Stauf's Mansion: The 7th Guest and more
- List of The 7th Guest communities around the internet (not just Lemmy)
Here's a list of different places you can chat about this series of games. We're a bit divided, but the fans are out there!
!stauf_mansion@lemmy.mods4ever.com - This Lemmy community, you're here right now! If you need a Lemmy account then go here and make the account. (Sorry, my server is too weak!) If you already have a Mastodon account (and you're feeling brave/technical) then you can put
@stauf_mansion@lemmy.mods4ever.com
into the search box there and follow that account.https://discord.gg/Hss5cJg - Stauf's Mansion Discord. Pretty active with a good number of fans. ALSO HAS Stream Detective so you can find people streaming these games on Twitch! Very fun to watch people fumble through the puzzles for the first time and chat with them, just be careful with backseating. Make sure you assign yourself the roles to get notifications for Stream Detective, ask in there if you need help.
https://www.reddit.com/r/7thguest/ - Reddit community. Not very active, but with a good post or crosspost there could be people from outside the subreddit finding it.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/the13thdoll - Facebook group. Lots of fans for all the games here, very active.
https://mastodon.social/tags/the7thguest - Mastodon hashtag #the7thguest, you can follow hashtags on Mastodon so they automatically show up on your home feed, very handy! Also check the hashtags for #the7thguestvr, #the11thhour, and #the13thdoll and whatever else you want.
https://www.gog.com/forum/the_7th_guest_series - GOG Forum. Mostly tech support questions but there are a lot of fans there.
https://www.gog.com/forum/the_13th_doll_a_fan_game_of_the_7th_guest - again a GOG Forum but for The 13th Doll. Still mostly tech support questions.
https://www.twitch.tv/search?term=the%207th%20guest - Twitch categories so you can watch people playing the games live and chat with them (just be careful with backseating). Open each one and click Follow to add the game to your followed categories list. But honestly you're better off joining the Discord and using the Stream Detective inside there.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/The7thGuest?f=live - Twitter hashtag #the7thguest. Unfortunately you can't follow a hashtag on Twitter, so you gotta just check it manually. Also check hashtags for #the7thguestvr, #the11thhour (although there's some noise in there), #the13thdoll, and any other game you want. (Make sure to switch to the "Latest" tab instead of "Top")
Any other places with fans of the series? Let me know! I'm mostly hanging out here and in Discord, but I'll probably see you if you post to any of the others!
- The Making of The 7th Guest Matt Costello Interview
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- old The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour fan sitet7g.mods4ever.com The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour fan site
Old homepages by Paul "Bones" van der Meer
I found this cool old website for The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, and T7G3: The Collector. The author is "Bones the Caretaker". The section of the website for The Collector says "Copyright site-design and written content by Paul van der Meer 2003".
Wait a minute, I know that name! Paul van der Meer is the director of The 7th Guest VR and Project Lead at Vertigo Games!
I don't know how old this website is, but it doesn't exist anymore. Luckily the Wayback Machine captured most of it (missing a bunch of images).
Unfortunately the Wayback Machine is a little slow, so navigating around the house in this way is a bit of a pain, and the split screen isn't sized properly for modern screens.
So I made this tweaked version that can be easily self-hosted or downloaded, and it runs much faster.
Viewable on http://t7g.mods4ever.com/
If you're lazy, the easiest way to see the whole site is to go to the map page and middle click every link. T7G Map and T11H Map
Source code at https://github.com/Die4Ever/bones-7guesthomepage
If you have any improvements to contribute you can make a pull request.
Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20041127023227/http://uk.geocities.com/veluan2002/
- The 7th Guest All Cutscenes (Chronological Order)
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> The Cutscenes are out of order in the Game. Here is the Cutscenes in order as told in the book, The 7th Guest: A Novel by Matthew J. Costello. Cropped the black borders with only a small loss of quality.
- Trilobyte mourns the passing of Robert Stein III who left this world on January 17 of this yearwww.facebook.com Trilobyte Games
Trilobyte mourns the passing of Robert Stein III who left this world on January 17 of this year. Rob was an integral part of the innovative creation of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour. We were...
Trilobyte:
>Trilobyte mourns the passing of Robert Stein III who left this world on January 17 of this year. > >Rob was an integral part of the innovative creation of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour. We were incredibly lucky that he came into our lives, bringing his great talent with him. He will always be respected and admired by anyone who had the good fortune of having known and worked with him.
