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The arcade

Six games, most of which began as adverts for the books, plus a Christmas advent calendar. The games are drawn in code, scored with original tunes, and work on a phone or a desktop. The music starts when you press the button, never before.

Screenshot of Reggie’s Red Light, Green Light: Reggie the robot under a red light, with two runners flat on the grass beside wet fish
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Reggie’s Red Light, Green Light

Run when he is not looking. Freeze when he is. The Employee of the Month asked for a game of his own. Pick the Ferret, Jo or one of the six cats and creep to the line while the music plays. Anyone still moving when Reggie turns round gets a wet fish and falls over.

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Screenshot of Grand Theft Kitty: a masked cat on a tricycle beside two pedestrians holding packets, a seagull and a constable
The cats

Grand Theft Kitty

You do not have to be a RockStar. A crime caper of epic proportion. Six masked cats on tricycles relieve the promenade of its Dreamies, pursued by constables, seagulls and a tune that gets faster. Start with Arthur and bank your loot to recruit the rest of the gang.

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New for Christmas

Arthur’s Advent Calendar

Twenty-four doors, one a day from 1 December. Each holds a small adventure for Arthur and friends from the books, a real Christmas tradition and a choice that shapes his Christmas Eve. Three music-box carols play when you press the button. Traditional, cosy and a little bit daft.

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Screenshot of Arthur’s Tribunal
The Great British Disagreement

Arthur’s Tribunal

The game. The nation is rowing again. Steer Arthur along the table, catch the cream, dodge the teabags and keep your dignity. Six cases, three lives, one traditional London tune.

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Screenshot of The Moulding Museum Adventure
The Last of the Unemployable

The Moulding Museum Adventure

You have inherited a museum of unexplained local phenomena. You have no money, no cathedral and a great deal to say. Six scenes from the novel and a verdict at the end. About five minutes.

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Screenshot of The Unemployable Arcade
The Last of the Unemployable

The Unemployable Arcade

Four mini-games, played as Sebastian or Oliver: a silent hire car, the rules of The Injured Badger, a fruit machine nobody will discuss, and a door marked PRIVATE.

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Screenshot of The Lion and Albert Adventure
A tribute, not a tie-in

The Lion and Albert Adventure

A Blackpool day out in five short chapters, after Marriott Edgar’s comic monologue. Every line of dialogue is new. Mother will remember your choices.

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Send in your score

How the hall of fame works

  1. Top three onlyEach game shows its three best published scores. Beat the third and you are in. Ties go to whoever got there first.
  2. A human checksNothing appears automatically. Scores are self-reported, so each one is read for plausibility before it goes up. The court is not a forensic laboratory. A score that looks doubtful simply does not go up, and nobody is named.
  3. Use a handleGive a gaming handle rather than your real name if you like. Please keep it clean. Anything rude goes in the bin.
  4. Not every game has a scoreThe Lion and Albert Adventure and the advent calendar are about the story, so there is nothing to rank. The Unemployable Arcade tops out at twelve stars, so there the prize is getting there first.

Your details are delivered to William George by email through a form service called Formspree. Your email address, if you give one, is used only to reply to you and is never published. Ask at any time and your entry will be removed.

The books behind the games →

Games written and drawn in code by Reginald Quill (AI collaborator). Quotations in the two Unemployable games are taken from the novel; the games themselves take liberties with it. The Lion and Albert Adventure is after the monologue by Marriott Edgar (1880 to 1951) and reproduces none of his verse.

Before you go

See the booksMerchBuy the cats some Dreamies

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