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     Really interesting take on the theme with a banger soundtrack, and some fun visuals, nice entry team!! The 3d models and environment in general had a fairly cohesive look and clear overall style that made the game feel distinct. The background music slaps, great song. Voice acting is always fun and was a cool extra touch in your game. A small improvement to the start menu could be to have the menu buttons change color when hovered over, so that it it clear they can be clicked. Interacting with the stuffed animal and getting the flashing lights effect was a really fun moment. Interactions in general need some work, having the cursor sprite change when hovering on an intractable object and some flavor text "Click E to interact" the first couple times the player interacts with something would help a lot. Picking up the bottle was a fun moment too, but kind of janky in the way it clipped through objects and was held so far away from the player.

     It's super confusing on what to do, which at first I really enjoyed, as being thrown into this random apartment with no backstory made for a very intriguing start to the game. I was able to figure out time travel fairly quickly but after that I am just completely lost. There needs to be some sort of tutorial or introduction to get the player acquainted to the rules/goals of the game world, but you can still do so in a way that keeps the contextual mystery going. The visual effect for the time travel was super cool, and a nice bit of juice. The sfx are solid throughout the game too, and add a good bit of believablity to the world.

     Unfortunately, I had some pretty intense performance issues (my laptop is nowhere near the best, but it is usually capable of playing 3d games) and low fps that made the playing experience very strained. Looking around had a constant strong stutter and the mouse cursor would jitter around making it tough to interact with things. Perhaps there are some potential optimizations that could be made. On a similar note, the intro cut scene was bugged for me, and replayed the same 2 seconds 5-6 times in a row in a very disorientating way before starting the game. That being said, I think you had an excellent take on the theme and the premise of time traveling around the same room has a lot of potential.

     Overall, I enjoyed my time exploring the world you created and think the game has a lot of charm going for it. The music, voice acting, time travel mechanics, stuffed animal interaction, mysterious atmosphere are all positives that work really well in the game. Some optimization, quality of life changes, and player direction would take this one to the next level. Cool entry team, and keep up the good work!!