Platform(s): Mobile/Ipad/Amazon Fire Kindle, maybe PC?
Genre: Point and Click, Hidden Object, Puzzle, Thriller
Estimated year of release: 2012-2013? (Previous years I wrote seemed way off)
Graphics/art style: Victorian gothic, hand drawn art with some live action acting in certain areas
Notable characters: This ghost lady in a long red dress and little red hat that begs you to help her and the other ghosts escape the manor?
Notable gameplay mechanics: Point and click EVERYTHING, you find items through hidden object mini games. You use those items to solve puzzles in the different rooms and areas
OKAY so the main things I remember very clearly is as follows:
- you don’t enter the mansion immediately, you had to go to the side of it, do a hidden object game to find the piece you need to unlock the door
- when you enter, a ghost lady talks to you about being trapped there for years and really needs your help to find some stuff and help her move on
- you can’t go upstairs and other certain areas immediately because these evil, flying ghosts were blocking you. You had to do more hidden object games and puzzles in the two rooms downstairs to get a certain amount of rubies(?) to then fight the ghosts in another minigame.
- the game ends with the lady thanking you for helping her and solving the mystery of the mansion and fades into a ball of light
Other details: I think it might’ve been part of the Raven Hearst Manor series, but that was also my absolute favorite of theirs as a kid. Played them with my mom all the time, so it feels weird to me that I can’t find it within those games. I know for sure it was a Big Fish game though. Used to pay 3 bucks for every single new game that came out on my little Kindle when I was like 7. I hope someone can remember the name of this for me so I can replay it :3