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How does the game fit the theme?
Trust No One isn't just the story of our game — it's the core mechanic. Every level's true exit is hidden behind a wordplay on "trust no one": one level asks you to trust the No.1 (but is that door really number one?), another to trust the one you know (Know One). Every other door lies. Trust a door by its face, and you fall deeper into the loop; read the words carefully, and the way out opens. The game never corrects you when you misread a clue — betrayal is the lesson. To escape, you must learn the one rule the theme teaches: trust the words, not the doors.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Nothing
How many people worked on the game?6
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Art and theme is good, i advanced like 5 stages from first run, tho at some point are 3 rooms and all are the wrong one, i may be helpful a tip option, and there is a bug if you jump on sides it doesn't fall and you have to refresh the page and start over
This had so many ideas and interpretations of the theme! Great work on the writing and design based on that. The atmosphere incredibly cozy. I had to look up hints only for the last level but the others I was able to figure out. Really great puzzle design overall and the last level was probably more cryptic on purpose.
Wow, the visuals and art style are stunning! The music is so good as well! All the NPC's are cute and charming too!
I also like the implementation of "trust no one", the plays on them are so creative, such as trust no one, but you can trust two! I enjoyed quite a few puzzles!
For the player, I couldn't really notice a difference between running with shift and walking. I even got confused at the beginning thinking "? What does shift do?". The transition between holding down to shrink is also a little jarring, they just instantly shrink to their smallest size haha.
I enjoyed this game, good work!
Adorable animals ❤︎
The levels designs are very creative, got the true ending without hints!
thank you！
I really like the cover art and the game plays very well, the sprite just shrinking is kinda weird and this is probably the fourth game this jam i've played with deceiving door, not bad great minds must think alike, i really like the vibe and audio, seems like alot of effort went into it good job guys! ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)
The game itself is very cute, but its execution of the theme is very... simple. Art direction was super adorable, and music was cute too <3
Holy is this game beautiful. The art and music go so well making it really cozy great job!
Being Honest this is the coziest game i played through this jam, there's a bug idk which level but when i go out of screen the game stucks like i don't know where the character is, amazing game though
Fun deduction platformer! I love the art and the music too! Great job!
Nice, very cute game. Most puzzles were fine, I like how it clarify why the chosen door was correct, but a few weren't make sense for me and some of them really require hints.
Really cute art style and the music makes the whole game feel super relaxing. I also liked how the puzzles keep changing what “trust no one” actually means... especially the later ones made me think a bit more than expected :D Very charming little game and nicely done overall.
Really fun game with nice wordplays! The art looks absolutely amazing.
I also really like the music, it's beautiful and the Main screen is amazing, the art, the particle systems and how interactable it is.
Bugs I noticed:
On lvl 6 if you jump off the platforms to the right you don't die and get stuck when playing in the browser atleast.
I'll check this bug! Thanks for playing!!x
A cute game; I like the fact that you fall asleep instead of suffering a dramatic video game death. I also find the contrast between the "trust no one" theme and the game's cute, pastel aesthetic interesting.
Really beautiful art, a lot of it reminds me of Maplestory. I loved all the puzzle wordplay and each level having its own little twist on the game jam's theme! The one time I was stuck was when I had to suddenly use the mouse to click and drag. Still, I enjoyed the simple and cute narrative!
I see, a fellow pun lover! This was real fun
very cute and nice game, gratz