After multiple attempts throughout the day, I finally made it to the end of the obstacle course!

WOOT indeed. I am probably not looking forward to that one. I don't like the ones where you have to guide the boat to avoid logs and rocks.

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I just finished Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat CE.

And now I have started Hidden Portals: Eternal Balance CE.

I played Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat in 2023 but don't remember it at all. I do not have Hidden Portals as it is a DO Game.

I am currently taking a short break from the end of Episode 8 of Artifact Seekers as I am stuck on a puzzle. I have the correct answer (100% certain - famous last words) but I can't get it to work. It's a safe. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

As a last resort, maybe a video walkthrough on YouTube would help with that safe?

With these newer Do Games, I haven't heard of any reports of black screens for many months now. However, some of the most recent ones have no voice overs and a sizable number of people are bothered by that. Voice overs would be nice, but the lack of them is not a dealbreaker for me.

I looked at the app.gamer guide and kicked myself. I had 3 of 4 numbers. The fourth number is right there next to the other 3 but the visual is different and I didn't even think about it. I ended up with 7 stars. Missed one item to complete one of the 5 game extras for that star. There is always also a puzzle that if you do it in a certain amount of moves you get a star, and also one in a certain amount of time. I rarely get those. Then there is a "secret room" in each episode which will give you a star if you find it. I've found most of them but not all of them. This episode was hard and it took me 14 hours - for just the one episode.

Wow, that's a lot of hours spent. It sounds to me like you are doing very well.

I wonder if I would have figured out what I missed if I went back in the game before looking at the guide. Double kicking myself. Not to pat myself on the back but I do feel like I'm doing pretty good. I guess just knowing I can't easily skip a puzzle is making me pay better attention or focus more or something.

And now I just finished Jewel Match 2 Reloaded. It was a peaceful, relaxing game but, at least 5 times it wouldn't shut down and I couldn't even close it in task manager, so I had to restart my computer. Not sure what Match 3 will be next. Part of me wants to replay that Pirate game (I can't think of the name now) and/or The Spell but I don't know.

Congrats on finishing Jewel Match 2 Reloaded despite the problems with shutting it down. Having to restart the computer is a bit much. I could only put it with that for so long. I have had such issues with the occasional game but I don't think I ever had to restart the computer to get out of it.

I will continue to play Hidden Portals today.