You click the classroom door and your little stick-figure kid shuffles in, looks around like he forgot his homework, and that tiny moment sets the tone for the whole game.
Riddle School is a point and click school escape game. You wander between screens, click on objects, pick up goofy inventory items, and use them in weird ways to get past teachers, lockers, and overly dramatic janitors. Conversations are short and snarky. The puzzles are more about trying ridiculous combinations than long logic chains, which keeps the pace bouncy.
Controls
Mouse is the main thing, left click to interact and pick up items, click inventory items to use them, sometimes you click the background to move the character. Arrow keys will nudge you between screens on a few levels. If you get dialogue, clicking skips through it.
It feels like poking at a silly cartoon. Little victories are cheap and fun. I think the humor lands better than the challenge, so expect laughs more than brain melters. If you get stuck, click everything and try using odd items on NPCs, the game likes stupid solutions. Also, check every corner of each screen before leaving, you often miss simple things.
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