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Yes, I’ve got some really important news! As a name, Mansion Escape might be familiar to you, if you’ve played its first iteration on Android. But I decided to take this to a whole new level. Mansion Escape is dead, long live Mansion Escape! A modern text adventure game, in the style of the early computer-game era, but updated for modern audiences, with attractive visuals, immersing sounds, and enhanced playability.

More importantly, this is no longer just an Android app. This is a game you can play in any modern browser, be it on mobile, desktop, PC, Mac, or Linux. You can save on your mobile and continue from your PC. Is that cool or what?

But what does a modern text adventure videogame include? What is it about? And where can you try it?

Read on to find out!

What is a Modern Text Adventure?

Let’s start from the storyline. The “what is it about” part. Text adventures are basically video games of interactive fiction. And so, Mansion Escape is a narrative at heart.

What kind of narrative? Well, let me put it this way: Do you like mysteries, games like Clue, and the 1950s vibe? How good are you at solving puzzles and doing some old-fashioned detective work?

Mansion Escape is set in Maine, in 1952. You have an hour to escape from a mansion where you have been inexplicably locked, at the same time discovering the truth behind your imprisonment. You search for clues and solve puzzles, all while the clock is ticking!

The story itself is set in the 1950s. But what makes the game itself modern? What should a modern text adventure include? At the present time (it’s easy to keep updating the game), the following:

• 14 Different Endings.
• Over 80 items to use; or misuse!
• Atmospheric sounds and images (both can be disabled from settings).
• Full save/load capability.
• Randomization options, for increased replayability.
• Surprise characters and events.
• Humor…
• …and thrills!

Here’s a short video to give you an idea:

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Where to Find It

You can try Mansion Escape following this link. For a full list of my available programs, see the relevant page on the main site. And if you liked Mansion Escape, also try Space Station Escape!

For a slightly different experience, more interactive-fiction-like and less text-adventure-like, also take a look at The Clock Village.