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Hihi!

I am stuck on a few parts, those being (SPOILERS!):

- Finding number thirteen death scene, i know her name, just not the location.
- The relevance of scene 10-MA-5-6, there's still a gray number next to it.
- Finding the suspicous death and the hidden scene mentioned at 26.
- That weird hangman game.

Can you help?

Also, lovely game! I really enjoyed figuring all of this out, you really undersell it in the description.

Especially figuring out who was where when was really fun, and the twist was fun to discover to of course.

William Rous17 days ago(+1)

Hi! Glad you enjoyed it!

It's a little tricky figuring out exactly what you're missing, but I'll try to give some clues... (SPOILERS!)

Are you missing a scene in 09? If so, hopefully you can work out who was there, and someone else comes in afterwards and discovers what happened... But it's also possible you've missed a sneaky scene in 12! (Try 'find 6'.)
I think the only other thing you're missing is the hidden scene mentioned in 26. It sounds like you've worked out who it involves (and in particular the first letter of their name!), but to figure out the location you'll need to work out who else they're related to (and who THAT person is related to) who might have mentioned something about where they could be...
If that doesn't make much sense, then it may be worth considering which of the deaths you've seen so far is 'suspicious', in that it doesn't quite fit with the others.
It's safe to ignore the hangman game.

Let me know if that's too vague or if I've misunderstood where you're at. I've tried to make the final puzzle as clear as I could, but it's still a lot to pull together in one go... In fact, the who, the where and the when are all pretty tricky to figure out! So let me know if anything doesn't make sense.

But thanks for your comment! It's lovely to know other people have enjoyed the game!

Aprot17 days ago

Got the tinniest bit further!

I have found the missing grey number scene i mentioned, it was #6 searching #4's room before #4 enters (As an aside, I do think I have every scene, except the hidden one)

If I am not mistaken #13's name is Amelia West and dies during timeframe 01 during the thunderclap before the second thunderclap? It is unclear if there is 1 (so just Rupert) or 2 (which would mean Amelia and then Rupert)

If I had to choose a suspicous death, I guess it would be the last one. In scene 26 a loud thud is heard, but no thunder (possibly meaning annie's loophole worked?)

Also, is the hangman game like a bonus thing, if so, what commands do you use?

This last one is a real headscratcher! But to summarise, in my mind the hidden scenen is the death of #13 (Amelia West) in a location (?) during 01

Also I forgot to mention, but I also loved figuring the whole curse out, the way you've written that was so good. First you think someone sent a fake invitation, then you think eddie might have been the culprit.

OMG and sorry for ranting but I jumped in glee when I noticed the deaths happen in order of the numbers, LOVE!

PS: Maybe you can take this whole convo as inspiration for your next game, our back and forth looks like deranged to an outsider.

Tinynanami12 days ago (4 edits) (+1)

Hi Aprot! I just discovered the 13th death so I'll write a few clues to help you out!

I don't think we can spoil so read bellow at your own risk! I'll space things out for you

1- You're mistaken about the 13th victim's identity. Ruppert says it's been years since she heard Amelia play, and that she disappeared "one day". So we can assume she's not present today.

2- You're correct about the suspicious death

3- The reason that death is suspicious, is that we hear a thunder, but nobody dies. John is still alive.

4- This means someone has died instead of John.

5- Instead of numbers (like John being 1) you search this person through a letter. (such as 04-KI-Z if that person was in the kitchen at 04).

6- This person has to be alive after Annie and die before John.

7- Searchable locations are always in bold. Before John dies, a thunder is heard "far away". This didn't happen with other thunders.

8- When someone dies, everyone forgets them. Only later, the next person to die remembers them.

9- John never remembered Annie. Who did?

-This is the last clue! Below is the asnwer-

10- Search 25-WI-K

The person that dies is Katherine (the woman on the other side of the phone). Even though she is Annie's and Victoria's mother, she only mentions Annie (because she already forgot about vic). Later on, after Annie dies, she calls again. At first she seems confused about who Annie is, then she remembers it's her daughter. She still doesn't remember about Vic. This means she's the next person to die.

The thunder is far away because it happens at Wintercote and not at the Galley manor.

Aprot11 days ago

Thanks for the help Tinynanami, I would've never guessed!

Although I did think it might've something to do with Wintercot, I'd never linked it up with Katherine.
You explained really well why it wasn't Amelia West, although that whole clue did sent me of the wrong path of trying to find a death in the far past (also because of the convo in the kitchen about that death.)

If you're curious, my opinion about the suicide of Annie is that it actually made sense to me. Not that I'm the writer or anything, but my interpretation was that she was trying to find a loophole. If the curse dictates that there's a thunderclap before the death of the chosen person, her reasoning might've been that breaking that rule (dying before the thunderclap) could maybe break the curse. So that would be my explanation.

Also I think the story wroks better without an explanation. It's the same with the original Groundhog Day film. It works better unexplained, makes it much eerier I think. Although I do get your frustration. The story has a bit of an Agatha Christie vibe, so the absense of a reveal does annoy me a little bit to, although the death of Katherine fills that roll a bit.

Either way, that's my two cents. My compliments for figuring out the last death, top noth detectivework!

Ps: what were your theories on that hangman game? It's a 7 letter word but it says 12, so i thought there might've been a mention of an animal at timestamp 12?

Hope you enjoyed my ramblings <3

William Rous11 days ago(+1)

Hi!

I think Tinynanami has already done a great job giving a series of hints (better than I did anyway), so hopefully that helps. (But don't read them all at once!)

I'll just say though, thanks so much for your comments! It's so useful to know how other people interpreted different things, and it will definitely help with the next game... (Like, I think you're very justified in being suspicious of Annie's death, which I didn't really intend! Her death definitely makes things more confusing than I'd realised...)

Really glad you enjoyed it though. Good luck finishing it!

(Also, sorry this reply is a bit late, I didn't see the notification)

Aprot11 days ago

No worries, Tinynanami's comment was really helpful!

To be honest the most confusing part for me was finding that last scene, because i thought it was something relating to the past (It comes up pretty often in the story actually)

I would've not guessed K because she's a really small character. It didn't even cross my mind honestly (especially because she's not given a number but a letter, so that removes her even more)

Either way, I'd love to see your next game! If it's anything like this Sign. Me. Up!

Ps: just one more thing about that hangman thing, is that even something we could/should try to solve?

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