Chasm

Okay I got up the pipes, surfed down the pipe, lost my board got laughed at by that annoying bird and ended up at the bag. I went across and to my avail I couldn't get over to the other side. Was I not supposed to have lost the board? Am I going to have to start all over again? What did I do wrong? Both conveyors were working but as you know you can't get up the trap door if water is flowing out of the large conveyor so I turned it off to go inspect. Since I can't save or anything I'll have to start all over tomorrow. I know I can't expect much for a free game but my goodness. It almost hurts to get so far then to get stuck because then you'll just have to start all over again. If you can help please post here or send me an email.

Seems like everyone here on the board is ignoring the telescope (which is accessible on the 'high path' right after you travel up the larger of the two waterwheel conveyor belts - click on the little path in the background before you get to pulley bag #1). Using the telescope's zoom it's easy to map your route up the pipe maze. From that vantage point, you can easily see the ladder going up the "A" pipe network, as well as the breathing hole in C pipe and the broken pipe trap in the B pipe complex near the end. After that, the game should be a breeze to the end. Great work from the ABC flash team!

Hi guys...

Whoever has played this game will not regret it...i think this game is one of the best ever..i just love adventure games...just like this one...i had much trouble with the pipes...it got frustrating and i was gonna give up...but i was like...hey! there are hints at some website, rit? thnkz to Chris and his post message...i figured it out...thnkz!! anyone have any more free adventure games in mind that i can play?? (somewhat like this game)

Chasm keeps glitching on me (cannot get guy to move) once I turn the middle valve near the end. (Already went through vertical pipes and have water flowing through the parallel pipes and out to the "control room"

hia i got the second conveyor belt working but from then on i get lost, i understand Joe B instructions a bit but not totally, i dont mean to keep repeating questions but please can someone help me and give me step by step instructions? i am getting really fustrated and really would like to finish the game. thanks everyone!!

i know i sound stupid but hey what happens when you reach the the broken 'bridge' where the water is flowing downwards? i've just started the game but i don't even know where to go, there's no where to click once i'm at the 'problem site'. how does the game work? somebody help pls? thankew!

Great game! Loved the little possum!

Great game!!! Loved it....very Australian!!! Can I clear something up though. It's not a possum it's a platypus.

Ok ive done everything i need 2 i think but i cant get the water down into chasm town its really annoying me ive beenplaying it for 6 hours now sumone help!!!!!!

How d I get up the dam pipes?

I've managed to get the second conveyor belt running, but I can't get across to it while the water is running through the spare water tunnel in the control room, so I can't use the bag. Could anyone help me with this, as it's starting to bug me!

is there any walkthroughs

Hi shaperboy, Jim, Ecast, chloe, ozzy, Kris and others reading this that has got the second conveyor belt running, but still are lost about what to do in this game. Did you find my hints that I posted in this forum earlier dated April 4, 2005 05:36 PM any useful?

If you want more help from me (anyone) please send me a mail to terjebr777@hotmail.com and I will be glad to help you out.

Terje.

I just love this game. A great adventure game, that needs some good old fashioned logic to solve.

And do not just bang your head into the pipes without thinking. It is a way in the game to get a very good clue of how to ascend the pipes.

If anyone wants help with this game, please send me a mail at terjebr777@hotmail.com. I find it fun to help others to get through it.

Hm this has crashed twice now on the blue pipes maze bit. Well not crashed exactly, he just runs off to the end of the pipe when I click there, but the screen never switches to the next one.

Frustrating :)

I've been trying to go outa the pipe for half an hour but the water kept on pushing me back down!!!! Everytime I see the exit hole outa the pipes, the water blows me back down...Its too fast for me.. =/

I think that's the toughest, and most frustrating, part of the game, Carrie.

