I wasn't able to get past the first screen in the browser because it kept freezing, but I was having enough fun to download the Windows version! Lovely little game, I enjoyed it a lot. I would definitely play more!
One suggestion - I was perplexed for a long time because it turns out I had all the answers correct, but when I clicked "guess" it only confirmed the first 3. I had to re-click to confirm the other 3. I would expect it to confirm all 6 at once if they were all correct, so I was hunting around for ages trying to figure out what I'd got wrong.
You've got some unique mechanics in this game, and I think it's so cool that you took a risk and developed something new - that's the best outcome of a game jam game imo! I'd definitely buy a developed version game on Steam!
Wow this is SUCH a good idea! Thank you so much for documenting the steps so clearly, I'm going to give it a try. I love the slides format for a prototype like this, it was so fast to throw together and edit, so I think I'll use it again for testing small ideas. It will be a huge improvement to be able to integrate it into the page like this. You're a legend 🤩
Really enjoyed this! I liked the mechanics of having the assistants and choosing what they did each day, that was awesome. All my nitpicks are very much explained by it being a game jam with limited time but I'll list them in case the feedback is useful e.g. you want to expand on it.
The H key didn't work for me to show interactable things, so I did a lot of pixel hunting
I found some of the clues quite arbitrary in terms of what they should be matched with, often I would expect it should match with the person rather than the place, rather than vice versa. Many of them I had to brute force to some extent, and some I never figured out why they matched (e.g. the clue about the diner owner going for a walk in the evening). The key seemed like it should match with the B.D. shop, I was perplexed about that. The combo to the safe made no sense to me, surely that number was just a timestamp?
I would love to be able to drag the clues on the desk around and for them to stay where I put them
I had to read other comments before I realised you could scroll on the phone - I had tried dragging the screen but it didn't occur to me to use scroll wheel! Even putting that in the controls wouldn't have been helpful to me, as I didn't read the controls because the other things were intuitive
Very cute, I enjoyed this a lot. I loved how you managed to make the clues obscure enough that when I first looked through everything in the attic I thought "I'm never going to solve this!" but in the end I was certain about each of my answers and didn't have to guess. It really rewards paying close attention and thinking a bit laterally. The art style is adorable and so cozy!
