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{{game infobox|title=Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret|image=|author=[[Jim Aikin]] and [[Eric Eve]]|publisher=n/a|released=16-Feb-2008|authsystem=[[TADS 3]]|platform=TADS 3|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=Merciful}}

==How It Begins==
Walking home from school is mostly okay, except for one big problem: Every day you have to pass right by Mrs. Pepper's house. She may not actually be a witch, but she sure acts like one. She's ugly and crabby, and she seems to go out of her way to cause trouble for you. The time she came at you with the garden rake, swinging it like it was a giant claw... you still shudder when you think of it.

==Notable Features==
* The puzzles have been designed so that a player who manages to solve this game will know almost everything he needs to successfully grapple with other games: he will know how to talk to NPCs, how to find hidden objects, how to overcome darkness, and so on. This was done to make ''Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret'' a good introduction to IF for beginners.
* There is, however, no maze in ''Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret''.

==Versions==
===Version 1.02 (Competition release)===
* ''Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret'' ([[Jim Aikin]] and [[Eric Eve]]; 16-Feb-2008; [[TADS 3]]).
** Beta-testing by [[Emily Boegheim]], [[Hannah Boegheim]], [[Chris Jones]], [[Juhana Leinonen]], [[Jeff Liu]], [[Justin Lowmaster]], [[Radical Al]], [[S. John Ross]], [[Mike Snyder]], and [[Mike Tarbert]]. 
** {{babel|ifid=9C8B2FBA-BB69-5767-E8D4-74EEFA08DACA}}
** [[IFBeginnersComp]]: 1st place of 5 entries.
*** {{ifarchive|games/mini-comps/ifbeginners/|IFBeginnersComp2008.zip}} - The [[story file]] for this game is <tt>pepper.t3</tt>.
** [[Interactive Short Fiction Competition]]: 1st place of 4 entries.
*** Download <tt>[http://mark.engelberg.googlepages.com/pepper.t3 pepper.t3]</tt> (the story file) from the Interactive Short Fiction Competition website.
*** Download <tt>[http://mark.engelberg.googlepages.com/pepperSrc_v102.zip pepperSrc_v102.zip]</tt> (the source code) from the Interactive Short Fiction Competition website.

==Links==
===General info===
* {{baf game|Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret|3106}}.
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/browse_thread/thread/5e1a7ddc50b629f9/cbaf9b97d97a6e40 Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret] - RGIF thread.
* {{ifdb game|Mrs. Pepper's Nasty Secret|dcvk7bgbqeb0a71s}}.

===Reviews===
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/if-beginners-comp-games/ Reviews] by [[Emily Short]].

===Spoilers===
* [[ClubFloyd]] [http://www.allthingsjacq.com/intfic_clubfloyd_20100604.html transcript].

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