My best advice is to memorize the correct steps by reading the comments above (there are directions that explain exactly how to do it). Then keep tryng until you get it right. You can do it! =)

I had posted this before, but I guess it didn't show up. For all of you who have experienced the "glitch", whereby the screen freezes, and you seem unable to go on:
Try right-clicking and choosing "Forward" multiple times until you advance to the next "scene". I got stuck on the bag-pully one time, and thought I would be unable to continue, but used "Forward" and was able to get it to inch into the next scene, and from there it got back on track. Don't click "Back" however, or the game will restart(and especially don't use this to CHEAT!).

Hi! Could someone please help me out....i'm stuck in the game....a good old walkthrough might do the trick ;) please....anyone?

heLP..!! i haVe pasSed the pipEs..surF down the daM.. noW whaT shoulD i do ?? i'M stuCk..!! I haVE trieD frOm morNing to noW(nigHT).. caN anYonE plEase helP me..??

WOOOOOHOOOO YAY!!! that was the moste awesomest clicky puzzle game ive ever played and i didn't take hints from anybody. The hardest part for me was finding out you can jump over one of the flood doors! TOTOLYWICKEDFREAKENAWESOME thats my word

MANAX

The best flash game! Great plot, music and everything!

wow i dont think without these spoilers i would have ever figured the game out it was lots of fun though

i've played this before.. but i never finished it!! its soo hard! can someone like.. post a walkthrough?

Ok, I've gotten through most of it - I think. I got through the pipes and down. I've gotten the water flowing through the extra aquaduct. My understanding is that then you need to get back to the control room - but I can't! Ah! I just keep going down the rope, down the water, and back up the pipes. Any suggestions???

I don't think I would've been able to solve this game without the help of this site. I was stuck on the pipes. That's probably the most difficult part of the game to figure out. This game is truly amazing especially when you solve it and get the water flowing back to the Chasmton. Good Job!!

Loved It!! Is there more? Finally, I did not need to read the comments, just did it! Hurrah! The Kookaburra was a particularly fine touch. Encore!

Does this remind anyone else of the Voltaic level in Myst III?

can i get a walkthrough please i have a problem with the whole game and other people do have problems too so can you please post walkthrough

Dang. The cutscenes are too long and I hate pipe-climbing. Other than that, it's very nice and I'm playing it again.

arrrrrrrr i gt to get bac 2 the pipes but i cant

can someone help me finish the game i am almost done. i have al de rubber nads working but dont know how to get the water to town HELPPPPPPPPPPP

im right at the start. went over the bridge that broke, then went down the pipe and changed the doors. Trying to click on the rope to slide over but it won't let me slide over. Where am I supposed to click?

i really enjoyed this game... it was nice..

I got all the way to the top of the dam without any help but then couldn't figure it out, so just I ended up using the "Rewind" trick somebody posted a long time ago.

There is some glitsch that keeps me from finishing the game. Someone help me!!!!!!!

I love the CHASM game. I had some trouble in the pipes but after help from post, I was able to figure it out.....Are there any other games like this? I love the challenge. This game kept my attention for hours. The bird was soooooo annoying!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to shoot it. I was glad to see in the end he gets fried!! LOL

yo amit! I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT YOUR ON ABOUT, when you say door do you mean hole? like to a different place?

hi! I'm beep and the way to get up the pipes, go up D, then go up twice you go up again (all this is to be done VERY quikly) then you should see three ways, one nearest to you which goes left, the one farthest from you to go right, and one to go up, go up then you should see a left, take that left then go up air valve, whait for wave to pass, the go left as many times as posible, then you should see a door, go in that ( door is at left) then there's a lot of bars, cklick on that, you go up rrrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaalllllllllyyyyy far and then go up, right, up, left, up, and your up! and for more advice go left at that stage and cklick the little handle, then you go down, I haven't been able to go any further because of a glich which all of the people who done it have probaly experienced (or somthing like that) so basicly it's impossible!

omg this game was AWESOME!!!
i used a walkthrough cause i gave up :(
but it was still really really fun.
the pipe part took me a few tries ..
realized i had to wait until the gushhh of water went away.
FIVE STARS. LOVE IT.

Ok, this game is absolutely great. I've been a lurker here for a while, but I just had to open my mouth to say "Thanks, Jay!"

