How to get the Game in a Game Achievement

Where to find the game needed to get the achievement as well as what to expect while playing said game.

Intro

In this guide, I will detail where to find the Game in a Game Achievement for Sanctum 2 as well as details of the games, including controls and the various game quriks.

How to find the Games

The Game in a Game games can be found in 2 currently known (to me) areas. The first one can be found in the first level after the Tutorial Level, Park. The other one is in the 1st level of the 3 area, Train Station (thanks to Earlslayer for pointing this one out to me..

For the one in Park:

From the Spawn point head right, either by jumping in the bushes/planter area or just running on the ground. You will find a bar/club called The Diamond Pick.



Go inside there and as soon as you enter, look to the right. You will see 3 arcade machines. The middle of which is called, fittingly, Game in a Game.





For the Train Station one:

Behind the core is 2 sets of train tracks. They stretch out into the distance going both ways.



Jump down to the tracks, turn left, and go down the set on the right hand side.



You'll be running what looks like a giant tree. As you get closer you will see a set of metal doors which eventually open when you get close enough revealing a room with a train car sitting inside near the edge.



Get as close as you can and try to jump around the train car. If you look carefully you'll see there is a lip that land on. Once you're in, go straight and to the left. There will be 4 arcade machines, one with a series of numbers and letters (possibly (part of?) a coded message of some sort) and another Game in a Game cabinet.

How to start and play the games

Go up to it and press the Use key (F by default on QWERTY keyboards) to activate the machine. You will then see a screen like these.





The Game In a Game games mimic and (for the most part) emulate old classic video games. The one in Park is of Snake and the one in Train Station is Breakout. To start playing either one of the game press the Left Control key. For the Snake clone you change direction use the Arrow Keys. For the Breakout clone you move the paddle left or right using the appropriate directional Arrow Keys. Note that the paddle seems to have momentum to it so it will keep drifting like it is on a sheet of ice after you let go of the key, so you may have to alternate tapping left or right to keep it in one place.

Additional things you should know when going for this achievement and playing the Game in a Game games

Please note, due to the way Sanctum 2 was made, after a certain amount of time has passed where the player has not "moved" the game will show an "idle animation" of the camera spinning around the character you are controlling. This is usually a neat feature, but it will be the bane of your existence while trying for this achievement as you will not be able to see the game screen. To avoid this "feature" simply move your mouse around occasionally to prevent it. (Just enough where you can still see the screen is okay. Alternatively, you can use the movement keys to prevent it, but, at least for me, I found that could cause some problems. The Patch on May 17th made it so that the Player Rotation camera no longer triggers while playing a Game in a Game game. Thus you can now play as much as you want now without worrying about losing your view of the game!

As for Snake, it starts off with a rather small field with 2 red dots. The objective of the game is to guide your White Snake to the red dots. As you eat them your snake will get longer. When you reach certain plateaus the screen size and number of dots on the field increases. Your speed also increases.

Note: The way the screen size increases is by expanding down and to the right. Keep that as you reach the various plateaus and going for a dot near the edges of the screen.

Below is the various screen sizes and the number of dots the changes occur.

Game Start



8 dots eaten



16 Dots eaten



32 Dots Eaten



Once you eat 42 dots you beat the game and the achievement should pop up. You will also get this screen.



As for the Breakout clone,as mentioned previously the paddle control is kinda slippery, so keep that in mind as you guide it. Also, the ball physics seem kinda wonky at times. At one point I hit the ball up the middle and it proceeded to zig zag its way up the entire way up 2 sets of blocks in the middle.

Here is what the game screen looks like.



To win, clear out all 4 columns of the blocks by hitting them with the ball. Once complete you get the following victory screen.

Conclusion

And that's it! Hope you enjoyed the guide and found it helpful! If you find it at fault in any shape or form, I apologize. This is the first time I have actually wrote a guide. I usually read other people's guides myself or wait for others to make one. But in this case I figured this would be one that would be helpful to people playing the game who are looking to complete their achievement hunts.

Good luck and have fun!

Also, Thanks again to Earlslayer for pointing out that there was one in the Train Station level as well!

[MultiFireball]

The First Game in Park moves very slowly for me and its reactions are slow as ♥♥♥♥ pls help!

[Dedlok]

there's 6 games, but a combo of the fact you only need one for the Game in Game achievement itself and laziness on my part is why there is only 2 games listed in this guide.

[AHTIXOTABbI4]

only 2 games?

[Leech-King]

another one is at the first map in swamp

[AeonDusk]

It took me multiple tries to get the achievement, so if it doesn't work, try again.

[Denisptasha]

по русски суки пишите

[Goti Sán [ESP]]

thanks you grasmo

[Gurasumosan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI3jVlcth94
here are all game in a game

[Breeze]

In Cliff Lodge, there is a small floating thing on the starting platform with Loek 3 above it. Press F on this object to open a door. One of the computers has a block pushing game. Very easy to get the achievement with.

[zombies_in_soup]

There's one on Roadworks. You can climb one of the towers holding the tree above you up and there's a vent on the end. It'll send you to pong