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Score: 5

"I play the piano, and yet..."

by: RACiEP

date: June 25, 2008

I still couldn't beat the game. Some of the keys double click and you can't tell when it has because there is no sound when you play the piano. I couldn't make it past the piano part because of the many faults I made in pressing the keys An idealistic thing to do would be to make it play a not when you press the keys. Another problem with entering in the code correctly is that the melody is too long for it to be entered correctly by most people. Alsoyou have to take in account that not everyone know, s how to play the piano or even read music at that. Granted, I'm sure you worked hard on this, but when you make games, always think of who is playing it. Unless you were going to teach everyone how to play the piano or label the keys and notes, then this wasn't a very good idea. Oh and I have a question. If you could PM me or reply to this that would be great--Why does the music staff have six lines?

Score: 6

"OMG"

by: 301heng

date: November 25, 2007

music!well i did not learn the piano!

Score: 3

"Not the best out there"

by: Scorp-poison

date: November 19, 2007

any puzzle that requires the players to have knowledge not found in the game is a sure fire way to alienate users. I while being of intelligent mind am not a pianist therefore have no knowledge what keys are what, and the need for me to learn piano keys to solve a escape puzzle is rarely worth the reward of seeing the "yay you escaped" screen. plus having to play an entire song? you should have named this piano escape!
good graphics and humor though.

Score: 2

"Meh"

by: Zanix00

date: November 5, 2007

Very short, the lottery thing was ridiculous. I understand the name of the game was lottery escape but it would have been better if there was a way to cheat the lottery and that was the only way to get it. Also would have been cool if you could win other prizes. It had so much more potential and you didn't use it.

Score: 2

"Gr. I think I hate you."

by: IrisBeloved

date: August 12, 2007

With such a long code, it's almost impossible to not mess it up for one, making it hard to tell if I'm even entering the right code. This leaves very little room for trying to figure out what the code is supposed to be, even following your directions I can't get it to open because the sequence keeps on getting messed up. Also, you're being detrimental to the people who read music (like yourself,) by putting the notes in the wrong place. You have a good concept by doing these things, but by putting it all together, it ends up being an exercise in futility.
Also, sometimes the notes will double click, leaving you with no clue if you're entering it right or not, especially with the lack of sound to alert you. This is definitely a good start, I was excited to see a piano as part of the puzzle, but I'm beyond annoyed. Boo to this.

Score: 4

"okay one"

by: KWAS71KCK

date: June 8, 2007

well, your efforts were nice in this one, but this one needed audio... was no audio in it.

Score: 1

"I dislike madeup languages in puzzles"

by: Semi4

date: June 7, 2007

A few things that I hate in escape games.

Buggy games that have not been tested. And authors can spout all they want that they tested it but if it does not work live…it was not tested.

Needing to find the exact pixel to click on.

Looking under a chair and not seeing the chainsaw because I did not look at the ceiling first, or my foot first, or …..

I love puzzles. I hate sliding box puzzles with no solution. Yes, it is possible to have no solution.

I love mysteries. Finding the exact pixel is not a mystery it is a pain.

How about a puzzle based on a made up language that only the author knows. That is basically what a made up musical language is. How about a music scale with 57 notes?

If you know nothing about music, you should not use it as a puzzle or you should learn enough to know what you are doing.

Because of the last puzzle I am more critical than I would be normally, but I am seeing a trend that I do not like. It seems that these puzzles are not very well thought out and are not well tested. Thinking about something does not mean it is well thought out.

I like most of what I see in the last 2 puzzle games that you made. The untested bug was a horrible mistake.

This on may have a better ending but so far it seems it may end in a similar way as the last one.

Also, for the author of a puzzle to be able to input the correct numbers and have the game continue to the end means the code is not buggy, it does not mean the puzzle is not buggy.

Score: 5

"Not possible."

by: MJTTOMB

date: June 7, 2007

Do you not know how to write music?

You made the clefs wrong. It's impossible to know what notes to play if the clef is wrong.

AND

What's with the natural if there's no key signature?

I can't give it a good grade if only you can read the notes. I know it starts on c, but there are too many lines in the clef. there should only be 5 lines, but there are 6.

Score: 5

"not everyone can read notes"

by: booshua

date: June 7, 2007

other than that it's not bad

Score: 6

"improvements needed"

by: Yamcha-Bagings

date: June 7, 2007

I cant play piano and cant read notes .If its unnecessary to play that song on the piano i apologise

The lack of sound is annoying.

More thing are needed to do, its too short