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Are you the clock?

Beware of the shadows
And watch where you go

The clock is an entrance to a secret passage.

You're not alone here
Feel the creeping fear
I can give you hand
Once you understand.

"Hand" is a reference to the hands of a clock.

Added clue after your guess -

You see me in one room
But I am everywhere
I spell someone's doom
So you'd best beware!

The real clock is in the downstairs hallway, but the "game clock" is everywhere as the story progresses. As it progresses, people die.

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:07 pm Are you the clock?

Beware of the shadows
And watch where you go

The clock is an entrance to a secret passage.

You're not alone here
Feel the creeping fear
I can give you hand
Once you understand.

"Hand" is a reference to the hands of a clock.

Added clue after your guess -

You see me in one room
But I am everywhere
I spell someone's doom
So you'd best beware!

The real clock is in the downstairs hallway, but the "game clock" is everywhere as the story progresses. As it progresses, people die.

I am indeed, the clock!

Beware of the shadows <-- this was a clue to the game; when Laura goes in the shower, a shadowy figure enters the room and kills her
And watch where you go <-- this was me being funny by saying "watch" when I was the clock (as in watch you wear on your wrist)
You're not alone here <-- this is the clue that people watch through the secret passages into the other rooms
Feel the creeping fear
I can give you hand <-- the hand on the clock, and give a hand in helping spy
Once you understand. <-- once you figure out the clock

You see me in one room
But I am everywhere
I spell someone's doom
So you'd best beware! --> And this section is just as you figured!


Your turn!

Someone needed me
To help them out with a lie
Just how bad is this?

Well, it's a 5-7-5 haiku, which is the classical structure. So it's not tomb too bad.

Are you in a Sierra game?

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 5:38 pm Well, it's a 5-7-5 haiku, which is the classical structure. So it's not tomb too bad.

Are you in a Sierra game?

A lot of my clues are haikus. It's easier for me than coming up with a rhyme.

Yes, I am a game under the Sierra label.

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:10 pm A lot of my clues are haikus. It's easier for me than coming up with a rhyme.

I free form my $#!++y clues.

Too much work for me to make sure syllables and such fit the haiku structure.

Are you in a "Quest" game (i.e. a game with the word "Quest" in the title)?

Tawmis wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:28 am

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:10 pm A lot of my clues are haikus. It's easier for me than coming up with a rhyme.

I free form my $#!++y clues.

Too much work for me to make sure syllables and such fit the haiku structure.

I'm the opposite. Every time I think of a rhyme, it feels like the best I can muster is "The cat sat on the mat." from Dead Poets Society. For whatever reason the haikus come more readily.

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:47 am Are you in a "Quest" game (i.e. a game with the word "Quest" in the title)?

No

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:37 pm

Tawmis wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:28 am

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:10 pm A lot of my clues are haikus. It's easier for me than coming up with a rhyme.

I free form my $#!++y clues.
Too much work for me to make sure syllables and such fit the haiku structure.

I'm the opposite. Every time I think of a rhyme, it feels like the best I can muster is "The cat sat on the mat." from Dead Poets Society. For whatever reason the haikus come more readily.

I think because, back in the 80s - my friends and I swore we were going to be a band. And I was writing the lyrics to our songs. Note, I had 30 lyrics per 1 musical song we'd come up with. So we'd play the music, look at the different lyrics I wrote, find the one that fits the feel of the music, then change the lyrics a little to match.

Needless to say, we never got anywhere. But I remember our band name was going to be "Soul Survivor."

So I think because I was just pouring our lyrics back then... It just always comes easier to free form rhyming words, because they're going to get shuffled around musically anyway.


Anyway - so not in a "Quest" game.

Is the game based on Earth? (for example, Codename: Iceman)

Heh. I wrote over 500 QfGlorifications (i.e. song parodies to "glorify" Quest for Glory). Naturally, I became quite good at rhyming and parodying, even if I do say so myself. @ self

Never tried to form a band, though.

Is the game set in space, then? (GAMES! IN!! SPAAAAAAACE!!!)

Tawmis wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:27 pm Is the game based on Earth? (for example, Codename: Iceman)

Yes

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:30 pm Is the game set in space, then? (GAMES! IN!! SPAAAAAAACE!!!)

No

notbobsmith wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:08 pm

Tawmis wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:27 pm Is the game based on Earth? (for example, Codename: Iceman)

Yes

Well, might as well go with - Are you in the game Codename: Iceman?

Hmm. Are you in either of the Manhunter games?

Tawmis wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:44 pm
Well, might as well go with - Are you in the game Codename: Iceman?

No

Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:49 am Hmm. Are you in either of the Manhunter games?

No

Are you in a game listed here by Sierra all the way through (including) 1985?