Building comparison
head to head
Project Kat: Paper Lily ProloguevsThe Council
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A short horror puzzle that tests curiosity about hidden alternative solutions.
The Council
Optimization · Systems & Chaos
A social-intrigue RPG where you spend skill resources to exploit dinner guests' scripted psychological weaknesses.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Council leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Project Kat: Paper Lily PrologueThe Council
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Top-down walking and menu choices only
The Council
Menu-driven confrontations; no dexterity.
Reads0 vs 1
The Council leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Scripted horror events, nothing models the player
The Council
NPCs have vulnerabilities and immunities, but fully scripted.
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Hidden rules and alternate solutions are the hook until discovered
The Council
Hidden character traits and unknown consequences until learned.
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Project Kat: Paper Lily Prologue
Puzzles reward experimenting toward fully mappable answers
The Council
Skill points, effort resources and exploiting known weaknesses are systemic.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.