As a day 1 backer i would like to offer my sincerest apologies.

I gave a bunch of stuff a fair chance, most came somewhere out of the puzzle category

On my pickup list:

• Viewfinder - 3d perception puzzles ? count me in
• Jumplight Odyssey - space ship management with loads of influences including FTL; i just hope this gets the time to iron out its kinks
• Escape From Mystwood Mansion - escape room game
• He Who Watches - dungeon crawler with puzzle elements; being bound by movement
• Cipher Zero - there is some great stylized art hidden between the minimalist logic puzzles; wondering if this goes anywhere else
• Lil' Guardsman - a humerous papers please
• Crime O'Clock - a bit of MicroMacro with some time travel

maybe:

• Venba - some mild cooking with a heavy story orientation; not a lot of content in the demo
• Stunt Derby - seems to have the classic stunts as a heavy inspiration; not there yet but i would give it a second chance in the future

not for me:

• Pizza Possum - running around without being caught didn't click with me
• Heretic's Fork - card based tower defense
• Logic Town . deduction puzzler that got stale very quickly
• WASD Quartet - more of a 1 minute experiment then a demo of anything, still find it lacking in the sound departmend even though its thythm based
• Crazy Zen Mini Golf - the mini golfing doesn't feel tight enough; controls seemed off

I really enjoy next fest a lot, still so many more things to give a try.

I tried ortholinear for a month at home and a week at work but it never clicked for me. Still a great build.