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  • Puzzle: Ybbx sbe qverpgvbaf va Fnzhry'f grfgvzbal.
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Any feedback is welcome! Puzzle difficulty, artstyle, writing, etc.

Latest version: The Onlooker v3.0

v3.0 (24/8/25) - Major Rework. Rewrote main mystery, multiple changes in most pages, added secret message across most puzzles.

v2.3 (20/8/25) - Edited Wordwarp. Added S to LETTER (SETTLER, LETTERS), now all words are double anagrams.

v2.2 (19/8/25) - Edited Patchwords. More pieces, more logic-based rather than jigsaw-based. Increased difficulty overall to be more in line with the game's curve. - Slightly edited text in Page 1.

v2.1 (18/8/25) - Edited Wordwarp. Added more words for clarity  (ON, THE, NOTE). New words point to new note in Page 0.

Looking for that sound effect had the unfortunate side effect of listening to waaaayyyy to many realistic sound effects of people throwing up  D: 

There's nothing funnier than your pc trying to keep up with physics updates. Was actually laughing the whole way through, first because of the mismatch between the music and the visuals and then from how fun exploiting the gameplay loop was. Truly an amazing experience >:) Great game

At first i thought that it could be better with music but the atmosphere gets so tense in the later levels thanks to the ominous ambience i love it. Very interesting controls which took a bit to get used to but i guess that's the point lol. Love the clean artstyle and crispy particles. Great job!

simple and fun! well done :)

I'm glad you like it so much, thanks!

Thanks! yours was my favourite :D

yeah, it was hard making the instructions clear but not super wordy, they could use some rewording still. thanks for playing :)

it fell in the end, but it held on long enough to count though so… B)

some music would've been good but apart from that it was a great! surprisingly complex and challenging puzzles (that last level was evil). the visuals are fine but they don't need to be any more complex really and they work really well. the theme was a bit lacking but it was definitely a creative take on it, great game!! :)

took a while but i got there in the end >:)

very fun game! 

lining up the shots was very challenging (in a good way) and the gameplay overall was very frantic and fun. very cool visuals with the explosion effects, kinda wish the whole game looked more like it (more retro? smaller palette? idk) great work tho :)

fun and challenging with many small but interesting design decisions, well done :)

thanks :) glad u liked it

thanks! :)

Hi :) I'm a designer with some experience in programming and audio, I've teamed up with a 2d artist and we're looking for a programmer to join us. my discord is .lemonjuice_ if u wanna contact me, or just reply to this message i guess

Hi :) I'm a designer with some experience in programming and audio, I've teamed up with a 2d artist and we're looking for a programmer to join us. my discord is .lemonjuice_ if u wanna contact me, or just reply to this message i guess

Hi :) I'm a designer with some experience in programming and audio, I've teamed up with a 2d artist and we're looking for a programmer to join us. my discord is .lemonjuice_ if u wanna contact me, or just reply to this message i guess

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

After making the game I definitely became more interested in the topic, but I'm not an expert by any means lol. I'm 100% sure I would love Chants of Sennaar and the many others that come to mind though.

Thank you so much :) it means a lot

Thanks! glad you enjoyed :)

You won't believe this...

It sounds like a great idea imo, if we all share the bundle on social media or whatever, we would all be promoting each other's projects, surely that's gonna help everyone :)

that's an odd bug, reinstalling might work. are you able to resize the window?

lol fair critique, I wasn't trying to go for realism but during testing when the ball went into the hole regardless of its speed it felt a bit cheap.  barely missing is frustrating tho 

nice and simple :) music goes hard tho

oh im sorry to hear :( but hey the whole point of jams is to make something interesting and finish it so you should be proud anyways.

nice :)

If you still have the project in your computer you should be able to make a new project in your itch profile and just upload it again as if it was a new game. I’m not sure I understand the issue fully.

sometimes the balls can get stuck on the edges or in corners but overall it's very fun and satisfying :)

same

I haven't played it yet but it sounds fun!

Thanks! I though about some elements I could add but I wanted to keep it simple.

Those are great ideas that I hadn’t thought about! In the future I may add more levels or make a separate game altogether with these ideas and more :)

There's a bug where the cactus doesn't spawn or it spawns outside of the screen. Other than that it's fun and simple :)