Zoe & the Magic Escape User Reviews

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Too difficult

Not enough access to hints. The puzzles are illogical and without hints there is no progress.

So close to being really good

But repeated glitches and puzzle issues took me out of it. Things like you needed to close a bunch of plants for one puzzle, and one of the plants kept glitching to not be close-able, and even when they didn’t it was near impossible to hit all of them at once. The music didn’t seem to really match up with the notes for a music puzzle, making that near impossible. There was a globe turning puzzle that would glitch and the globe would get stuck. Some issues are playable through, I gave up at the plants and was really disappointed because there were some good ideas here, but it was just too frustrating to navigate through.
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Response from developer

The plants close and reopen quickly. Use two hands to be quick enough to:)

It's okay

It's okay, but not great. Not the most user-friendly puzzle game. I'm a professional symphony musician, and the music puzzle didn't match the sound cues, even if in a different octave. I had to use up all my hints to get past that one and now I'm stuck on the venus flytraps. The game has potential, but it's not quite there yet.
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Stuck on the venus flytraps

Is there an override? Ive even watched videos on youtube, and cannot get past them.

Response from developer

Use two hands :)

Not worth the download

Watched the whole intro. Started playing the game, get outside the door (which is very easy) and cannot continue due to having to purchase the full version. It’s not even enough time to immerse yourself into the game to decide if it’s worth the money.

Zoe

I really like this game but I haven't got a clue what’s going on when I manage to find a gold hint it doesn’t last very long and there very hard to find so it means I’m going in and out of different rooms the owl only helps wen you get gold so I’m stuck on the first level iv only managed to solve 3 things so I’m getting a bit fed up Iv payed my £1..99 to get all levels but I carnt see me getting through the first one is any one els having the same problem or is it just me
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Broken Code

The code to the second door in the hallway (from the globe) isn’t working, I’ve cross-checked it with other walkthroughs and it is the correct code, but when I input it nothing happens

Slightly Glitchy

I found if you didn’t get some of the magical items in order, eg, the lotus stems first, then it would glitch out and not add it to your inventory. I had to restart a fair few times with different orders of obtaining items, but found getting the lotuses first seemed to stop the glitch. Other than that, a cute little game!
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DNF- Here’s Why

This is, overall, a charming and entertaining little game. Good design, cozy graphics, and very much recommended for anyone whose kid player is a fan of, say, Disney’s Sword in the Stone.

But I didn’t finish, because one puzzle requires sound. That’s (almost certainly unconscious) ableism which leaves out hearing impaired folx. If there had been an animation that pointed out the solution, that would be great, but watching the in game animation there’s no hint of linking to the solution.

That spoiled the whole game for me. I don’t know how to fix games for visually impaired people, but making sure your game doesn’t require sound to finish a puzzle is easy to fix for the hearing impaired.

3 stars (with the potential for higher ranking if this is fixed).
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Response from developer

Hi Devi-Chan. We love musical puzzles and wanted to include one in the game. We don't consider it ableist as the puzzle can be bypassed if someone is unable to complete it, so it doesn't stop someone from finishing and enjoying the rest of the game. We are glad you enjoyed all the other games!

Cute and fun puzzling adventure

Thoroughly enjoyed the game! The story was cute and the puzzles were fairly straightforward and simple - but not necessarily all easy. Would love to see more from this developer and a longer game!

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