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i am extremely confused. some of this feels less like deduction and more like pure guessing. i had problems right from the start. without the easy beginner levels golden idol had, i had trouble getting into this one. in the very first puzzle, you have to:

SPOILER ALERT!!

guess that the thing under the bench is an earring (though it looks like a ring) and that it belongs to the bully girl (i just assumed she wore one earring to be cool), that is already very leap-of-logic.

second puzzle, i have no idea how you were supposed to guess which camp they were going to. i think it's something about the driving directions? driving on the left side of the road or something?

and the third one is just a mess, i have no idea how i am supposed to deduce almost anything. who does each bag belong to? the only one i am certain is the girl saying she left the camera in her bag. that one is obvious, but the rest? who does the briefcase thing belong to? it has a magazine with what looks like the black girl from the story, is it hers? there is one bag with an inhaler and a flashlight, and there is a message on the camp lady's phone about asthma, but that could have been sent to literally anyone. there is one bag with crayons that belongs either to the black girl or the bully from the first part, but i can't determine who that could be!!

no clue what the burnt note in the fire is supposed to be either.

i feel like i've been given an impossible puzzle and i'm going insane. maybe i'm wrong and there's ways to guess everything easily, but dang.

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Hi there! First off, thanks for playing and sticking with it. I'm sorry it frustrated you. I assure you, there are ways to deduce the answers to all the questions you've asked. For example...

*SPOILERS* 

The earring isn't the only way to confirm that the laughing girl was the one who tied Rosie's shoelaces together. She also has grass stains on her top, and there is a path of flattened grass leading under the bench.

*END OF SPOILERS*

The full game will include a hint system, but we haven't written the hints yet. In the meantime, I recommend this let's play, if you're interested:

I don't know this player, but they do a good job of voicing their thought process, and, while they don't pick up on every clue's significance, they come close enough, IIRC (it's been a while since I watched it).

However, if you'd prefer me to tell you how a specific part can be deduced, I don't mind doing that. Just let me know here (I just wish itch would let me use proper spoiler tags!).

Lastly, you're right that even by the second scenario, the game is pretty tough. It isn't just you. Maybe it's a misstep on our part. We'll see!

All the best!

Ahhh so I did miss some stuff. That's on me then. The difficulty jump is rough, but I also thought the jump from case 2 to case 3 in The Case of the Golden Idol was rough. If the puzzles keep being good it will be worth the difficulty. Good luck with the game. LOVE both Golden Idol games :).

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Thanks, mate :)