Return to my game HOW TO PLAY
A text adventure puts you inside a story. Read the scene, decide what to do, then type your instruction or choose a suggested command.
INSIDE THE ADVENTURE
LOOK, L and LOOK AROUND repeat your surroundings without costing health or a turn. Examining an object, searching or looking under or behind something is an action and still takes a turn. Rejected commands don't cost you a turn.
Type a short instruction, such as SOUTH or EXAMINE NEWSPAPER or choose a suggested command below the story. The available exits appear beside the location name. New responses are brought into view; you can scroll back to reread earlier text.
Use TALK TO or ASK when you meet someone. Use TAKE to pick up an object. Your pockets hold two useful objects at a time. The Notes tab records discoveries as you make them.
Your current position saves automatically in this browser. Save also gives you three separate checkpoints that survive a death, restart or new game. Use Load to return to a checkpoint. Continue in the same browser and device; clearing browser storage can remove your saves.
PORTRAITS & OBJECT CARDS
A little picture icon beside a name means there is an illustration to open. The card shows the character or object with its description.
HELP ALREADY INCLUDED
The map reveals the places and connections you have reached. Hints offers up to two clues for your current situation, one at a time.
Type HELP for a compact command list, or open How to play inside the game. The optional separate PDF walkthrough is for players who want the full solution.
ON YOUR PHONE
Scroll inside the story window to read earlier text. The command box stays below it, ready for your next move. Use Back to latest when you want to return to the newest response.
The Menu button opens Save, Load, How to play and Restart. The bottom toolbar opens Map, Pockets, Notes and Hints. Close a panel to return to the story.
PRACTICAL QUESTIONS
Use the suggested commands below the scene, or type HELP. Try short instructions such as LOOK, EXAMINE NEWSPAPER or SOUTH. If a command is rejected, it does not cost health.
Yes. There are dangerous encounters and deliberately bad bargains. Save a checkpoint before taking risks. You can load a checkpoint or start a new game if a route goes wrong.
Yes. Your current position and checkpoints stay in the browser where you played. Use the same browser and device to continue. Clearing its storage can remove those saves.
A confirmed game purchase takes you into the adventure. This device remembers access for 180 days. To return on another device, request an email link from Return to my game. Purchase recovery does not move your saved progress.
Yes, in a modern phone browser. You can choose suggested commands or type your own. You need an internet connection to load the game and confirm access.
No. Both are optional PDF extras. The complete adventure and built-in hints are included in the game price.
THE CASE IS OPEN
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