Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure

Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure is the second 'Ally' adventure game from Pharos Games. This is an educational game based on the life of Benjamin Franklin.

Ally has fallen asleep again, this time in history class, and she dreams about Benjamin Franklin who is the subject of the lesson. In her dream she wakes up in school with a strange book in her possession. In the book is a pack of card representing Benjamin Franklin's thirteen virtues (chastity, cleanliness, frugality, humility, industry, justice, moderation, order, resolution, silence, sincerity, temperance and tranquillity for those who need reminding).

The game starts with a puzzle based on Benjamin's thirteen virtues, apparently Benjamin Franklin liked games and used them to educate himself. The object of this puzzle is to arrange three sets of cards in numerical order. The fewer card moves and re-deals the player makes the higher their score.

When the puzzle has been solved, Benjamin asks the player to talk to a person in one of the critical years of his life. The player accesses the relevant year via one of the tabbed entries in Ally's book. In the scene they can look at items in the picture, read the relevant part of Franklin's biography, and talk to the key character. The dialogue is scripted and after a clicking through a few screens the player is presented with a set of questions which have multiple choice answers. The player can replay the scene, asking the same question repeatedly, until he gives the correct answer, however this does affect their score.

Having answered the question the player is returned to the card puzzle which must be solved before another task / question is set. There are fifty-five levels in the full game.

The game is entirely mouse controlled. There is some music in parts of the game which can be disabled if required.

Preceded by
Ally's Adventure: Through The Glass
Followed By
Ally's Adventure 3: Cherokee Trails
In Group(s)
Ally's Adventure
Added
March 8, 2020
Developed By
Pharos Games
The game's title screen. The text is cropped in all resolutions I tried. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game starts with a few scenes in the Benjamin Franklin history class. History's not for everyone and Ally's about to fall asleep (Windows) from mobygames.com
Ally enters the dream phase and the game's about to start. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The player can access scenes/years from Benjamin Franklin's book right from the start but cannot play them until they have completed the card based puzzle. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Another year from Benjamin's book, this is 1776 and the Declaration of Independence is being drafted. (Windows) from mobygames.com
This screenshot shows the cover of Benjamin's book and Benjamin introducing the card game (Windows) from mobygames.com
This screenshot shows a card puzzle in play. (Windows) from mobygames.com
After completing the puzzle Benjamin appears and congratulates the player..... (Windows) from mobygames.com
.... then Benjamin sets a task (Windows) from mobygames.com
Benjamin has asked the player to contact a character in 1746. This is the part of the conversation where the player gets to choose the subject. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The next phase is a question with multiple choice answers (Windows) from mobygames.com
If an incorrect answer is given the player must repeat the dialogue (Windows) from mobygames.com
Answering the question correctly returns the player to Benjamin. The player must then solve another card based puzzle before being assigned another task. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The player can save the game via the FILE option in the menu bar. The player is also prompted to save the game on exit (Windows) from mobygames.com
In addition to the player's overall point score there's a point classification based on Benjamin's set of thirteen virtues. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Levels can be replayed to improve the overall score. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Year:
2001
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Genre(s):
Camera View:
First-Person
Control Type:
Menu-Driven
Setting/Theme:
Mystery
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