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Let me first say I loved your first game. This one has in most ways surpassed it. The story is captivating. The antagonists route has been heart wrenching. My only problem is with the last puzzle for his route. I know someone else has already commented, so I can see this being an issues if you release it on Steam. After I first completed the puzzle, it shattered again. I know you said that trying to find black pieces on a black mat are meant to be symbolic, but I have been working on the second round for an hour. My eyes were burning, my fingers were cramping, and my wrist was hurting from repeated click and drag motions. I finally had to save and stop for a while. When I came back to it, imagine my shock when I had to start all over. I found that if you are not very careful, pieces can drop onto the black portion around the mirror. 

With the exception of that, thank you for another wonderful game.

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Hi, Bioras!
First of all, you're almost finished with all 4 routes, yes? You've come a long way! Thank you for giving me a feedback -^.^)/
I completely understand your frustration. The antagonist's route, while it's shorter than the other routes, it's the most difficult one. It has many traps and you can suddenly get a bad ending if you pick the wrong choice. But one thing I'll admit is the puzzles are supposed to be hard/a challenge for the readers. The first 3 will feel like they're preparing you/train you to get used to it. The 4th and the 5th are the final challenge. The mirror will always break twice in the plot and you cannot save your progress. They are intended so don't worry, you're not alone, everyone must go through it if they want to complete the antagonist's route! The more you work hard, the sweeter the fruit of labor, right? ^///^ but yes, I admit this is not for everyone...  

The 4th and 5th puzzle are inspired from something called 'milk puzzle' (a puzzle entirely made of white pieces), and to be honest, I did consider making an all black puzzle pieces, but I decided against it since it'll be too hard @@ I also tested them with all of my patrons on patreon and adjusted the difficulty level several times in the process. 

Therefore... I'm sorry for making you feel uncomfortable and frustrated, but I don't have any plans to change it T_T
Some tips I can give you is: 
- Finish the mirror part first
- Imagine a grid on the right side of the puzzle. Click & drag towards the mirror according to the grid, so if you grabbed one, you'll be able to see it on the mirror!
- Once you grabbed a black piece, try putting it on the empty spaces. It should automatically click into place when it's close enough. Do not put black pieces on top of each other! Because the system will have a hard time recognizing which pieces and it will disturb the automatic click into place

I hope it helps and I wish you the best of luck!
Please take your time and take a rest if your eyes are hurting Q_Q
xoxo,

SweetChiel