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| ====== The House on Highfield Lane ====== | ====== The House on Highfield Lane ====== | ||
| - | //The House on Highfield Lane// by Andy Joel ([[https:// | + | //The House on Highfield Lane// by Andy Joel ([[https:// |
| I feel like I only made it a quarter of the way through this game in two hours. The house is a maze, but fairly sparse. I wasn't even sure I ran across a puzzle - it's just mysterious. It's clear that a lot of work went into this, but I felt like it didn't nudge me towards the more useful or interesting bits very well. Rated 5 of 10. | I feel like I only made it a quarter of the way through this game in two hours. The house is a maze, but fairly sparse. I wasn't even sure I ran across a puzzle - it's just mysterious. It's clear that a lot of work went into this, but I felt like it didn't nudge me towards the more useful or interesting bits very well. Rated 5 of 10. | ||
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| + | “Horror… without the horror” worked for me. Trapped in a weird house with a mysterious figure you can never quite get a good look at could be super scary, but this is just odd and a little unsettling in a good way. The wonderland logic of the space feels very adventure-gamey and I enjoyed wandering and discovering its surprises. | ||
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| + | That said, I didn’t make much progress in the allotted two hours. I found the wire and tied it to the weathervane, | ||
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| + | It did feel like something I’d like to make. Thanks Andy! | ||
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