Haha, hopefully the game can give you the opposite feeling of being smart. I think it ended up looking complicated in the video because I'm showing mostly the last stage in the puzzle. But in the game the concepts are introduced more delicately through simpler puzzles

Thank you so much for this comment and for that fact about the Nancy Drew game! I love learning about other games that incorporate real-life things into puzzles

Thank you very much for spotting this! I indeed made a mistake in that slide. *Step 4* should be the reverse of the replacements in the *first step* not of the 3rd one. That's where we get "IIII->IV". For a case like I+III it will get converted to IV during that last step, and in case of III+II it gets converted to V in step 3. And if we add V + IV, IV gets converted too IIII and then VIIII gets converted to IX in that last step.

That is not what the algorithm does. Firstly, the units are 1s, 5s, 10s, 50s, and 100s. Roman numerals are not quite base so there's more to it then that. And, even though I is 1 and X is 10, IX is 9 instead of 11 so just adding things up as is doesn't work, so the first step is converting it to a form where you really can just add up all the individual letters to get the sum. "write out its sum" also isn't an algorithm, so the key is how to do that. Steps 2 and 3 are about doing everything in the right order, the equivalent of carrying the 1 when adding numbers in base 10 if 2 digits add up to 10 or more. Step 4 in the video is wrong, but is supposed to be about bringing back IV, IX, XL, XC which were removed in the first step. It's not the most complicated algorithm, but it's also more sophisticated than you give credit. Converting everything to just ones isn't necessarily easier, because you still need an algorithm to count up one by one in Roman numerals. Plus it's a way slower algorithm.

Replacing everything with "I"s and then back would also work, but it would increase the length of each step. In the game right now it's not a possibility because there is a limit to both the amount of steps and the number of elements in each step.

Thank you so much! Completely agree with you! Playtesting is such an integral part of my game development process. The puzzles end up changing so much based on what players find easy or difficult or where they get stomped.

Yea this is too diabolical for me to solve lol. But I’m fascinated by the process!

Thank you for this great idea! Added the link to the description: docs.google.com/document/d/1A2il95jnFbAtmz05_PLvFoVxmV4KaI2n2Shu3Oz4GtE/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you! My goal was to take an initially intimidating puzzle and through some changes and addition of introductory puzzles make it friendly to players with different puzzle solving skills

Also, what a beautiful handwriting

Thank you for the kind words! Good luck with your game!

Thank you for these great comparisons, and for mentioning the details in the environments! We put a lot of thought into them, and I'm happy to see that noticed!

@@richardv.2475 Thank you!! I’m so happy The Land Forgotten brings those associations! I love those games and films, especially for the mood they evoke!

Thank you so much! I used to love solving those kind of linguistic problems in high school, happy that there are other people who enjoy them and hope to introduce more to them with The Land Forgotten!:)

@@dugldoo Thank you! That’s a good analogy. I also thought of it as writing a book, but you are responsible not just for writing, but illustrations, printing and for the book not falling apart when somebody reads it.

Thank you for these kind words! Fully in-game, the idea is that the player doesn't even need to know those languages are real. In fact I think it's better if they don't, then it's a great reveal at the end that those are all real languages. So revealing that fact in the video is a bit of a spoiler, but I like that part of the game a lot, so wanted to share it:)

@@dariamakesgames I love that!!! Thank you for the response, and I'm glad that's the way it is in-game!

Thank you so much! I don't have it up on any platforms yet, but I will definitely update all the possible social media channels once I do!

@@dariamakesgames ​ Appreciated! I'm not big on puzzle games at all, but this one I'd play. Since the core game mechanic revolves around linguistics, I find the watercolor artstyle simply perfect. The way the paints blend with each other can be compared to the way an understanding of a language feels at some point. This emphasizes the mystery and draws me in, to not understand only the puzzles, but also the world and the narrative you've so painstakingly prepared. If given enough time this game will be a gem, but until then keep at it. You're the experienced one here, so trust yourself. The only thing I will add is this: maybe use this correlation I pointed out in an intresting, not obvious way? Feels like to me like you already have, since you aimed for such artstyle, but nevertheless - personally I'd try to build something on top of that, since it's one opportunity for an artstyle and a premise like that. Aim for something innovative, smart and beautiful and the rest will complete itself. Can't wait to hear more!

@@diribigal Thank you! There are plans, but I want the game to be in a more complete state and closer to release before then

@@superkaboose1066 haha, thank you so much!