That's all.

Oh, and I love the main character's strange green overalls. (What can I say? Strange things amuse me.)

This game is Awesome!!!!!!!
Cute Platypuss,stupid mocking bird,
2 thumbs up .

Thanks for info on the pipes beep! really helped! But what I did when I got to the top door on the pipes was wait for the water to gush past, go thru and up til B10 then left and up to the top, a bit easier... I FINALLY FINISHED THE GAME!!!! Transcience ROCKS! haha

Yea, this game is awsome, but I can't even find where to climb the pipes. I know once ive found that, im in for a real treat, huh?

I feel like a complete retard.

I can't even make it across the rope at the beginning.

Amid said to click the rope, but no matter what I do, that damn platypus just runs to the next screen.

What I am I supposed to do?!?!?!!?

this game frustrates me i even tried calling 5 friends and wetried telling each other what to do

Whoooo i finnally did it
The bit i got stuck on was near the very end when i had the water flowing in all sorts of places but i figured it out.

you have to close all the gates on both sides. Then you open the very last gate on the side WITHOUT the bands so that the water flows into the side WITH the bands but is stopped by a gate. Then you go down the rope and onto the side WITH the bands and climb over the gate and open the gate that is stopping the water from flowing. This allows the water to go through the second pipe and flow into the controll room. Now its easy you just go up the short rubber band, into the controll room and turn the switch, now you've got the water to flow into chasmton and the electricty and crops are doing fine again XD.

hi. dont anyone have a run trough??? I have some problems here and it would really help!!

wow... that took sooo long! but thanks for all the hints! i wouldn't have made it without them.. i didn't even notice the moving bands until the spoilers told me! thanks for all the help!

Jay I just wanted to say that your site is totally kickass!! But I'm completely addicted! Ur so gonna get me fired lol! BTW... this game is hard!! The pipes are confusing the hell outta me!

I am at the stage where both belts are moving, and i have figured out that The water must double back on itself through both pipes, my problem is, I cant get back to the control room when the water is flowing through it as I cant get to the other side to use the short belt and the other way is blocked with water.. its very frustrating, and i have read all the posts on here and none seems to have the answer to my problem, if fact no one seems to have encountered my problem. Possibly I am misunderstanding what people say, and the answer is right in front of my face however, please humour the dumb-ass (me) ..

Hi Megan,

It's been a long while since I played this one, but I recall having a similar time with that puzzle. From what I remember, the answer was right in front of me.

I do remember there is a ladder you need to climb up or down, and I think you may have just missed something along the way that allows you to get to where you need to be. Keep trying, you'll find it. =)

Sorry I can't be more help than that.

Chasmton:

Hi everyone, I tried the following and it worked for me:

1- Once you get to the three valves near the rope you need to close all of them and go down to the other side using the rope and ladder.
2- Close the left vale and go back to open the right vale on the other side, so the water can follow through the channel.
3- Cross to the other side again open the left valve and close the right valve then go through the right belt to the top.
4- Using the sack find your way to the telescope (very helpful to find your way through the dam pips) or to the main pipes at the bottom of the dam.
5- This step is modified with thanks from Jay: since water flushes every few seconds we have to wait and estimate roughly the time for each flush, using the third pipe from the left wait until next flush and go through it to the fourth gate or pipe C4, wait a sec and go to the main pipe turn left then left then to the opposite pipe to find a door go through that door (A5) then up the ladder to another door (A9) wait for the next flush and then go to the main pipe then left, then left, then left and out of the hole to the top of the dam.
6- Slide happily to the channel, watch your head :-), if not open, open the left valve and close the right valve.
7- Go up thought the small (left) belt and find your way to the main valve and turn it to the chasmton.

