The Semantagician's Assistant

by Lance Nathan

2025
Puzzle
Inform 7

Go to the game's main page

Review

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Noun-manipulating escape-room, October 19, 2025
by Rovarsson (Belgium)

I had a total blast with this one!

A nifty one-room parser puzzler escape game where you transform objects by manipulating their names. Lots of devices to experiment with, leading to tons of funny and unexpected consequences. (Which all worked smoothly, no bugs to be found.) A moody sidekick/help-system on your shoulder. A satisfying chain of logical/intuitive leaps step-by-stepping you closer and closer to the exit.

I have to admit, it took me quite a while to find the first loose thread, poking and prodding at the weird magical machinery, and I was stumped a few times along the way. Nothing that a thorough round of re-examination and experimentation couldn’t fix though, and it was great fun the whole time.

You can log in to rate this review, mute this user, or add a comment.