Surradia: An Art Retrospective (Demo)

Congratulations on submitting to the jam! I'm very impressed that one person managed to put (very nearly) all of this together within the time limit of the jam. 

I actually played this game once, left it for a couple of weeks, and came back to revisit it. On the second playthrough, I noticed a lot of connections between the clues that I'd missed the first time. I think the connections might have been easier to make if it were possible to distinguish a little more between the painting styles of each separate artist, but I understand that's a big ask with one person handling all of the artwork for the game!

There were a couple of deductions that I didn't feel like I could make with 100% certainty, but overall the narrative was well-reasoned. I enjoyed the music, and the ability to switch between rooms without losing progress made everything much easier to parse. I particuarly liked the variety of objects and media available in room 3. As someone who specialises in fine art, I'd love to know more about the roots of the Surradist movement and why they were so invested in the particular idiosyncratic practices we see in the demo. I think the concept is great, and I look forward to the full version! 

Really cool game, I especially like the setting a lot! I enjoyed that the clues tie into each other in a satisfying way. Also, it's extra impressive that you did *almost* everything all by yourself!

Lovely game, I enjoyed it, but had to use the answer key in some places. One thing that will really help is if you click on something that has multiple pages I think it should go to the next page instead of closing. Then once you get to the last page you close the item. It took me a while to see the Next page button because it looks like the buttons underneath. Maybe put them to the left and right of the pages, but I do think clicking through them would help as well. 

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The idea is neat and the story is interesting and engaging. There are some riddles that I honestly could not figure out and got by accident - notably the very last one. Even knowing the answer - and I was looking in the right spot - I can’t figure out how I could reach that conclusion.

Nonetheless, it was a good experience and the game as a lot of potential! Keep up the good work.