I Wanna Do Death-Defying Magic: The Cherry Houdini Story

Creators: Racic, EchoMask

Average Rating
8.4 / 10
Average Difficulty
38.6 / 100
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Needle (1) Story (1) Puzzle (4) Short (2) cryptic_crypt_2026 (1) puzzlejam2026 (1) voiceacting (1) cutscenes (1)

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Creator's Comments:

Racic [Creator]
Brought to you by the world-renowned magicians Racic and EchoMask comes the tale of how one *CHERRY HOUDINI* came to be!

This was a our submission to the Puzzle Jam 2026 event. It's only a couple of screens long, but hopefully you have some fun with it! Enjoy!

If there's any issues, let one of us know on Discord!

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Tagged as: Story Puzzle Short puzzlejam2026 voiceacting cutscenes
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Apr 16, 2026

8 Reviews:

Jopagu
An entrant to the cryptic crypt puzzle game jam, where the theme was death.

Racic has always been focused on humor, so it has been surprising seeing his gameplay get better and better over the years. This game has some very good puzzles, with a strong usage of red herrings and misleading layouts to make them require some solid thinking. I would've liked it to be a bit longer, as there ended up only being one kind of "death defying". But, ya know, that's the consequence of a game jam lol. Also, the humor is, as always, immaculate.

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Tagged as: Puzzle cryptic_crypt_2026
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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 35 35
May 2, 2026
K12XD
HUZZAH!

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Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 37 37
Apr 29, 2026
ameliandyou
Fantastic puzzle + platforming game by the incredible makers racic and echo!!!

All the puzzles are super well designed, and the easy difficulty makes this a perfect game for any beginner interested in puzzle fangames!

It also has a cute mini story which I always love!!!

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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: N/A
Apr 22, 2026
Faucet
Short and sweet puzzle game with clever pathing and charming dialogue. The puzzles were surprisingly tricky.

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Rating: 7.7 77       Difficulty: 31 31
Apr 20, 2026
KittyGame
Excellent needle puzzle fusion game by legendary makers Racic and EchoMask. Their styles fuse really well (would love a full length game from both of these creators!). I like how the gimmick suits both needle and puzzle gameplay really well. It's also a nice detail that screens are segmented at the beginning, so you can practice / understand the second half of the screen without having to do the first half over and over. The set-up for the story is also cute, as with all of the custom spritework done for the player. Nice job!

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Tagged as: Needle Puzzle Short
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Rating: 8.8 88       Difficulty: 50 50
Apr 18, 2026