Chapter 6
Emirgan Tulip Festival
They say that in Emirgan Grove a gardener left a flower-bed clock, where each tulip variety opens at its own hour. The clock will run once the tulips are planted by the hours, the variety of the day is found, the bee's dance is repeated and the drooping beds are watered.
Play for freeInside the mechanism
The chapter's mechanism is made of modules. The Master sees and operates them, the Keeper holds the manual for each:
- Clock
- Variety
- Bee
- Watering
6 minutes and three sparks: three mistakes and the mechanism stalls, but you can replay at once with a new layout.
How to play
- One player creates a room and sends a friend the link or the four-character code.
- One becomes the Master and sees the mechanism. The other becomes the Keeper, holds the manual and can only explain it in words.
- Talk through the built-in voice chat or sit side by side. Roles swap after each chapter.
Historical note
The Tulip Era, or Lale Devri, is the name for the years from about 1718 to 1730. In that time tulips were especially prized in Istanbul, and the flower gave its name to a whole era. Emirgan Grove (Emirgan Korusu) is a large park on the European shore of the Bosphorus. Every spring Istanbul holds a tulip festival, and Emirgan is one of its main venues. Today people come to the grove for walks and rest, and in spring they come to see beds of tulips in every color.
This place is also in Tunel, a hidden-role detective game for a group of friends: the “Emirgan Tulip Festival” scenario.
FAQ
- How many players?
- Exactly two, each on their own phone or computer. No sign-up, no download.
- Is it the same every time?
- A chapter's manual never changes, so you can learn it. The mechanism is rebuilt every game, so the answers change.
- Is the mechanism real?
- The mechanism and its puzzles were invented for the game. The history note above is factual.