Great game! I really like the music and the cartoon-y 2.5D style. The world building is cool too. The combination of signs to fill in the story and distinct areas with names that show up on screen really make it feel alive. I also enjoyed the navigational puzzles that arose with turning the tumblers and going back and forth between them. They seem a tad buggy though - I got soft-locked once because a tumbler reverted back to it's initial rotation after going between rooms. Other than that issue, my main complaint is that it's way too easy to accidentally quit the game via the map screen.
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it's way too easy to accidentally quit the game via the map screen
I agree with this wholeheartedly. The pause menu was a last minute addition and I'm very new at adding controller support to menus (which ended up affecting menu design as a whole even if not using a controller) so this particular usability issue I was aware of but unable to solve - it's on my radar for next jam. It's strange that the tumbler got reset after rotation, I'm probably not going to continue this game any further but if I do any similar puzzles in the future I'll definitely get them playtested more thoroughly.
Thanks for your feedback!