Jonathan Sposato:
>rest in peace brother. robert stein III was the first ever art director at banana republic back when their catalogs were hand drawn by him in a marin county studio. he was also the co-creator of the epic hit game “7th guest” and it’s even bigger followup “11th Hour.” i first met him when i was a young teen making computer games, where he was my slightly older colleague at ‘Virgin Mastertronic’, an offshoot of richard branson’s ‘Virgin Records.' he taught me so much about ‘suggesting detail where there isn’t any.’ years later after college when i started my first games company, i hired rob to be our senior art director, where he routinely regaled us with stories about his run-in’s with special effects greats phil tippett or ray harryhausen. he once lived amongst one of the most untouched pre-industrial humans, the trobriand islanders, during a once every 75 year solar eclipse because he simply wanted to experience what they would experience. he traded drawings for food and lived among them for months. it was said that the founders of banana republic mel and patricia ziegler hired him on the spot, sans portfolio, because he was the very vision of the wanderlust adventurer they sought to sell the idea of. the son of a decorated fighter ace and cold war spy robert k. stein, rob was born for adventure. when i had occasion to go to africa, he once warned; “if your flight has to divert to uganda, do not get off. my dad and i were once held at gunpoint by idi amin’s henchmen in entebbe…” > >thru out the years, rob and i ended up working together on and off in parallel careers at microsoft where he designed almost all the iconography for Windows Vista, while i putzed around in the consumer division and xbox. a few years later i tried to recruit him to be a part of my startup, he refused. after selling that one i gave him another shot and he refused again. when i visited him in hospice he laughed; “goddamn it sposato you should have done a better job talking me into those!” to which i replied; “robert you’ve lived 3 lives in the span of my one. no regrets man. no regrets.” and he truly had none. > >after a brave fight, rob succumbed to cancer on Jan 17th of this year. he is survived by his beautiful, delightful, and very funny wife Summie Aoki-Stein, an accomplished flight attendant speaking multiple languages who has many great stories of her own. i am grateful my friend was in great care by such a loving partner. his ashes are with the beach and sea in his favorite spot on earth; kailua beach in oahu, hawaii. you can visit rob virtually thru his gorgeous illustrations at https://www.instagram.com/robertsteiniii?igsh=MW1lNGo4NHJsamhibQ== > >you will be missed robert...
- The official Robert Hirschboeck website (actor for Henry Stauf)
the highlights are some pictures of Robert Hirschboeck as various characters https://rhstauf.tripod.com/photo2.html
and an interview from 1996 done over AOL chat, in character as Henry Stauf https://rhstauf.tripod.com/interview.html
- The 7th Guest promo screenshots/renders from IMDbwww.imdb.com The 7th Guest (Video Game 1993) - IMDb
The 7th Guest (Video Game 1993) photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more.
a lot of these are from 1991/1992 when the game was just called "Guest", with camera angles that you can't see in the actual game, and higher resolution renders
pretty cool stuff
- cool strategy guide for The 11th Hour, told in-character as a story
Similar to the strategy guide for The 7th Guest I posted a while ago: https://programming.dev/post/9424024
- Matt Costello's Untold Stories about Game Stories (writer of The 7th Guest)
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> This shout-out filled episode features Matt Costello on the curious craft of writing for games. A prolific novelist, his career spans the length of our industry, from the genre-defining 7th Guest to huge hits like Disney Universe and DOOM3. A peek behind the Curtain of a lesser known, but fundamental aspect of #gamedev
- Error 47 cover of The Final Hour from Soup's On
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> We left a surprise for The Fat Man on this track...
> For the track "The Final Hour," we asked George "The Fat Man" Sanger's daughter, Gwendolyn Sanger, to record the "voice mail" sample... and not tell her dad. This is his reaction video of listening to the track for the first time, not knowing that's his daughter doing the voice.
Follow their Bandcamp so you know when you can buy this album! https://error47.bandcamp.com/
https://error47.band/
They're also on Mastodon! @error47@musicians.today
- The 7th Guest VR director discuss rebuilding the mansion & working with the original creatorwww.shacknews.com The 7th Guest VR director discuss rebuilding the mansion & working with the original creator
Vertigo Games had quite an IP on its hands when it got the chance to rework 7th Guest into a VR format and it arguably succeeded with flying colors.
- really cool strategy guide for The 7th Guest, told in-character as a storyarchive.org The 7th guest Official Strategy Guide : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Official strategy guide for the PC adventure video game The 7th Guest.
if you want spoiler free hints, check my video instead https://youtu.be/T5rBc_T8x2g
- Error 47 interviews 7th Guest VR composer Jonathan van den Wijngaarden
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The composer for Vertigo Games' VR reimagining of The 7th Guest sat down with us for an hour to compare notes.
