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!

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

I didn't like that there was no ending. That was really sad, because there was no winning choice. Otherwise I thought your puzzles were interesting and clever.

It was very good. Really liked the variety of riddles, getting more difficult the deeper you go. My favourite one was the vampire one. One riddle I disliked though was the purple rose riddle, since I had to guess to get through. Also have to be honest, I struggled a lot on the last one, and had to search up to get the answer. Was really funny though to see hints like "You can't find a polar bear in snow, so I put it in an ocean of water". Either way this was well made, and probably the best story game I've played so far (the third after eternal,zombie).

Tower of Riddles was a fantastic puzzle game!

From the very beginning, the ride starts. Without wasting any time with overly long and dry exposition, BriarRose makes the story crystal clear: You are trapped in a dungeon in a tower ruled by an evil warlord, and in order to escape you have to solid riddle.

A simple premise, but it's easier said than done. BriarRose designs each of the riddles well, with plenty of variety. You don't ever get bored or feel like you're doing the same style of riddles, each riddle is solved a different way and for some of them you have to get pretty creative.

Small negatives: The ring problem is probably my least favorite(the one where you look at a picture of purple roses and find a ring). That one's not a really a riddle/puzzle, and some people genuinrely can't do it. I was one of them, and ultimately I had to brute force that one.

Also the princess doll riddle is the famous River Crossing Puzzle that many people have already seen and done, so that riddle, since it's overused wasn't as fun to solve.

I truly enjoyed the rest of the riddles though. It's clear you put a lot of thought and work in this game. All of the mechanics were inventively designed.

Speaking of inventively designed, I must talk about the elephant in the room. Till now, I've avoided, but I can no longer do that.

The end. Holy. Shit. What a masterful ending. So far, I've been really enjoying the game, I particularly loved the Vampire riddle, but it didn't seem anything extraordinary. I thought it was a decent enough game, but that ending, wow!

That was a creative use of HTML white text, blending in the text so you can't see unless you highlight it. In the hint, it was "why is it hard to see a baby polar bear in the snow"

I loved all the riddles and the way to beat the lord of the tower by dying in 8 different ways, was so fucking good. Seriously hats off. I was initially frustrated, because I tried brute forcing it by clicking on all the endings, and nothing happened, then I finally got smart and figured it out. The time loop was really well thought out.

For that ending, as well as a consistently wonderful game, I give this game a perfect 8/8. I hope you make a sequel

The last question the worst. So many parts riddles don't make sense no answer key.

My first story-game on this website! Even better, it didn't disappoint! I suggest reading it.

I hate this, this is way to challenging for teens.