Where's an Egg?

Bobmuffins — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:46:59 GMT

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[[Image:wheresanegg.PNG|thumb|A renegade cop with nothing to lose and an egg on his mind.]]
[[Image:Where'sAnEggboxart.png‎|thumb|From [[Foreign Lands]]]]
''"In this hard-bolied  adventure game, you must help the Boise police force find a missing egg. Not in Mancuso's garage? Try Brodermaker's gymbag. Everyone's a suspect when 'Where's an Egg?' is the game that you are playing. And that's this game!!"'' -[[Videlectrix]]

'''Where's an Egg?''' is a game by [[Videlectrix]].

'''Date:''' July 16, 2007

'''Page Title:''' Where's an Egg?

==Instructions==

The object of the game is to find the egg that one of the suspects is hiding. The task is a variation on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_and_Knaves Knights and Knaves] puzzle, where suspects either always lie or always tell the truth. After you think you know who or where the egg is, you go to that location and shoot the suspect, who will give up the egg if you have guessed correctly.

After clicking on the title screen, you are presented with several locations in a city. Clicking on the locations will review a person with an item. When you get a new item, it will appear in the bottom of the screen.

== Endings ==
If you run out of time or shoot three characters who do not have the egg, the game ends. The character who did have the egg is shown running with it through the area they were in, and the main character is shown in Siberia wearing prison clothes and a ball-and-chain. He quickly turns into a skeleton.

If you successfully shoot the character who has the egg, a policeman awards you with a badge in front of the police station. The screen pans up to the sky, where fireworks shoot off. If the game was completed with enough time left on the clock, different spaceships fly through the sky:
*901-940 seconds left — one spaceship
*941-970 seconds left — two spaceships
*971 or more seconds left — three spaceships, the last of which is exited by a waving cosmonaut

== Fun Facts ==

===Trivia===
*This game was released more than two and a half years after its description was featured on the Videlectrix website. The [[main page message]] announcing its release read: '''new' videlectrix game!''
*Although the game appears to be [[wikipedia:Russian language|Russian]], most of the dialogs are grammatically incorrect or have bad translations. For example, the Russian title on the game box is meaningless, but is similar to the correct translation of Where's an Egg?, Где яичко? (Ghedeie Yaichekao?).

===Remarks===
*A [[Videlectrix:eggction.html|page of the manual]] was also made available at the same time as the game was released.
*One of the suspects bears a resemblance to the title character of [[Kid Speedy]].

===Inside References===
*This is another mention of [[eggs]].
*The cop wields a [[gun]].
*All of the characters [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack visible arms]], except for the main character, who reveals an arm only when he shoots someone, and the policeman in the good ending, who reveals an arm only when he awards a badge to the main character.
*[[Some Type of Online Auction]] was previously used to sell a half-eaten breakfast burrito in [[english paper]].
*One of the characters resembles [[Kid Speedy]]

===Real-World References===
*This game looks similar to the point-and-click computer game "[[Wikipedia:Jack Orlando|Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure]]", in which a Private Investigator who has seen better days needs to clear his name when he is on the spot for murder.
*[[Wikipedia:Boise, Idaho|Boise]] is the capital city of the US state [[Wikipedia:Idaho|Idaho]].
*Brodermaker is a reference to video game company [[Wikipedia:Brøderbund|Brøderbund]], makers of the [[Wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]] games.
*This game is also very similar, in some aspects, to the early [[Wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]] games.
*In the ending sequence, a satellite similar to [[Wikipedia:Sputnik|Sputnik]] flies across the screen.
*[[Wikipedia:Siberia|Siberia]] is a vast [[Wikipedia:tundra|tundra]] within [[Wikipedia:Russia|Russia]]

===Fast Forward===
*Mancuso is later mentioned in [[Biz Cas Fri 3]].

==External Links==
*[[Videlectrix:wheresanegg.html|Play Where's an Egg?]]
*[[Videlectrix:egg7.swf|Play Where's an Egg? (Flash file)]]
*[[Videlectrix:eggction.html|View the auction for the instructions]]
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Talk:Where's an Egg?

Bobmuffins — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:35:38 GMT

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==Character themes==

I just noticed something. Every character has their own variation on the theme that plays in that person's presence. Whenever you ask a character about another character, or they answer a question about that character, that character's theme will be played along with the theme of the character you're speaking with. But when only items and places are involved in the question (or the occasional super-bad liar who answers a question with him/herself when it's patently not true), you'll hear only the one character's theme. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:53, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
: Though sometimes it'll fail to play both themes together... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
: Oh, yeah, and when you win, it'll play what sounds like all the themes together. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

==Multiple endings==

I've found that depending on how quickly I finish the games. So far, I've found four:
*Fireworks only — 900 seconds or less left
*Fireworks and a white satellite-looking spaceship — 901-940 seconds left
*Fireworks, a white satellite-looking spaceship, and a yellow/brown spaceship — 941-970 seconds left
*Fireworks, a white satellite-looking spaceship, a yellow/brown spaceship, and a gray/green spaceship with an alien coming out — 971 or more seconds left
I'm unsure whether there are any other endings for amounts of time left much smaller than the above. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 17:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

:My guess is that the 3rd one is a space lab and the "alien" that comes out is a cosmonaut performing a space walk.

:I managed to win a few times just by shooting at everyone immediately. My best time is 994 and all I get is the sputnik, the rocket and the space lab.

:[[User:Nsayer|Nsayer]] 18:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== Locations, suspects, and items ==
Here are my attempts at identifying the locations, suspects, and items. I'm not sure of all of them, especially the ones with question marks.
===Locations===
*Aquarium
*Forest
*Museum (?)
*Siberia (thanks, [[Special:Contributions/70.116.132.84|70.116.132.84]])
*City
*Desert
*Beach
*Movie theater
*Pier

===Suspects===
*Butler
*Blue hat man
*Maid
*Blonde woman
*[[Wikipedia:John McEnroe|John McEnroe]] (I think — recall that Homestar [[:Image:Homestar JohnMcEnroe.PNG|previously dressed up as him]])
*Mechanic
*Old Woman
*[[Kid Speedy]]
*Red hat man

===Items===
*[[Egg]]
*Potted plant
*Strawberry
*[[Alcohol|Beer]]
*Pencil
*Bomb
*Ring (???)
*Monkey wrench
*Slingshot
*Cat

== Item Talk ==

I have noticed, if people talk about an item when you question them about the egg, talk about the item. They will then tell you a person, and a place. If the person is at that place with the item, they usually have the egg. If they ARN'T at that spot, the one who gave you the info usually has the egg. Anyone have this not happen? (Notice I said USUALLY)--[[User:Bobmuffins|Bobmuffins]] 18:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

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