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A Kansas City Shuffle, July 4, 2026

The puzzles were solid and fair, and I enjoyed the writing.

It's hard to talk about this game without spoilers, so...

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I loved the unfolding layers of the endings. It's a delightful common trope in heist stories that the heist turns out to be not what you think it is, and pulling it off twice is really fun.

I wish hints had covered all three parts of the game. I guess it's quite common to have hints only for the mandatory parts of a game, and no hints for the optional parts, but that's frustrating, because the optional parts are usually harder (and often less fair), so I'd encourage authors not to do it this way.

Another thought: having freedom of action at the end of the game to talk to the big Boss made me think there was a puzzle / easter egg to find there. I tried to EMPATHIZE with the Boss, but it gave me an inappropriate message, "You detect only vague impressions. The boss said that most of the robbers aren’t in a relationship, so that makes sense." The Boss isn't a robber, so that doesn't make sense.

I searched the strings of the game with glulx-strings and didn't see anything interesting to find there; I suggest not having that last turn, or to have one last easter egg worth finding.

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MathBrush, July 4, 2026 - Reply
Thanks for finding those bugs! I definitely think it would be nice to add hints for the other sections. A few people have also requested having some kind of action to do during flashbacks, so that might be good for a post-competition update. Appreciate your thoughts!
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