I hope this helps

Cheers,

Gaz

^___^ I finally found this game again! Then again maybe if I had been searching for the word chasm instead of gorge.. (stupid memory)But so happy now .. and so dam annoying (just like I remember it...) I was soo much cleverer when I was younger.. I gave up this time and used the spoilers *eheh* I have passed it without them before.. but I have no patience now.. ^^ and the stupid water in the pipes always comes just when I have nearly reached the top.. *argh!* .. kookabara sits on the electric wire.. ^^

I loved this game. And I'm so glad that the stupid bird got electrocuted at the end.

this game was a little hard, but when i got it it was really fun

loved this game, fantastic animation.

i found the best way up the pipes was to look through the telescope and zoom in so you had some idea where to go. then have little post-it notes on the screen to know where to click so to avoid getting washed back down.

very good logic involved and glad the bird got what it deserved at the ened.

great site, Jay, it's helped in many a game, although i managed Chasm on my own.

please! can some-one give to a runthrough of the game! i am soo stuck! i just want the whole... or the confusing parts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheridan,

Google the name of the game and the maker and about the 3rd one down is a complete walk through with pictures to help you out.

i need hlp

i remember back in 2005 when a friend of mine showed me the link to this game. i was instantly hooked, and passed it to all of my friends. i was two hours into the game, when another friend of mine beat it in under half an hour! with a little fiddling, i did get it though.
this still remains as one of my favorite puzzle games of all time. i give props to the creators, and to jay for recommending this gem. i just replayed the game, and it's still as good as ever!

however, for those who are still stuck...

let me give you this fair warning: the first time i attempted this game, i found out that it is possible to LOSE... not necessarily by dying, but by creating a situation in which it is impossible to move forward with the game. of course, the game doesn't let you know this, you have to surrender by yourself. my advice...

there is a certain position that the walls that control the waterflow through the chasm (the three gears on the left side and the two on the right side) have to be in before you go to the dam. think about where each wall can redirect the water carefully, and arrange the setup before you go.

Hi,

I'm really confused in this game. I have no idea how to get to the dam. I have nno idea where to go or where I am. Can someone post a comment to help me. Really need some help!!!!

sami

oo this game was so awesome!! I didn't need any help or any walkthrough at all! It was difficult enough without being impossible...
Very nice work!!
And the platypus was adorable! : )

YAYAYAYAYAYAY, I finishes, and Im fully behind anyone here who like LOZ! Legend of Zelda all the way! The best is Ocarina of time, LOVE IT, my friends and I had an all night Zelda-thon and finished the game in 18 hours, 9 minutes and 25 seconds (we had a stopwatch)

wat do u do to get onto the pulley. i'm so lost, i spent 2 hours trying to figure it out!

Wow, this game is still around & it still gets responses. I've never finished it though I've tried my hardest all alone on 3 different occasions to get through it. I remember a few years ago I got up to the point of trying to climb up the big pipe-maze on the chasm wall. That's as far as I got.

Maybe I'll give it another go. It's a unique game with a special atmosphere regardless of its simple Flash design which simply reeks of ingenuity & exploration.

the birdy keep laughing at me!
oh man!

Kookaburra sittin' on a 'lectric wire,
Jumping up an' down 'cos his butt's on fire...

Great Game

Please help me through the whole chasm game! i am only at the part where to turn the crank in the big red room! SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!

i feel like an idiot, a very frustrated don't want to give up idiot. i've been clickin that rope at the beginning for about 10 minutes now. why why why won't get get on the friggin rope? am i adventure game illiterate or what? i want to play this game, but i honestly need a tip about this friggin rope.

danielle if you are at the top of the rope click down near the base of it, and you will go down. Hope that helps,

One of the most astonishing things about this game is its incredible replay value. The puzzles are all so unique, and varied, that it's hard to remember what you did last time, so you get to solve them all over again.

This game is really very interesting in its flow. It's not just one puzzle or mini-game after another, it really requires you to use some problem-solving skills.

Alright, I give up. Just started the game. At the room with the three windows on the left and I'm lost. Utterly. Help?

this is the best walkthrough for this chasm:

http://larashots.com/chasm/chasm.html

it helped me beat it 1,2,3

if ur having trouble with the rushing pipes part, the key is to do it extremely! fastt!!

