No riddle this time! Just a minigame to keep you entertained. A little luck, a little strategy. And ideally work together to solve otherwise it'll be over quickly.
The Werepenguins' RevengeThe spirit of Oracle Boydster manifests in the centre with an urgent warning.
It isn't just the humans that can return when night falls; the penguins are around too. And now you've slain one of their number, Bruce Forsice has brought a legion of penguins back from hell to target the centre, in a desperate attempt for revenge.
Boydster could use his connection with Rowbotham to banish them all at once, but if he does not do so he'll have the energy to give you a hint. He has to narrow down the areas he floods with Aetheric Energy.
There are twenty five rooms in the Flat Earth Research Centre, and ten spectral werepenguins. You may sneak around in the vents to search a room at a time. The Oracle's sight has given him a vague hint of where they are but no more than that.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it:
Give the grid reference location of a room you wish to examine. If it is free of a penguin it will be marked as safe.
The red numbers tell you how many penguins are in a row or column.
Boydster can save you twice from a penguin without running out of power. The third time however he'll need to flood the centre, and you'll lose your chance of a hint.
So: you can only afford to accidentally uncover two penguins. The third ends the game. You have to try and work out what rooms they're hiding in by process of elimination.
Minigame away!