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{{featured}}{{box |header='''''Wordlock''''' |file=[[File:WordlockTitle.png|290px|border]] |text= '''Release type:''' [[Shareware|Freeware]]<br /> '''Release date:''' August 30, [[2013]][[Category:2013]]<br /> '''Levels:''' 100<br /> '''Author:''' [[Mike Perrucci]]<br /> '''Website:''' [http://mazeguy.net/wordlock.html More Mazeguy]<br /> '''Related games:''' ''[[Invasion of the Blobs II]]''}}[[File:Wordlock2.png|320px|thumb|Mike Perrucci's ''Wordlock'']] [[File:Wordlock3.png|320px|thumb|Mike Perrucci's ''Wordlock'']] [[File:Wordlock4.png|320px|thumb|Mike Perrucci's ''Wordlock'']] [[File:Wordlock5.png|320px|thumb|Mike Perrucci's ''Wordlock'']] '''''Wordlock''''' is a puzzle game by Mike Perrucci. The inspiration came from the Moredhel wordlock chests featured in ''Betrayal at Krondor''. In that game, chests with riddles written on them can be found. The player must rotate tumblers and spell out the correct answer to unlock the chest and claim the treasure inside. This concept was recreated, for the most part, for level eighteen of Perrucci’s previous game, ''[[Invasion of the Blobs II]]''. A force field prevented the heroine, Melissa, from reaching the lair of the final boss. The barrier could only be disabled by solving three riddles. ''Wordlock'' increases the number of riddles to one hundred. The protagonist, if it could be called that, is a common arrow cursor. It functions just as you would expect, except movement and “clicking” is performed with the keyboard instead of a mouse. As the game progresses, you collect keys that open a series of locks that guard a large Esc key. What would happen if the cursor pressed it? ==Story== There are no villians. There are no weapons. There are no heroes. There are only 100 wordlocks, a cursor... '''and you.''' ==Instructions== Use the '''arrow keys''' or the '''numeric keypad''' to move the cursor. Touch this icon to view a wordlock. To solve it, change the green letters by “clicking” them with the '''spacebar''' or '''5 key.''' Keep clicking until you spell out the right answer. You get one point if you do.<br /> When you think you have the correct answer, wait a few seconds. If the '''red''' light turns '''green,''' exit to the right. If it doesn’t, try again. If you’re stumped, touch the '''white''' light to quit. You can return anytime. '''As a last resort,''' you can put the letters from each tumbler into columns. Then pick one letter from each column to spell a word. Something special will happen if you solve all 100 wordlocks. '''Good luck!''' '''Function keys:'''<br /> F1 – Display help.<br /> F2 – Display score.<br /> F3 – Music on/off.<br /> F4 – Sound on/off.<br /> F5 – Save game.<br /> F6 – Load game.<br /> F10 – About Game-Maker.<br /> Esc – Exit game. ==Credits== '''Game design, art and animation:'''<br /> Mike Perrucci '''Game engine and toolset:'''<br /> Game-Maker (Recreational Software Designs) '''Inspiration:'''<br /> Betrayal at Krondor '''Riddles:'''<br /> Betrayal at Krondor<br /> Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader<br /> The Thieves Guild<br /> Riddle O’Day<br /> J.R.R. Tolkien<br /> Smurfs’ Village<br /> The Riddler '''Music:'''<br /> Robert Allen<br /> Erik Satie<br /> Unknown artists '''Special thanks:'''<br /> The Stone family for creating Game-Maker.<br /> <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Azurelore Korrigan]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and Alan Caudel for encouragement.<br /> Dylan, Tyler and Steve for play-testing.<br /> And finally… you. Thank you for playing! '''Wordlock'''<br /> Copyright 2013 Mike Perrucci<br /> www.mazeguy.net == Availability == ''Wordlock'' is available from its [http://mazeguy.net/wordlock.html author's Website]. == Archive History == After a period of anticipation, [[Mike Perrucci]] made the game available upon its completion, on August 30, 2013. == Links == <youtube>q2heNOZAnD8</youtube> === Sites === * [http://mazeguy.net/wordlock.html Wordlock] (mazeguy.net) === Listings === * [https://archive.org/details/wordlock archive.org entry] === Misc. Links === * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/wordlock.php Play ''Wordlock'' online]''' == Downloads == * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/wordlock.zip ''Wordlock'']''' (916 kB) * [[Media:WordlockMap.gif|World map]] (64.0 kB) [[Category: Game-Maker games]] [[Category: Mike Perrucci]] [[Category: Single-screen]] [[Category: Puzzle games]] [[Category: Experimental]] [[Category: New developments]] [[Category: Complete games]] [[Category: Pennsylvania]] [[Category: United States]]

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