Roughly how far are you in the adventure?
bump. it's really hot outside. good thing there's ac inside the factory.
Comment has been collapsed.
Wow, you put a lot of effort into this! I went a little way in, then I got stuck and lost interest.
Comment has been collapsed.
Hope you were able to at least encounter yourself in the Orders & Fulfillment department! Hopefully you'll consider returning once the hint mentioned there is added in a few days. :)
Comment has been collapsed.
Wow this looks incredible. I love adventures and old choose-your-own stories. Thank you so much!
Comment has been collapsed.
Thank you for checking it out! If it gets too intimidating for now, make sure to check back in a few days when a large hint for the most troublesome (and early) puzzle is posted. :)
Comment has been collapsed.
Happy cake day Godprobe! Seems like a cool puzzle, but I got stuck fairly early it seems. I'll give it another try when I have more time. =)
Comment has been collapsed.
Thanks HitScan, and yeah, it's definitely not really meant to be solved in a single sitting. You probably can... but I am afraid of the mind of anyone who does! :D
Comment has been collapsed.
Bump for Finding the thief... now for this next puzzle....
Comment has been collapsed.
Thank you for such interactive fun, Have a wonderful Cakeday!!! ^_^
Cheerio, Cruse~
Comment has been collapsed.
Happy cake day! :)
At that time, I was swept away by the String tsunami.XD
Comment has been collapsed.
Added a small hint to the giveaway in HR.
Lots of people seem to be stuck with this puzzle (it is the worst of the puzzles), and I might release some other hints a little earlier than I'd planned. Or I might start revealing some more about the giveaways. Or both.
And I may re-make the thread for more accurate poll results. Just felt integrity-wise that I owed it to this thread since I had promised it would be on this thread back in 2017.
Also, please feel free to ask questions. I would actually like to see a lot of people make it through the entire factory!
Comment has been collapsed.
Joined late and can't even find the puzzle yet :'(
BUT I won't give up so easily. ;)
Comment has been collapsed.
Good luck to you!
(Hint: it starts with the sgtools.info link in the main post. :) )
Comment has been collapsed.
I just figured that out, Thanks :)
And thanks for the puzzles & Ga's and a Happy still early birthday as well as belated cake-day.
Comment has been collapsed.
Woohoo, what a breathtaking ending!!! All the final seven or eight screens are such a great ride! I really loved your writing and all the way through the factory (and beyond) I was so sorry I missed your survey and wasn't there among all the others. Oh, and the themed giveaways (thanks for Skyrim, btw) helped a lot to remember how to find my way to specific rooms - another great idea.
I hope people will not get discouraged by the thief and accounting puzzles which are a bit tedious, because after that it's all just fun and puzzles are truly like pieces of cake.
Comment has been collapsed.
First solver, everyone -- 100% completion! (see, it's possible! :D)
Congrats again, and thank you for the kind compliments!
I'm particularly happy that you liked the ending sequence (and the giveaways -- you're welcome, btw).
Comment has been collapsed.
If you haven't been able to make it in to the IT Department yet, a hint has been added to the Restroom.
Comment has been collapsed.
Bump for at least five people now having discovered the thief!
And don't forget to keep checking the bonus adventure game nostalgia giveaways, too. :)
Comment has been collapsed.
Greetings godprobe,
I have a question that I would rather not ask here because spoilers. May I add you on Steam and ask via steamchat?
Comment has been collapsed.
Definitely! I'm afk most of today, but would be happy to figure out what track your puzzle solving skills are taking.
Comment has been collapsed.
Bump for solved. I think? Again, thanks for making this, this was a great experience! I actually enjoyed the first two puzzles quite a bit, maybe even slightly more than the later puzzles, if only for the greater sense of achievement when solving them, but everything was pretty great.
Comment has been collapsed.
Yep, you got everything!
Kinda nice to hear that you had fun with the first puzzles, too! I do like their personality, but I know/assume they can also have their frustrations.
Thank you very much for taking the time to make your way through the factory! :)
Comment has been collapsed.
You're very welcome. Also, if you're interested, through the entirety of my runthrough, I didn't write a single thing down (can't really have conspicuous notes with weird number/letter combinations lying around on my desk at work without raising questions) but instead ended up heaving about fifty tabs open in my browser.I guess that's one way to do it! Your puzzles seemed very structured and well thought-out to me, once I understood what was asked from me, but that's a thing every text adventure has issues with and you managed to keep that to a minimum. The biggest challenge for me was actually figuring out, how this kind of thing works, as I'm fairly new to the forums, even though I've been a member of steamgifts for quite some time. I've spent so much time clicking on things, hoping for things to actually happen! Also, this must have cost you a fortune. I rarely give away anything special but please accept me whitelisting you for all your hard work. Oh yeah, and happy belated birthday! I almost forgot that that's the reason for all of this (sorry).
