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Thank you for your report. On investigating I have learned that the default applications in Windows (Notepad, Wordpad, PowerShell) apply inconsistent character encodings and word-wrap standards. As this is a universal weakness to the Windows environment, I expect that my target audience will already have alternative word editors to use, such as Notepad++. However, there are alternative solutions to the puzzles that do not rely on this.

In the case of words wrapping prematurely, for those who wish to use the defaults, there are four solutions.

  • Notepad’s word wrap can be disabled by clicking on Format -> Word Wrap.

  • Wordpad can use a monospaced font (enabled by default) and font sizing.

  • Powershell can read the content of non UTF-8 files using the get-content command.

  • Manually line-break at the appropriate character count using the hints provided.

In the case of broken UTF-8 support, you will need to use Notepad. If that is not sufficient, you will need to install another editor.

If I release a future edition of the game, I will explore additional editors and encourage users to try them.

Yeah the issue was that the Windows Editor didn’t have ░ and white space be the same size which ruined one puzzle depending on that allignment. Using people to use notepad ++ worked fine. Also i recommend playing using console tools if one has the choice.

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Thank you for your patience. I’m still interested in helping people with this issue. Can you please tell me your Windows version and the program you are using? Notepad, for instance.

In addition, I have added to the installation instructions on Itch.io reminding users of Notepad++.

“Windows-Editor” 11.2312.18.0 with the executable name Notepad.exe Windows Build 10.0.22631

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It doesn’t look like there’s anything I can do on my end at this point. Thank you for your reports regardless.