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The Cat Lady cover artvsTiny Room Stories: Town Mystery cover art

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The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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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.

Variance2 vs 3

Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery leans harder on variance: Clue locations are hidden only until discovered

Optimization6 vs 7

Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery leans harder on optimization: Chaining escape-room logic puzzles is the entire test

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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