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Dalandan
A letter from Lola, opened ten years late. Who was the young man with the bag of dalandan?
Lucena · the day Bea turns sixteen
On the top shelf of Lola's aparador is the blue butter-cookie tin, and inside it, a letter addressed to Bea. This game needs JavaScript to open it.
Lola's letter
Bea's notes
How to play
- Dalandan is a short story game about a letter. On her sixteenth birthday, Bea opens her late Lola's sewing tin and finds a letter hidden page by page among old keepsakes.
- At the end of each page, Lola drops a hint. Find the keepsake she means in the tin, then solve its small puzzle (tilt it to the light, tune a radio, put things in order) to unfold the next page.
- Between pages, Bea helps her Lolo and Tita pack up the house. Your choices there change small things in the story, never whether you can finish it.
- Before the last page, guess who the young man with the dalandan was. Bea keeps notes of every clue. Then answer Lola's question and write her a reply, which you can copy or save as a text file.
- There are four endings. The game saves itself, your reply included, in your own browser only, so you can close the page and come back. Takes about 20 to 30 minutes. For all ages; everyone in it is made up.