Cool concept! And very nice visuals and sound. Good job!
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The People's Messenger's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #132 | 4.059 | 4.059 |
| Enjoyment | #295 | 3.559 | 3.559 |
| Gameplay | #351 | 3.353 | 3.353 |
| Overall | #355 | 3.466 | 3.466 |
| Visuals | #554 | 3.559 | 3.559 |
| Audio | #556 | 3.147 | 3.147 |
| Innovation | #581 | 3.118 | 3.118 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
You have to figure out which of the guards is telling the truth, telling a lie, or is just unreliable
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
In Description
How many people worked on the game?3
Comments
Very creative theme application. Dialogue system with the custom questions worked really well also. Puzzles were lovely, overall very nice game.
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Sorry GrannyVery on theme! The horse puzzle was fun in that it asked the player to go a bit beyond the standard riddle; the rest of the puzzles were pretty easy. I liked the Trolley Problem one; I feel like you could add a lot of fun twists on this by mashing it up with other common riddles or thought experiments.
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COWBIRDI always loved these types of riddles and games, found it quite entertaining!
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Lost in Gnome TwitterI really like how we could piece together our own questions! Great riddles that really make me wrack my brain XD Really reminds me of the gates of heaven and hell riddle that I liked a lot as a kid
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Everything is Against YouFun little game! Fits the theme, I really like the graphics and visual style of the game. The camera movement and lighting added a lot to the game. Also the horses were really funny lol
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Three Goblins in a TrenchcoatNobody ever expects the horse to lie... but in the end, I'm very bad at logic puzzles! This was a cute entry with a very succinct theming, and a good few layers of polish on a classic idea. It's always nice when developers clearly have the time. ability and intent to wrap what they did up in a nice little bow, and the UI, sounds, and grungy pixel style all lend themselves to the exact same atmosphere, which helps sell it well! Good entry!
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Lost in Gnome TwitterI hope that the guy who said that a guard would have his organs taken to save 3 other guards was lying...
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Tinfoil TerryFun game! The visuals look good, though I think it's a bit too dark. I agree that most of the levels can be solved simply by asking whether they wear a hat. For the king, I found the correct words to please him, but it seemed to do nothing. I thought I was going to get a special cutscene :) Nice work overall!
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Eyechilles BloodThe art, lighting and effects look amazing !! The audio is also very good, felt very alive and interactive <3
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Potion AtelierNice twist on the original puzzle, the way you can ask questions in this game is really clever. (We actually had a similar idea for our game, you might wanna try it out :D)
I feel like most of the puzzles can simply be resolved by asking "Are you wearing a hat" to a guy wearing a hat or something similar, that seems a bit too easy.
Also, the level with the 3 veritas knights was confusing me: At least one of them is lying, so why are they all veritas?
Ah and the one with the horses: It says one of them is lying and the other is truthful. Then why does the usual solution to the 2 guards puzzle not work here?
Finally, the UI looked very small on my 4K screen, a fullscreen option and having the UI scale with the screen size would be nice.
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Archer is LyingYeah we originally planned on having some kind of "par" system to discourage players from asking the same hat questions at the start of each stage but that was pushed out for time. The usual solution should work for the horses, you just gotta work out what whether Neigh or Heigh means Yes or No.
Good point on the UI resolution, none of us have a 4K screen so it must have slipped through
Thanks for playing!
Oh my god the pixelart looks amazing! Making the question out of logic blocks like that is a really clever idea to fully realize the Two Guards puzzle
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Archer is Lying
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