Tower of Riddles

The game has just enough riddles with plenty of variety to keep things from getting frustrating and/or boring. The difficulty of the riddles varied for me instead feeling like they were getting more difficult. Which was something I personally enjoyed.

Excluding the first riddle, I found a few of the riddles to be easier than others. I didn't need any translations for the armor riddle; I just picked the suit that sounded more friendly than the others. The only difficult part of the vampire riddle is that it takes a little time to find the answer.

On the vampire riddle, I think it would've been nice if the options and image were on a separate page after choosing to inspect a coffin. It gets a little tedious having to scroll to the bottom of the page so much. But it's not too much of a problem.

The final boss riddle was clever and stands out from all of the others. Technically it was more than one riddle, but they were easy enough. The final boss quickly becomes the butt of the joke without being aware of it. I have a few thoughts about the time loop situation itself, but I'm probably overthinking things.

The most difficult and frustrating riddle goes to the purple rose riddle. I don't know if it's from not really understanding the hint, if astigmatism counts as problematic eyesight, or if I can only focus on the tiling and what looks like artifacts. But I ended up just guessing until I got it right.

Instead of just dumping a bunch of riddles on the reader, they're worked into a story. I enjoyed learning more about the tower and its inhabitants as I solved the riddles. Even the deaths were enjoyable.

Ignoring my love/hate relationship with riddles, this game will bring you entertainment and, potentially, some frustration.

Now this certainly is an excellent storygame. I simply love Riddles, and I think that there is a very good amount in this storygame so that it's not too short, but it's not too long to the point where it gets boring. The Riddles were very fun to solve and gradually increased in complexity, and the final boss was just excellent. (I'm not going to spoil it, but do pay close attention!) ;)

I also enjoyed the fact that you actually incorporated writing, rather than just Riddles, so it was a very interesting and entertaining read. It was very descriptive and flowed well, and kept the storygame valences with a healthy amount of story and game. I really enjoyed that other riddle storygame that you wrote about the Dryad, I think.

There wasn't much character development, which didn't surprise me at all, but it was quite impressive that there was any at all. I think the best part for this was the development of the hidden helper. The wizard had a bit as well.

There was only one mistake I noticed as far as spelling and grammar goes, and it was on the page introducing the final boss. ("Defiantly" instead of the correct "definitely"). 7/8

Full Disclosure: I delight in solving tricky riddles, so this game was right up my alley. That being said, it is more of a GAME than a STORYgame, but I found it quite enjoyable all the same.

First of all, the riddles are simply brilliant. They begin easy enough, but morph into complicated and powerful foes that require some serious thought to take down. I really appreciated how they followed traditional riddle patterns instead of simply being difficult and annoying questions.

Second, the presentation was excellent. From the humorous writing to the touch of meta to the evocative illustrations to the clever interaction - this game made use of its medium to the fullest. Clever riddles couched in enjoyable reading? Yes, please!

Finally, I wish to commend the author on the polished prose with which this tricky tale is woven. While spelling, grammar, and overall style generally don't make or break a storygame, it's nice to have an experience free of such minor but nagging distractions.

Thank you for all the challenges and fun reward!

Had lots of fun, definitely better than Reeses cups

Well written with very little SPAG issues. The riddles were fun and interesting without being overly complex and difficult. Well implemented into the game. Would riddle again.

This was fun! I really liked the Murderer riddle, brought back memories of brain exercises from middle/high school.

good game, wish there was more games like this.

Too many of these "riddles" are not riddles. They're just work, like matching numbers to letters based on where they appear in the alphabet. That isn't fun, or challenging. It's just boring.

good stuff

A CYS classic. Was just as fun figuring out the puzzles as it was the first time.