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dramas-vs-novels · 7 days ago

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What game were you playing?

It's called The Roottrees are Dead.

You're a geneologist who is contacted after a devastating crash kills several members of this billionaire family called The Roottrees. A mysterious person gives you a huge list of names and asks you to complete a family tree, with a particular emphasis on blood relatives.

You have a basic 1998-era computer with a search engine, library access, and a periodicals database, and you have to figure out what to search and how to link clues to form a family tree.

This is an example of the notes I was keeping the first little bit of the game. You can see how webby it gets. You have to search anything mentioned- companies, books, movies, magazines, they all lead to more information. Hell, the co-stars in shows and movies lead to other connections on the family tree.

#a good example is that one of the names you're given is like lauren roottree #and you find out by searching her that she's an author #so you swap to the library tab and search all of her books under both last names #and find a special edition of one book that has a photo of her you inventory #and then it mentions her father was this one roottree #and on page 6 of random excerpts she mentions 'uncle jr'#so you know one of her uncles names has a 'jr' in it and you can look at the master list of names #and find a roottree with 'jr' in it #but you also have to know on the family tree where he fits in age order among the 5 kids of that generation #certain other names and keywords lead you to a book about the history of candy #and an ad for it from the 1930s where they say the 5 flavors were inspired by the 5 children #each sharing an initial with the kids #you use those first letters to narrow down the list further and get them in age order #or you have this dude having an affair with this girl #but he has 4 ex wives #so you see a mention of later in his life #his daughter #and by her last name you know like on the family tree there is only one wife with 2 children and so that must be the affair girl #because the girls have her last name #and you have to find names; professions; and photos for all of them; with bonuses for finding their spouse names #so... yeah #it's really hard to stop once you've started #but I locked in 18 entries on the family tree- i expect another handful to lock in very soon #so i made a list of keywords to search off of when i resume playing #ask

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