Comment has been collapsed.
(sorry for the delay in reply, had to be mostly afk for three days)
Not writing anything down? I didn't even realize it could be solved that way! :D I'm definitely impressed! :D
And I'm glad to hear that it usually wasn't too difficult to figure out what needed to be done, although I'm sure that difficulty is varying from person to person.
As far as figuring out how this sort of thing works, I think my puzzle is fairly unique, so congrats on figuring out the 5-char SG codes and the longer SGTools codes! There are a few other good sort of room-to-room explorations on SG, but I kept an eye on 'em as I was developing this hoping no one would quite get to this particular style before me. :) dingbat's ZORK recreation (also linked in the main post), and Corran's D&D-based Mansion are probably the closest that I've seen, and I quite enjoyed exploring both of them!
As for spending a fortune... a bit, yes. At the very least, when developing this over the course of around a year though, you can grab things on sale. :)
And the WL is very welcome, even if you never use it -- thank you! :)
(Also, "cakeday" around here (or factory day if you think the cake icon looks like a factory) is generally your SteamGifts join date, so I'm going to take the "happy belated birthday" as an early happy birthday instead! :D Thanks! :D)
Comment has been collapsed.
Heh, talking about late replies...
Well that's embarassing, sorry for getting confused about the proper terminology. :D Happy belated cakeday then, as well as early birthday! Also, thank you for linking your source of inspiration, im currently having a great time with the ZORK recreation!
Comment has been collapsed.
That's awesome! :) I hope that makes dingbat happy, too! :D
Comment has been collapsed.
Self-satisfyingly leaning back in my chair after completing the whole puzzle bump.
Comment has been collapsed.
Sounds like a good time to finally enjoy some cake! :)
Thanks again for playing!
Comment has been collapsed.
Congrats! Up to four full solvers now!
Thank you very much for taking the tour! :)
Comment has been collapsed.
Quite a guessing game, but will wait for hints. Will it be posted on the front door?
Comment has been collapsed.
Yep, when I add the bigger hints tomorrow, it'll be mentioned in the title like the current hint title, letting you know where to find the new hint.
Comment has been collapsed.
The Cake Factory, an interactive text adventure... [SGTools Lvl 2+]
A walkthrough for The Cake Factory has now been posted.
Although this topic is now closed, The Cake Factory adventure will remain available for the foreseeable future should you wish to play it.
The Cake Factory closed on Saturday, September 15th at 5:21 PM Pacific time!
If you're stuck on the thief puzzle, make sure to use the assistance of the ItsTooHard quiz (also linked from the comments in Orders & Fulfillment) as well as the table in Human Resources! If you've found the thief, but are stuck on the Supply Inventory puzzle, use the ItsTooHard puzzle again -- it identifies every item type of the items it asks about.
You can read more details about the event or the FAQ for the event (now including a list of games found inside the factory) in the first-post replies below.
The Cake Factory
An interactive text adventure...
Look > This appears to be some sort of puzzley giveaway event.
You vaguely recall that there are Guidelines about Entering these sorts of things and that leaking puzzle giveaways is a bannable offense.
You wisely decide never to do that.
Talk > There are a few people to talk to here in the comments below.
Use > Tour Party Group Reservation Code (Don't be late!)
Every other day nostalgia bump adventure game bonus giveaways [Lvl zero]...
(roughly in order of personal affection, lasting one week each; dates based on Pacific time)
A trilogy originally set in ParisFrom a well-known author, although the book was written by his friendCold and mechanical? Yes, but also no, not at all!Helped revive classic comedy style adventure gamesA modern adventure game based on a popular TV seriesA simple game with roots in Flash from a consistently great developerA beautiful classic whose follow-up's sequel was released over the past four yearsOriginally exclusive to Mac, it also helped popularize the CD-ROM formatAn early example of successfully adapting movie to game. (First graphical point-and-click I ever played?)A great modern contributor to the revival of classic point and click adventuringA darker iteration of one of the very first adventure games(region locked)Continuing the trilogy from the previous giveaway......and concluding the trilogy from the previous giveaway!I know the capital of Iceland because of this time travelling adventure(region locked)The real fourth movie of the franchise (imho)Another modern point and click, I'll be looking forward to "Whispers of a Machine" nextIf a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, what color is the tree?The bike from the Sep 5th giveaway was manufactured here.A hilarious adventure game not made with any pixels. (Also, this is a lie.)The sequel's coming out soon, better play the original first!I feel like I could... like I could... ... ... like I could... take on the world!You're still here? Hmm... maybe you know me too well. And you were expecting me to end this list with another game.(ended)Month-long public level zero.(ended)I'm sorry, did you need a train?(ended)Comment has been collapsed.