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Riddle Roost

Who · Where · What

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  • Free
  • No ads
  • No account needed
  • No install — plays in your browser

About the game

Somebody hid the Golden Acorn. Roll, sneak room to room and work out who did it, where, and with which gadget — in a hand-built 3D mansion.

It's party day at the Roost and the Golden Acorn has vanished from Trophy Hall. Six animal guests, nine rooms, six gadgets — one of each is the answer, sealed in the Riddle Box.

Roll the dice and walk the hallways in full 3D. Step into a room and make a guess: this room, one guest, one gadget. The other guests check their cards, and the first who can prove you wrong shows you one — and only you see it. Tick it off in your detective notebook and close in.

Corner rooms hide secret doors to the opposite corner. When you're sure, open the Riddle Box. Get it wrong and it costs you a try.

Nothing scary and nobody gets hurt — the Acorn was only ever hidden. Built for families, with a Mansion Setup screen to rearrange the rooms, tune the guests' cleverness and switch back to the classic one-try rule.

How to play

  1. Someone hid the Golden Acorn. Find out WHO, WHERE and WHAT.
  2. Roll the dice, then tap a glowing tile to walk. Stepping into a room ends your move.
  3. In a room, make a Guess: that room, one guest, one gadget.
  4. The other guests check their cards. The first who can disprove you shows you one — only you see it.
  5. Mark what you learn in the Notebook. Corner rooms have secret doors to the opposite corner.
  6. When you are sure, Solve the case. A wrong answer costs a try.

Controls

TouchTap the buttons and tap a glowing tile to walk; drag across the board to turn the camera and pinch to zoom.
MouseClick the buttons and click a glowing tile to walk; drag to turn the camera and scroll the wheel to zoom.
KeyboardSpace or Enter presses the first action button, such as Roll; N opens the Notebook, P pauses, M turns the sound off and on, and Esc goes back or pauses.
GamepadD-pad + A to choose · A act · B back · Y notebook · Start quit.

Screenshots

  • Riddle Roost title menu: Play, then Mansion Setup, How to Play, Best Cases and Language, over the dark mansion
  • The whole-mansion view: nine colour-coded rooms around a yellow centre room; Turn 1, Hallway, You rolled 5
  • The close-on-your-pawn view: a red pawn in the hallway between the kitchen and the purple room with the grand piano
  • The from-above view of the whole floor plan, the rooms laid out like a map; Turn 2, Hallway, You rolled 8
  • Mansion Setup, Layout tab: nine room tiles from Cocoa Kitchen to Treehouse, with Shuffle Rooms and Restore Defaults
  • How to Play: finding who, where and what, rolling and walking, guesses, the Notebook, solving, and the camera views

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