itprobablysucks

Is that the 6 word description? ;)

Many of us were chasing shadows about this windmill, thinking there had to be more to it. And there was: previous game iterations. The shadows were real after all, just not "in-game" real. I guess this is what happens when you cut certain things but leave some of the supporting machinery behind. I can't help feeling disappointed, but at least now I can lay my windmill-as-time-machine theory to rest :D

Ah, I see what you're saying - it's the vases that control the time-machine.

But, how about speaking particularly to gameplay? After 523+135+6, can the player interact with the world in any way to affect the game state in a new way?

You mentioned about this same puzzle that you had a piece of information that the player didn't have, or something to that effect. Can you elaborate?