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Game bugged after putting the postcard together and getting the letters. Now I can only interact with my inventory and nothing else.

A suggestion, it's usually not good in puzzle games when new stuff happens without the player directly affecting it. I accidentally checked the window a second time and found a scrap of paper that wasn't there before. I normally wouldn't have checked again, as I would have assumed it to show up the first time I looked. If you want the player not to find something until after a certain story beat, hide it behind a puzzle instead of just having it appear when you want them to find it.

Also I feel like interaction could have been smoother, instead of having a prompt ask me if I want to check a place out, just let me check it. The prompt just halts the gameplay in a distracting way.

I liked the box puzzle, that was clever. Include more puzzles like that, instead of just having the player search around the room. Good art style, it seems you are well receptive to feedback, so I think you will make some great games in the future.

yh2142 years ago

Thanks so much for the comments and feedback!!

For the bug after putting the postcard together, I haven't seen that one before so I'll have to look into it...would you happen to remember which screen it happened on?

For the scrap of paper that's stuck in the window, that's supposed to appear after the player has done a certain action, and there's a glass knocking sound to let the player know it's been placed there. (Kind of like where you solve a puzzle that unlocks something in another room). I was trying to go for a sort of creepy effect where someone is in/outside the room but you can't see them. I'll be thinking about how to effectively have these effects without negatively affecting the gameplay too much.

As for the prompts that ask if you want to check something out, I fully agree with you, I definitely should have taken those out. Those buttons were there from when I was learning the Phaser framework and how mouse input worked and I just kept them there...:D

Again thank you so much for trying it out and the detailed feedback!

GetanGs2 years ago (1 edit)

About the glitch, if I remember correctly, I was at the dessert, then I went in my inventory, to stare at the postcard, then exited my inventory, exited the dresser and went back to the main position. After that, I couldn't click on anything else except inventory.

For the window, that makes sense, I was being inattentive, sorry. Could you put a disclaimer in the game description that sound is required for the game? Unless its there already and I missed that too.

Thanks for the reply, can't wait to see what you make next.

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