Listen to Jonathan's soundtrack for The 7th Guest VR: https://musicbyjonathan.bandcamp.com/album/the-7th-guest-vr-original-soundtrack
Follow Jonathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathan_vdw
Jonathan's website: https://musicbyjonathan.com
Check out Soup's On - our 4xLP reimagining of the soundtracks to The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour: https://kickstarter.com/projects/twoguysrecords/soups-on-music-from-the-7th-guest-and-the-11th-hour-on-vinyl/
- Ancient DOS Games Episode 167 - The 7th Guest
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ignore what he says about difficulty running the game or DOSBox, that's outdated info, just use ScummVM
- Really cool The 7th Guest merchandise - The Sphinx Spirit Board, signed by Rob Landerostrilobyte-games.myshopify.com The Sphinx Spirit Board
Based on the 7th Guest Sphinx spirit board, hand-crafted 18" x 13.5" on real wood with Eye of Providence pyramid planchette. Signed on back by Rob Landeros.
Based on the 7th Guest Sphinx spirit board, hand-crafted 18" x 13.5" on real wood with Eye of Providence pyramid planchette. Signed on back by Rob Landeros.
- The 11th Hour - Trailer 1995 - PC
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old trailer just found, courtesy of GoatedQuest
- The 7th Guest VR soundtrack will be officially released this month
> The digital soundtrack to the @the7thguestvr will be available later this month (date TBA)! This rearranged score holds 30 tracks and features @LaraAusensi @TheMightyFatMan Nathan Madsen @FrankKlepacki and Hannes Frischat.
- The 7th Guest VR Receives Resolution Boost With Quest 3 Patchwww.uploadvr.com The 7th Guest VR Receives Resolution Boost With Quest 3 Patch
The 7th Guest VR receives a Quest 3 upgrade, adding 2K textures and further visual enhancements.
- The 7th Guest VR - All Puzzles Speedrun 57m21s by Mike Mega [World Record]
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Twitch profile here https://www.twitch.tv/mike_mega
If you wanna know where all the coins are https://www.speedrun.com/t7gvr/guides
Darkshoxx has a speedrun for All Coins which shows where they all are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF8-TxobtoE
- The 7th Guest VR first playthrough by me
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I spent a lot of time looking at every little thing and trying to 100% it, I got close!
Also we have a speedrun leaderboard now with some work-in-progress guides https://www.speedrun.com/t7gvr
and check out that first speedrun from darkshoxx too
- TOP 20 - The 7th Guest - Soundtracks
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Ok I love you Stauf Mansion Fan, but the exclusion of "Downstairs" is inexcusable, I would've removed "Down in the Drain" for it. https://thefatmanandteamfat.bandcamp.com/track/downstairs
Reminder that The 7th Guest VR is expected to release about 15 hours from now! I hope to be streaming it on Twitch ASAP https://twitch.tv/die4ever2011
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456960/The_7th_Guest_VR/
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/5223884527630557/
https://store.playstation.com/concept/10008625
And make sure to join our Discord if you want to keep track of all the Twitch streams, not just mine! https://discord.gg/Hss5cJg
- The 7th Guest VR - chance to win a Quest 3 and more, in the Grand Cryptic Competition
Our esteemed guests... Fancy yourselves detectives in The 7th Guest VR Cryptic Puzzle Quest?
Watch for clues from our honored creators to cast light on that which keeps you in the dark.
Win a Quest 3 & More: https://the7thguest-vr.com/enterifyoudare/
- TOP 20 - The 11th Hour - Soundtracks
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Reminder that The 7th Guest VR comes out in 2 days, on the 19th
- very funny playthrough of Tender Loving Care by supergreatfriend, reading everything in the game (some NSFW dialog/text)
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> The 10 year anniversary of the channel was marked by a stream of a full motion video game with quite possibly the horniest main character ever. And it's not a fun kind of horny, it's an angry kind of horny. Well, let's enjoy(?) this '90s sexual psychodrama full of '90s ideas about sex and power. > > Twitch archive with chat: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/319776185
some NSFW dialog and text, but I think all the actual nudity was censored here, at least in the Youtube video
- The 13th Doll - Top 20 Songs
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> The soundtracks of "The 13th doll" are awesome ! > I present to you my 20 favorite musics from this game > Thank you to Christ Bormend & Vulture Krane for their great work !
I figured we haven't had enough posts about The 13th Doll, and this game has a really great soundtrack!
