A quite problematic room indeed. Super low fps and thus laggy because of the big scope, several issues regarding the clarity of riddles, and after the first stone room (where two bowls are incorrectly labeled as someone in the comments pointed out) the entire screen is just bright and clicking the stone doesn't do anything, so we had to abort.

Why did you put that button to complete the game ? I was too fast and be bait and couldn't finish the riddles. What the fuck is the point ??

It would have been a good game if it had been smaller and cleaner. The scope was too much, which made it extra frustrating that I spent a *stupid* amount of time in this game just to be unable to complete it due to a bug.

Spent entirely too long on this room, just to get stuck in a wall in a maze. I wish I could have my time back.

beat the game in 2 mins ez! (may have been bugged tho)

Got stuck in the first stone room. BS

THANK YOU everyone for your active reviews!

I noted the reports of many bugs. Unfortunately, I've tried to rectify them on my end, and it always show to be ok and working, but somehow they don't get fixed on some players' end :/

Anyway, I've decided to move on and embark in creating more games, channeling my limited resource (as a solo developer) to new concepts and ideas. Of course, I have always learnt along the way through all the comments given by all of you players (of which I appreciate very, very much!) and will build on these experiences in my future creations.

My motivation in creating rooms is always about trying out something new - new way of designing the environment / details / game logics etc. It's really about experimenting, so behind the scenes I've had weeks of pulling my hair at glitches when making the game too XD I share your pain, but I'll always work on sharing the joy and fruit of a completed game experience with you!

WARNING: In the first stone room, when finally solved Swap the Gyokuro and Genmaicha bowls around as they are incorrectly labeled.

Disappointing. Fine idea but I got stuck in the first stone room because the return never opened. All the lights lit up but nothing happened, so I was stuck. No option but to bail from the game.

The key card is not pickable to use in the atm.

There was so many bugs we just quit. Map is also super laggy, had 20 fps the whole time.

Map broke and very laggy :c

wtf is with this escape map? we hardly did anything and was being teleported alot and we know we hadnt done everything yet, yet the map said we won?

@Juli Thank you for your encouragement!

Great Room! Really appreciated the work put in :)

Can send me a direct message at discord :) my username is gingerbelle1799

Hi @Brian Kuhn , do you want to DM me with a screenshot of how you place the bowls? If not, I've made a visual answer key here - to compare if the bowls are placed correctly at the Stone of Earth: https://i.imgur.com/jc2UhlV.png

@chicken quest @Brian Kuhn ah, not sure why the key keeps getting shifted even though I've checked when I published it. I've decided to move the key up above the card - I hope it doesn't dropped/ gets shifted again >_<

Unfortunately i can't play the room. In fact the 1st door's key isn't in the box, then i'm stuck in the 1st room...

Hi @Hale_Caesar, and all friends - I've decided to do a workaround to solve the very common issue of receiving the letter at the start of the game

The game and plot should work fine now!

forgot to mention i opened the letter

i dont know what happened maybe is skipped too hard since i dont want to play this game like a JRPG well anyway... it teleported me to the end and i instantly finished the map you might need to fix that

Hi Gingerbelle!

We just completed the tea room and one of us clicked the stone. It started loading us into the stone of earth's world section, but never fully made it. Everything was white and we still had the tea bowls below us to interact with in the pure white screen instead of the new location.

We will probably try again this weekend since we did really enjoy it so far! Will keep you posted if we encounter that again!

Hi @Char vs. The Evil Dead : This is the first report of this glitch - were you at the tea room or in the stone of earth's world? I suspect it might be due to multiple clicking of the stone that cause the glitch. Somehow, the game performs unexpectedly when we throw items around / click many times when it's activating a transition :(

Super cute map, but it glitched during the transition after the tea room with the fog. Everything is white and still has us at the tea location so we can't interact with anything to progress.

