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Fun and fast-paced with high replay potential, November 16, 2021I've played this game through about eight times now. The setup is something of a scavenger/treasure hunt through an old antebellum mansion, grabbing antiques while filmed for a reality show. Most non-passive commands cost you fifteen seconds, and you have half an hour to collect items and pass through the foyer with them (or else put them in their special location, which you must guess based on the item and what rooms you've seen). It doesn't take long to reach the end point, and as you learn more about the value of various items, how to access different parts of the mansion, and other factors, you start working on how to allocate your time best. My first playthrough, I ended with about $6000, whereas my most recent I had almost $18000 (still a far cry from the high scores listed in the links). Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Gabriel Knight's Nightmare, September 3, 2020by deathbytroggles (Minneapolis, MN) An absolute delightful treasure romp in the vein of Hollywood Hijinx (only with loads more charm), Sugarlawn had me simultaneously hooked yet a tad frustrated. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Rainbow Fire , August 28, 2020 - Targor (Germany), May 2, 2020 Good times, March 14, 2020 by Quirkyhndl I had fun with it. Used trizbort to make a map, liked the history added in. Will definitely go back and do the "amusing" suggestions. Puzzles on my first one were too much for my fibro-fog brain, but I plan on going back to figure stuff out. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- E.K., December 8, 2019 - Mr. Patient (Saint Paul, Minn.), November 30, 2019 The Gaming Philosopher Let me stress that the game is a lot of fun. Enough fun that I came back to it after the competition and solved everything, with some help from the forum, ending up with a very respectable haul (though quite a bit short of the current high score). If you are interested in puzzle games, I absolutely recommend Sugarlawn. However, the game is also a bit of a disjointed affair.
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An excellent optimization-based treasure hunt with good humor, November 19, 2019I beta tested this game, and I love it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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Optimization problem with easy and hard puzzles, November 18, 2019In this game, you are participating in a reality TV show on the Sugarlawn Plantation. Your objective is to earn as much money you can within 30 minutes. You earn money by finding valuables and return with them to the foyer. Even better, if you can find out what the target location is of a valuable and put it there, you will get a bonus. In addition, you get a bonus if you manage to escape from the house. There is also mentioned a secret bonus. Bonuses will be doubled if you do not bring the sack to carry stuff. In other words, if you accept an inventory limit, your bonuses will be doubled. So this is a rare example of a game, where it makes good sense to have an inventory limit, since it makes the game harder but you earn more points. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (2) - Add comment
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A new twist on the traditional treasure hunt game, November 17, 2019by Steph C This has probably the best blurb in IFComp 2019; I read it and I just had to find out what that was all about. What it’s about is a reality show in which you run through a historic Louisiana mansion in a chicken suit trying to grab historical antiques for big cash prizes. You’ve got thirty minutes to find as many as you can, and you’ll get a bonus if you can not just collect them, but leave them in the appropriate locations. The unique setting and focus on history puts this several cuts about the traditional IF treasure hunt it resembles. The game doesn’t just want to give you a bunch of valuable stuff to snatch – you actually have to engage with the purpose and background of the items to figure out where they go, and sometimes using one properly can give you hints towards another. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Treasure hunt with a stiff timer, October 11, 2019by hsgerard (Portland) Here’s a classic run-around-and-grab-stuff treasure hunt in a mansion, although Spivey elegantly bypasses any questions of the ethics of stealing someone’s stuff by framing the entire game as reality television, complete with a host providing color commentary on Louisianan architecture. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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