One more game to leave you with to sweat it out over the weekend. Mark Arenz over at Ridiculopathy.com, author of the previously reviewed Swinger game, has just released his latest creation and it's a unique combination of point-and-click puzzles with arcade mini-games thrown in for good measure.
Carnyville is a uniquely stylized adventure game that makes use of a monetary structure, health meter, and scoring system to increase replay value, but they also add some frustration to the mix as well.
The object of the game, as with most clicky games, is to find and collect various objects that will allow you to progress through the game. It all leads up to a final encounter with the evil carnival boss.
The addition of a monetary structure limits the number of times you can play the various mini-games to acquire necessary items. Some actions will cause you to take damage to your health meter. If you use up all of the health meter, you may continue playing at a cost of 200 points off your final score.
An unusual game for its type, Carnyville offers something slightly different for those who have become jaded with the point-and-click genre. Still, the addition of arcade elements may be disappointing for some who enjoy these types of games. Overall, a very good effort that can be enjoyed more than once.
Note: the servers that the Ridiculopathy website is hosted on are extremely slow, which may be due to this game being brand new and is therefore getting lots of traffic. Be patient. The game will load, though it took about 15 minutes the first time I tried. Beware of the loud carnival music that begins playing once the game is fully loaded. Click.
Carnyville walkthrough now available!
Comments (may contain spoilers)
(im just on a comment run here, third post in a minute)
Did anybody else have unlimited ammo in the last fight scene??? I DID!!! AND I THINK I KNOW HOW!!!
When you lose your finger helping that little brat, eat a baked good instead of going to the nurse's office.
Ive done that twice and both times i have fought the final scene with unlimited ammo.
Since you have unlimited ammo, blast the s*** outa everything you see and you get more points!!!
Okay, I have run my cursor over the inside of the dryer about a billion times. I can't find anything, AT ALL! If I move the cursor to the left side a curved arrow facing left shows up, but I click at the arrow disappears and nothing happens. I can do this anumber of times. I have tried everything, I need to know WHERE to put the cursor, pleeeeeease?! And also, I found the paper outside, and I looked at it. I could figure out what order to put the colours in without the other paper, by pressing the buttons and checking which lit up and things, but I can't open it.
I am guessing, even though I can figure it out without the paper in the dryer, I still need it to continue. So, please, I am literally begging someone, ANYONE, to just simply tell me WHERE EXACTLY DO I PUT MY CURSOR ON THE DRYER?
Thank you.
Also, this game takes too long to load, has loads of glitches and is insufferably hard to complete even the first task. I don't like it. I think the creator needs some practice in making this type of game. In fact, possibly in making games in general. I'm not too impressed. Not much point in nice graphics if you can't even play it.
Can you help me with a screwdriver?I have no idea how to catch it? Please help me
Jessica: The thing you need to find in the dryer is right in the front. See the black flap lint catcher (or whatever it is) right in the front? See anything close to that?
Hi Annie,
You don't catch the screwdriver, you have to win it in the fried food bobbing game.
Yes, you have to bob the screwdriver out. It looks like a drumstick but the handle part is a bit thinner :)
Finally made it through with the rather pathetic score of 1129. I was just thrilled to finally get through that damn ballon game though. Those ever shrinking balloons and that wobbly hand drive me nuts (not to mention the constant blood loss).
Annie, to get the screwdriver at the fried food stand click the teeth on the screwdriver when it pops up (it looks kind of like the corn dog but skinnier) and drag it SLOWLY to the basket. Click again when you get there to drop it into the basket.
this game was fun... how on earth did people get those crazily high scores? i only managed a 725 after dying twice and about half an hour of playing.
Great game! Keep them coming!
I'm at the door, with the key - but no mirror?
Please please help... Found your site about a week ago, Jay, and have been coming back and back again and again... Just great.
I am at the dorr - with the key - but no mirror? Where did I do wrong? Please please help....
I have 8books and cannot so far get #9 as I cannot
play darts!!! My computer moves way to slow and I have played it until the point of using all my money. I sold blood but my health was so low they traded me points for health...
any tricks?
