Man I absolutely suck at puzzles and this game knocked me out already with the first one. There is a lot of effort put into this game tho maybe someday I'll finish it

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No but fr tho I can't progress and the guide I downloaded is empty

love the puzzles! question - is this the only escape room type game you've made? Seems like the others are more visual novels mainly?

Gave myself some time today and finally played to this... IT WAS GREAT!! I didnt expected to get so attached to the characters, on my way to adopt Cautionne...  Also Dr Danger has like. the coolest design ever?! I was craving a good puzzle game and this really gave me what i was missing these days! Honestly this is wild to me such a high quality game isn't talked more amongst VN and point and click mystery type game fans! I am spamming my friends now to play to it!! I will probably play ProtoViolence very soon, i'm really excited to read more about the characters <3

Spoilers below!

Having already played ProtoViolence prior to this, most of my praises from there in terms of quality carry over to this project. The Voice acting, the art and animation are all up to professional standard and yet again it feels as if this shouldn't have been a free experience. While my favourite of the two is still most certainly ProtoViolence due to the sheer emotional impact it had on me, this served as such a fun continuation/expansion on the story. MAN if I thought Dr.Deidre was badass before, she most CERTAINLY is now. I just adore the cute found family trope that underlines the villanous hinjinks here. I must say I am most suprised by the costume change for Pav, but it suits him! Speaking of, the tv segments, along with the more investigation-esque gameplay really reminded me of the vibes of DRv2/v3, in all the best ways. What an icon honestly. 

On a side note, you have no idea how thankful I am for this being so accessible in terms of adjusting difficulty giving the option to skip. As someone who sucks ass at problem solving and most of the times gives up pretty easily, it was such a relief to not have to worry about looking for gameplays to finish experiencing the story as I often have to do.

My sole critique would have to be the fact that certain voicelines continue on before you click to continue onto the next line/animation, and so it feels a little clunky at times trying to time progressing the written text along with the spoken voiceline quick enough.

All in all, another 5/5 experience. I'm sure to be looking forward to experiencing more of the Violence series, should it continue!

Just finished the game ! It was in my games to play list for quite a while now... AND I SHOULD HAVE PLAYED IT SOONER GOD IT'S SO GOOD

As a big fan of escape games, I really loved all the little puzzles ! It added a fun part (To me at least. Even if I have to admit I might have cheated to get all the achievements for some of the hard level puzzles...)

I also loved the designs ! Especially Cautionne. He's so funky I love it. This child is my little brother now.

(Spoilers from here !!!)

Concerning the lore, I loved it just as much ! I'm already weak for the found family trope (one of my comfort and favourite tropes) so when it's. Characters becoming villains AFTER ESCAPING A CORRUPTED ENVIRONNEMENT ? TO FIGHT IT ? IN MORALLY GREY WAYS ? CHEF'S KISS

Also I want to give Cautionne a hug MY POOR BOY. And I'll make him pancakes as well.

Annnnnd that's all ? Sorry I can't say more, I just really loved the game in general and it's hard to point out what exactly because my brain isn't cooperating properly :,D

I'll continue with protoViolence, hope to see more of the series soon ! Can't wait to know more about those characters

I just finished this game, and it really lived up to expectations! Catching all the nods and cross-references between this story and protoViolence was so satisfying, and I enjoyed the slow reveal of information throughout the narrative and how it influences the protagonist's actions. There were some moments of pure visual storytelling that gave me goosebumps, particularly the ending with the hair pin.

Great work all around, and something this team should be proud of! <3

I had a lot of fun collecting all the endings, especially the dead ends; I had a great time experiencing all the different failure punishments. 

You did a really great job on this game; I can't wait to see what you create next! 

Certified Cauttione moment, someone should lock him in a room with 4 humidifier filled with milk *thumbs up*

It is mindblowing. The art, the story, the twist, and the character are just so endearing. Loving a supervillain is an overused trope nowadays but it is a new cliche for a reason. To think that it is completely free! I just want to hug the kid at the end of the story, it is so good!!

i had to know what happens after protoViolence! highly recommend! these puzzles are varied and challenging. the guide is really helpful-- it's still satisfying to solve the puzzle by using the hints, and i only needed to use the solution for one of them. and the slow-drip of story as you move through the rooms is really intriguing :) 10/10 would be Cautionne's lab rat again

Finishing protoviolence first really helped me feel the full effect of the ending to malviolence! 😭 It was an interesting experience seeing how the two connect. I’m fascinated by the world of STOP and their schemes, hope to see more of it but excited for anything you make

I admit as I had to toggle down the difficulty level and I’m so glad there are hints in this steam guide that helped me out along the way. All the little post its I would have missed had I not read this!! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977721903

Took a break from Spooktober games for a pick-me-up by playing this VN. I loved protoViolence so much so I was guessing I would enjoy the sequel too. It was entertaining, just as I knew it would be! 

