Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure

## Description

_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.

Ally 2: Ben Franklin Adventure