The Incident at Galley House wiki

A deduction game, not a hidden-object rush

Triangulate the machine. Then earn every name.

On 7 March 1936 something horrific ended inside Galley House. Decades later you operate a Seance Machine that can replay the night — but only when you specify the correct period, room, and people. This wiki is the field manual for that loop: grammar first, spoilers second, completion last.

Start with the beginner guide if you have not triangulated yet. Use the scene-code system page to learn PERIOD-ROOM-PERSONS without dumping every address. Open walkthrough lists only when a dialogue thread stalls. Character pages and the room legend exist so you can cross-check IDs without scrubbing hour-long videos for a single moniker.

Everything here is written for players of the 2026 Steam remaster by William Rous and Evil Trout Inc., based on the free text game Type Help. Platforms are Windows, macOS, and Linux with full controller support, Steam Cloud, and fifteen achievements. Independent fan reference — not an official Evil Trout site.

If you only have twenty minutes, finish triangulation, watch two or three self-found scenes, write every exit line, and stop before opening spoiler codes. That short practice session teaches more than pasting the entire 1936 table on day one.

Systems first

Codes, notebook, keycards — the three tools that matter.

A scene code is PERIOD-ROOM-PERSONS. The notebook turns numbers into names and photo monikers. The modern keycard swaps the cast namespace when the story is ready. Master those three tools and every spoiler list becomes optional rather than mandatory.

The house is not a combat map. Living room and dining room carry dense group evidence; private bedrooms resolve departures; Wintercote and the chapel mark late historical pressure. Present-day D&M scenes explain why the machine exists and who is watching Reya work.

Room tokens you will type constantly: EN Entrance, LI Living room, QU Quail Lane, ST Study, KI Kitchen, DI Dining Room, BI Billiard Room, CH Chapel, plus private rooms ED TO MA VI HE OS and off-estate WI. Learn them as vocabulary, not as a screenshot you re-open every minute.

Roster

People in the house

Nineteen documented cast files cover the historical night and the modern D&M investigation. Numbers are machine IDs; names are notebook unlocks. Animal monikers support photo-card matching for many 1936 figures. Open a dossier when you need field notes; open the walkthrough code lists when you need presence by period.

Open file → full cast

Official source video

Watch Evil Trout's release date trailer.

The official trailer establishes tone, machine interface, and voice-acted presentation. It loads only after you choose to play.

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