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Hope this is not rude. I really wanted to enjoy this game, it's right up my alley. I still tried my best and I did like trying to puzzle out the mystery. 

I understand this is a prototype, so I don't mind that we can't figure out *all* the disappearances and mysteries like DACA, but I still struggled to understand how the story we were giving to the detective worked. Who is the missing relative and how did we help? 

My complaint is that I did not understand the mechanics of the game at ALL. The first time I tried, I even got stuck in the answer box & had to restart the game, because I didn't realize the "back" button was in a different spot. I was super confused on how to use/read the stuff you get from the archive (although I must say I thought all of them were beautifully made), and scrolled around in the comments on this page until I found an explanation. Even then, I played the entire game clicking on each individual file, because I had no idea there was a way to actually search up words. I also wish there was some way to make getting the archive pieces back (when you returned them but need them again). I don't mind how, but it was rather frustrating to realize I needed a piece, but not remember what file it came from or even what files had archive numbers.

Even though I struggled with the mechanics some, I LOVE the story and puzzles here. I think having to input a code to get new information from the archive is so unique, and again, all of the art and writing on the papers was so pretty & fun to read. I like the world of this story & I like the mysteries we were able to figure out, and that there was even more that we still don't know. I really liked having to piece things together to figure out the answers for the detective, and I thought all of those puzzles were neither frustratingly hard nor easy. I didn't get the camera question right, but I think I might have missed a clue on that one. I also loved how each question was slightly unique (not just yes or no, or all number answers).

I'll be looking forward to whatever full version this game turns into :)

there's another way to look up the files????? how?

This was fun and I liked the physics, but the directions really confused me! "A few friends in the middle won't do" made me think I was only supposed to stack up on each wall (nothing in the middle), and I couldn't figure out how to get them to pop.

Like mother like daughter lol. If she's so mad that her mother signed a suspicious contract for something that sounded too good to be true to escape poverty... why would she do the same thing!??!! Did she even read the contract TT

cuuutteee

i suspect the comments about input not getting recognized are because the movement/input speed is just very slow (or was for me). once i started pacing my inputs none of them were missed. however i think a faster pace would be nice (maybe as a hard mode?) because the slower pace forces you to think more. i think if you could move as fast as you wanted, there would be more room to screw up, and *you* would have to get yourself to slow down.

but maybe i'm wrong and i just got lucky with the inputs.

so fun! the thing that messed me up the most was switching between regular and inverted controls. it was easy to switch to inverted, but not back to normal!! reset levels sooo many times because i wanted to go up with regular movement but auto-hit d.

fun!

glitchy, but fun and cute!

totally agree! super cute, would be playable for sooooo long with a few minor changes (or at least, seemingly minor, i don't know how to code so maybe they would be major). loved it already, played a lot of levels without realizing there was no ending, but i wish there were just a few more things to change it up

this is fun! i wish the levels got harder more incrementally though :( i feel like the first three songs (including tutorial) have very few notes in a row, and are relatively slow, but the fourth song is both fast and has a lot more notes than the previous songs. i really struggled to make the jump in processing.

super fun! i'll probably come back and try again later, but just to know, does beating the FBI level change the dialogue?

also, after looking at these comments, i'm super excited to try getting infinite poy

if you get all of the snowglobes you find a secret! it's not related to the endings though

you have to call 555-lucifur! pay attention to the abc-dfe-hij, etc. underneath each number. so pizza is 74992, for example.

somehow missed the water magical girl? but i loved the game and the story!! so fun! so cute!

love it! wish there was more!!!

got stuck :( used a chart to figure out isaac, mom, ignore me, dad, oma, and giles deacon b/c i just had to know. how in the world was i supposed to figure that out? i had fun anyways though i love these sorts of games

sorry if my spoiler review is kind of harsh. i really seriously enjoyed this game, despite having to use a cheat-y method to figure out some of the characters. i just wish there were more/better clues. i really don't mean to sound rude, and if anyone has answers to these questions or there were clues i missed please tell me.

spoilers:

specifically, what i don't understand was how i was supposed to figure out which number "ignore me" was, since there were 2 with no texts, but i didn't see any clues to figure out which one. i also have no idea why isaac is over at our character's house if they are just "shift manager"? i do see the shift covering thing, but i didn't think they could be connected because the dough nutty text and the thank you text are in entirely different months? i also don't understand why the mom's texts have a reference to her dad? and lastly, who in the fuck is giles deacon???? why is their only reference in our phone that they like puns (like our brother), but they call us sweetheart and tell us to call our (deadbeat??) mom?? literally who are they.

Got stuck on the potion :( Really liked so far, but all I saw was like, s and then some random dots.

ah didn't know that. i woulda wanted to do it properly anyway (i knew the answer!!! i just couldn't write it TT)

immediately forgot how to delete when typing in-game... since there's no way to check and leaving doesn't reset the text box, had to restart the game :(

you have to help numa confess (spoiler)

to kyungsoon! 

read her diary in the vent, then help her collect flowers, a poem, and kyungsoon's favorite food. after the confession scene, talk to kyungsoon and make her get up and talk to numa