I started out hopeful as I was able to do the first couple of puzzles, but oh boy. At some point I had to cling for dear life to the guide to get past the rest of the puzzles, which were all really well-constructed and challenging! I did so badly that I collected all the ways to die/fail embarrassingly easily. My favorite puzzles were probably the Tetris-like puzzle (since I'm obsessed with Tetris) and the breakfast food one. 

The entire visual novel looks incredible, from the colorful and lovingly-accessorized character designs to the backgrounds to the puzzles to the interface. The voice acting was super solid as well. 

I loved clicking all the details and seeing how they fit in with the lore I knew from playing the prequel. I was so happy to get Ending C. Cautionne is so precious, and I would do anything for him, truly! 

I'd be so down to check out another game in the Violence series, but even if there will be only two, I want to thank you for creating such a wonderfully engaging experience! I love this world and its characters with all my heart! <3

SPOILER WARNING FOR THE ENDINGS

how dare you chekhovs gun me with the "job well done" ending. I still have one ending left to unlock and if anybody else dies I'm going to be sending you my therapy bills

THIS GAME WAS SO shakes you furiously 

i love this game so so much from the visuals to the sound design, to the voice acting and the puzzles (even if they were hard for me lol) THE STORY HAD ME SOBBING my boy cautionne  </3 the only boy to ever...

thanks to everyone who made this game <3 cannot wait to see the next spin-off (normal grip)

this game was super adorable to play!
I liked the first appearance of Cautionne so much that I had to replay it just to watch again

overall, the storyline is touching and interesting, and puzzles are quite hard, but that made sense because of the plot

thank you for the game!!!

just downloaded the game today and finished it today ! Im such a sucker for puzzles so this was basically made for me, I had so much fun until my world shattered at the panopticon. Its okay though I surpassed using SighingSlider's video yay ! yay !

If i were to rate the game I'd give it aaaaaa 9/10 ! Awesome lore, overall huge brain usage experience but 1. i got a headache midway through LOL 2. Game was TOO captivating finished it in onw (1) day and 3. Major LACK of MERCH !!! Love u Cautionne :,(((((

This is a very well-done puzzle adventure game! To me, it's quite reminiscent of the Zero Escape games in terms of gameplay and design. Here's part 1 of 3 of my playthrough, if anyone's interested:

My only frustration is how there are two objects in the last room that are easily missable (the ones you need to click on to unlock one of the endings). The highlighted area for one of them is just so tiny compared to everything else. 

Otherwise, everything about the game is well put together and very professional. Cauttione himself being the main star with his eye-catching character design and dynamic animations. Though, I still don't know if I can forgive him for all the extremely gruesome deaths he inflicts on me! 😩

Congrats on the release of a definitive edition!

Bug: The screen seems glitched, which seems to have nothing to do with the settings I've checked off and on.

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I haven't progressed past this point, but I wanted to wait until it's been fixed. I'd love to be immersed by the game once it is.

loved the game! played it with a friend, the mission accomplished ending hit me like a freight train, very effective storytelling all around.

so i think ive encountered a bug! first off; the game refuses to log my achievements, it gives me the banner when i complete the achievement, but even after getting almost all of them the achievements window itself says everything is still locked!

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secondly; I wanted to get every ending, and used the guide to help me do so. got the Mission Accomplished ending and the Communication Error endings with no issue, but even after using the guide to find every item, instead of getting the Breakout Rule escape ending as the guide said i would, the game still shunted me towards the Communication Error ending. I checked twice, I definitely clicked every item, is this a known bug? is there any way to fix it on my end?

Just wanted to swing by and give an update now that I've played the Definitive Edition on Steam.

The rebalances is a very nice change, the game definitely feels much more approachable despite the potion mixing puzzle actually defeating me harder this time? I also appreciate that after you've already got a bad ending you don't have to deal with the limit anymore, at least on base difficulty. It's a nice little change. Also highlighting the things you're selecting is really nice. All the new QoL updated you've added are really nice!

