Amanda the Adventurer: What Each Tape Asks, Episode by Episode

Every tape in Amanda the Adventurer is built the same way: Amanda and Wooly introduce a lesson, Amanda asks you something, and the tape waits for your answer. If you get it wrong, she gives you a short line like “Nope, try again!” and asks again. The lessons are what change from tape to tape. This guide goes through the questions in the order the tapes play them. They come from the game's own subtitle files, and the later twists are kept vague.

Episode 1: apple pie

The first tape is a baking lesson, not counting or shapes. Amanda asks for your favourite kind of pie and then what you can use to cut the apples. The answer is a sharp knife, and Wooly says they should not be doing this by themselves. Next she asks where the sugar is kept, and you choose between the pantry, the refrigerator and the sink. After that she sets the oven to 425 degrees and bakes the pie for 40 minutes. Wooly says they should ask a parent, and Amanda says she is not sure where they are.

Your pie answer matters. The game has a second version of this scene in which Wooly gasps at what you said, and the attic puzzle for this tape exists in two forms: an apple pie and a meat pie.

Episode 2: errands in the neighbourhood

Amanda wants to send a package to a friend who helped her. You find the store, pick a card, find somewhere to buy a treat (if you pick the post office, Amanda makes fun of you), choose the cookies and then go to the post office. Wooly points out that it is getting late and most stores are closed. Then Amanda asks who the package is for, and she cannot remember the name. The episode also has a second version, where the card turns into a birthday card and the treat becomes candy.

Episode 3: Wooly's accident

Amanda says Wooly tripped and fell at 3:45 in the afternoon. You have to work out where he is hurt, who can help, and which room in the hospital has the right doctor. Then you choose a tool to check the injury: the heart monitor, the X-ray machine or the scale. A darker version of this tape asks a different question about tools.

Episode 4: a picnic

Amanda asks for your favourite picnic food. Then she asks what is making the bad smell, and what the opposite of alive is. She ends on a question she insists you answer, while Wooly tells you that you do not have to.

Episode 5: the petting zoo

Amanda asks you to make a sheep sound. Then you find the chickens, name the daddy chicken and find the sheep. Last, she asks how a lonely kitten feels and whether you will help it. If you don't give her the answer she wants, she keeps asking, louder each time.

Episode 6: sharing

The last episode is about sharing. Amanda offers you a snack and then asks if she can share a secret with you. The answer you give decides what you hear next.

The attic between tapes

The game's files list the puzzle pieces for each stage. The first tape uses an oven, a pie tin, fruit and a recipe card. Episode 2 involves a piano, a birthday cake and a birthday card. The other version of Episode 2 has a jumbo colouring book and a doll. The clock puzzle uses a pocket watch, a newspaper clipping, a safe and a corkboard. A See 'n Say toy appears later. Besides the six episodes, the game includes alternate “b” tapes for Episodes 2, 3 and 4, three Mixtapes and six Secret Tapes. So the tape you get is not always the same one.

Who made it

MANGLEDmaw Games released Amanda the Adventurer on Steam on 25 April 2023, and DreadXP published it. The credits list Melissa LaMartina as writer, Melissa and Chris LaMartina as directors, Blair Greene-Osako as the voice of Amanda and James Pratt as the voice of Wooly. On Steam, your character is Riley Park, who has inherited Aunt Kate's house and finds the tapes in the attic. The Steam page lists 14 languages, with full audio in English.