Escape Simulator

Escape Simulator

Potions Class Semester Test
22 Comments
Rhodo Oct 10, 2024 @ 9:08pm 
Too much moon logic.
IsaWP Mar 13, 2024 @ 6:10pm 
Have to echo the others that I did like the effort that went into the room, but there's maybe a bit of a puzzle design/room design discrepancy.
(btw, you seem to be able to change the base by just pouring the mug out again, or close and open the scroll, then pouring out the mug)
IsaWP Mar 13, 2024 @ 5:46pm 
I don't think you can find out the order of ingredients without guess work. Fruits and shells never appear in the same book, so you can't know which one is first. Same with petals and leaves.
There's also a bit of an expectation problem. I expect an actual recipe during a potion exam, and instead I have to glare at cabinets and bone flasks and solve word games to open the prof's suitcase and to unlock ingredients, and THEN maybe I get hints for what I'm actually trying to accomplish. It seems backwards to how alchemy/chemistry/cooking tests should go.
Also, is there a way to empty the mug? Why does turning the wheel change both the liquid and fill the mug? Do I get the liquid pictured, or the one I change to??? Apparently if you fill the mug with both while trying to figure out what to do, you have no control over what goes in the pot, and you can't empty the pot. You can't reset the brewing as far as I can see.
Spidey Oct 28, 2023 @ 4:17am 
I was under the assumption that multiple rings were meant for multiplayer.
Lord Xenu Oct 9, 2023 @ 12:27pm 
Loved the visuals, Hated the puzzles. Especially that periodic table stuff was logic defying. gave up immediately cuz of it. If thats representative of the puzzles in the rest of the room, im not gonna bother trying to figure it out.
AttaboyBrad Oct 8, 2023 @ 2:14pm 
@MelonVerse, I trust you had some clear subjective intention in how these puzzles could be solved, but you may in this case be mistakenly conflating something "making sense" to you as its author with it "making perfect sense" to other minds without the hindsight of the walkthrough.

Perhaps I'm just daft. That can be a secondary goal for the room: judge if Attaboy is just daft! Hopefully that turns out to be the case. If so, I appear to be in good company based on other comments.
Somna Oct 7, 2023 @ 6:41am 
I honestly cant find the second key to the shell cubboard. It just doesnt exist, not even in the place where it is in the walk through.
MelonVerse  [author] Oct 6, 2023 @ 8:39pm 
Hey there @AttaboyBrad! There is a symbol on the bottom of the chest that you can connect to the the symbol on the periodic table of elements over the chalkboard. Hope that clears up why it makes perfect sense!
AttaboyBrad Oct 6, 2023 @ 7:43pm 
Really impressive visual design. Assuming it's original design, the room is worth opening for that alone...

...then I recommend immediately looking at the walkthrough and deciding for yourself whether the "solutions" seem "hard" because they're clever and logical or "hard" because they defy coherent reasoning.

For instance: When you see North, East, South, West... do you think of chemistry? If somehow you do, then do any chemical elements conjure a leonine updo in your minds eye? If the answer to either question is no, then you have your answer. Congratulations on your sound mind.
Salacious B. Crumb Sep 11, 2023 @ 10:08am 
Left drawer cupboard puzzle simply doesn't work. I found the correct solution, even matched it with the walkthrough, nothing happens.
Wulfie Sep 9, 2023 @ 7:58pm 
Hey! This map was so incredibly creative! The puzzles were extremely innovative and very cool!
But I had a major issue with the map... the puzzles aren't very clearly telegraphed. For example, the word-box made no sense because there was nothing indicating I had to match syllables to their respective words.

Otherwise, this map is fantastic! I've never seen puzzles that I've found so cool!
MelonVerse  [author] Sep 9, 2023 @ 6:52pm 
Hey! Are you matching the crystals to the liquid or the smoke/sparkles? You have to match it to the liquid. Make sure you are also putting them in the right cauldrons!
Jimee Sep 9, 2023 @ 6:29pm 
Final crystals did not match up with the potion colours at all, forcing to try every combination to finally get through
76Nomad Sep 8, 2023 @ 4:53am 
Hello o/

Played the map, not completely because we were struggling too much to do it, as non english native, the puzzles around wordplay can get pretty though to get, especially the little boxes :(
MelonVerse  [author] Aug 29, 2023 @ 7:34pm 
You don't have to!
Brian Kuhn Aug 29, 2023 @ 6:22pm 
I can't place a crystal in the cauldron on the bonus question table in the mini-classroom.
MelonVerse  [author] Aug 27, 2023 @ 1:41pm 
Which crystals, and which cauldron?
chellyb25 Aug 27, 2023 @ 1:24pm 
it wont let me place the bonus question crystal in the cauldron. i dont know if anyone else is having this issue
MelonVerse  [author] Aug 24, 2023 @ 1:16pm 
Thank you so much for your kind words! If you failed the test, you can always try again!
CinnaMon Aug 24, 2023 @ 12:24pm 
This is one of those maps where I feel lucky to be playing it for free. Unfortunately I wasn't smart enough to solve most of the puzzles. I actually felt like I WAS the character with that intro and environment
MelonVerse  [author] Aug 23, 2023 @ 7:31pm 
Thank you so much Robin! (Yes, kind of bias but I’ll still take it haha)
Robin Aug 23, 2023 @ 6:54pm 
I feel a bit biased commenting :D Your excellence in creating dark and moody atmospheres is unsurpassed, your puzzles are always complex head scratchers, and this map is no exception. I really appreciate the randomisation, and I think Pine will too :) Good luck!