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Release Date 26 July 2011
Release Type Freeware
Content Advisory None | None | None
Operating System Windows
Setting Contemporary
Genre Comedy
Story Original
Play Length Short Game (can be completed within 30 minutes)
MAGS
Language English
Graphics 320x240, 16-Bit Colour
Downloaded 3,886 All Time

About

Five years after her demise, Janet Burdie is granted a "night out" to make her greatest wish come true: Submitting her signature cake to the famous C3 baking competition!


(v1.1 fixes some typos, and makes Janet lurch faster)

Ghost Everything
[Into the series] Shogin Crystal Legends B2 SFX
10 Ways From Sunday BASS Template
2034 A.C. (After Canada) (MAGS) Playtesting & Icons Hosehead
2034: A.C. (After Canada) II [Bake Sale 2] Icons & Playtesting
4 of Clubs beta testing
A-Mused [MAGS January 2014] Lightweight BASS Template
AGS Awards Ceremony 2008 Auditorium graphics, cutscenes
Alien Cow Rampage: Orion Needs Your Milk! concept, design, graphics, scripting
Annie Android: Automated Affection Testing, Scripting help
Big Blue World Domination [MAGS] Additional art
Bustin' the Bastille BASS template
ColourWise Strips & Sprites
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator animation, object design, GUI design, background art
Hubris - a Popular Pub Pastime Scripting, Graphics
Indiana Rodent: Raiders of the Lost Cheese Sprite art
Medieval Prisoner beta testing
Oceanspirit Denise: Heroics In The Nick Of Time! fully responsible
Once Upon A Crime Everything
OSD Moby GearWhaleDX Voice Acting
Postman's Quest: Not Rain Nor Sleet Nor ARMAGEDDON Lightweight BASS 2.0 template
RAM Ghost Design, Scripting, Graphics
Red Hot Overdrive Cow Donation
Shifter's Box - Outside In Testing
Sinking [OROW] testing
Tales help on early version of the game
Tales - Tech Demo German Version Proofreading
The Bum German proofreading
The Visitor Testing
The Visitor 2 Scripting help
Towel Day - H2G2 Based Game Some Testing
Zombie Attack (BAKE SALE) Testing, Bake Sale Splash Screen
m0ds Music
Tabata Testing
9 Hours to Dawn beta tester
Alien Cow Rampage: Orion Needs Your Milk! testing
Astron testing
Banana Racer Testing
Black Sect 2: The Cursed Crypt (PnC Remake) Testing
Blue Lobe Inc. voice acting & beta testing
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots Testing
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator character design, animation
ELF: And soon the darkness... Beta testing.
Gray head beta tester
House of de Sade Voice of Melindra and Hag Ghost.
Hubris - a Popular Pub Pastime Testing
Journey To Hell testing and various advices
Monty the Komodo Dragon beta testing
OSD Moby GearWhaleDX Voice Acting
RAM Ghost Testing
Rat Channel Tester
Sheep Quest Testing, Proofreading
SLEUTH Voice acting
Tales help on early version of the game
Tales - Tech Demo German Version Proofreading
Technobabylon - Part 3: In Nuntius Veritas Testing
The Bum German proofreading
The Unprintable MAGENTA head beta tester
The Visitor Testing
The Visitor 2 Testing
The Visitor 3 Testing
Wages of Darkness beta testing
Yago, the Coquerrestrial Thank you for reporting some bugs.
Dualnames Testing
11-11-11 Cinémania Module
A Night in Berry - long version Fog module
AGS Awards Ceremony 2010 Coding/Background Art/Sound Effects
AGS Awards Ceremony 2016 Coding, 2010-2013 versions
AGS Awards Ceremony 2017 Coding, 2010-2013 versions
AGS Awards Ceremony 2018 Original Code
AGS Awards Ceremony 2020 Original code
Among Thorns Music
Barn Runner: The Mayor's New Dress Music
Barn Runner: The Rich Dame Who Cut The Cheese (Bake Sale) Music
ColourWise Level Design
Cryo Testing
Dakota Game Design, Artwork, Coding, Music & Sound Effects
Disquiet Graphics/Coding/Story
Downfall Additional coding
Go North Music, Artwork, Coding, Design, 20GB RAIN
Go North 2 Music, Artwork, Coding, Design, Rain
Go North 3 Music, Artwork, Coding, Design, Snow
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Remake Music, Art, Scripting
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking Music
Indiana Jones™ and the Passage of Saints Coding
Living Nightmare: Freedom Testing; code help
Lone Case 2: Scars Art and Programmer and Story
Lone Case 3: Showdown Programmer, Artist
Lone Case 4 - Epitaph Programmer, Art, Animation
Lone Case: Locomotive Breath Scripting, Code, Art, Animation
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements Code Clean-up
Monkey Island: Carnival of the Damned Everything
NES Quest Beta Tester
Oceanspirit Dennis Gets Textual Music
Oh no not again! Everything
Primordia Coding & Crispin Lover
Procrastinator OROW Host
Red Hot Overdrive Music (Track 02)
Rock, Rock, Rock Sound and Music
Starship Poseidon(Part 1) Creator of All
Strangeland Programming
THAT DAMN DOG! Noise Module
The Cat Lady Interface programming
The Surprisingly Short Adventure of Leopold Kettle Music
Towel Day - H2G2 Based Game Art,Story,Scripting
Troll Song Verse One - Completely Stoned Programming
Until I Have You Music, Design, Coding
Winners Don't Do Drugs MAGS Winner (Booohh)
Zombie Attack (BAKE SALE) Testing
bicilotti Testing
Ponch Testing
2034 A.C. (After Canada) (MAGS) Lead Knob
2034: A.C. (After Canada) II [Bake Sale 2] Lead Knob
9 Months In Testing, Bake Sale Master
Alien Cow Rampage: Orion Needs Your Milk! Stunt Cow
Ancient Aliens - The Roots of Sound Additional Game Design and Testing
Barn Runner 1: The Armageddon Eclair
Barn Runner 2: Wreck The Halls
Barn Runner 3: Don't Jerk The Trigger of Love
Barn Runner 4: The Prick Who Came In From the Cold
Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 1
Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 2
Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 3 Head cheese
Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday 5 Big Cheese
Barn Runner Halloween: Fully Automatic Mojo The Big Cheese
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor Big Cheese
Barn Runner: The Mayor's New Dress Big Cheese
Barn Runner: The Rich Dame Who Cut The Cheese (Bake Sale) Big Cheese
Blue Lobe Inc. voice acting & beta testing
Bolt Action Executive Vice President of Beta Testing
Crankosaurus Prime and the Blue Crystal Pursuit V1.8: The Fangs of Fortune Head Sheep Wrangler
Darkness and Denim (MAGS) Big Cheese
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator sound seeking
Escape the Barn Testing, chief baker
Flophouse Hijinks (Deluxe Edition) Brought the Party to the Wagon Team
Fridge Follies concept, dialogs, scripting
Headbanger's Heaven - A Rock & Roll Adventure Game Tester
Hubris - a Popular Pub Pastime Testing
Night and Day (RON) Testing
Oceanspirit Dennis Gets Textual The good sprites
OceanSpirit Dennis: A Ray of Hope A victim of assets theft
Oceanspirit Dennis: Pirates on the Poopdeck!
Oceanspirit Dennis: The Full Name Of This Game Won't Fit In The Subject Line!!1 Art, Sounds, Voice (LPR)
Oceanspirit Dennis: The Naked & The Ninja Grand Gaming Poobah
Oceanspirit Dennis: The Terror of the Ice Princess Playtesting and general loafing about
OSD Archipelago Adventures 1 Project Lead
OSD Moby GearWhaleDX Game Creator
OSD: The Wet Spot Design and Line Casting
Outrage Dreamer Roads 4-3 [MAGS] Big Cheese
RAM Ghost Object Donation
SLEUTH Voice acting
Tales From A Forgotten Tavern (MAGS)
THAT DAMN DOG! Motivator
Zombie Attack (BAKE SALE) Testing, Bake Sale Organizer