I also noticed that some of the text was more properly timed in the voiced tv screen segments rather than just skipping, but it had a few issues with the unvoiced versions skipping too quickly when a sentence went over two lines.

Also am I missing something with the evidence board puzzle, there's something about striking through notes but I'm not sure where the notes are meant to be?

Damn this game is crazy hard, it's amazing that this was made for a jam because this was way beyond my skill level I kinda feel bad skipping over these puzzles, but also it's impressive puzzles of this level of difficulty were put together for a Game Jam.

I'll go back to this game another time, I'll probably have to skip the puzzles when I do because they are way too complicated for me... I think that I was expecting more of a Zero Escape style lock and key type mini puzzles rather than these more elaborate logic puzzles.

Still, love the chaotic lad Cautionne from what I've seen so far, he's a precious murder creature

I am slightly shaken up by one of the ending, was not expecting that, BUT THAT WAS SO COOL- I did struggle a lot, because i did this during sickness, but got past none the less , great job! :3

Hey! The game was fun. The puzzles are very, very challenging. I like the fact that the dialogue and the story slightly shifts depending on how closely you're looking through the scenery and how much lore you're digging through by doing so.

I made a walkthrough for all puzzles (except for the cybernetics pipeline, which I still can't figure out... Will hopefully solve it and add later) (Got the cybernetics puzzle!) Hope it helps anyone that's currently stuck!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QeD5hpYcXqNdXPnKcAg0BxBuHlH0aOetb0ymTjZoWgM/...

My god such a amazing game!

btw congratulations, you made me write a code for solving the sewing puzzle. this is the first time i solved it. i mean in theory it has too many possibilities. just 5 spaces have 36^5 =60466176 possible combinations. but it works out in the end. i calculated only for 8 spaces so that may be a factor lol. but i was actually surprised by the speed of it. it was essentially instantaneous. will code more solutions in the future.

Please tell how to get the busybody and hidden achievements!

This is such a fun game!!!! I love the various puzzle elements (and also how they're skippable, since im kind of bad at puzzles lol). The character art and design is super nice and the story pulled on my heartstrings i love cautionne and dr danger ;; everything felt very clean and polished and made for a very enjoyable playing experience!!!

Didn't finish yet because I just don't want to skip the puzzle but I'm currently stuck on that puzzle with the three children 😅. Compared to this one, I found the hacking puzzle a lot easier since only a few moves can only be made at one place and the rest come along naturally.

But I loved the game so far. It's really great to find some challengers puzzles 😁

Loved this game! Very heart pulling story and cool puzzles! One minor bug I came across is I tried losing at every puzzle but I can't seem to get dead end 9, I think it's the maze puzzle but it just says not valid solution when I try to get it wrong. Other than that I've unlocked everything but the A for Effort and hidden achievement

Nice! Loved the writing! You had me doing puzzles all afternoon lol.

Overall, I liked it, as a puzzle game. Great job from all the team. 

tl;dr: local supervillain gets quirky. explosions are involved. at least one person dies in a glue trap

That aside, this game has such fresh ideas and is so well-executed! The Puzzle Skip setting honestly elevates the experience in terms of accessibility - some puzzles I was able to solve neatly (tutorial wheel, poison-sorting, neuron rewire, three children, scraddle, scrapbook), but some were super crazy (why is there a PANOPTICON in here of all things. what were you COOKING), so I appreciate a feature that lets you enjoy the story regardless of your puzzle proficiency.

The character designs are AWESOME and the story is very nice, I just wish Cautionne and Danger's backstories were elaborated on a little bit more (as it stands I think the latter's development is more extensive, but the former has a stronger "show don't tell" feel to it). Without the stress of a jam deadline it could be something much greater. Overall awesome work and an amazing directorial debut!

(btw please post the ost somewhere I need that title screen theme on loop right now)

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I got all three main endings, but it was pretty interesting to see that one of them - the one where Cautionne gets awesome (read: shoots you in the knee) - has two variations depending on how much of Deidre's diary you read. It's a pretty nice mini-branch.

Also I have no idea how to get Busybody and the hidden achievement. I assume either of them has to do with uncovering every piece of evidence and getting the final "good" ending (you both live), but I still don't have those achievements yet. What are the exact requirements?

