The Secret of Grisly Manor
Platform: iOS, Android, Javascript/HTML5
In The Secret of Grisly Manor, a point-and-click adventure by Fire Maple Games, you arrive at the reassuringly named Grisly Manor at your grandfather's behest, but find nobody there to greet you. Maybe not that surprising since your grandfather, an eccentric inventor, was reported missing some time ago... but then, who sent you that letter? (James Sunderland probably has some advice in this situation.) Just click to look around, pick up items, or zoom in on objects of interest. There's no changing cursor to indicate a "hot spot", but places you can fiddle around with are typically pretty obvious. Click on your inventory to use your items, and click "menu" to go back to the title screen if you want to take a break. Scaredy-cats can play without fear, since this mystery is more Scooby-Doo than spooky, but you'll still need to put on your detective's hat if you want to find out what's going on, since this house is chock full of puzzles, secrets, and strange mechanisms galore.
Also available: The Lost City for iPhone (iOS), Android, Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire!
If you're sick of point-and-clicks global conspiracies, twisted supernatural secrets, and psychological drama, than Grisly Manor may be just the sort of light-hearted, fun adventure you've been looking for. The puzzles are simple and logical, pixel-hunting is surprisingly absent even without a changing cursor, and the presentation is clean and professional. What the game isn't, of course, is particularly challenging, though it doesn't seem like it was meant to be and there are still a few neat little "a-ha!" moments that'll make you feel like you deserve a pat on the back. It's a short little game at around a half hour or so of play at most, with a silly plot, but if you just want a spot of adventure and mystery in your day this is one decidedly un-grisly little game you might want to try.
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Walkthrough Guide
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The Secret of Grisly Manor Walkthrough
Front Porch
Click the loose brick on the right wall under the columns to zoom in.
Click the brick to remove it, revealing the Key.
Use the Key from your inventory to unlock the front door.
Go through the open door into the foyer.
Foyer
Click the painting above the stairs to zoom in.
Take the Ripped Piece of Paper tucked into the upper left side of the frame.
Go up the stairs to the hallway, then go into the second door on the right into the child's bedroom.
Child's Bedroom
Take the Goldfish Bowl on the bedside table.
Click under the bed to zoom in.
Take the Chess Piece on the floor.
Go back to the hallway then into the first door on the right to enter the grandfather's bedroom.
Grandfather's Bedroom
Click the framed butterflies on the left wall to zoom in.
Take the Jewelled Butterfly at the upper right corner.
Click the drawing on the wall to the left of the bed for a closer look.
Note the position of the white triangles inside the circle: SE, S, W, SW
Go back to the lounge.
Lounge
Click the chessboard to zoom in.
Add the Chess Piece from your inventory to the board.
Take the Silver Key from the revealed cache.
Return to the upstairs hallway.
Hallway
Use the Silver Key from your inventory on the door to the far left.
Go up the stairs into the attic.
Attic
Click the large trunk to zoom in.
Rotate the tiles to complete the image of the flowers.
Solution.
Once the puzzle is solved, the tiles will slide open revealing a butterfly shaped recess.
Place the Jewelled Butterfly from your inventory into the space.
Click the trunk to open it, then click it again to look inside.
Take the Magnet on a String inside the trunk.
Note the four runes written on the bottom.
Go back to the foyer.
Foyer
Click the upper right corner of the rug to lift it, revealing a grate on the floor.
Click the grate to zoom in.
Use the Magnet on a String from your inventory on the grate to receive the Tuning Fork.
Go through the lounge to the kitchen, out the door to the yard, and then forward to the shed.
Shed
Click the pile of wood to take the Log.
Click the plaque on the wall to zoom in.
Use the Tuning Fork from your inventory on the speaker under the ear.
Go through the open door inside the shed.
Take the Wooden Mallet and the Carved Falcon on top of the work table.
Go back to the lounge.
Lounge
Click the falcons on top of the fireplace to zoom in.
Add the Carved Falcon from your inventory into the third space on the mantle.
Turn the falcons according to the drawing in the grandfather's bedroom.
Starting with the falcon on the far left, turn the first one facing Southeast, the second facing South, the third facing West, and the fourth facing Southwest.
Solution.
Take the Fuse from the hidden compartment.
Return to the grandfather's bedroom.
Grandfather's Bedroom
Use the Wooden Mallet from your inventory to smash the piggy bank.
Click the piggy bank to zoom in and take the Brass Token.
Go back to the foyer and then left to the dining room.
Dining Room
Take the box of Matches on the table.
Click the gumball machine on the table to zoom in.
Use the Brass Token from your inventory on the coinslot.
Turn the handle and take the heart-shaped Jewel from the dispenser.
