Gretel and Hansel Part 2

About Gretel and Hansel Part 2

Gretel and Hansel Part 2 was released on Newgrounds in October 2010 by makopudding and his team, a year after the first part, and won Daily Feature and Weekly Users' Choice. The maker calls it much longer and more involved than the first game, with new music by Jess Cron and theme music by Mike Rudolph. Newgrounds still runs it in the browser, for free.

The story goes on in the forest after the events of the first game: the children journey deep into the woods to find their way home, or somewhere else. You walk Gretel through the hand-painted scenes with the arrow or WASD keys, click on what you find and use items from your inventory, and the game saves on its own so you can come back later.

As before, the storybook look is a trap. The woods hold creatures and characters from other Brothers Grimm stories, and most wrong moves end in an animated death, some absurd and some cruel. Working out what not to do is half the game.

Play the first part first. Both are being remade, with a new Part 3, by makopudding's studio Spider House for Steam. It suits players who like dark fairy tales and point-and-click puzzles where failing is part of the story.

How to play Gretel and Hansel Part 2

1. Open Gretel and Hansel Part 2 on Newgrounds and press play; it runs in the browser.
2. Move Gretel with the arrow keys or WASD.
3. Click on things to look and act, and use items from your inventory.
4. Learn from each death and try another way through.
5. Find the children's way out of the woods.

Tips

• The game saves automatically, so you can play it over several sittings.
• The maker posted a walkthrough in his Newgrounds news if you get stuck.
• Play Part 1 first; Part 2 starts where it ends.

Questions