A General Thread for Puzzles

[Tellah]

So, I was stuck on one puzzle and asked for help ( thanks again for that )... and now I'm stuck again.
I figured might as well try making a thread for general puzzle help so I don't clutter up the forum- feel free if you'd like to ask for help and if I have any insight I'll try and help as well.

Anyway, I am stuck on a puzzle in Room #3- the one where you need the two halves of the coaster to activate. I have no idea what the puzzle wants from me or how to solve it- so any sort of advice or even just flat out the solution is appreciated. I do have the two halves of the coaster, so the puzzle is visible/I can check and see if a solution is right.

[DrowsyMoose]

For the coaster puzzle

Hint 1: This one is easy to overthink. All you need to do here is some matching!

Hint 2: You need to light up the segments that are given to you on the coaster. So A# would mean to light up A in the # column. However, there is one last trick; One of the symbol/number pairs shows up twice...

Hint 3: Pressing a segment twice is the same as just leaving it off. Don't worry about lighting up that one!

[Alex]

I'm in Room 3 looking at the Bar Fridge combination lock I know the bottle labels are relevant, but I've counted by colour, by label, checked the cupboards, etc. and I keep coming to more than 10 per colour. So I'm utterly baffled and would appreciate some hints.

[DrowsyMoose]

For that puzzle

You only need to consider the bottles on the three shelves directly above the fridge

Specifically the red bottles

[Alex]

Cheers. I was massively overthinking it. I also worked out the lockbox on the table.
I shouldn't have listened to Chris going on about the number of bottles!

I also found the mysterious spot-the-difference screens.

Now I just need one more heart symbol to match the other 3 and I should be free and clear.

[Alectric]

Does anyone have a good explanation for the first set of puzzles? In what way do they involve "seeing the world through the eyes of a child/adult"? I was able to find the solution to Chris's puzzle by counting the number of "holes" in the numerals, but for some reason 4 didn't count as having a hole, and I don't understand why. Is there a better explanation for how to reach the solution? I thought Chris saying he wished he had his phone might have been a hint that it had to do with a dial pad for phones, but I couldn't find any connection.

[Alex]

Originally posted by Alectric:

Does anyone have a good explanation for the first set of puzzles? In what way do they involve "seeing the world through the eyes of a child/adult"?

You had the right reasoning. It's the number of enclosed spaces per number.
The implication being children see shapes, and adults see the meaning of the numbers.

[Wyrtt]

I dont understand reverse time puzzle. What exacly game wants me to do?

[Alex]

Originally posted by Wyrtt:

I dont understand reverse time puzzle. What exacly game wants me to do?

The computer wants a 4 character answer

You might need a number

There's one source of time in the room

What if you typed it in backwards?


On an unrelated note I'm stuck in the third room.

I need to get the Key out of the hole in the floor
But nothing will combine with the magnet with a hole in it. Not even the tape or handcuffs

Have I missed an obvious solution somewhere?

[Tellah]

In regards to the third room. I don't know how to really hint at it, but I'll try-
Look for something red and decorative.

Pretty obvious solution-
There's a drinks cabinet you can open both sides of. One side has a different item you may have picked up already- but there's also a wine/alcohol bottle that has a red decorative wire wrapped around it. Take that and use it with the magnet.

[Wyrtt]

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by Wyrtt:

I dont understand reverse time puzzle. What exacly game wants me to do?

The computer wants a 4 character answer

I gave puzzle too much credit. I thought it wants me to mirror arrows and tell new time in reverse. When its actually wanted something so simple.

[Alex]

Originally posted by Tellah:

In regards to the third room. I don't know how to really hint at it, but I'll try-
Look for something red and decorative.

Pretty obvious solution-
There's a drinks cabinet you can open both sides of. One side has a different item you may have picked up already- but there's also a wine/alcohol bottle that has a red decorative wire wrapped around it. Take that and use it with the magnet.

Thank you!
I cannot believe I missed that for so long.

[Wyrtt]

I think I am too dubm for this game or not american enough. what kind of word I need to input after combining sun and ice?
Ok, Im clearly excpeted to much from this vn. Iyou just do what game asks you literaly.

[Moral Wiz]

I'm stumped by Room #2. I've gotten the first half of the scissors from the vent, the screw, planted the first seed... and can't see anything else to do. I figure I can get water from the sink if I have a glass and can then water the seeds, but can't find a glass.

[Stiles]

Originally posted by Moral Wiz:

I'm stumped by Room #2. I've gotten the first half of the scissors from the vent, the screw, planted the first seed... and can't see anything else to do. I figure I can get water from the sink if I have a glass and can then water the seeds, but can't find a glass.

you missed the other half of the scissor in the first room :)

[Relunx]

Anybody know the cabinet combination code in room2? 3289 would be the answer, but its wrong so I kick it and brute force it to get the screw. Am I misisng smth or did someting wrong and get the wrong code?