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This game is all about discovering commands, similar to the author's previous game The Wand.

The very start of the game is itself a puzzle, so I'll spoiler the rest of the review (although I won't spoil anything past the early game):

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Most commands you enter at the beginning are rejected. You soon find that only 3-letter commands with 1 word can be accepted. You'd think that'd help narrow it down, but there are still over 17,000 such combinations, and some only work in certain rooms or in certain combinations.

Once you try a few simple, normal English words, you discover hints that words are often more complex combinations. The game then becomes about trying all combinations and following up on all hints you see.

There are multiple endings to the game. The first can be achieved by just following up on every lead you see. The others require you to think about patterns in what you've seen before. If you like this kind of thing, you'll definitely like The Wand by the same author. Hadean Lands has a little bit of this as well.


Overall, I like this kind of game and had fun here.