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Water Wheel is a short adventure game where you must escape a strange apartment. The machine that delivers food to the residents has stopped working.  Now your only choice is to find a way out.

Controls:

  • Movement:  WASD
  • Camera & Cursor: Mouse
  • Interact: Left Click
  • Use Cursor: TAB

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Lead Developer: hiromu656

Music by Andrew Pierce

Character Artwork by ELLISBUG

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Authorshiromu656, Andrew.Pierce.2032, ELLISBUG
GenreAdventure, Puzzle
TagsEscape Game, Short, Singleplayer

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WaterWheel.zip 83 MB

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Wonderful game. Reminded me a lot of Saya No Uta.

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😊👍
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Loved the game, the ending was creepy.

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Well done on the game. was quite fun and I liked how the puzzles were made to solve ^^

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This game might have one of the most addicting musical tracks I've ever heard.
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Short and really fun!  The twist to it all was really creative.

https://www.indiegamesjam.com/water-wheel-horror-game-review/

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Was an interesting and spooky game at times! Really liked how the story went from one thing about apartment people fighting for food to then the player becoming food, thought that was a nice twist! The puzzles at times did seem to be a stretch at a bit, like the bathroom puzzle I did by accident and then the final code wasn't even right but it somehow worked. 

It was an interesting concept overall and really fun to play and experience!

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Enjoyable game! Really liked the short and to the point story as well as the puzzles! Can’t wait to see more :D

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THIS WAS GREAT!  EXCEPT FOR THE COLOR CODE PART!
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Not simple game, i think allusion to our society

And very very cool music )

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Muito interessante, uma pena ser tão curto.
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Gave it a Let's Play, my complaints/criticisms within 

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very enjoy it
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Really interesting game. 

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That was a sweet, succinct Escape Room/horror experience!

The puzzles were challenging (for me at any rate!) and the whole lore kept me thoroughly engaged!

Pros:

  • Engrossing storyline, fed through the web chat with the other neighbours - drip feeding the player into an uncertain and perilous journey
  • Puzzles were challenging and inventive - although the flat/apartment was small, it didn't take long for the 'ol brain stems to work out the logic of the puzzles. 
  • Great soundtrack
  • Short enough to leave the player wanting more

Cons:

  • Although the game was very ambiguous as to what was really going on in the apartment, I wanted to find out more of what this 'mass' was. Not especially a con to be honest - as I would always want to be left wanting more from a game rather than the opposite, but in this instance there was just so many questions left unanswered.

I really hope you make a sequel to this game!

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cool game