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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #3 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Overall | #6 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Creativity | #8 | 4.389 | 4.389 |
| Aesthetics | #39 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Theme
-Traffic signs are used as a controller -antivirus downloader page contain signs that the virus is not legitimate, such as high download but no reviews or claiming that the the software can erase 102% of all virus on your computer.
Limitations
-Decoding in a from of hints, some hint require you to decode the message to get the answer -Cutely dangerous, thing that you should be able to trust, like antivirus, ended up being more dangerous than the virus it is claiming to protect agaist. Meanwhile, the virus itself is mostly harmless.
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Comments
Gameplay:
Loved the puzzle mechanic! Moving the red square with those traffic-sign commands felt intuitive and satisfying. Each new move set kept the progression fresh without feeling confusing — I managed to reach stage 17 smoothly, which shows how well-balanced the difficulty curve is.
Aesthetics:
The retro presentation feels just right — clean and simple visuals that make it easy to focus on solving each puzzle.
Creativity:
I’ve never played a puzzle like this before — using road signs as movement logic is such a clever and original idea.
Overall:
A refreshing and well-designed puzzle experience. Great job keeping it both challenging and approachable!
I like this kind of game. It's very fun to sit and click.
Very creative puzzle that is surprisingly hard xD (like wayyy harder than I initially thought)
The design is quite intuitive and easy to understand while so hard to solve.
Maybe my Baidu Antivirus wasn't so innocent after all...
Good puzzle concept with the roundabouts and so on
Great puzzle. Very creative and addicting.
Best Level Design👀! This game make me sweat. after this I need to clean my computer, so scary.
I really like the mechanics when the answer is wrong.
This game scared me, It's very good game, Must play
The game's Idea and concept are really cool! > v<
//The way you tell hints is very creative! XD
I love John Safety, man. I trust him with the health of my PC.
Nice puzzles! The only thing I would have wished for was a bit more focus on the horror and maybe a bit more "juice" on the interactions like shaking buttons and such since you went with such a minimalistic artstyle.
Really Cool puzzle. ( Very hard indeed :) )