Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill

This game is very short and highly unpolished. The shapes puzzle with sliding ice-like physics is particularly memorable, and some characters look haunted. That said, it has the classic elements of a Nancy Drew game, and I look forward to playing the other games in the series.

I was fairly intrigued at first by the Nancy Drew-ishness of the game... But not only did the unnatural movements of the characters serve as quite a distraction, but I cant save the game or even just minimize the window so I can continue on later. Apparently, you have to play the game straight through or you lose all the progress you've made. Very annoying.

This was fun, short mystery game. I liked the plot, puzzles, and ambience. Looking forward to the next game!

In a word: it's very cute. I can definitely feel the creator's passion and the Nancy Drew inspiration, and I love seeing somebody commit to creating something for the love of doing so. My playtime is more or less accurate (~45 minutes to complete). I did have to check a guide because the movement/interaction arrows are a bit finnicky and not always intuitive - if you can't find something (or think you're stuck in a location) you need to very slowly check along the edges of the screen until the arrow appears. The game is definitely a product of its time - no voice acting, somewhat clunky animations, etc. - but that honestly endears me to it even more.

A very cute and modest game. Although, I wouldn't say the characters look cute but for a one man team, it's fairly presentable. The music was probably my favorite part about this game. The puzzle wasn't difficult to figure out, but more so just hard to maneuver the pieces because what happened for me was the piece I was holding would move other pieces out of the way and if I let it go and try to pick it back up with a piece nearby, it would move both pieces as if they were one. It was also weird when I would try to move a piece onto the board and there would be some sort of invisible wall that kept me from doing so. Other than that, I really have no complaints except wishing the game was a little longer. Nice short mystery game. Good job and I hope there will be more to come to give me my Nancy Drew fix.

Just finished Marcella Moon: Secret on the Hill for the first time. I enjoyed following the clues, and I think you're definitely on the right track! I liked the brightly-colored animation (because I didn't have to turn up my contrast) :)