I need help getting through the pipes i keep getting flushed out.

I'd pay a good $30 to $50 for a game with 6 to 12 of these kind of chapters in it. Great story. Fun graphics. Fun gameplay.

The only thing wrong was that I did not know how to get back into the control room tunnel. I knew the water needed to be directed through there, but I exited the tunnel with a wide angle shot and really only came back across the entrace by accident.

Also, I the ending for this chapter could have been improved. There was no Grand Final at six as I expected. Nor did the citizens drink beer or celebrate. Oh well.

Eric

hey
alrite, so I did the part where you go up the ladder, and turn the switch then you go through the door in the upper right hand corner.. then i went through the blue hole in the wall, then i went up and around to the ladder, then went up again, then I got to the 3 gears at the top. I closed the left gear, and all the water went through the chasm.. then i closed the right one, and it stopped. blah blah blah, then I went through the trap door, across the bridge to the other side, then I came up, and went up the little ladder, and i kept walking then they did the short video showing the whole maze of pipes. and if yu go around the other way, there is two gears, andi turned both of them, but nothing really happened and I just got more confused.
but I'm completly lost now, I don't know what to do

can someone help me! Please

It is possible to get stuck at the end after you go up the pipes. I was crossed to the first side via the small conveyor and bag and was messing with the valves. I realized that I needed to get back to the conveyor side but I couldn't because the bag had already crossed back and valve was shut between the trapdoor on the conveyor side and the ladder.

If you have the valves set up right before going up the pipes (the water flows through the tunnel with 3 windows) then you don't need to change them after the pipes.

What a totally brilliant game! Great graphics, great gameplay and I loved the laughing kookaburra bird. Only complaint is that there should have been more of it! :D

How do you make the little guy throw himself off the ledge? Man this game is annoying!

for the dam you go up 4 times in tube c and go right 1. If you do it quick enough you end up in a hole. Wait for the water to calm down, the go left 1 and up 1, go left 2 and through the door. Climb to the top and wait at the door for the water to pass and make a mad dash up 1 right 1 up 1 left 1 up 1 and you're there.

I thought this game is way to hard i mean I know what what to do except find a way back to town:
when you get to the 3 valves close the valve to the far right then click on the rope and slide down, after that go through the trapdoor and across the bridge when you climb up the ladder and go inside climb the other ladder and click on the sides until you see the 2 vales click the one to the left to close it then go to the wheel that's turning and click it then walk until you see a bag and rope & ride across. I'm tired of typing so good bye

Chasm pipes map
this is a map for any having trouble climbing the pipe

oh man!!!! I'm stuck at the part where you need to climb on the pink stuff upwards, but I can't go upwards and if I make the blue wheel go, there's water and I can't go up!!! And I think I heard a bird laughing at me... not sure.

haha, solved that part. hey guys, I know the solution to those who are stuck. After you've finished doing the pipe part, you have to go on the short rubber band and into the hole.Then you will know what to do. :)

hallo to all! please, when you reach the end of the pipes, how do you close the valve and go out of them? I am half out half in the last pipe but I see no choice that I can use to stop the water or go out.. Am I missing something?

WOW that was tough!!! Thank you joe! for telling me what to do with the water to get back to the crank to get the water to the town!!! i never would have thought to jump over the wall! awesome game i actually tried to beat this game about 3 years ago now and refound it the other day and was frustrated that i got stuck AGAIN!! but im soo gald i figured t out!!!

i love this game. fun, but kinda hard.

the dam part was really hard though all that timing gives a person with no hand to eye co-ordination a hard time.

amazing game.
very addictive too !
but i did it ! i beat it

thanksssss

Guess what this is?

ALMOST COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH (see end for why this is only almost complete...)

