Haunting at Cliffhouse 2: In the Shadows

A new day, and finally triggered the nighttime. I wasn't as close as I thought. Found a buncha new puzzles and a room I hadn't been to: the attic. Once I figured out how to grab that last item for my scavenger hunt (and where it most likely would be), I found several more puzzles. Mostly these were "assemble the picture" types, and a few were fairly challenging. However, once completed, there was a bit more figuring to do and some bumbling around. (Hint, you need to look at the pond more than once.)

One odd thing happened. I went to one of the bathroom scenes, where you can turn on the faucet of both the tub and the sink. I clicked on some "essential oils" and the voiceover said "I can use these." But after that, the hotspot died and I had not picked up anything. A glitch? Something planned and later cut? Or a clue for later? We'll see.

There was a slider puzzle that you can skip by pressing the tab key. I did. Often I don't mind sliders, but somehow this one frustrated me early. Nice to know about that tab key.

I had quite a bit of trouble figuring out how the totem pole puzzle in the attic worked despite the instructions given, but once I tumbled to it, I only needed some patience to get it solved. I'm still not sure what I was supposed to do with the music box "puzzle." I hit the tab key and the thing opened with a nice clue and a lovely tune.

I have also picked up a few clues that clearly are meant for later in the game. Numbers and letters shine on windows, and we find instructions for what's obviously going to be a logic puzzle. Oh goody. I like logic puzzles. I took notes.

So my stuckness merely required wandering around to see what I'd missed. Patience, grasshopper.

And the garden looks really nice:

Cliffhouse Garden scene

I will pause here for awhile. I have achieved the nighttime, and have just stepped outside my room to chase a ghost that's whispering my name (we are "Sarah" in this game).

Time to eat, do some actual gardening and more de-dusting in my own house. Then I will give myself the reward of perhaps finishing the game!

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