Guttersnipe: The Baleful Backwash by bitterkarella

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It's 1929. Incorrigible street urchin Lil' Ragamuffin and her sewer rat pal Percy have been imprisoned in the cellar of the Baleful Backwash speakeasy by dastardly gangsters, who have big plans to make Percy the star attraction in their rat-fighting arena. Save Percy and evade bootleggers, bluesmen, and bedeviling birds to escape this basement bastille!

Special thanks to Steph Cherrywell, Tanukitsune, Edgelordgaming, and Davy B!
Comment bitterkarella
26 Nov 2019
@bozwellox: Thanks! :) Glad to hear it!

Comment bozwellox
26 Nov 2019
@bitterkarella Thanks! I really enjoyed the Guttersnipe series.

Comment bitterkarella
22 Nov 2019
@bozwellox: Use the rotgut on the locked door to get into the maintenance room; turn the valve to shut off the water to the restroom. Now you can get into the restroom, where you'll find some shaving cream. Put the coin in Hellbender Fats' jar. Go to the office and put the shaving cream on the statue. Chester will give you a note when he returns. Give the note to Vinnie; he'll give you a gun that you can use to shoot the pigeon.

Comment bozwellox
22 Nov 2019
I'm thoroughly enjoying the Guttersnipe games, but I'm stuck on this one. What am I supposed to throw at the pigeon? In my inventory I just have the coin, poster, menu and bottle of rotgut.

Comment bitterkarella
02 Jul 2018
@maxwinkler13: There should be an option to download in the right-hand column, right under the "written by bitterkarella" icon.

Comment maxwinkler13
01 Jul 2018
how do i download the gamefile? It's mentioned in the help menu.. and the online save option didn't work for me..

Comment bitterkarella
15 Jun 2018
@The Cringelord: Give it to Tony and he'll let you into the office.

Comment The Cringelord
15 Jun 2018
Nevermind! Great game! :) Really fun!

Comment The Cringelord
15 Jun 2018
I love the game so far, but I can't seem to give anyone the spaghetti!

Comment bitterkarella
26 May 2018
@mahboi: Push the keg, get a matchbook out of the mousehole, take the rope from the barrels, use the rope with the still, and light it with matchbook.

Comment mahboi
25 May 2018
how do you get out of the room

Comment hedgehog1972
15 May 2018
Really enjoyable game. Loved it. It was hard enough, and fun too. Congrats. Now I must play some of your other games.

Comment bitterkarella
14 May 2018
@Phantom: Okay, should be updated to fix that! Big thanks to Davy B. for making that happen! :)

Comment bitterkarella
14 May 2018
@Phantom: Whoops! Thanks for the heads up!

Comment phantom
13 May 2018
One thing to note: give pigeon to terrier, and use dead pigeon on pigeon terrier don't work. You might want to address that?

Review phantom
13 May 2018
Another hilarious installment in the Guttersnipe series! "Spaghetti a la urchin" had me chuckling especially.

Comment Hormus
12 May 2018
Service is.....unavailable???

Comment derek hall
10 May 2018
thank you all done

great game

Comment bitterkarella
10 May 2018
@repsagmada3: Put the shaving cream on the pig statue and try sitting on the stool in the poker room when you have the bibles.

Comment repsagmada3
09 May 2018
Is there a full walkthrough of this somewhere?

I'm stuck after I get the shaving cream and bible covers not sure what to do with those.

Comment bitterkarella
04 May 2018
Ask the patron about intestines and he'll order that item. Then you can grab some guts off the plate to give to Hellbender Fats to repair his guitar; when he takes to the stage, the goon will leave so you can get the victrola.

Comment derek hall
04 May 2018
I'm enjoying up to now but got stuck, I think I need to help the patron to order or get rid of the goon so I can use the Victrola next. I would appreciate any hints

Review DavyB
21 Apr 2018
It's been a pleasure to have been involved in testing this game as it has given me a chance to look at every aspect of it in detail. The writing is of a very high standard and like Carnival of Regrets aims to give the player an enjoyable experience (no sudden deaths despite the situation!). The puzzles are pitched at what seems like a suitable level, with the scale and duration also well judged. As with Carnival, I like the use of the automatically generated map though am not such as a fan of the control panel! If you become stuck, speak to everyone, especially Percy, as there is plenty of help here if you need it. The humour is also spot-on for me.

Overall, this is another excellent game.

Comment Bulbpip
21 Apr 2018
Cool and good.

Comment bitterkarella
13 Apr 2018
@Bulbpip: Whoops! Thanks for the heads up, should be fixed now.

Comment Bulbpip
13 Apr 2018
Using the "Berliner gramophone record" on the "Victrola" causes an error script to run.

Review Slayer78
11 Apr 2018
I really liked the writting and story, but I couldn't figure how to get out of the room. (Maybe because I am super bad at quests.)

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