so much for all your hard work, it's difficult to make a game in such a short time and I think you did a really good job.

Last time I was definitely playing the latest build and not the old one. I downloaded it again tonight and tried again and I was able to beat it! The scrolling felt much better. The redacting felt a little better too but maybe that's just in my head?

Something that helped was knowing that if I finish the last redaction in a round, the doors will close by themselves.

Another technique that was useful is using the couch when both doors are open. When you press F it will teleport you to the couch, then press F again to stand up, and it lets you cross the room very quickly.

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And thank you for giving it another try! I think what makes it easier/harder randomly is the number of redactions per page. This is randomised and not part of the difficulty spikes, so with some bad luck you may have to do 5 * 6+ redactions in 90 seconds in the final round! Definitely a learning moment for me, don't link difficulty to RNG lightly!