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I don't want to spoil anything about the gameplay, but if you like text adventures, point-and-click adventure games, puzzle games, escape room games, art games, incremental games, cozy games, and\u002For RPGs, then this might be your speed.\n\nIf you find it too hard and don't mind some mild spoilers, then check out the hints page: https:\u002F\u002Fsmarthome.steviep.xyz\u002Fhelp\n\nEnjoy!",{"problem":50,"audience":51,"pricing":57,"motivation":50,"time_to_build":50,"stack":64,"openness":69,"stage":70,"team_size":71},null,{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Players of text adventures, point-and-click, puzzle and escape room games","maker",[55],{"id":56},"post",{"value":58,"source":53,"evidence":59},"Free to play, with premium features costing in-game credits",[60,61],{"id":56},{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"42424868","That's a premium feature, which will run you 1 Credit.",[65],{"value":66,"source":53,"evidence":67},"vanilla JavaScript",[68],{"id":56},"free","launched","unknown",{"praise":73,"objections":112,"requests":162,"questions":178,"alternatives":196},[74,94,108],{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Realistic, painful frustration that is funny and well designed","commenter",[78,82,86,90],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"42424851","j0hnyl","I had the pleasure of trying this out before it was released. I think it's one of those things I can imagine might have a high bounce rate, but I would really like to encourage…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"42425408","Sirikon","I hate it so, so much. Excellent job.",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"42426132","brumar","I regret there is not a merciful option like \"wait for death in a corner\". Great job! I had fun and got bored to death at the same time.",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"42436928","KTallguy","A few comments: 1. It’s not very fun on iOS, especially because crypto mining makes the screen zoom in and it’s no good. Also the sound for the phone doesn’t work so that’s a big…",{"value":95,"source":76,"evidence":96},"Evokes Kafka, Dark Room and Universal Paperclips",[97,101,105],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"42431444","CaptainFever","What a Kafkaesque game.",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"42427141","yesthisiswes","The reminds me a lot of a dark room! Awesome game thanks for the adventure!",{"id":106,"by":11,"text":107},"42427390","A Dark Room is great! I started playing it a lot mid way through developing this. That and Universal Paperclips are the gold standards of minimalist web-based games.",{"value":109,"source":76,"evidence":110},"Many details and easter eggs",[111],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},[113,132,151],{"value":114,"source":76,"evidence":115},"Too frustrating and tedious, especially account creation and phone number entry",[116,120,124,128],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"42428978","esperent","I played for a while on my phone but gave up because it's too much hassle to remember and enter things like phone numbers and passwords. I know that's kind of the point, but I…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"42424902","butz","This is too realistic. I became annoyed after 5 minutes.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"42425479","tensor","I bailed at create an account.",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"42430794","addandsubtract","Same. Luckily, you only need to provide a name. Still gave up at the next form. I don't even know what I \"played\".",{"value":133,"source":76,"evidence":134},"Mobile and sound bugs, including text-to-speech and freezing",[135,139,143,147],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"42426239","maille","\"The phone app appears to use text-to-speech based on the device's locale. On my laptop, it's speaking English with the worst French accent imaginable",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"42468045","kramer5252","Great game. Only issue, phone freezes now when I try to open it. Blank screen. I am kind of far, have all the money\u002Fcoins, still missing some big picture stuff though. 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I played for a bit but the frustration soon became too real, haha :-D",{"value":193,"source":76,"evidence":194},"Is it possible to reset progress?",[195],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},[197,202,206],{"value":198,"source":76,"evidence":199},"A Dark Room",[200,201],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},{"id":106,"by":11,"text":107},{"value":203,"source":76,"evidence":204},"Universal Paperclips",[205],{"id":106,"by":11,"text":107},{"value":207,"source":76,"evidence":208},"Bureaucracy",[209],{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"42430117","neumann","ooh - deliciously painful. I love these things, even if I can't commit more than 10min before the pain makes me stop. Strong vibes of Douglas Adams' game Bureaucracy -…",{"comments":214,"answered":38,"key":215},18,[216,219,222],{"id":217,"text":218},"42426164","ooo, good idea. I might build that in.",{"id":220,"text":221},"42431490","Not saying you're wrong, but I don't really understand people's aversion to creating an account. 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