hey i enjoyed this a lot! very fun escape room style game. hope we see lots more games like this now that Sherlock is public domain!
the first room was a good level of difficulty to not be boring but also not be too frustrating. there were some moments where i felt the tone shift was pretty jarring (don’t want to spoil or anything but it was surprising that Sherlock didn’t have at least a quip or anything about the thing the level is named after). but that’s also kinda the style of escape room games so that’s cool.
i felt a little sad about getting punished for exploring (since i have to explore everything to beat the game). with the spider in the vent i didn’t mind it because it was funny so it’s worth it for the joke, but i was annoyed when i inspected the clock and the game just goes: “it’s a clock, that’s kinda related to time, you lose time.” (actually if it said that, that would be kinda funny too.)
all the little easter eggs and set pieces and things were really fun! they add a lot of character to the game. even though it took a lot of my time remaining the wheelchair scene was so good!!
the other thing is i feel like the UI could use some work, navigating the UI and inspecting items was tough, it was never clear when i needed to use mouse vs. keyboard. and the clue inspection thing as well, it was a little frustrating seeing the three notes, understanding exactly what i was supposed to do with them, but not being able to because i could only have one note up at a time. (i thought about taking a picture with my phone but it wasn’t nearby and i didn’t feel like getting up!)
overall though this was really fun! i’ve been playing 999 lately so my bar for escape room games is pretty high right now, and i definitely enjoyed this. with a better UI i’d probably buy it on android as well. nice game, thanks for making it~