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Next up is @8bitgames‘s great new game Blackwood Manor. We play this on the #commodore #c16.
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Next up is @8bitgames@oldbytes.space‘s great new game Blackwood Manor. We play this on the #commodore #c16.
#retrogaming #interactivefiction
Out of ideas we go back to check on Cora, who fell asleep. However her book looks interesting. It’s about witch hunts in the 16th century. In the book we find a map to the village.
And thus we have reached the end of Part I. Next up: Part II The Ritual.
We start off into part 2 of the game by following the forest parh. We end up at a graveyard where we hear the ghost again. Wearing the amulet makes us see the ghost.
#interactivefiction #blackwoodmanor
The ghost talks to us. Her name is Ysabella. It seems she is waiting for her son, who seems to be locked up in Blackwood Manor. She wants us to collect a bunch of things for a ritual: some bread, candles, linen and a drop of blood.
Let’s see if we can find the boy and the items…
#interactivefiction #blackwoodmanor
We go back to the manor to look for the boy. In the chapel we meet Rosie and Cora. Rosie has an idea what we are up to and begs to take Cora with her, as she thinks we might turn on her. In this scenario we will agree to this. I bet that this is one of the forms that leads to a different ending…
Back in the crypt we quickly find the secret tunnel that leads to the dungeon where the boy is kept. A line of salt keeps him from leaving. We collect the salt and the boy is free. Now we only need to collect all items for the ritual.
Okay, we were a bit dense: the blood can be wiped up after cutting oneself a bit.
I will skip the last steps to not spoil too much. But we managed to finish the game. With the bad ending!
Oops. We will try again later to figure out the good ending!
#interactivefiction
Next up we actually reached the neutral ending. I won‘t spoil the steps how to get there, but it should be rather obvious after you managed the bad ending. Quite intriguing…
#interactivefiction #blackwoodmanor
And after that we of course managed to find the good ending as well. All in all this was good game. It shows that it’s Stefan‘s third game and it’s arguably his best so far. It felt a bit short, but was motivating and very atmospheric all the time. I personally would have loved a bit of a larger map without purely decorative rooms, and maybe even a sort of progression where you move from one setting to another, but I guess the game works as it is. Two thumbs up! 👍