This is the first short game I've ever played, and I really enjoyed it. The best bit I think would have to be the puzzle aspect, dying constantly trying to figure out what I was supposed to do was suprisingly fun. And just the art and sounds of the game are enough for a 4 star review: the game is beautiful.
I don't really have any big critiques for the game. I only experienced being lost for a while trying to find a certain area, but that was because I never explored the map properly. If I had to give any it would be that the game doesn't have a volume slider, and just turning down my PC is fine, but the first thing I looked for was a slider in-game, not my PC volume slider.
And I read that this was your first game, so definitely good job. I'm not qualified to talk about game dev, but I think as a first game this is pretty great; others seem to think so too, so be proud of youself.
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