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Great story, lacks technical polish, September 2, 2023I remember testing the Author's 2020 IFComp entry, Alone. It did a lot right. I forget if the author told me they had entered in 2019 (COVID was weird) but I did feel like they knew what they were doing, and the stuff I found was easily fixable, and the overall story was strong. Later I wasn't surprised to see they wrote other stuff people liked. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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 Excellent!, September 30, 2021For a beginning IF player, this is an excellent intro to the genre. All items are used and make sense. The map is just complex enough to keep one guessing and navigating, though not too overwhelming. Simple, fast, and a great experience! Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Enjoyable traditional haunted house mystery, December 27, 2019The House on Sycamore Lane is a very traditional haunted house mystery. It’s also riddled with bugs and typos. Despite this, I actually quite enjoyed it. None of the bugs I noticed were game breaking, and they also did not stand in the way of solving the puzzles. The puzzles were generally really nice, albeit a tad easy. What I liked about them were how they were integrated in the story, that they always felt reasonable and that they give a nice flow to playing the game. The story was nothing special, but decent enough and provided a certain level of immersion, enough to make it enjoyable. Some extensive testing and a good update could turn The House on Sycamore Lane into a rather good piece of IF. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Potential to be a good horror game, December 4, 2019by deathbytroggles (Minneapolis, MN) From the start it is obvious this is going to be a fairly standard, beginner IF. Room descriptions are sparse, what to do is almost always obvious. Still, I was hoping that it would be a fun ride. Unfortunately, there was not nearly enough beta-testing. Spelling and grammar mistakes abound. At one point you’re told if you have the right tool you can pry some nails and yet the game doesn’t understand the verb "pry." There are several other unimplemented synonyms. The game’s worst sin, however, is that this is supposed to be suspenseful yet you are frequently told how you should be feeling (e.g. “you are on edge”). As always, show, don’t tell. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Good game with minor issues, November 20, 2019This is a quite good game with a few issues here and there but nothing serious. The story is simple but sufficient for a small entertaining puzzlefest. There was one puzzle, which made me look at the walkthrough since I was impatient to get on with the story. I immediately regretted it, since it was a fair puzzle. The rest of the puzzles were fairly easy, despite technical issues here and there and so I managed to complete it within 90 minutes. I enjoyed it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A long, ghostly mystery parser game with some cleanup issues, October 2, 2019I give stars based on five criteria: being polished, being descriptive, emotional impact, interactivity, and if I would play again. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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