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bgillisp2 years ago (4 edits)

This game has potential as a puzzle game, but you need to make sure the reset mechanic actually works. I played this game on two different computers, and it does not work at all. If I use poison to die, I can later have the block on the tile and the door will not unlock. I tested that by automating the puzzle and it had the same answer I did even.

Another case is if you die to electricity Through ON is now stuck ON the rest of the game. I was walking through walls after my first electric death. 

Then the doll puzzle where if you move when it can see you, you die. Once I died to that the puzzle never started again when I read the book. That locked me in the room unable to progress any farther.

I do feel the game has potential though as a puzzle game which is why I wanted to post the feedback so you can hopefully fix it up for a future release. Hopefully this helps you in improving the game going forward.

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AI Sin2 years ago (6 edits)

Yes, unfortunately, the version uploaded is a buggier beta version and not the version that was supposed to be uploaded. I had to deal with family unfortunately (They were acting as if a non-emergency was an emergency and wasted hours of my time because they didn't call/plan ahead) and wasn't able to upload the actual version in time for the contest (it is finished, I just didn't have time to deploy and upload). Once the contest is over, I intend to post the semi-complete version. (Though I'm also going to be reworking the backend to be more expandable and trying to complete the last few levels after that, so I might end up posting the complete version once it is ready instead).


As a note, if you are ever stuck, in theory, the semi-hidden automate function should force a reset and act as an emergency method of getting through, though it will skip the puzzle. You'd lose your ability to get the hidden dialogue for that run, but depending on your run, you can get bonuses for your next run that reduce the penalty. (There is a hidden secret you can unlock that can remove that run penalty, but at the cost of making it slightly harder to obtain certain endings).


I hope you'll be willing to try it again for the proper version after the contest. I have more things in that version and a lot of bugs are fixed (the intended bugs are still there).

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