You only have to get the blue key from the Thunderstorm if you're going for the real ending. If you're going for the fake ending you don't need to do that part.

If you shouldn't know. Your Jack is walking around in the best made mansion ever. is in my personal opinion better than all other included and custom mansions. But it is also one of the hardest.

I hate zapper beam stuff, because I am oh so bad in those things. But the thunder storm is, although extremely difficult, a marvellous creation! There are two things you need to do to get through. One: try to make a saving before the thunderstorm with as much lives as possible. Two: at the start of that thunderstorm do NOT do what I did when I visited ACO ---> running around like a chicken without a head. What you really nead to do is STOP and watch. And keep watching, because there is a system in it. And only when you know "the secret" of that storm go ahead. Oh! I almost forgot. I have some bad news for you. After taking that blue key, Jack has to return through that same thunderstorm.

I know where he is: in Alaska!

He is often on line since a week or two and will surely give a reply himself on Lara's post.

Happy Birthday, Lara!

Hey, Lara.

I don't think there's any other questions I can help with. Everybody's answers are correct. You do have to go through the lightning storm twice if you want to make it through the blue doors. That sign is more of a joke.

Sorry about the ridiculous difficulty, but the idea I had when I made ACO was to make a mansion that was a challenge to finish the first time, but left you with some extra-hard challenges once you were done. The lightning storm isn't that hard if you've got Mario games in your bloodstream, but it's way harder than most anything in any of the other mansions.

Hint: a mini-zap will show for exactly two seconds right above the spot where the lightning will hit. Spend most of your time watching the sky. Also, lightning can't get you when you're standing under a solid roof.