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Perplexing Paintings

Thx for playing! This was my first room, since then I've tuned them to become easier (maybe too easy). I'm always re-evaluating the difficulty of the puzzles between releases, so I appreciate the feedback.

Legitimately difficult. This is the first community room where I really felt like it was _my_ fault for being stuck at every point, and my partner and I were stuck at many points. Red herrings are subtle and numerous but not contrived or cheap. This should be held up as the absolute gold standard for escape rooms.

Hint guide updated

Thanks Arc that's a good point, will update the hints

Hey, Zesty! I quite enjoyed this room as well, and it's cool to see your progression as a creator across so few rooms.
I didn't read back through all the comments so maybe this is mentioned elsewhere, but I got hung up for a while on the second circle piece (the one sitting on the samurai painting) and eventually was willing to take a hint on the shapes puzzle. I think that you simply left this piece out of the hint guide, which caused me a fair bit of grief before eventually just watching the video. If it can be updated you should probably add that in (a hint could be added for the shape puzzle to indicate that tells you where to find the pieces without giving away the rest of the puzzle).

Hi Tonny, the number of paintings are not an intentional red herring. I suppose that's one way to look at things I had not considered, will keep in mind. With my later rooms I avoid red herrings so that's a design phase I've left behind :) Thanks for the feedback!

Hey Zesty.
Is the number of paintings in the 3-part of the final puzzle an intentional red herring? That there are 3 paintings in that room section got me side tracked on counting pictures in the corresponding room sections, which blinded me from seeing/looking for other possible solutions...
Brilliant way to hide numbers in plain sight though!
Thanks again for a great map!
Best regards, Tonny.

Wow, what a map! Really good! Thanks.
Got stuck on the final puzzle though. Big AHA when I finally got it!
Looking forward to playing your other ones.

The Devilish Diorama 2 is now available! Go check it out!

Thanks @Spyro! Thanks @Marnova! Look forward to more 😎