Good morning Mad.

Any chance it is compatible with Apple OS?

Gerry

WASD moves you around but you can steer with the mouse so you really only use the W key. Left click mouse interacts with things, but keyboard controls are used to do certain things, especially within a puzzle. It can be a bit fiddly at times but I haven't found it irritating.

Have a good one Redz

I finished the 4th Bobiverse book, Heaven's River and am looking forward to the 5th and last one. I also read Jim Butcher's Out Law, a Harry Dresden novella, which added a single adventure with a different kind of magic monster Harry had to confront in order to, as usual, save someone.

Right now I'm ensconced in Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, a very different book than those I've read lately, and one that has completely captivated me. A stranger named Theo arrives in the southern city of Golden one spring day. As he explores the city, he visits a coffee house decorated with 92 pencil portraits of people who have been customers there. He decides to buy them, one at a time, and give them to the person pictured. Each exchange yields a story, a friendship, and a life altered.

try again ob - others are good

9. The Age of Rock!!



No? Then we live in the most recent period, the Quaternary, which is then broken down into two epochs: the current Holocene, and the previous Pleistocene, which ended 11,700 years ago.

No Irish dancers here? I'll give you this one: Hand holding circle, tap it out, dance in place (no turns), open waltz hold, back to back, dance around partner, sweetheart hold.

Can you imagine the size of that clothesline?

Thank you, BET 👍

“The Thing”, eh !!

Wow .. better peek at this, then 😱

Thanks, BET 😑

I never played the original so this first look is very much my first.

Six guests have been invited to the Stauf mansion, for reasons as yet unknown. I seem to be the 7th guest, and something not quite right is afoot. As the Steam page says "The wealthy recluse and toymaker Henry Stauf lurks in the shadows, and a dark power hangs over the house, shrouded in mystery." What does Henry want, and more forebodingly, "who will live to tell the tale?"

I am almost 3 hours of playtime into what is clearly a giant puzzle box. I have solved the puzzles in three rooms and at least 10 more await. Near as I can tell, the rooms will progressively unlock as I complete others for which my map will be a handy reference.

I have completed about 10 puzzles to date and so far so good. One involving a train set was particularly enjoyable, and all have required a degree of brain power. They will apparently get harder as I go.

My lantern can literally shine a different light on things, both environmentally and puzzle-wise. Don't forget to deploy it.

I have picked up and examined things, conjured up some objects, and found some coins. These can be spent on clues for puzzles and apparently compete solves. I have yet to need to spend them, but I have looked at the objective for a few, which can be had for free.

It plays in the first person and you have complete freedom of movement. The keyboard is used for most things, but the mouse interacts with the world. The little bony hand icon is an indication something can be picked up. The little brain icon indicates a puzzle is ready to be solved, and the swirly spot on the carpet you can discover for yourself.

The puzzles have been redesigned but "pay homage to the original" and what were originally FMV characters are now fully digitally reproduced using something called Volumetric Video. Whatever it is, they retain the feel of real people.

One puzzle to date has had a reset switch, but leaving a room will reset a puzzle. I have only had to do that once so far, but it could get annoying if I find a particularly tricky puzzle.

It looks and sounds good and autosaves on exit. I am still in the dark about the ultimate objective, but have learnt some interesting and even worrying things.

A new room awaits.

I never played the original so this first look is very much my first.

Six guests have been invited to the Stauf mansion, for reasons as yet unknown. I seem to be the 7th guest, and something not quite right is afoot. As the Steam page says "The wealthy recluse and toymaker Henry Stauf lurks in the shadows, and a dark power hangs over the house, shrouded in mystery." What does Henry want, and more forebodingly, "who will live to tell the tale?"

I am almost 3 hours of playtime into what is clearly a giant puzzle box. I have solved the puzzles in three rooms and at least 10 more await. Near as I can tell, the rooms will progressively unlock as I complete others for which my map will be a handy reference.

I have completed about 10 puzzles to date and so far so good. One involving a train set was particularly enjoyable, and all have required a degree of brain power. They will apparently get harder as I go.

My lantern can literally shine a different light on things, both environmentally and puzzle-wise. Don't forget to deploy it.

I have picked up and examined things, conjured up some objects, and found some coins. These can be spent on clues for puzzles and apparently compete solves. I have yet to need to spend them, but I have looked at the objective for a few, which can be had for free.

It plays in the first person and you have complete freedom of movement. The keyboard is used for most things, but the mouse interacts with the world. The little bony hand icon is an indication something can be picked up. The little brain icon indicates a puzzle is ready to be solved, and the swirly spot on the carpet you can discover for yourself.

The puzzles have been redesigned but "pay homage to the original" and what were originally FMV characters are now fully digitally reproduced using something called Volumetric Video. Whatever it is, they retain the feel of real people.

One puzzle to date has had a reset switch, but leaving a room will reset a puzzle. I have only had to do that once so far, but it could get annoying if I find a particularly tricky puzzle.

It looks and sounds good and autosaves on exit. I am still in the dark about the ultimate objective, but have learnt some interesting and even worrying things.

A new room awaits.