This was very remeniscent of Cube Escape games by Rusty Lake.  Overall I enjoyed it!  Good luck!

Super enjoyable, not too difficult or easy!

Sper că n-o să fie nicio problemă dacă o sa scriu această recenzie în română! Vreau să îți mulțumesc ție (sau vouă, dacă sunteți o echipă) că promovați folclorul și tradiția într-un mod așa unic și atractiv, atât estetic, cât și la nivel de substanță. Abia aștept următorul upgrade, să văd cum îl valorificați pe „badița”, ca în stilul Rusty Lake (de care am fost obsedată ani buni). Faceți o treabă excelentă, dar vreau să sugerez ceva care să sporească puțin estetica. Ce ziceți de ceva muzică de nai sau o doină lentă puțin distorsionată în fundal? Avem multe creații populare care dau așa aer spooky, și nu cred că ar fi o problemă cu copyrightu'; ce ziceți?

Abia aștept să văd cum o să vă iasă jocul, și următoarele, chiar. Gameplayul e foarte bun, da, și nu am găsit mari erori la controale. Vă susțin!

Winterlore is beautiful. It brings me back to the Flash escape room games I played as a kid--Winterlore captures the quiet eeriness of being trapped alone in a room and not knowing what could happen next. Combine this with beautiful graphics, Eastern European/Balkan/Romanian inspired folklore, and subtle sound design, and it makes me want more! The old lady at the window legitimately sent a chill down my spine, and I almost felt like she would find a way into the house if I messed up.

Overall, this game was deeply satisfying and enjoyable to play through. The difficulty level was perfect for me as well--I only had to refer to the walkthrough once when I got stuck. And I double appreciate that you included an official walkthrough video so I didn't have to dig for an unofficial one! :^)

Really cool game! As others have mentioned, the atmosphere is very similar to Rusty Lake, even down to the slightly unnerving feeling as you progress through the game. I personally loved how the room would change the more you completed the requirements. That, along with the chilling wind sound, kept me on edge the whole time, so if you're planing on continuing work on this or on a sequel, I'd definitely encourage you to keep that sort of tension in :)

Also, it was a very pleasant surprise to see that this game is based on romanian folklore! The fact that the screenshots of the room looked very similar to what you'd find in romanian museums, the original name of the game "Zestre" and the name "Mamaie" Hristova made me ask whether this was about romanian folklore and it's really cool to see that it is!

The only (small) negatives I can think of are that sometimes the historical information feels a little too much like exposition text and not like something the caracter would say, and the text boxes. I would prefer if you would click on an object to open the first text and then the following clicks would advance the text. As it is now I didn't know at the beginning that I was missing some information because I didn't click on the object multiple times.

But even with those small gripes, the game is still great and I'm really looking forward to see what you guys work on next!

 Seconding what AndreiT above said re: text boxes, though ultimately it comes down to personal preference. It might also be useful to add a generic ‘can’t use this here’ message for when a player tries to use the wrong inventory item (possibly with hints for multiple steps puzzles?). As it is you get the same text box that you would get if you hadn’t used an inventory item at all, which can be confusing if it’s your first time seeing it! This was esp. noticeable when painting the plate since there’s a lot of steps and, like—I knew which items I had to use, but not where/in which combination, etc, so there was a lot of clicking around :p

That being said: I really enjoyed this game! The art is gorgeous, the changing environment is a neat touch, and the tension was really, really well done, as was the creeping sensation that this was not going to end well at all. Def will be keeping an eye on future developments!