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Donut County cover artvsKid A Mnesia Exhibition cover art

Donut CountyvsKid A Mnesia Exhibition

Donut County leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Kid A Mnesia Exhibition leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Donut CountyKid A Mnesia Exhibition

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Donut County leans harder on variance: Puzzle solutions hidden only briefly

Optimization2 vs 1

Donut County leans harder on optimization: Light swallow-order puzzles, easily solved

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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Kid A Mnesia Exhibition