Hello, my friend. I saw you are offering a review swap. I'd love to do that. Could you please add a playable browser version of your game so I can test it and leave you a review?
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Amazing. The game is running smoothly. But oh boy! What a game. My head is spinning!
The first case was a bit overwhelming. I had to go through all the clues 3 times before it finally clicked, and my deduction was right!
I admired your clean, easy-to-navigate UI because it made the deduction easy and pleasant. I can easily juggle between rooms, people, evidence, etc.
For me, working with a mostly text-based game was hard. Maybe I would have appreciated more visuals to help me understand the case. Even simple illustrations like those in Machinarium would have helped a lot. But maybe that was a design choice on your part. So don't take my opinions as real evidence until more players confirm it!
The case itself was ok. There wasn't much of a story behind it.
In the second case, I gave up because of the case multipliers: more rooms, more suspects; it's too much for my brain in one session. lol!
Overall, a lovely game. good job
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I hope this was helpful. And thank you in advance. Here is my game
Hi, this is such a wonderful feedback, thank you for taking time to play the game and write it) I have played your short prototype and left a feedback in an in-game form but will put it here as well:
"It is a little simple and repetitive like you just need to move and eat. if it was a little more difficult and diverse in something then it would be much more fascinating.
i especially liked how you eat bacteria it literally grabs them into itself and absorbs. That is nicely done. And the idea of being in an organism and working as a macrophage is also rearely seen so it is nice.
Maybe make environment more realistic and atmospheric too.
For a first short prototype this is very good. Like, very good.
Seriously.
Oh? one more thing: tutorial and assistance in game is such a nice thing. And it is well done. Thank you"
Thank you so much for the feedback. I got the email as well. And it is super helpful. You rock! What made it tick was the rain clue under the window. First, I suspected one of them was a theft. But when I saw the rain marks and the instructions in the procedure for rain, it all made sense. It was meant to save it after it got wet.