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When you say you cannot figure it out what do you mean? Can you type into it and does it come up with any results at all?

This is not a bug. Search for Rhose Roottree on the computer and pay very careful attention to what the results say.

This is not a bug. Search for Rhose Roottree on the computer and pay very careful attention to what the results say.

Sorry to hear about that. I have no idea how that could have happened if you were already playing over a few days. Perhaps some program reset your cookies or cleared temp browsing data.

Is it possible that someone you thought you had locked in earlier did not? 

There have been a few people that have come into the discord asking about this over the past few years and in all of the cases so far it turns out that there was someone they thought locked in but did not.

Look for golden borders around all of the people on the tree. Also, look in the names list (found  with a little silhouette icon under the evidence) or just by opening one of the dropdowns of names and you might be able to see a name in there you thought you had right but is not locked in.

Your progress is stuck on one device, I apologize.

From the description of the sisters on the web you should be able to find what all three of their careers are. (They do the same thing.)

I would recommend switching browsers. It's supposed to auto save regularly so you should never lose progress just by closing the game. If it isn't, it means something is preventing it from writing to your cookies.

There's  an advertisement in your evidence (from modern times, not from the past) that can help you find it.

Thanks for playing! If you ever want more, the Steam version includes a bit of a sequel. And our next game, The Incident at Galley House, will definitely be out before the end of the year!

I'm really sorry to hear this. What this likely means is either an adblocker, antivirus, browser extension, or some other software is preventing the game from writing to your browser's temp internet history. Perhaps using another browser would work if that's a possibility?

I'm sorry you're having that problem, I have not heard that particular issue before. 

It might work in a different browser.

Did you end up getting this to work? Most likely there's an image or name wrong for one of the sisters.

When you search for her on Spidersearch, play very close attention to what the game says.

Click the faces on the photo in your evidence

It should be located in the same place you find the other info including how to place which picture and the girls' names.

I'm not sure what this means exactly. Is the job dropdown list not working for you?

Thanks!

Sorry to hear that. It's very likely something on your browser blocking the cookie that the game uses to save. I hope you still managed t have a good time!

Thanks! I hope you enjoyed the store, it's really neat in there.

Congrats!

Yes and no. The main game is mostly the same, and you would have to complete it again. But it comes with a free expansion/sequel called Roottreemania that is more like an extra challenging second mystery.

 Our discord (on the main menu) would likely be the best way to contact us.

At the moment Steam is the only platform where it is available and we have no plans for other platforms.

I'm really sorry to hear that! On the bright side, it's usually a lot easier to catch back up to where you were and sometimes by redoing searches you'll notice new things that might have seemed less useful the first time before you knew as much about the family.

Also, if you're enjoying it enough, it might be worth getting the Steam version (if possible) since you have to start over anyways. I know it might sound like I'm trying to make a sale, but that's not my intention.

The Steam version contains a bunch of extra hours (about 6-8 depending on how stuck you get) of more challenging content than this version of the game in a new mystery, but you can only experience the second mystery in the Steam version by finishing the main story, so if you had to re-do that work anyways it could go towards unlocking that

Right now we're working on The Incident at Galley House. It's a remake of a game called "Type Help".

I would estimate the earliest it could possibly be released is maybe March or April of 2026 but it's not really possible to know for sure (until we're closer to actually being able to test which is still a ways off) so to be safe I'd estimate sometime after that even.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/The_Incident_at_Galley_House/

In the meantime I'd be sure to check out Return of the Obra Dinn and Curse of the Golden Idol if you haven't already. Those are probably the most often recommended games similar to Roottrees.

This game is meant to be played in a browser so there is no downloadable executable. There is a newer, better, downloadable version of the game available on Steam (but it is not free like this version)

I do believe if you use the itchio client you might still be able to download this free version. (I am not sure, this is just what I have been told by other users)

If it's truly the only thing you need, then it is probably already in your inventory. It's impossible to get one of the other images without first getting the one you're asking about.

This is the original version of the game. It's different than the version on Steam, which has updated puzzles, changes to content, a better UI, and a whole expansion that does not exist in this version.

The history of the game is that I made this version and released it for free due to its use of AI art, then worked with another developer named Evil Trout to remake it from scratch for Steam with actual art and a MUCH better interface.

If you're stuck in the tutorial there's likely something wrong with your answers, but in very rare cases your browser might be preventing the game from saving, which can cause issues. If you come to the discord server using the link in the game and post screenshots of what is happening people can help you diagnose the problem.

Which part are you stuck on?

If you search for her name on the computer it gives you a bit of a hint as to why you can't find her name in the dropdown list. (It's not a bug, that's part of the game)

I'm not sure what could cause this. Have you tried a different browser by any chance to see if it's a browser issue?

At the moment we have no plans to continue with the Roottree family. We will be announcing a new project in the next few weeks (I will announce it here and also on our discord, as well as in the mailing list that you can find from the main menu of the Steam version) but it is not anything Roottree related. 

That ending was meant to be a bit of a joke as opposed to a real teaser, Iam comfortable saying that if I were to make another family tree game it would be centered around a different group of people.

You do not need to restart the game from the beginning. It is intentional that the name is not in the list.

Sorry to hear that. One thing you could try is to switch browsers. It writes to your cookies, so if it is unable to do so for any reason, the saving will not work.

I apologize, I'm not sure what could be causing this issue. The only thing I can think of is that hitting F5 on your keyboard  or some other hotkey in your browser could be refreshing the page.

I'm sorry. One thing you could try would be to switch browsers. If the game isn't saving, its unable to write to your cookies for some reason.

The evidence paper with Notable Roottrees is the best place to start. Pay attention to the yellow stars on the tree, because they are associated with that list. You should be able to place all of them (except one, but it should be clear which one when you look them up) just from doing research into them on your computer.

If you need specific hints after that I'd recommend coming to the discord from the menu link. People there are happy to help!

I'm not sure! It depends on what the conference is and I'd have to do. If you'd like for me to answer any questions, I can. I recommend you get in touch with me via the discord link in the game. Myself and Evil Trout are both in there.