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I second everything everyone's said about controls being a little bit clunky, but I loved the atmosphere of this game! It reminded me a lot of No, I'm Not a Human. I like how shadowy everyone looked too -- it definitely made me feel like I was surrounded by people with ulterior motives. I think I would've liked a setting to maybe turn down the fog as well, or at least a map of the submarine.

So I am someone who LOVES games like this (type-help, the roottrees are dead) so this was right up my alley and I was SUPER excited to see a game like this submitted! I think it's an interesting spin on the theme, and I appreciated how accessible it was for someone that doesn't know a lot about computer "shells" like I do. I was really enjoying it, and will definitely come back to it later!

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I got as far as decoding the binary in diary6.txt and then got a little stuck. I agree that the hint system isn't super helpful -- the only hint I ever got was "you may need to use outside websites," which I felt like I understood after the first time I went to a cipher translator. Unless, of course, it's referring to a different website I just didn't find.

I thought this concept was super cool, and I like how it incentivized you to really think about the bonds you were making!

I thought the comic at the beginning was super cool and innovative! I also liked the turtle main character. I also want to shout-out "press shift to move super fast" as the prompt to go into the shell, that was really funny.

I really liked the idea of having to make circles around the stuff you were trying to collect! However, the objective was a little unclear and at one point an enemy (the white clam) knocked me into the ring of stones and I got soft locked. 

I thought making it "Shell gas station" was pretty funny! I agree that it was a little hard to understand what was going on, but I do think the central game mechanic is really interesting. I'd like to see it fleshed out more!