Tauriel Teaches Typing

does eating the cheeto puffs change anything?

It is actually possible to get an "S" ranking on the "Cryptic Symbols" test. You need to type the top line 4 times without errors, and the bottom line has two "spaces" mixed in with the symbols that need to be hit. That allows for getting 19 right and 15 wrong the first 3 times (for 12 total points), and getting all 17 right on the top row the 4th time gives 29/29. It does require 119 keystrokes in 20 seconds, but it can be done. (I just hit the space bar 17 times each time through the bottom row, and managed to get it.)

Played through this game a second time after letting it sit for a day or two and it hit me in a completely different way. I'm a teacher myself, and ended up seeing the whole game through Tauriel's perspective. One of the worst experiences as an educator is watching students lose faith in themselves because of how you taught them (or failed to teach them). Sometimes it's because you're bound to the course requirements set down by the education board and those requirements just aren't attainable for some students; other times it's because you personally dropped the ball and failed to provide the support a student needed. But either way it's a horrible feeling that sticks with you long after the student has left your class.

A funny easter egg: When you type your name as tauriel it automatically adds 2 to the end.

I really tried to learn more about what happened to Doggo, but after the fourth time through the game trying various things differently I couldn't manage to find any more information :c I enjoyed the game a lot, though.