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Grand Island Bank Robbery

by mathbrush profile

(based on 6 ratings)
Estimated play time: 1 hour and 55 minutes (based on 2 votes)
Members voted for the following times for this game:
  • 2 hours and 9 minutes: "No hints, true ending" — Zape
  • 1 hour and 45 minutes: "without hints" — Dan Fabulich
2 reviews8 members have played this game. It's on 1 wishlist.

About the Story

This is a work of parser interactive fiction. It's a classic treasure-hunt style game designed to be completed in an hour or two.

It's the great depression, and it's your first day on the job as the bank robber! You've got a list of goods that you need to steal. There's only one rule: Make the boss happy.

Awards

Entrant - ParserComp 2026

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Average Rating: based on 6 ratings
Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 2
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A Kansas City Shuffle, July 4, 2026

The puzzles were solid and fair, and I enjoyed the writing.

It's hard to talk about this game without spoilers, so...

(Spoiler - click to show)

I loved the unfolding layers of the endings. It's a delightful common trope in heist stories that the heist turns out to be not what you think it is, and pulling it off twice is really fun.

I wish hints had covered all three parts of the game. I guess it's quite common to have hints only for the mandatory parts of a game, and no hints for the optional parts, but that's frustrating, because the optional parts are usually harder (and often less fair), so I'd encourage authors not to do it this way.

Another thought: having freedom of action at the end of the game to talk to the big Boss made me think there was a puzzle / easter egg to find there. I tried to EMPATHIZE with the Boss, but it gave me an inappropriate message, "You detect only vague impressions. The boss said that most of the robbers aren’t in a relationship, so that makes sense." The Boss isn't a robber, so that doesn't make sense.

I searched the strings of the game with glulx-strings and didn't see anything interesting to find there; I suggest not having that last turn, or to have one last easter egg worth finding.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Layers and layers!, July 9, 2026

A delightful, well-crafted little treasure hunt with far more replayability than you'd think going in.

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Game Details

Language: English (en)
First Publication Date: June 30, 2026
Current Version: 11
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 7
IFID: 77232D44-170E-4831-8F33-0957362C0218
TUID: p89ykjt0rtr7qwry

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