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Definitely a winner in the absurdist category! I appreciate a game that's so goofy and yet so clearly has read the original novel.

Discovering all kinds of things I didn't know about Upton Sinclair!

Bizarre game (complimentary). I love all the strange things they accuse you of when lighting you on fire, and that your weapon is spit.

Dude, undeclared AI is suuuper against Itch's TOS. And ugly.

Glad to see Dog Boop get some love!

It was just level 1, I got to the end and nothing happened.

Really great characters, there are so many conflicts brewing here!

Nice use of dominoes--the number meanings remind me of the old magpie rhyme.

Love the Escher drawings in here. I didn't do that well at the quizzes, though.

Where did you get your art from?

One of the better uses of the 48-word format that I've seen--an anti-game is absolutely the correct approach for adapting this book.

Oh nice!

This is rather charming--reading the description I was glad to discover it's literal hide and seek in a real city and not just a simulation!

Quite an interesting ruleset! The idea of everyone's "character" being aspects of one person's personality is super unique--is that from the base system or was that your idea?

Congratulations on finishing the jam! I did have some issues with the build though--if you get to the end without getting a high enough score or dying, you just hang there and it doesn't end the level or let you turn around.

I love that this is based on a painting! What a great idea!

Funny concept--kind of like Apples to Apples. Where did you get the diary entries from?

The most rigorous ruleset I've seen in this jam--this would be fun to play with a group!

Love the dictionary of period slang, they used so much of this in comics in that era! I think it would also be fun to include some public-domain panels for people to start from, ones that you could just put your own captions on.

I didn't realize Dawn Patrol was this year! It's a bold choice, I like how your squadron mates almost inevitably get shot down no matter what you do--very in keeping with the story. Would have liked if the cutscenes and the gameplay matched a little more, though.

This is pretty great, wow is my memory terrible!

Would suggest changing the "ready" button to "done" or "finished", at first I thought you clicked that button to start painting.

I like that I can immediately identify all the detective archetypes in your list.

Ugh, AI

Super witty, and the visual presentation is great.

I like that this seems like you could play it with as elaborate or as simple a plot as you like.

Hopefully this game will convince someone to VACCINATE THEIR DAMN KIDS

This is really great--a little bit data in how aggressively absurd the approach is.

My high score is 2500, clearly I win at the competitive sport of appreciating poetry.

I always feel like Mondrians look like a board game. I like that you didn't go too strict of a rulesy direction with it.

This book is such an odd little artifact, it's great to see someone making use of it!

You don't have to pay Disney! It's public domain!

Absolutely fantastic. Super clever evolution of the Type Help formula with a smart, fun story that kept me guessing. I'll be excited to see what you do next!

Fucking brilliant

Great puzzle, I'm still trying to figure out that last upper right one!

Another nice one, reminds me of conversations with my grandma haha

Another unimpeachable title.

Would have liked a counter that tells you how many eggs you have because it took me a while to figure out what on the screen was an egg.

It isn't confounding calendar without an Aspeon game!

Absolute delight--played it once not knowing about the second ending and then played it again. Great both times.

I do think it could use slightly more signaling about the turn count--say, having a turn counter always onscreen and having it change color at a certain point. Because I wouldn't have gotten that without reading the comments.

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yes, there's a chapter 2, and it also involves cute animals: https://gwenckatz.itch.io/deductopia-hill-and-dale
Probably a lot of them will involve animals. I just like drawing them.

Oh weird, it is hella broken on my computer.

...But hey, if it's just me, I'll take it lol

The orange dot hexes blew my mind