I'm really enjoying this game even if I'm horrible at puzzles, but I saw in an update post that it's possible to skip all puzzles, and like, how? I don't see any option to skip the puzzle I'm on (hacking puzzle oml its so hard). Also, I found a bug sometimes its possible to interact with the game options when you are on the save menu. Other than that the game has been really fun so far (sorry if I sound rude I'm not trying to be)

Goddamn this game is amazing. I got so attached to Cautionne the ending I got kinda broke me a little even though I feel like its a "good" one- like, the cliffhanger definitley made me wanting for more, but I feel like settiing up like that was intentional. That said, while waiting for the ending guide I'll try and see what the other endings are like and go from there- 

is there a guide somewhere?

Woo! I finally finished it! I loved it!! The story was compelling, and I love Cautionne. There's something really fun about knowing what a character's inspired by- it's a nice bonus. But that knowledge isn't necessary either; the story and character are great standalone. Compelling in its own way that isn't derivative.

The only reason I didn't finish this day one is because I was too stubborn. I'm pretty bad at games like Layton and Zero Escape- I end up looking up guides and FAQs for the puzzles. When I realized this VN had that puzzle escape room set up, I did react like, "oh no!!!!!!!!" But I still wanted to try to solve the puzzles!!

In the end, I only gave up on two puzzles. The one involving liquids and, uh... the other one that involved spinning & symbols, I don't know how else to describe it. Funnily enough, I recognized that the liquid puzzle was veeery similar to a Layton puzzle. I had a laugh when I realized I could solve the puzzle by copying a video showing the solution for the Layton puzzle. The numbers are different, but the principle is the same! Makes sense, makes sense. (That being said, I don't know if I could solve the puzzle guideless if I opened the game right now... This one's beyond me)

It's great that the game has a skip option. I was just stubborn and wanted to try solving the puzzles. And it was worth it! It feels great when I finally solve them, even if it takes hours. The hacking one is probably the most satisfying because of how everything lines up in the end.

That ingredient puzzle is probably the easiest for me, but it did give me trouble on my first go. I had trouble understanding the premise. I'm only bringing this up because it's very silly on my behalf. Trying to read the instructions... I had this thought of, "Wait, do I need to know food groups to solve this??" I was starting to write things down, like, okay maybe the strawberries and blueberries can touch each other because they're in the same food group. And then I was like- "... are those mechanical nuts????? um????? I guess that's a food group of its own??" LOL. Needless to say, it took me a few minutes to realize the actual rules were much simpler than that. I guess that is a natural aspect to puzzles and riddles- accidentally overthinking it. But I still feel silly about it.

Alright, alright. Story-wise, I wish I had a lot to say- it's mostly just "I like it." I did enjoy my experience with realizing there's multiple endings and quickly figuring out what I had to do for them. That felt good. What didn't feel good was that one ending where you quickly & heartlessly escape... By the end of this, I was very attached to Cautionne and his story. My heart was so torn by that!!

I'll wrap this up by saying I think this is a very solid VN. Very polished. Putting the puzzles aside, the only nitpicks I have are just some moments where the dialogue advances by itself. I was still able to read it, but it felt kinda sloppy? Not sure how to explain it. And I did have a moment where I undid puzzle progress by accidentally scrolling my mouse wheel, which opened up the story log thingy. But other than that! Music, voice acting, writing, art, etc.-! Wonderful!! Great job everyone!

I simply cannot get past the hacking puzzle, but I'm too stubborn to skip, I spent almost an hour and a half on it by now. So I'm stopping for the time being. If anyone has any idea how exactly I'm supposed to parse this Jenga tower, I'd appreciate it.

I loved the game, and I just want to ask for one thing, PLEASE TELL ME YOU WILL MAKE A SEQUEL TO IT!!!

I've really been left with the intrigue of what Cautionne's future will be now that he is without Dr. Danger, and what will happen to the world...

(If you do a sequel, please do something like "HerovsVillano", because I really love how you have made Cautionne so stylish as a villain<3)

I don't know if anyone else has had this issue but I'm getting a horizontally split, misaligned background screen and other scrambled images/graphics.

Really enjoyed this! Some puzzles were quite difficult (I did need a hint for one of them, and there were a few puzzles that I spent like 2 hours on each...), but I found them to be quite fun to solve, and satisfying when I finally got it right. Besides the puzzling, I really enjoyed the story. I thought it was interesting and emotionally satisfying, surprisingly so, given how short the game is outside of puzzling time (and you have the option to skip most of the puzzles if you just want the story). And the game felt and looked quite polished. I especially loved the artwork. Overall I'm super happy I played this, I thought it was great, and impressive for a game jam game.