I was a fan of Stick Figure Death Theater way back in the day (Late 90's, yeah, my age is showing), so I really enjoyed the animations in this. However, there were so many unexplored possibilities with the item combinations.
I was pretty disappointed with the "click, click, hope something happens" method, although some of the combinations made sense after finding them (gunpowder/metal= pistol). If you do another one of these, it would be cool to see each base combo have some kind of animation, with combinations of 3 or more leading to more elaborate "death" scenes. Overall, this was an entertaining distraction, but I really wouldn't consider it a game.