Click on Joe to get him moving. A plank will fall off - no way back now! Don't worry though. Continue forward, around and into the dry end of the broken waterway. Go up the ladder. A nice place - get a good perspective of where you are by looking at the windows if you want - then click on the middle. Turn the lever (notice, one side has an arrow with the word "chasmtown" on it, pointing to a gate) to open the door, and head down the stairs at the north-east. If you continue forward, you will meet a stopped door with water on the other side. There is no way to get through. Instead, go to through the pipe on the right. Welcome to what i will call, the System. If you go left with the current, you will arive at a dead end. Go north against the current. Climb 2 ladders and arrive at the top. Click on the rope. You now have a fast way up and down. There are 3 gears here, that will stop the water and increase the flow to certain areas.

The simplist way to get to the other side (the eastern side) is to turn the last gear, go down the rope, down the trap door, over the bridge, and up. However, what i will call the Elevators will not be turning (those wheels). Turn the second gear, and you won't be able to get up (you will be hit by water...glug glug...)So, begin by turning the middle and the last gears. Down the rope, trap door, bridge, ect., to the other side. Head down the screen, and up the ladder. Go around the turn so that you are in front of the Elevators. You should now see 2 gears on this side. Turn the one at the leftmost. Now retrace your steps to the first side, and unturn the last gear. Now, re-retrace your steps to the Elevators. Nothing yet. Go back up to the front of the Elevators, and unturn the gear. The tall Elevator should be turning now! Go around, and hold on as you ride to the top. Onward!

You should see a bag on a rope on a pulley gear thing. As one would guess, jump in to get to the other side. Click on the left though, to move. Before you do that though, notice the path on the upper right. Click on it, to go through a cave. To the left, you will encounter a MAGNIFICENT view of the Pipes (i'll call them that). Nothing else though. To the right is a series of steps, and then a telescope to view the Pipes more clearly. Now back to that bag on a pulley. Head over to the other side, and jump on out. Theres to paths here - one down, which leads to the other end of the broken bridge, and the one on the upper left. That one leads to a series of steps down to a shore, with tubes. This is the bottom end of the Pipes. Climb up the wrong one at the wrong time, and you will be washed down (and birds with laugh at you.)

This is the hard part - Go to the telecope area, and REMEMBER - REMEMBER THE RIGHT PATH! Another way to help would be to use the Chasm Pipes map that someone posted. If you don't want to, heres what to do: Go to the 4th pipe in the row. Go up four times and to the left for a short break. Continue left and up once, left 2 more times and enter the door. Climb up the ladder. Wait for the water to blow over, then enter the next door. Stick to the left and keep going. If you get to the top, you should be on top of the dam.

HA!!! Stupid bird got what it deserved! that will teach him to laugh at others. lol. no but really, great game. very enjoyable. i loved the southern/western harmonica music! awesome! 10 out of 10! thanks for a great game.

Hey, Ainegue.
where exactly did it glitch?, 'cuz if you tell me i'll tell you what you have to do next.

P.S.
I forgot to mention this.

I got some sick feeling of happiness when that DUMB BIRD died

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
DEAD BIRDIE! HAHAHA! HAhaaaaah. happy feeling gone now. got to go play some stickman sam. MUST KILL.

Oh my god!!! Finally!!! After 12 hours of playing...1 did it, but this amazing game drove me out of my mind, u know....thanks for all your walkthroughs!!!!

I found this game years ago on Jig but never managed to get past the dam pipes until I found it again a few days ago.

The telescope came in very handy. Apparently I never found it the first time I had played. Very neat game.

that was a great game. Quite challenging and really fun. The end was obvious, but I still missed it and needed a hint. Nice find!

NEED WALKTHROUGH WITH PIPE MAZE!

how do u get back to the lever place at the end of the level plzplzplz tell me

Why is everybody so glad the laughing bird gets electrocuted in the end? I let Joe get washed down The Pipes several times on purpose – just to see the bird laughing his pants off! And besides, the bird is a kookaburra, a native Australian bird, whose call sounds very much like human laughter. So the chances are it's not even laughing at you... Well, just maybe.

When I come to think of it: the bird actually laughs at Joe, so why would you be offended? You wouldn't identify yourself with a platypus, now would you?

that walkthrough really helped me, the game was very good but hard:D that bird was just funny.