FSi presents
Mika Huy
in Reality-on-the-Norm game
or MAGS game
whatever you like

SIXTEEN: This Time The Name Is Short And Simple!

1. Introduction.

Hello, dearie. This little game is my entry for MAGS September'06: Retroparanoia.
The rules were, as far as I remember, the following:

The game must be made in 16 EGA default colours and/or shades of grey;
The game must start on a small island in Barents Sea;
The game must feature world conspiracy;
The game must feature at least 5 "Things that haven't been inventory items" as inventory items;
The hero of the game must be beheaded at the end

Italic ones were not necessary, so don't worry, Mika's alive and well. And still have her head over her shoulders. But the game does start at a small island in Barents Sea.

You must have already guessed that the game is named Sixteen because of number of colours used in it. It is true, but it's also the number of inventory items not used before. That is, I got a list of 16 (sixteen) items from that huge list (I tried to pick most weirdest ones) and injected them all in game. Also note that there is no more inventory items, only sixteen weird ones. I think you'll appreciate the list now.

Chicken suit - suggested by Mats Berglinn
Darth Vader helmet - suggested by Mats Berglinn
Dead girl wrapped in plastic - suggested by Modguelator
Entire universe - suggested by Modguelator
Hot dog with a electronic bug inside - suggested by lo res man
Instructions to operate a microwave - suggested by Ginny
Captain Mostly's mom - suggested by Captain Mostly
Pencil someone used as a chew toy, complete with with drool - suggested by Evilgamemaker
Piece of paper proclaiming, "Windows 95 Sucks!" - suggested by Einoo
Sock full of eyes - suggested by Snake
Thermonuclear bomb - suggested by Scavenger
Tux the linux penguin - suggested by Occult
Used toilet paper - suggested by lo res man
Wheely bin with Hugh Heffner inside - suggested by Zootyfruit
Pope's droppings - suggested by ExoTec
Bucket that tels you the time - suggested by ExoTec

I also couldn't stand and added table that follows you everywhere no mather what's on top of it (ExoTec again), because the idea seem very impressive to me.

2. Installation & interface

I'm sure installation is quite a simple task. You've already installed the game if you can see this. If not, just unpack the archive wherever you like and enjoy the life.

The game's interface is also quite simple. There's one button resembling Mika's pocket at top left corner of the screen. When you click it, inventory window will appear. You can choose inventory items, save, restore and quit game. Just the general pack. I believe the icons is pretty self-explanatory.

To change cursor mode use right mouse button, to activate something with current cursor mode, click on it with left mouse button. To examine inventory item, click it with right mouse button.

A little tip (cheat?). As the game may have some bugs, you could find yourself outside the walkable areas thus unable to move. Pressing Ctrl-F (short for "Fixme" - TES3, remember?) may help you in that case by teleporting you to the nearest walk-area. All rooms have at least one of them, so you won't be lost.

3. Community notes.

The game takes place shortly after (I believe) "Defender of the RON". There was also mentioned that Davy Jones came back from the dead, so it's also after "Davy Jones is Back!". There is also mentioned that A Better Mousetrap is in near future (does that make paradox? if yes, then Elandra's just making EVEN BETTER mousetrap)
If anyone needs characters, backgrounds, anything from the game (anyone?), contact me.
Walk-through is it walkthrough.rar, the password is "wank-thru" to ensure you're know what you're doing. I mean, come on, it's very short game, you're SURELY able to finish it!

4. Music notes.

I used the following music themes in the game:

Twin Peaks Theme - Intro tune
Dawn by Timewalker of pmc - Final theme
Call of Cthulhu by Metallica - Paranoia theme
Summertime by Gershvin - island theme
RotN theme by m0ds - pre-intro
PopCorn - by someone without any doubt - Fisherman's theme

5. Contacts