Hi Gingerbelle - my laptop is permanently plugged in so I don't think that will make a difference. I might need to play with my ES options. My lapdog is about 3 years old but was top spec when I bought it...so I suspect my ES options are the culprit. Still, as I said, it was playable and very enjoyable!

Hi @Shaiynn!
That sounds like one of the common bugs that's reported, I faced it too occasionally when I trial play in Editor/Workshop mode. If you play it in "Single Player/ Multiplayer" mode, does the problem still persist?

If so, will have to restart the map, somehow that is a random (and annoying) bug that I'd appreciate if anyone can enlighten me how to fix!

@camcam I tried it with 1 friend and works well, not sure about 3 people or more ;)

@jaydubs thanks so much for your encouragement :D

@k8sparrot haha, will bear in mind about the lag and do it better next time ;) by the way, i always plug in my computer's charger when i play games, esp for the high ram-processing requirements one. Not sure if that will help you too!

Another fabulous room from Gingerbelle! This one was very laggy though - but not so bad as to be unplayable. Thank you!

im not sure if this is broken for me, game started with spa egg and envelope in my inventory (reading the envelope just finished the level for me), paint brush just disappears when you dip it into ink and on that tea leaf puzzle all the lights are already green when entering

Thanks @Gingerbelle for your tips. I finished the room. I need you to know that this is one of the most creative levels I have ever seen. It's charming, innovative, funny, cute, and the scenery is beautiful. Keep making levels, you're very good.

does it work with co-op/multiplayer?

@GeckeoS Thank you for being so appreciative! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!

@Jaydubs hi there! for the key pad, one common problem is that players key in 7285 instead of 07285 - the hint is in the guest card which shows cabin 07, and the ticket that states "5 digits". Not sure if this is the error you faced too? The second one on the door at the lava exit - I think it has been a common bug where players get stuck if they somehow bump into the door/wall when the animation is going on :( have to be careful about that when playing.

By the way, this map is deliberately map for enjoying the sceneries. So if you don't want to attempt all the puzzles and simply wanna tour around, you can use the debug mode :) The method is stated here, https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/3034261795/3817419154273490879/

I've got to say, this map truly exceeded my expectations. It showed how much can be achieved with the editor and is possibly the most detailed map I've every played in this game, excellent work!

This is beautiful and fun but I can't proceed and I don't want to do the whole thing over again. Also you should know that for the water stone, stuff is hovering off the ground.

Bug: I got stuck in the wall when exiting the lava area. can't get out.

I am having a bug where the keypad won't open the locker even though I have verified that I put in the correct number.

@Gavis Hello! 나는 멀티 플레이어 모드에서 한 친구와 함께 시도했고 작동했습니다. 대신 솔로로 해볼래? :)

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Hey thanks everyone once again for your comments!

@Jantoregin actually the lamp can be removed after that.. but I noted players might be stuck after that. So I have moved one of the lanterns to the after lava part.

@Autumn Light sure, do send me on discord. I'll see if they are fixable - though everything works when I trialed the game ;)

@Zimrath good suggestion! I've added a hint board, hopefully it serves as a helpful reference for guess-and-check for players.

It seems like other people have been able to figure it out on their own, but moving the bowls of tea leaves around is so slow, and has so many chances to make a mistake, that it could really use some acknowledgement that a bowl is in the correct spot. Otherwise, I can't tell the difference between "I didn't count the squares correctly" and "I completely misinterpreted how the text was describing the tea ."

(For the record, from the video walkthrough, my actual single mistake that I couldn't find was neither of the above, but another thing that I didn't consider because I've found myself making the above mistakes much more often).

Hey Gingerbelle, I enjoyed the map a lot. But I had A LOT of bugs come through. I'm making my video and I'll send it to you on discord to show you.

really great map. Only one really big issue is that if you go into the maze without grabbing both lanterns you will get softlocked after the lava bridge part because you leave the lantern above the symbol buttons.

Another high quality map , Thanks!