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)

• Aug 12 - 18th: A trilogy originally set in Paris
• Aug 14 - 20th: From a well-known author, although the book was written by his friend
• Aug 16 - 22nd: Cold and mechanical? Yes, but also no, not at all!
• Aug 18 - 24th: Helped revive classic comedy style adventure games
• Aug 20 - 26th: A modern adventure game based on a popular TV series
• Aug 22 - 28th: A simple game with roots in Flash from a consistently great developer
• Aug 24 - 30th: A beautiful classic whose follow-up's sequel was released over the past four years
• Aug 26 - Sep 1st: Originally exclusive to Mac, it also helped popularize the CD-ROM format
• Aug 28 - Sep 3rd: An early example of successfully adapting movie to game. (First graphical point-and-click I ever played?)
• Aug 30 - Sep 5th: A great modern contributor to the revival of classic point and click adventuring
• Sep 1 - Sep 7th: A darker iteration of one of the very first adventure games (region locked)
  • Region-locks-are-annoying Consolation 1: Continuing the trilogy from the previous giveaway...
  • Region-locks-are-annoying Consolation 2: ...and concluding the trilogy from the previous giveaway!
• Sep 3 - 9th: I know the capital of Iceland because of this time travelling adventure (region locked)
  • Region-locks-are-annoying Consolation: The real fourth movie of the franchise (imho)
• Sep 5 - 11th: Another modern point and click, I'll be looking forward to "Whispers of a Machine" next
• Sep 7 - 13th: If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, what color is the tree?
• Sep 9 - 15th: The bike from the Sep 5th giveaway was manufactured here.
• Sep 11 - 17th: A hilarious adventure game not made with any pixels. (Also, this is a lie.)
  • Why isn't The Neverhood on Steam?! Consolation: The sequel's coming out soon, better play the original first!
• Sep 13 - 19th: 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)
  • Talk > Adventurers > You're right. (Sep 15 - 22nd)
  • Look > Husk > The husk waits to be split asunder... to reveal the soul hidden within.
  • Use > Scythe > The scythe gleams as it swings through the air...

Month-long public level zero. (ended)

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