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.

  • Last-minute solver time-saving pro-tip: forget about the "XX" and "X" portions of the "?Name=XX" and "?object=X" URL query strings until you need precisely three of them.
    • (And then two more much later on.)

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...


You find yourself in an old forum thread of a game giveaway site.

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)

Month-long public level zero. (ended)


I'm sorry, did you need a train? (ended)


7 years ago*

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Roughly how far are you in the adventure?

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a) Lobby
b) Stuck in the bathroom
c) All these humans have too many resources
d) Accounting for all the supplies
e) I'm on the factory tour!
f) Digging through the trash
g) Let me speak with your manager
h) I think this section might be under maintenance...
i) I NEED HELP!!!
j) PARTY!
k) I think I may have pressed the wrong button... sorry, everyone!
(the adventure hasn't started yet... I'm patiently waiting...)

Bump!

6 years ago
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Bump ^^

6 years ago
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Bump!

6 years ago
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bump

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Bump!

6 years ago
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Just one word: WOW. Such a great effort.
Right now I'm around the Restroom, I don't know if I will have time to go further... But thank you anyway!!! 🙂

6 years ago
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Bump again. Taking a break in the Proprietary Recipe Testing Labs trying to figure out how to best use the G.E.M.

6 years ago
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Now stuck at the wooden platform. Grrr.... I need to go to bed. I will have to think about this one some more.

6 years ago
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6 years ago
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Hello again, Cake Factory adventurers!

There are about 10 days left to go on the tour of the factory!
As a reminder, all of the main giveaways will end at 5:21 pm Pacific time on the 15th, leaving one more full weekend for solvers.

The new fastest-solve record is at just over 1 day and 13 hours, but the average solve takes around 5-7 days.

And again, make sure to check for hints in the giveaway comments, especially for the thief puzzle where there's an ItsTooHard that makes solving that puzzle much easier!

Good luck, and thank you again to those who've already solved the whole adventure!

In other words: bump! :)

6 years ago
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bump

6 years ago
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Friday morning about-to-get-lost-in-the-flood-of-Humble-Monthly-games bump!

6 years ago
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Bump for bonus gibs

6 years ago
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Saturday morning bump!

The last full weekend to take the Cake Factory tour!

If you're having trouble with the thief puzzle, make sure to use the ItsTooHard quiz to help solve it!
(The quiz is also linked from the comments section of Orders & Fulfillment.)

If you're having trouble with another part of the puzzle, leave a comment and ask a question! The majority of solvers who've gotten past the thief/supply puzzles have gone on to finish the tour in its entirety.

There are two new bonus giveaways for those who've finished, based on the wishlists of the earliest solvers.

6 years ago
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I know that the vote for Barbie's dream house was near unanimous.

6 years ago
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It has been a fabulous ride. Thank you very, very, very much for a fine, and different puzzle event.

6 years ago
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Glad you made it all the way through -- I've got a lot of catching up to do now with Carmen! :)

6 years ago
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Thank you for the chance. Here's a bump!

6 years ago
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(Late) Saturday evening bump!

Less than one week left!

Next Saturday at this time, it will be too late! The Cake Factory will have closed! (Technically, there will still be a few of the bonus giveaways open, but for the most part, your chances at some of the best giveaways will be gone!)

The fastest solve is just under one day and fourteen hours, and the average is stretching to 6-7 days. But there are plenty of hints littered among the comments now, so use them, and still feel free to ask further questions as well!

Also...

  • If you're in need of a break from wandering around the offices of The Cake Factory, you should wander around the offices of fiftykyu's excellent "The Ziggurat of Disappointment™" instead! So far it's been... not a disappointment!...
  • And if you haven't already, check out Mikalye's excellent continuing adventure series "Catching Carmen SanFrancisco" as well! Just jumped into that one for the first time myself and really enjoyed the current small-but-tough puzzle!
6 years ago
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Thanks for all that great games.

Have a bump! Awesome initiative :)

6 years ago
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Thanks for an epic journey. That was a lot bigger than I initially expected. It was challenging and at times frustrating, but rewarding and exhilarating. And it had some great twists and jokes.

6 years ago
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Very glad to have had you on the adventure!
Congrats on making your way through the entire factory tour! :)

6 years ago
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Just a quick Sunday evening bump with a few thief puzzle tips!

  • This late in the game, you may want to forego tracking every "XX" of the ?item/person=XX codes until you absolutely need three of them.
  • Use the table in HR!
  • In case you think you may have missed a room for the thief puzzle, you need to have visited: the Restroom, the Meeting room, the Break room, Orders & Fulfillment, Customer Service, Human Resources, and the IT Department. Every item and employee you need to finish the ItsTooHard quizzes can be found in one of those rooms.
  • Use the table in HR! Really! :D
6 years ago*
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That was frenetic!

I was so confused at the start, but the endgame was quick and smooth.

Thank you! :)

6 years ago
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Congrats on making it through! Those of you who do a stealth run (without commenting) always surprise me when I check out the SGTools stats and suddenly there's another solver! :D
Glad you enjoyed the endgame! :)

[edit] p.s. new fastest solver! awesome!!! :D [/edit]

6 years ago*
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Bump!

6 years ago
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Monday morning bump!

Ready to go to work at the cake factory? Or just go on the tour?
Either way, be safe on your visit! And don't let the thief get away with it!
Got a few more solvers in the past few days, but there's still very good odds on many of the giveaways!

6 years ago
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Ok, I was postponing it for so long, but it's time to finally start this interesting looking adventure! I'm putting up my puzzle (Fez) and point&click (Kathy Rain) playlists in the background for this and hope I'll finish it in time :D
Bump!

6 years ago
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Those are some great tunes to puzzle to!
As encouragement, the new fastest solve as of last night is: 1 day, 3 hours, 20 minutes, and 25 seconds!

6 years ago
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Happy cakes!
Have a bump, found some stuff but don't have the time sadly.

6 years ago
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I can definitely understand that, and thank you for the bump! :)

6 years ago
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Happy Cake Day!

6 years ago
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Closed 6 years ago by godprobe.