Darkroom IE Puzzle - Woolythinking

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The discussion revolves around a challenging flash puzzle from Woolythinking, focusing on players' experiences, strategies, and frustrations while attempting to solve various rooms within the puzzle. The conversation includes both technical aspects of gameplay and personal reflections on the puzzle's design and difficulty.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express frustration with the puzzle's difficulty, with one stating they quit after a short attempt due to confusion.
  • Others share their progress, noting specific rooms they have completed, such as the red, blue, pink, and orange chambers, while highlighting the challenges of the yellow and green rooms.
  • One participant mentions a potential issue with the puzzle not functioning on Firefox, raising questions about compatibility.
  • Several players discuss strategies for solving specific rooms, including mapping out patterns and identifying key elements like dots and satellites.
  • Hints are requested for certain rooms, particularly the white room, with responses indicating that no hints can be found within that room.
  • One participant notes that the soundtrack is reminiscent of David Lynch's "Eraserhead," suggesting a subjective experience of the game's atmosphere.
  • Some participants find the puzzle enjoyable and rewarding, while others describe it as tedious and frustrating.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a mix of opinions regarding the puzzle's difficulty and enjoyment. While some find it engaging and solvable, others struggle significantly and express dissatisfaction. There is no consensus on the overall quality or design of the puzzle.

Contextual Notes

Participants mention various strategies and experiences, but there are unresolved questions about specific room solutions and the effectiveness of different approaches. Compatibility issues with browsers are also noted, which may affect gameplay.

Who May Find This Useful

Players interested in puzzle games, particularly those who enjoy challenging and intricate problem-solving experiences, may find this discussion relevant.

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http://www.woolythinking.com/html/darkroomIE.html?o=0o

Pretty hard flash puzzle. Took me over 2 hours to beat. Not really worth it, but good if you like these sort of things.
 
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Nice :)

Didn't beat it yet, tried for 5 minutes though. I'll get to it when i have more time.
 
WAY too long. I quit when I couldn't figure out what the hell it wanted!
 
After 5 mins, i discovered you could push certain things. I've got no further yet.
 
I tried pushing all pushable looking things, to no avail (of course, I quit after about 2 minutes). Is this one of those things that doesn't work on Firefox ?

On one of the walls there appeared to be what looked a lot like a door, with some kind of security panel wired to in on the adjacent wall. Don't know if this is supposed to do something when you stab at it repeatedly...
 
I pushed a certain dot, it glowed red, then I had to push another target shaped dot, which also glowed...then the whole cube shapeshifted into something with multiple dots, and I think I pushed all of those very tediously..and then I got bleedin' bored & quit.

Sorry, it's a dumb waste of time, and what's up with that weird soundtrack - like it came from Lynch's Eraserhead ?
 
its most certainly do-able, took about 45 mins, and it works on firefox no probs.
 
This is pretty cool. Once you know you it works it isn't so hard.
I've beaten the red, blue, pink and orange chambers. They were doable.
Yellow and green are killing me though.

EDIT: Wheeee. Got yellow. :smile:

Edit again: Beat it. Took me about an hour though.
 
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Yellow, blue and orange done. green is so so hard, and red i can't figure out what to do.
 
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matthyaouw said:
Yellow, blue and orange done. green is so so hard, and red i can't figure out what to do.
Yellow is the hardest for me. If I had to do it over again, I would skim through all the rooms, except for yellow. I just got lucky solving it.

Hint for red: Check where the red dots are on all the walls. Make a drawing of them if you have to and spot for a familiar pattern.
 
  • #11
(DICE![/color])
Thanks!

Edit- I've done green. Just white to go now, and it's perplexing me somewhat.
 
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  • #12
Man, this is the most fun I've ever had on one of these things.
 
  • #13
I got all the satellite-shaped things lighted up, and nothing happened. How do I solve the pink/purple room? Get all the spiders lighted up?
 
  • #14
Satellites gooood :smile:
Spiders baaad :mad:
 
  • #15
Yeah, I figured that out, and accomplished the extreamly difficult and mind bending task of mapping out where all of them were, and highlighted all the satellites, and... what?
 
  • #16
Are you sure you got them all?
I mean, that should do it...
 
  • #17
Any hints on white? Not a solution, just a wee hint please.
 
  • #18
No hints to the white room can be found in the white room.
 
  • #19
Wow, that took me way too long. Thanks.
 
  • #20
I just did it in 20 minutes after I saw that solution for red.

The yellow room LOOKS hard, but there's a small trick that makes it very easy.
The red room is a familiar pattern.
The blue room seems like nothing until you notice the top/bottom of the room.
The green room is difficult until you realize there's only 3 ways to go from the top.
The pink and yellow rooms are a matter of memorization.
The white room is a combination of the solutions.

Pretty decent.
 
  • #21
Twenty minutes? I'm impressed, too bad I don't have much time to do it, and what about the orange room?
 

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