Make sure to check out Stauf-Mansion-Fan's other videos https://www.youtube.com/@stauf-mansion-fan5489/videos
- Trilobyte Games, The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, Tender Loving Care interview with Rob Landeros and David Wheeler - Pixel Refreshwww.pixelrefresh.com Podcast #35 - Trilobyte Games, The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, Tender Loving Care Interview - Pixel Refresh
In my latest podcast, I interview Rob Landeros co-founder of Trilobyte Games and co-founder of Aftermath Media David Wheeler. Between them, they have been
> In my latest podcast, I interview Rob Landeros co-founder of Trilobyte Games and co-founder of Aftermath Media David Wheeler. Between them, they have been involved with such classic titles as The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, Tender Loving Care and more. > > We discuss their involvement with these titles, with new insights into their development and whether there is a possible continuation of the 7th Guest series.
- Paintings in The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour - PART 2
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> This is a compilation of the paintings in "The 7th guest" and "The 11th hour". Can you help me to find more ?
> Thanks to darkshoxx, die4ever2005, quickbrownfox42 and genebertram3833 for their help ! They found some of these paintings !
hey I got a shoutout lol, make sure to also check out Part 1 of this video
https://youtu.be/to99vc9NxGc
and the rest of Stauf-Mansion-Fan's videos
https://www.youtube.com/@stauf-mansion-fan5489/videos
- The 7th Guest VR Re-imagining: Writing A Modern Classic 🖊📜 - Steam Newsstore.steampowered.com The 7th Guest VR - The 7th Guest VR Re-imagining: Writing A Modern Classic 🖊📜 - Steam News
Our very own The 7th Guest VR writer, Claire Downs, shares her experience working on our re-imagining of the cult classic, in this week's Dev Update!
Claire Downs shares her experience writing our re-imagining of a cult classic, in this week's Dev Update!
More updates here https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2456960
- The 7th Guest VR - Exclusive Trailer | Black Summer 2023
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a new trailer, listen to that remix of Ghost of Bo!
- The Lost Train Puzzle (WIP preview from Soup's On)
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Another little taste from Soup's On, our album of reimagined music from The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour.
Fun fact: This tune was originally supposed to be the main theme from The 11th Hour before it was scrapped in favor of "The Final Hour." By complete accident it ended up in the final game anyway, despite being an unfinished demo at the time, as the music that plays during the "train puzzle" in the attic — hence its name.
- Pool Balls (WIP preview from Soup's On)
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A little taste of what's to come in our reimagining of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour's soundtracks.
- The 7th Guest playthrough by GoatedQuest with a quick history lesson
prep kit: this is how he gets into the mindset to maximally appreciate a new game, studying some of the history leading up to the development of the game
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1441890905?collection=x4df4tcGzhYfew
playthrough:
https://www.twitch.tv/collections/g7NHNa5d4RaloA?filter=collections
- Interview with Graeme Devine and George Sanger about the music of The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour
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My band Error 47 had the good fortune to sit down with these two legends last week and chat for an hour about the music of these two games.
We did invite Rob Landeros to take part as well, and he was more than happy to catch up with Graeme and George (all that nastiness about the end of Trilobyte is water under the bridge these days), but he declined because, believe it or not, the man is incredibly camera shy.
Lots of great nuggets in this interview about how T7G took a huge chance in supporting General MIDI, how it all came together, and how we might not have had Nine Inch Nails' Quake soundtrack if it hadn't been for Graeme...
- The 7th Guest VR guest introductions and previews from Gamescon
Edward Knox
Today, we introduce #EdwardKnox: One Half of #ThePennilessCouple. Yet, veiled beneath his unholy matrimony lies a storm of debts, discontent, and wandering eyes. Through dim-lit corridors, his whispered wishes linger – to rewrite life's script with abundance, unburdened by vows.
Edward Knox is played by the tremendously talented @gregoryshapiro
[Here's Greg Shapiro's profile]
Comedian. American. Dutchman. BoomChicago, 'ZondagMetLubach,' author ‘HOW TO BE DUTCH: the Quiz' + Shameless Corp. Speaker & Event Host.
https://linktr.ee/gregshapiro
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Elinor Knox
Allow us to introduce #ElinorKnox, wife of Edward and the devoted other half of #ThePennilessCouple. What terrors await her? Are you ready to watch her story unfold in #TheStaufMansion?
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Martine Burden
4 day left.. Meet #MartineBurden, who escaped this town. Drawn back after heartbreak, a kindred spirit emerges, a man bound in vows. Ambition kindles desire.. What echoes lie within the town's shadows?
