Game Theory: Don't Listen To Her! (Amanda The Adventurer)

Game Theory explores the internet's version of Dora the Explorer called Amanda the Adventurer, investigating what's going on with this popular game.

• Developed as part of a game jam with a simple approach • Players insert VHS tapes into VCRs • Answer questions posed by character Amanda • Wrong answers make Amanda angrier and more chaotic, eventually transforming her into a monster

The full-length version has expanded significantly from a tiny living room to an attic full of clever puzzles and old memorabilia, with new demonic drawings and mysterious items appearing.

• Multiple VHS tapes to watch through • Secret tapes and multiple endings to unlock • Complex lore and fascinating story additions

Players take on the role of Riley, who has inherited a house from their deceased Aunt Kate. Kate warns that investigating the attic and tapes within means there's no going back.

• A conspiracy board contains post-its and newspaper clippings • A letter from woman named Joanne about her missing younger brother • Brother entered a trance-like state watching Amanda the Adventure Show and disappeared without a trace • Joanne requests Kate investigate

Kate, a librarian with access to school records, had discovered notes about dynakinesis (the supernatural ability to create and manipulate energy) and alchemical symbols referring to specific elements.

• The In the Neighborhood tape shows chalk outlines of multiple children on both sides of a street • The corrupted version features Amanda's sheep companion Wooly asking if friends can come back to the neighborhood • Multiple disappearances suggest this is not an isolated incident

The production company making Amanda the Adventure Show is called Hameln Entertainment with a mouse logo, immediately recalling the Pied Piper story.

• The town of Hamelin is overrun by rats • The Pied Piper plays magic pipe to lure rats, leading them to drown in the river • When unpaid, he plays again to lead all children out of town into a local cave where they're never seen again • This matches the pattern of neighborhood children going missing

A secret home videotape shows a girl named Lauren on her birthday, transfixed by the TV. When her parents try to get her attention with mint chocolate chip ice cream, she suddenly disappears with the front door left wide open.

Amanda is able to listen through the TV and lure viewers away, just as the Pied Piper lured children. The last words heard are Amanda saying 'I love mint chocolate chip,' confirming she heard Lauren's parents.

Sam Colton created the Amanda the Adventure Show as a small live-action production inspired by his adopted daughter Rebecca. He believed the show had 'a soul that transcends' its budget limitations.

• The Oh No Accidents tape contains a flash frame revealing a Chief Neurosurgical Expert credit • Amanda mentions feeling her own body rotting far away in the Everything Rots tape • A neurosurgical expert figured out how to put Rebecca's consciousness into the series itself

Rebecca's mind has been transferred into the show, making her literally the soul of Amanda the Adventure Show. Her physical body still exists and is slowly rotting, but remains separated from her mind.

In the final tape, Amanda asks if players can share secrets and reveals that Rebecca is alive. There is still time to save her despite her body atrophying and mind being separated from it.

Sam Colton is not the evil one. He sold the Amanda the Adventure Show to Hameln Entertainment, a third party that bought the rights and turned it into an animated series.

• Sam became uncomfortable with how Hameln was running the production • In the green tape, Rebecca is recorded saying random phrases to train technology's dynamic voice reactions • This technology seems too advanced for the early 2000s setting of the show • The phrases Bye-yell, Pie-man, and Bah-lamb are actually phonetic pronunciations of demon names: Bael, Paimon, and Balam

• After chanting these names, Rebecca hears a man's hoarse voice in her headphones—one of the demon kings • These demons control large legions of lesser demons and grant knowledge • All require hosts to manifest, usually using children as sacrifices or physical hosts • A containment specialist is listed in credits, confirming demonic involvement

Hameln needed Rebecca and other children to become hosts and sacrifices to summon these demon kings and gain their knowledge and power. No matter what location players pick, it always leads to the butcher, symbolizing children being led to the chopping block.

• Sam stood in Hameln's way when he wanted to pull Rebecca from the show • Rather than killing him directly, Hameln lured him in with sweet lies about making his show a bigger success • Like the Fox in Everything Rots tape, Sam was trapped by false promises rather than violence • He was made to disappear with Rebecca left alone to sign whatever they wanted

Sam is theorized to be the real identity of Wooly, the sheep companion, who has been trying to keep watch on things and take them down from the inside.

• Wooly constantly tries to keep Amanda on track and wholesome • He intercepts when Amanda discusses inappropriate topics like death or rotting • He tries to keep her happy and calm to prevent the monster from emerging • His protective actions suggest a parent rather than a fellow child

• During the farm visit, Wooly is silenced when Amanda says sheep don't talk • He begins bleating uncontrollably until becoming a mindless sheep like the rest • Once Sam/Wooly is gone, Amanda asks for help with a lonely kitten representing herself • She is now truly alone without her father's protection

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Remember, it's all just a theory, a Game Theory. The analysis concludes that Hameln Entertainment manipulated everyone, turned Rebecca into Amanda, and continues to hunt children through the show.