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Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love cover artvsThe Cat Lady cover art

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with LovevsThe Cat Lady

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with LoveThe Cat Lady

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Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love leans harder on variance: Puzzle solutions are hidden information until discovered

Optimization5 vs 6

The Cat Lady leans harder on optimization: Adventure-game puzzles have fixed discoverable solutions

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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Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

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