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Julia Heine
3 days to go.. Meet #JuliaHeine - Bank job lost to a thirst unquenched, spiraling into shadows. A yearning for lost youth consumes, a chilling tale of vanity and desperation unfurls. What would she surrender for another dance with time?
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Brian Dutton
Today we introduce #BrianDutton - Enchanted by Stauf's wealth, he craves success like a moth to the flame. Yet shadows of a chilling past bind him, icy echoes of a brother's tragedy... Ambition and specters entwine, a sinister waltz begins.
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Hamilton Temple
Meet #HamiltonTemple, a waning magician whose final act nears. His quest? Unveiling the truth behind illusions, unraveling the threads between reality and enchantment. A conjurer's yearning, a dance with secrets
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[And IMDB page listing some of the cast so far]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27991792/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm
[Henry Stauf's actor on IMDB]
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2164767/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1
Hands on demo preview from Easy Allies https://youtu.be/BNg7J2Jw7BQ (the guest introductions start at 5:44)
Preview article from Road to VR https://www.roadtovr.com/hands-on-the-7th-guest-quest-steam-psvr-2/
Releasing October 19th 2023 https://youtu.be/YQajZctjyVg
- The 7th Guest VR | Release Date Reveal Trailer (Oct 19th)
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- The 7th Guest VR Dev Update: Not With A Whimper... But With A Scream!store.steampowered.com The 7th Guest VR - Not With A Whimper... But With A Scream! - Steam News
This week's dev update comes directly from the mind behind our eerie and atmospheric audio director, Jonathan van den Wijngaarden, and a special note from The Fat Man
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This week's dev update comes directly from the mind behind our eerie and atmospheric audio director, Jonathan van den Wijngaarden, and a special note & video from The Fat Man - original composer of iconic 90s The 7th Guest PC Classic.
'Working on the 7th Guest VR has been an exciting experience. When the team at Vertigo approached me first, I felt both excited and slightly intimidated! The original game is such a legendary title and still holds a very dedicated fanbase even today. From the very first moment I’ve felt doing right to both the iconic work done by George (Sanger) and to the fans would be my very first goal.
It quickly became clear that we’d be retelling the original story while adapting it for modern audiences and not in the least; the new platform. Music and sound should also follow this direction, and to me it felt doing a literal remake of the soundtrack would not do justice to this approach (also; it didn’t feel right to ‘redo’ the work done by George for the original). Instead I wanted to capture the essence and feel of the original music and make this the center of this new score.
That said, George’s work obviously was a huge source of inspiration and many of the original themes and motifs return. I made a selection of the original themes that to me felt most memorable and used those as a starting point for writing the new material. All music is adaptive in nature, which allows us to transition to a different variation once you solve a room.
The original had a very interesting blend of styles and instruments and I really wanted to bring this back in order to establish a unique sound. We have an incredible group of musicians lending their talents to this score; Lara Ausensi on vocals, Frank Klepacki on drums, Hannes Frischat on cello, Nathan Madsen on saxophone and even The Fatman himself on guitar and vocals! '
And now, a special word from The Fat Man.
https://youtu.be/nXtTcFevU0o
George, what can you tell us, as the original composer of The 7th Guest, what was your reaction when you heard that Vertigo Games was planning a VR remake of this iconic game?
'"About time!" It's a perfect fit. The original game introduced a million or two players to the world of content-rich games, of CD-ROM's, of General MIDI music, of digitally recorded sound and music and some cutting edge FMV. The game's atmosphere of exploration, immersion, and puzzle solving was just right for introducing new technology, and I can see it onboarding a lot of folks into VR in the same fun, cool, SCARY way.'
Back to you Jonathan!
'Thanks George! We also made sure the house feels alive in terms of sound design and weird noises. There are quite some chilling ambiances throughout that are very surreal in nature at times. Everything works towards something that has the player on edge, not knowing what to expect next - to me this is what made the original game so impactful. Last but not least, seeing the volumetric video come to life with music, sound design and voices was a very cool experience. A lot of effort went into making this all work, hats off to the tech team for solving that puzzle!'
Follow Jonathan over on: Instagram
You can hear George 'The Fat Man's original tunes for The 7th Guest here: https://thefatmanandteamfat.bandcamp.com/
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- The 7th Guest VR - Introducing Elinor Knox
Only 5 days left..
Allow us to introduce #ElinorKnox, wife of Edward and the devoted other half of #ThePennilessCouple. What terrors await her? Are you ready to watch her story unfold in #TheStaufMansion?
Wishlist #The7thGuestVR Now → http://the7thguest-vr.com