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« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2009, 04:50:55 AM » |
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- Shovel removes Soil
- Snow Shovel removes Snow
- Fire/Heat turns ice into Water (including hair dryer, etc)
- Petrol/Whisky/Oil + Object + Flame = Destroyed Object.
in terms of receptacles...
- Bucket can transport water, sand, etc.
- Jar/Bottle same, but also insects/bees/fairies
- Watering Pistol can shoot and transport liquids (water, milk, urine, uh... mild acid?)
(making a 'water bucket' more ambiguous than a 'fire estinguisher' might be a benefit or a liability for your puzzles)
(rationalising what can and can't be burned or exploded can be tricky)
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« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2009, 04:57:28 AM » |
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Rubber Chicken with a pulley in the middle + rope.
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« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2009, 05:05:39 AM » |
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Rubber Chicken with a pulley in the middle + rope.
What does what to what, what? It doesn't explain the item or the result. Do you use the rubber chicken as a rope? |
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« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2009, 06:28:34 AM » |
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Rubber Chicken with a pulley in the middle + rope.
What does what to what, what? It doesn't explain the item or the result. Do you use the rubber chicken as a rope? Tsk, tsk. Where's your Monkey Island-dery? |
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« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2009, 06:34:39 AM » |
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Tsk, tsk. Where's your Monkey Island-dery? Awesome missing the point. It's little wonder adventure games are dead, even their fans can't describe something straight. (Yes, I've completed Monkey Island) |
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« Reply #25 on: January 12, 2009, 07:40:57 AM » |
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Wind-up switch/switch with timer opens door, need to reach within time limit
Wind-up switch/switch with timer activates another switch, need to reach within time limit
Weight pushes down seesaw mechanism
Weight lands on seesaw mechanism, launches object on other end
Friendly creature eats hazard/obstacle
Using current from fan/wind to make long jumps, etc.
(oh dang, I just realized that the formula goes Item + Obstacle = result, sorry about that)
Drill + obstacle (preferrably with cracks) = hole
Musical instrument + creature = lots of results. Sleeping creature wakes up/creature turns into something else, etc.
Musical instrument + unfriendly creature = becomes friendly
Food + unfriendly creature = becomes friendly
Crowbar bends up stuck gap
Hammer hammers plugs
electric generating device is powered by static electricity, eg. moving around/sliding
Brief light is absorbed by phosphorescent mushrooms/etc (I think this idea is kinda original? :D)
Temperature suit blocks extreme temperatures
skates change movement on ice
high-frequency noise scares away creatures
errr.. I hope I didn't misunderstand this any further and post useless things = 3=;
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« Reply #26 on: January 12, 2009, 08:12:18 AM » |
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Okay, based on this, here's Valter's one:
- Code on Paper unlocks Safe Door
More like Phone Call + Watch Safe Being Opened + Procure Security Videos + Watch Hand Motions In Slow Motion = Open Safe Also: Grandfather Clock Opens into Basement Monkey Island is fine, but real gentlemen play Day of the Tentacle.  |
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« Reply #27 on: January 12, 2009, 10:06:26 AM » |
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Okay, based on this, here's Valter's one:
- Code on Paper unlocks Safe Door
Phone Call + Watch Safe Being Opened + Procure Security Videos + Watch Hand Motions In Slow Motion = Open Safe Also: Grandfather Clock Opens into Basement Monkey Island is fine, but real gentlemen play Day of the Tentacle. YES! Day of the Tentacle! YES!  I don't know how useful this thread is after all... :D |
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« Reply #28 on: January 12, 2009, 07:52:49 PM » |
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E X T E N D for bonus stage.
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« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2009, 01:06:50 AM » |
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Air/Helium inflates Balloon/Dinghy/Dutch Wife
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« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2009, 02:57:27 AM » |
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When all else fails use fire.
weights + seesaws
basically the entirety of incredible machine
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« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2009, 03:32:36 AM » |
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Weights + seesaws is about half of it. Pulleys + cannons is the other.
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« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2009, 04:10:04 AM » |
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Handle winds Winch/Gear
Bike Chain repairs Bike/Cogs
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« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2009, 05:21:12 AM » |
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Air/Helium inflates Balloon/Dinghy/Dutch Wife
Air/Helium inflates player character |
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« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2009, 12:38:59 PM » |
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Here's a list of circumstances in which item puzzles come in handy.
- Aggressive enemy blocks the way. Needs distracting or pacifying.
- Aggressive enemy can be tricked into performing task (such as knocking down an out of reach item, or breaking through a door)
- Machine needs to be disabled, activated or manipulated in order to allow a new path. This could be a drawbridge, an electric floor, elevator or water pump.
- Obstacle blocks path physically, such as wood, vines, jelly or stone!. Needs destroying with a specific item. It is usually made clear that this can be destroyed.
- Obstacle requires manipulation in another location to cause a result. For example, a rope is cut/burned in the attic causes the chandelier to fall in the room below.
- Obstacle is out of reach and items are needed to be used in order to move the visible item.
- Unsafe area, and items are needed to allow safe passage (such as heatproof or waterproof), or to remove the unsafe material (drain the water and put out the flames).
- NPC blocks the path, and requests a specific item.
- NPC withholds an item, and requests an object for trade. The item is sometimes disclosed, sometimes it is a surprise.
Also, some objects change status after being used at a certain location.
Candle > Lit Candle
Empty Pistol > Loaded Pistol
Empty Bucket > Bucket of Water
These can be useful for re-usable items.
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