Return to the hallway.
Hallway
Go right at the end of the hallway to face the hidden door.
Place the Jewel from your inventory into the notch at the bottom of the right gargoyle.
Click the opened cache to zoom in.
Take the silver Knob and the Ice Pick.
Go back to the kitchen.
Kitchen
Put the Knob from your inventory inside the hole of the drawer to the left of the fridge.
Click the drawer to look inside and take the Rusty Key.
Click the freezer to open it.
Use the Ice Pick from your inventory on the block of ice to reveal the Wrench.
Go back to the hallway and then through the rear door into the bathroom.
Bathroom
Use the Wrench from your inventory on the large bolt on the wall.
Click the wrench to turn it, revealing a secret passage.
Go through the open door into the passageway.
Passageway
Click the door of the fusebox to open it.
Place the Fuse from your inventory inside the box.
Click the lever to the left of the fusebox to lift the wall.
Go through the revealed doorway into the study.
Study
Take the Golden Key on the desk.
Click the door on the left to open it.
Go back to the passageway.
Passageway
Click the lever to lower the wall again.
Return to the hallway then go through the door at the end of the hall to re-enter the study.
Study
Click the poster on the wall blocking the secret passageway to zoom in.
Note the message at the bottom, "Love is the key to the world"
Go back to the Kitchen.
Kitchen
Click the magnets on the fridge to zoom in.
Note the colors of the letters that make up the word "Love"
L is Green, O is orange, V is red, and E is purple.
Go back to the lounge.
Lounge
Click the globe by the fireplace to zoom in.
Turn the handles on the dials to change the colors so that they match the colors of the fridge magnets in L-O-V-E order (Green, Orange, Red, Purple).
Solution.
Once the puzzle is solved the globe will split open, revealing the Sealed Wooden Box.
Place the Log from your inventory into the fireplace.
Light the log with the Matches.
Add the Sealed Wooden Box to the fire.
Go back to the foyer.
Foyer
Click the third step on the stairway to zoom in.
Use the Golden Key from your inventory on the keyhole inside the stair.
Take the Ornate Rod from the secret cache.
Return to the yard outside the kitchen door.
Yard
Click the large stump in the grass to zoom in.
Use the Ornate Rod from your inventory on the metal socket in the center of the stump.
Click the stump again to zoom in, then go down the ladder to the cave.
Cave
Click the stone pedestal in the center of the room to zoom in.
Click the runes in the circle that match the four runes found at the bottom of the trunk in the attic.
Solution.
Once the puzzle is solved, two beams of light will come out from the center of the circle.
Note the position of the lights resembles the position of the hands on a clock, if the time was about 8:25.
Return to the dining room.
Dining Room
Click the cuckoo clock on the wall to zoom in.
Turn the dials to move the minute hands on the face of the clock.
The left dial moves the hour hand, the right dial moves the minute hand.
Set the time to match the beams of light from the cave at 8:25.
Solution.
Once the clock is set the cuckoo will come out, revealing the Stopper.
Return to the bathroom.
Bathroom
Click the bathtub to zoom in.
Use the Stopper from your inventory to plug the drain.
Click the faucet to fill the tub with water.
Use the Goldfish Bowl on the tub full of water to release the goldfish and receive an Empty Bowl.
Use the Empty Bowl on the tub to make it a Bowl of Water.
Go back to the lounge.
Lounge
Use the Bowl of Water to douse the flame.
Click the fireplace to zoom in.
Take the 5 Ounce Weight from the ashes.
Return to the shed.
Shed
Use the Rusty Key from your inventory on the cabinet on top of the work table.
Take the second piece of ripped paper inside the cabinet, completing the Combination.
Go back to the study.
Study
Use the 5 Ounce Weight from your inventory on the left side of the scale on the desk.
Click the revealed safe behind the dog painting to zoom in.
Enter in the Combination from your inventory to the numbers on the safe.
42-34-15
Solution.
Take the Iron Key from the opened wall safe.
Go back to the foyer.
Foyer
Use the Iron Key from your inventory on the door behind the stairs.
Go through the open door to the basement.
Basement
Click the blue door to zoom in.
To open the door, rotate the three discs so the arrow inside each circle lines up with the adjacent arrow outside the circle.
Starting from the left Disc #1 rotates all three circles, Disc #2 rotates 1 and 2, and Disc #3 rotates 2 and 3.
If the circle is stuck glowing, align the arrows of the glowing circle, then rotate a different disc to move the glowing circle away from the arrow and it will fade back to normal.
Solution.
Once the puzzle is solved, go through the open door.
The End
Posted by: Trinn
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August 18, 2011 1:54 PM