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Nice puzzles but stereotyping should be avoided in post comp release, September 28, 2025*
by Denk
Related reviews: emulator, ZX Spectrum, PAW

This game requires an ZX Spectrum emulator like Fuse, which I used.

EDIT: Be aware that this game uses a few stereotypes which could feel quite offensive and I believe the game would be better without it. However, the game still has a lot of good things in it and it would be simple to improve it in a post comp release, which I hope will happen, as it is otherwise a nice game. My original review below is unaltered.

This is a really neat VERY old school parser game for the sake of puzzles. They were fun to work through. I almost solved it in 1 hour and 50 minutes but had overlooked an obvious connection to a location so had to peak at the walkthrough. So the puzzles are definitely fair but if you are not used to the simplistic PAW parser (? I think this is a PAW game?), you will have to get used to it first. So it actually does accept up to four words when it makes sense, e.g. USE X ON Y.

Most importantly, typing L will ruin the game, but if you ramsave once in a while you can just type RL to ramload again. Instead use R to look around (Redescribe).

The entire game is relatively well implemented, considering it is a PAW(?) game. The atmosphere is cute despite some horror elements. A very nice feature is the VOCAB commands which tells you ALL the verbs you need to know and typing HELP toggles between 4-5 different hints. They were a nice addition which I applied, so I did not really need the walkthrough except when I missed a room connection :/

Overall, a very fun retro experience!

* This review was last edited on October 1, 2025
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