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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #34 | 3.679 | 3.800 |
| Audio | #41 | 3.292 | 3.400 |
| Overall | #42 | 3.331 | 3.440 |
| Gameplay | #48 | 3.357 | 3.467 |
| Innovation | #56 | 3.163 | 3.267 |
| Graphics | #79 | 3.163 | 3.267 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I had my doubts when I saw this was an RPG maker game, but oh boy was I wrong. It’s a really creative take on how to use RPG-maker, and you’ve done a good job connecting the theme, solving puzzles combining the present and the future. I want more puzzles like the first one with plants. I personally didn’t like the potion mix puzzle, because it’s more about memory. I think this game is well made, good job.
I tried the game as a fellow MV user (made a MV game for this jam) and developer.
I think the game has potential, but you should focus more on making time puzzle games like the beginning one with the soil and plants. It was nice cracking puzzles though, so good job!
Very nice adventure/puzzle game. Great job!
Cool game. I was wondering what is the purpose of mixing the toxic chemical after getting one from the chest until I read the last part of your game page. I skipped the chemical mixing puzzle but then the password puzzle is unsolvable for me.
According to the document, I need to step forward based on days. So 3 days ago = 3 step forward, the letter Z = C = 3. If I based it on 3 days, then total result will be 496. If 4 days, then 453. But both are incorrect.
ZKDW LV DOZDBV RQ LWV ZDB EXW QHYHU DUULGHV
3 steps conversion result:
3,14,7,26 - 15,25 - 7,18,3,7,5,25 - 21,20 - 15,26,25 - 3,7,5, - 8,1,26 - 20,11,2,11,24 - 7,24,24,15,10,11,25
SUM TOTAL = 496
4 steps conversion result:
4,15,8,1 - 16,26 - 8,19,4,8,6,26 - 22,21 - 16,1,26 - 4,8,6 - 9,2,1 - 21,12,3,12,25 - 8,25,25,16,11,12,26
SUM TOTAL = 453
Where did I go wrong? It leaves me frustrated lol.
You've misunderstood the puzzle, which is probably my fault to be fair. You have to reverse the 3-day letter movement. The letters in the riddle move forward every day, the terminal says it's been 3 days, therefore reverse the positions of the letters by 3 to reveal the riddle. Also, you must convert the solution to the riddle into numbers, not the riddle itself. Sorry for the confusion, I honestly regret making that puzzle the way it is. It's a bit too complicated compared to everything else.
help! Where can I see the mixed chemical color? :) I could not make it after that point, but I really liked how you implemented the theme. The transition between present and future is pretty obvious, well made.
you can find the solution to the mixing puzzle in the future of the lab
Really enjoyable story and puzzles. I like the main theme music as well. The only annoying part was mixing the chemicals since there is a separate dialog after each chemical is mixed.
I really enjoyed this! I liked the acid mixing puzzle (even though I accidentally grabbed it from the chest beforehand lol). And the password puzzle was a lot of fun to solve!
This was good. I like the part where you had to navigate the guards and dogs by flipping back and forth. I'm a little embarrassed on how long it took me to get the riddle. Awesome work!
Honestly I think I went overboard on the riddle puzzle, I'll probably change it later. Glad to hear you had fun with it!
Nice, plot, interesting idea!