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ohhhh. well know i feel kind of silly for not thinking of that, which probably means it's a good puzzle lol

ok I hate to do this so long after the game's release, but could I get another hint or something for the keypad puzzle? You said in another reply that there isn't a 0. So far I've tried the numbers to all the cars and a bunch of combinations based on the order the different species are listed in the terminal along with the order the characters appear on the train, given that the protagonist is called an Archein kin, the first guy you meet could be almost anything, and the second guy you meet says he's a Lynn and that he saw one two cars to the left (i.e. before the starting room)... but anything I guess for the first guy doesn't work and going right to left is also incorrect. 

Am I missing something or just looking at this wrong?

This is really incredible! With slightly better controls, I could play a longer/more fleshed-out version of this for hours. Very good start to what could be a great game.

Love the concept, art, gameplay, basically everything... although a better tutorial might be nice.

Best concept of any of the submissions IMO, very funny and could definitely be something interesting with a little more polish. Maybe add an in-game way of taking notes?

Whoa, this is pretty difficult. Nice concept and execution otherwise.

Favorite (serious) game concept so far, although I wouldn't say it's the best *game*. Kind of like a more complex version of Fez.

Ah, a submission without a game. Truly a bold and inspired new direction to take this prompt.

IMO the mark of a good game (or good game concept) is that it inspires you to think about it and it's mechanics. I feel like with what you have here already I can see a great game. Some ideas I've had while playing:

-Have pawns only be able to move in straight lines and attack diagonally, similar to real chess but not limited by direction. Right now, pawns are very often more dangerous than anything short of a queen, which seems wrong. 

-Have some sort of limit on the number of traits a unit can have, and make it possible to cancel or remove gained traits. It seems way too easy to just stack every good trait on one queen and use that to win every game. Also, it'd make specializing/balancing units a more important consideration.

-Units with shared traits get a weaker version, e.g. an unit in a relationship with one that has "sleepy" would only get +1 health; which makes the initial trait a unit has more important and influences how the play builds relationships.

-Maybe have separate "light" and "dark" square bishops? Not sure how this would balance out, but it would be interesting.

-Definitely do... something with kings, to make them more important. Probably not like in actual chess,  since that'd get a little silly, but maybe have them give some type of buff to the rest of the team while they're alive, or heal units next to them, idk.