Awards & Reviews

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AGS Awards 2011 Nominee

AGS Awards 2011 Nominee

Best Character Art
Best Original Story
Best Player Character
Best Short Game

AGS Panel Rating

This cute and enjoyable MAGS entry with a living-dead female protagonist, is given one last chance to correct some wrongs in her life. You'll chuckle at the jokes as she serves coffee and sandwiches while making her prize winning cake; I'm surprised she doesn't spill the coffee with her zombie walk.
Excellent music and nice graphics. This short game is well worth the time.

Rated on 27 November 2022

Pick of the Month

September 2011

Although it has been several years since Ghost has charmed us with a game, he's returned from the dead with a MAGS entry that is sure to make you smile. Help Janet Burdie fulfil her life-long (and death-long) dream in Chance of the Dead, this month's pick!

Selected by: ThreeOhFour

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By selmiak on 28 January 2018

Chance of the Dead is a cute and very wordy game about a cheerleader that is brought back to life from her way too soon death and she gets a second chance. It all ends in a bake off contest and you solve some puzzles while the entertaining and a bit too wordy story keeps you on track. Some funny SFX and a fitting soundtrack make it a game you should be playing right now. Or just watch the spoilerfilled longplay here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgTIvXbX5-g

By Andy on 16 October 2016

What do you get when you cross a zombie with a coffee machine? Well, it is 'Chance of the Dead'! A quite lovable game with plenty of dialogue. It sometimes amazes me people can make these kind of games in one month alone.

This must have been a solid contender for the MAGS competition, and well I just checked and saw it had been nominated for some AGS awards. Surely proof enough to check out this game.

By Roy Lazarovich on 29 September 2015

I've enjoyed the game very much and loved the art, it's amazing what can be done with so few rooms.

By ryanb84 on 24 January 2012

Excellent game Ghost. I enjoyed this little beauty.

By ekeko22 on 5 October 2011

Good Game! The graphics were incredible! I felt a (expected or not) LucasArts feel in them. I recommend it!

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