3 in Three

3 in Three is a classic puzzle game for the Macintosh, designed by Cliff Johnson; the protagonist is an instance of the number 3 in a computer. The game starts with the 3 being rounded off from a spreadsheet, just as the computer crashes. As a result, she is sent deep into the innards of the computer, where she has to solve a number of puzzles in order to get it working again, all the while dealing with a plethora of letters, most of whom have never heard of numbers and think that she's a damaged B.

Note: This game is available for public download at the official website. Everything players need to get it running is there, not only on the Macintosh, but on Windows as well.

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Tropes used in 3 in Three include:

• Automatic Level: The last elevator level will solve itself after only a single mouse click. Unfortunately, it's not the single mouse click you think it is...
• Chekhov's Gunman: The drone has the objective to delete the rogue 3. At the end of the game, the rogue is deleted.
• Enter Solution Here: After completing other puzzles, you sometimes get random garbled text or a strange letter. After discovering what they really mean, these are all entered in the metapuzzle, Inside Track.
• Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress (of the "gravitational cognizance" variety)
• Inside a Computer System
• One-Letter Name: Most of the characters the 3 encounters are letters, and the main villain is a pi symbol.
• Only Smart People May Pass: Since the gameplay consists entirely of puzzle-solving, this trope is naturally invoked.
• Set Piece Puzzle: The gameplay consists of a long sequence of these.
• Speak Friend and Enter: Required to open the metapuzzle.
• Talking Typography: Most of the characters.
• This Cannot Be!: In the picture above.
• Title Drop: In the picture above.
• Xtreme Kool Letterz: Needed for puzzles available at the start.
• You Are Number Six: Or number 3, rather.
• You Can't Go Home Again: The 3 spends most of the game trying to get back to the spreadsheet, (only to discover in the end that she's not happy there anymore).
  • She mentioned she wished to go to a nice quarterly report from the start