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I made this as a Christmas gift for my brother Isaac, and he will be receiving it tonight. If you are seeing this near the time of posting, consider this your challenge to race him! I would love to hear when you finish the whole book.

Simple and fun! My only complaint was having the whole level reset every time you "die". A lot of the time the error was in my platforming skills, not in the placement of the pieces, and having to reset the pieces every time got a little annoying, especially on the scrolling levels. Fun concept, and impressive execution for a game jam!

A word search book with hints of rule discovery, à la "12 Word Searches".  "Word Searches for Isaac" is designed to test the limits of the humble word search. Every letter has a purpose, and every puzzle holds a secret. Can you complete all 37 word searches and discover the secret message?

Thank you again for the advice! The puzzle book is officially available!
https://jaaaackson.itch.io/word-searches-for-isaac

I don't have a ton of connections right now for sharing and I'm okay with that, I'm not trying to make the next popular word search puzzle, just wanting to share something fun I made in a place where the people that appreciate that might find it. I'll definitely take full advantage of everything itch offers though in terms of making it findable and appealing.

I was curious about the breakdown of landscape/portrait, that is good to know. I've been working on landscape and printer-friendly versions. (Did it suck to make updates/edits to your puzzle book and have to copy those changes across different versions? I'm already a little annoyed at that lol, though I know it's helpful!)

And I needed to hear the point you made about enjoying a too-easy puzzle but giving up on a too-hard puzzle. I'm going no-holds-barred for my brother - he's getting the hardest version I can make because that's what he wants - but to make it enjoyable for anyone approaching there are definitely a few things I want to tweak now. I was initially thinking it was kind of cheap to put multiple ways to solve/discover something,  but thinking back through my own experience with 12 Word Searches, I realize that giving multiple paths allows the player to have multiple "a-ha" moments where they realize all of the pieces that come together, not just the one path they took.

Again, thank you for sharing some thoughts! I will be sure to share the project here once it is publicly accessible.

I came across your  "12 Word Searches" through YouTube about a year ago, and it blew my mind. It served as a source of inspiration for a word search puzzle book I just finished making for my brother for Christmas, and I plan on sharing it through itch.io so that others can find it as well. (I identify with the camp of people who are looking for puzzles similar to this, and decided to do something about it lol.) Would you have any advice/tips for someone looking to share a similar project? I'm currently trying to put together different formats (portrait/landscape) because that seemed like it was a common request for this puzzle.