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Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel Hints
How do I plug the keyboard into the Barnacle Blast game and fix it?
1 of 12: Plug in the keyboard and examine the screen.
2 of 12: You see some programming code. To fix this game, you're going to have to modify this program. Do you see any instructions that will help you do this? (For this puzzle, you will enter the answers using your keyboard.)
3 of 12: In the programming code, you see some comments left by the other engineers. One near the top says, "To update the game, change function call on the line directly below." The line directly below looks like this: "gameOver = BarnacleBlast();" It is this line that must be changed according to the note on the clipboard. Do you know how to do that?
4 of 12: Click on the line of programming code. It changes to "gameOver = BarnacleBlast(' ');". In other words, you now have two blank areas in the code, ready for your two changes. What two changes are needed?
5 of 12: Check the note on the clipboard again if needed. First, you are going to be renaming something, adding the word "Super" to it. Second, you are going to be adding the game serial number somewhere else. Wait; do you know what the game serial number is?
6 of 12: Look around. The game serial number is visible in two places nearby.
7 of 12: The first place is on the front of the game. You can see it on a small brass nameplate below the screen. The second place is on the back of the game. You can see it above the access card reader.
8 of 12: Both places say the same thing: "SERIAL# KM5200".
9 of 12: Now, back to making the two changes to the programming code. Open the back of the game and look at the screen, then make the two necessary changes.
10 of 12: The first change is adding the word "Super" to the function name. (A function is a list of tasks that perform work.) Type "Super" in the first blank area, changing "BarnacleBlast" to "SuperBarnacleBlast". Hit Enter.
11 of 12: The second change is the game serial number must be entered as the function's parameter. (A parameter is data used by the function.) Type the game serial number "KM5200" in the second blank area, changing "SuperBarnacleBlast()" to "SuperBarnacleBlast('KM5200')". Hit Enter.
12 of 12: You hear some computer beeps. That should mean that you fixed the Barnacle Blast game.
