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October 22, 2015

grandma bethlinda's variety box

You're in a room with a box: grandma bethlinda's variety box by Arthur DiBianca, but what can you do with it?

35 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 October 2015 at 17:31

    and my comment is first!

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  2. Anonymous22 October 2015 at 17:34

    Page won't even load.

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  3. Anonyma22 October 2015 at 17:51

    The age isn't loading. I looked for ifcomp with google, tried to load the page from there. www.ifcomp.org is not available. Sorry Bart, but they surely have a problem there.

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  4. Anonymous22 October 2015 at 18:42

    text game only type "help' to get info on controls..
    Have found window in box and turned light on , but seem to be stuck now

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  5. Tom22 October 2015 at 19:02

    It took me a couple tries to get it to load, but the second time worked. It's surprisingly long. I made it to the end game (where it says you've won but can continue to play around, and the box becomes a large box). I found a few more things after that, then stopped.

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  6. Anonymous22 October 2015 at 20:02

    No load.

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  7. Anonymous22 October 2015 at 23:19

    Tried it. Loaded fine. Was fun for a while then I got bored.

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  8. Anonymous22 October 2015 at 23:48

    That is a long game. Now there is an egg...

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  9. Anonymous23 October 2015 at 00:28

    I won, there is a chest at the end.

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  10. Unknown23 October 2015 at 01:16

    And a fanfare - don't forget the fanfare...

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  11. Nat23 October 2015 at 04:01

    Aaaaagh! The stupid evening at home is too long! I just got him to go to bed, and it said the grandfather clock door was open, so then I turned on the light to see what was in it, and he came back! I must have restarted it and now I have to do the whole thing again!!!!! AAAAGH
    I give up.

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  12. Emily23 October 2015 at 04:32

    I'm stuck with the man reading the newspaper. I can change the lights in the room and it's always a quarter past ten but other than that nothing seems to be doing anything. Hint please?

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  13. Margaret23 October 2015 at 04:48

    So glad to see I'm not the only one having problems with the evening at home, this is frustrating.

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  14. Emily23 October 2015 at 06:11

    ok, got the door of the clock open. And it seems I'm stuck again. Nevertheless, I'm enjoying it, and have always especially liked text-based games.

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  15. Tom23 October 2015 at 08:16

    The part with the lights and the mechanical man with the newspaper was the first part that took me a little while to get through. You have to pay close attention to the clues, and you have to wait for things to happen (you can use z I think, or just keep doing "x window" to make it step forward in time.

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  16. Anonymous23 October 2015 at 13:22

    I am reminded of a maze of twisty passages... all alike...

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  17. Anonymous23 October 2015 at 16:35

    Got SO excited to see that it's an Interactive Fiction game. I'm terrible at these, but I love them.

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  18. Anonymous23 October 2015 at 16:39

    Upon playing for 5 minutes, I see it's more straightforward than many other IF games I've played. Don't know if that will make it easier or not.

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  19. Emily24 October 2015 at 00:51

    Got it! I thought you were supposed to do something inside the clock, but turning on the light at just the right moment reveals an unexpected visitor.

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  20. Emily24 October 2015 at 06:11

    Finished! I love the mechanical man!

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  21. wimp24 October 2015 at 18:33

    i need help!

    SPOILER
    i'm working on the grandma portrait. using the hair and the pendant, all i can do is circle through three states:
    emerald - gray
    ruby - black
    diamond - white
    how do i break the circle to get to diamond - gray?
    /SPOILER

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  22. Emily24 October 2015 at 23:46

    The lady's hair can either be white, black, or gray. Where else have we seen those colors?

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  23. Carly25 October 2015 at 00:52

    Bah, lost interest after display showed Llama.

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  24. Anonymous25 October 2015 at 15:20

    I finished it!

    Is there anything interesting to be done that I shouldn't miss?

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  25. wimp25 October 2015 at 21:26

    Ah! Thx Emily! :) I'll try this later

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  26. James28 October 2015 at 02:26

    Made it through! :D Just the right amount of challenge (and FUN), I'd say!

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  27. RJ29 October 2015 at 00:50

    I really like these text adventures. The ending was cute to say the least, and the interactions sometimes really put me on edge. Worth it to the end.

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  28. Unknown29 October 2015 at 20:40

    i dont understand

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  29. Unknown29 October 2015 at 20:43

    i dont understand

    im stuck, the box has a crank and there is nothing else i can do

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  30. Unknown31 October 2015 at 20:51

    oh my this is like that candy box game you shared with us last time, no?

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  31. colinbashbash3 November 2015 at 04:52

    ok, needed the hint on the mechanical man, but after that things went well... randomly trying everything some of the time :)

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  32. Unknown14 November 2015 at 05:56

    stuck at the cylinder thing i need help

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  33. Anonymous19 November 2015 at 11:46

    Can't click on anything. Annoying.

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  34. david3 December 2015 at 18:03

    Bart, This has to be a contender for your top 10 of 2015. Awesome game.

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  35. 010001013 December 2015 at 20:05

    Best game I've played in a while. Took me a bit to get everything, but it was super fun.


    After you "win", takes you to a fresh page, and says you can keep playing, be sure to play with the buttons and the window, and then the flag and the portrait. :) (oh and the display has lots to say, too)

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