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I’ve now finished Chapter 2.

On entering Morton’s flat I found the slightly off-key mournful jazz track very much evoking an unsettling vibe.

In the back room I played around with the books but gave up trying to read them after a while. (I later caught a comment from Neff that they were oddly repetitive.) I hadn’t thought then to try combining objects in inventory otherwise I wouldn’t have peeked at a walkthrough!

On progressing it seemed quite straightforward to use the helmets leading to enlightenment of the weird & wacky concept of the story & why there was a camera in Neff’s bedroom

In Morton’s dreamworld I found the puzzles more straightforward than I expected e.g. I thought I would have to play notes in a sequence on fixing & replacing grandfather’s strum rod.
The items I had to place in the father’s ear didn’t immediately make sense until I suddenly thought about the anatomy of an ear!

I’m not a fan of achieving anything in games by trial & error so wasn’t impressed, even though it was relatively easy, by having to try different routes to leave Morton’s dream.

It was a nice touch within that dream I thought to include the red palm print on the rock although it was pretty obvious anyway what you needed to do to access the surveillance room.
I was initially thrown by the clue on the crumpled paper for opening the safe because of the inscription next to the secret door with similar symbols.
Also, as with the first time I played the game, I failed to notice the dark corners on the surveillance cameras.
N.B., I ordered all of the cameras from 1 – 9 before working out the safe code. Does it matter? Or do the same dark corners turn up on the same number footage wherever it’s positioned?

Overall, I found the progression of the story as well as the puzzle well thought out & interesting.

@Bon, hi & it’s great that you’ve joined us for this playthrough. 

I’ve worded my question wrongly I think Lady Kestrel but thank you!
When you first look at the surveillance screens they are not numbered in order on the larger grid & don’t, as far as I remember, show all the locations until you click on each of them to scroll through. What I am asking is, do the dark corners correspond to a specific number i.e. location (so it wouldn’t matter where it’s positioned on the large grid) or do they correspond to a specific position where it’s necessary to put the numbers in order on the large grid as I did? I hope that make some sense???

diego - 30 March 2024 02:06 PM

I’m in the first chapter… already stuck trying to open the loose floorboard.

I wish there was voice acting included, though the lack of voice does add to a creepy atmosphere. Also, I’m not a fan of the character not repeating the sentence I chose in a dialogue - I don’t remember seeing that anywhere else. Finally, I wish it was a two-mouse button game, and that you could rotate pieces of paper faster.

But of course, these are all minor issues. I enjoy the game, I think it has clever writing, serious but humorous as well, and a spooky atmosphere, like from a Hitchcock movie.

Hi diego, what I’ve found is that you often have to just move on in this game when there’s not an immediate solution….

If by that you mean the circuit board you can get a clue by clicking on the few things you can especially the resistors .

I finished first chapter and played most of the second. I like the puzzles so far a lot. Music is great and i like the serious tone of the game. My only problem is i have some lag when moving items or pressing space to indicate reactive spots.

About the circuit puzzle i tried some stuff without success but then i talked to alicia, who told me to avoid the resistors. After that i solved the puzzle. So there is definitely a clue about that puzzle.

Update: Finished second chapter also.