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This was really interesting to experience. The ambience and atmosphere are somewhat mysterious, and a bit unsettling. It feels like I'm reading through a forgotten story. Also love the rotating sound, and how the border moves when hovering over it. Really well done for a 50-word game! 

What a fun play! I love the art style of the food which was definitely making me hungry. The dialogue between the characters was funny too, but I also liked the progression of stakes, like the choice the player can make which leads to us having to check the weight of the food. Some thoughts I had:

- The weight mechanic was a bit unclear, so maybe a clearer instruction would be helpful since I wasn't sure what the 'Court Approved Weight' for the bread meant. 

- More tools to check for poison as the days go by.

- Leaning into the story and testing the player's impartiality would be really interesting, like the day where you have the option to poison the husband, it'd be interesting to see which characters players choose to support or deny.

- Maybe to increase the stakes, the player should also be punished for incorrectly placing a red flag down when returning the food to the kitchen, since technically if I wasn’t sure on a meal, I could put down a red flag on all of the food presented without being punished. It makes that mechanic feel a bit too easy.

All in all, such a fun game, will definitely play again to see how fast I can go through the days :)