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This was awesomely fantastically hilariously amazingly good. Loved it.

Are there instructions for playing this? I just get 2 doors that can open and close and can't get anything else to happen. Can I get some guidance?

This is fantastic. My favorite game of the comp so far.

Thanks! I appreciate you playing such a downer of a game.

Nice little game!  Something that would make this friendlier to play would be toggling the "Full screen button" in your "edit game" page. That allows the player to bring the game up in a full window and read all the text at once instead of scrolling in that little window.

WHEW. I had a bad week capping off a bad month, and this game did not get the testing and polishing it deserved, so I'm thrilled to hear it went well.  

Already planning some time around your puzzles. And like, I'm blushing and geeking out over the fan thing. Thanks.

That was just adorable. Action-packed, with a great protagonist. I really enjoyed it!

Thank you for playing my game-- I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

I would never in a million years have thought of this as a frame for the game, and it is So. Cool. Thanks for making such original and great use of the seed. I KNEW someone else could do something fabulous with it.

This was great! I'm delighted you made such good use of my seed. I loved the art and the interactions with all the different birds. 

This was amazing as all your games are. Love the writing and the puzzles. What a satisfying experience-- I'm so glad I gave this seed up instead of hoarding it uselessly.

Thanks so much for playing and appreciating my games!

Is there a standard format for attributing seeds properly?I'm an I7 writer, and I thought I'd  tag it in the header as "By Me, seed by X." Is there anything else you'd like to see for attribution?

I LOVE this painting! FYI, there's a poem by WH Auden about it: Musee des Beaux Arts. The poem is in English. What a great choice of a myth for a seed. If anyone wants to consider the poem, too, here's the link:

http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/auden.html

"Donkeys can be a good source of all kinds of raw materials."

This makes me fear for the donkey.

AAAHHHH so jealous of you! It is amazing how many centuries rumors can persist. Even though most historians agree that the Duke didn't murder her, I guess Browning's story will always continue to reign supreme. Either way, poor little Lucrezia. I hope she had a happier life than the one I wrote for her.

Whenever I think of a poetry nerd playing it, and tweaking to the poem at some point in it, it makes me happy.  Thanks so much for the kind comment!

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks! I LOVE your avatar. I want to be Carol when I grow up.

I'm so glad you liked it-- and yes, a poem-inspired comp is a fantastic idea. I'm really envious that you're close enough to the museum to go see the painting!

Hey Dan-- How do I play? I downloaded the file, but there are a lot of files in it. Which one is the game? Do I need anything special to run it?

Thanks so much for this lovely comment. I'm so glad the game touched you. Wishing you all the best as well!

I loved the writing in this game! Really funny. It was incredibly hard to wrestle with the parser, though.  I went to Dan Fabulich's Invisiclues just to figure out how to use the phone, and after dying multiple times trying to figure out how to talk to the man and reset the safe, I gave up. Was SAY RESET supposed to reset the safe? It kept disambiguating by picking (to the man) and then I would die. Maybe I'll go back next week when I have more patience for trying things like SAY RESET TO SAFE. I think this would be an awesome game that I would probably love if the parser was more intuitive.

I won't rate it because I didn't get very far, but if I did I would give top marks for the writing and characters.

No, it won't run for me. It is really bugging me that this game has so few ratings and I'd love to play it, but I have the mac I have and I don't mess with it, because I will screw things up if I try to change the OS.

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I don't think it was disqualified. I think the author removed all their games from Itch. Sylfir, if you're reading this, bring your games back! I hadn't played yours yet and I want to.

Thanks so much. I thought there was a pretty fair chance that no one would play it because the subject matter is just so depressing, and decided I was OK with that. I'm glad you did play, and that you liked it. Thanks so much for the kind words.

And to you and everyone else: it's OK to criticize this game. Really. I don't want anyone to think that I'm immune to criticism because of the personal nature of the story. I worry I won't get helpful feedback because people won't want to say anything negative.

Thanks for the review! I really appreciate your time and effort. I was worried that I'd turn people off with the poetry, so I'm glad you found it accessible.

Thanks so much! Excited to play.

Will there be a version that I can play on Mac?

I'm so glad you figured it out! I put so much effort into implementing every object that I'd be sorry to have folks miss it.

Thanks for playing it!

I'm using Safari. I just typed "X site," and as you can see, it doesn't display that text. On a second try, it actually will display what I typed after I press enter, but not until then. I can progress, though, although this isn't optimal.

Just FYI, in the play in-browser game, I can't see anything I'm typing in the text box, which is problematic  because I don't know if I've misspelled something, or if it just doesn't work. Can that be fixed?

OK! I'll just put it at the end of my list and wait patiently for the MacOS version.

I didn't have a problem playing. Don't give up! This one is really charming.

Which file will run on a Mac?

How do I play the game on a Mac? The exe file doesn't work for me. Are there instructions for play somewhere?

I couldn't get the phone to work, either! Is there a special command to use?