The Prior Challenge

This is a simple point and click puzzle game that is a fun way to pass the time! [h1]Strengths[/h1] - [b]Clean and Pleasing Art Style[/b] I liked to look at the art style and general layout of the room - [b]Nice Music[/b] The music is pretty decent to listen too - [b]Short Game[/b] Can be completed in 10-30 minutes (took me 15) - [b]Easy 100% Achievements[/b] (All are collected in solving main game) - [b]No random clicking needed[/b] This is their biggest strength, I don’t need to randomly click around the shelves to find things, everything is either visible or obviously used. [h1]Growths[/h1] - [b]Big room sparse puzzles[/b] The large room is used to hide components of maybe 2 ish puzzles, but I would prefer to have a higher puzzle/room-size ratio. Instead of having 9-12 components per puzzle for 2 puzzles maybe have 3-5 components for 5-6 puzzles instead. - [b]Easy/Simple Puzzles[/b] (At least for me) the puzzles didn’t require toooo much thinking and were almost too easy to complete Although the puzzles were easy and sparse it was still an enjoyable game so I would still recommend it as a way to spend a short amount of your time.

Hmmm. OK, so; this is a "prelude", a "chapter 0", a "demo"; don't expect a massive chunk of game here. There are, exactly, 3 puzzles in this; one a "physical" single-screen puzzle, one an item-hunt with a bit extra, and one a deductive one based on investigating the environment. Half an hour is about right, maybe less if you keep a pen and paper handy, but I did feel like the puzzles weren't so particular challenging or involved, just... kinda long. I was expecting a bit more interactivity in the environment (although I did like [spoiler]scooting the ladder back and forth[/spoiler]). There are a few rough edges; in particular, clicking certain things in the environment pop up a large version of something for you to read... But don't disable the hotspots to click on *other* things, so they can wind up popping up as well in weird ways. In the puzzles that involve dragging objects around, they're quite fiddly to work with. Look, I do still recommend this. I'd rather 100 indie games like this than some gacha game or a visual novel with entirely AI art, that sort of nonsense. But I do also think that, for how busy the game's environment is, it felt quite sparse; I think another puzzle or two, maybe more things to click on and move around, could've really elevated it. (Oh, and [spoiler]having one of the weights in the shelf that looks completely cmpty on the zoomed-out view[/spoiler] is a mean trick!)