Thanks, Rabbagast, I'm glad you enjoy it here. =)
You need to win the mirror from the darts game. I believe it is the 2nd prize out of 3.
Sega - I hear your frustration, but there are only 8 books. Perhaps you've mistaken the periodical Popular Mechanics as a book?
Easter Egg: "Error" (the poorly-drawn character in the small tent) is a character from Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link.
hint: in the dryer just move the mouse around untill it turns into a hand then click its helpful in getting things^_^
Just got the mirror. Thanks jay - but actually it is the 2nd prize in the fish shooting (Union Jack with 'Blind Cougar' written on it - a "sweet mirror" no less).
Thank you very much Yes! I have managed to figure it out. Mnay thanks for just giving me a straight answer, sometimes, that's all you need. @__@';;
I still think this game needs a little work. And as I have continued, I have to take back my, "nice graphics" comment. This is just plain creepy. Sometimes the graphics are incredible, like the guy's wife lying in bed. But the rest, just creeps we the eff out, if you'll excuse my French. *Shudder* Uggh. Sends a shiver down my spine. Wouldn't recommend this game to anyone who gets easily creeped out. Or anyone with a weak stomach. I mean, I watch Tim Burton things, and Jhonen Vasquez things, but this, THIS is just messed up!
hey jay! great game,
it took me ages to figure out how 2 open the jar but i got it in the end lol. i didnt realize there were 2 pieces of paper. after that i found the rest easy lol. any chance of making another one? coz i love those games.
:D
ok i got the books on the shelf...[spelled out].....but nadda happened....any help please?
first time visitor....great site
opps never mind...had to flip my R's....end score was like 2000
I didn't mean to mislead anyone into thinking I created this game, as I did not.
The author of this game is Mark Arenz, and you can find him over at Ridiculopathy.com.
Fun game :)
i cant find the book in tyhe tree when you go on the ferris wheel
will smeone tell me where it is please, i been on this game leest an hour, n joke pleaseeeee help :(
Vikki, i had a similar problem...i didnt see it...but i went ahead and continued the game and figured i would come back for it...
when i got the the point where i needed the books...i realized i had the book from the tree...thats why i didnt see it..
hope that helps
ive fuond the books BRADBUR where is the y!!!!!!!
its really annoying. i found the one in the tree,the baloon game;the fish game,the big tent,beetwen the stands, beind errorand at the end of the bike contest. i really need help
Hi,
Did you find the book in the little tent where "Error" is?
yes i did shastanna and i still havent found the other one
how are are you guys finding all this stuff. all i can enter is the bedroom, the hallway, and the kitchen, there is another door but it won't let me in. all i found is a book called the halloween tree and duct tape. please help me jay
Hi,
d - Did you find the book that's inside the kitchen of the house where you begin? I think that's the "y". It's called "The Halloween Tree" and it's in the upper right cabinet on the same level as the microwave. If that's not it, post again. I made a list of the books. :-)
boo boo - You need to find the wallet (it's in the bedroom). Also, near the door that won't let you out, there is a laundry room that needs inspecting. You can also get outside. Click everywhere. Also, there are other hints in posts above this one.
Hope this helps!
i dont understant how to get through the employees only bit. dont i need all 8 books to get through but dont i need to get through to be able to get the 8th book from the ferris wheel??
Hi Helen,
Is that the part where the guy won't let you pass into the big tent?
If so, he'll let you pass if you give him a certain inventory item. That inventory item is found after you take a bicycle ride....
Wow, this game was waaay too hard for me. I guess my mouse aim is pretty bad, because I had a lot of trouble at w/ the games inside the circus.
Did you check out the other games at Ridiculopathy.com? I'm playing Ramming Speed, and it's quite addictive. You set up cars to create terribly destructive accidents. I think the physics engine is pretty realistic. I'll get back to you on how the other games are.
Oh, and you go to school at RIT? How do you like it? I have a scholarship there and I'm considering applying, but I don't know much about the school or anything.
Anyway, great site! You seem to find all the best games! I'm addicted...
hi please please help me i have been stunned for 3 hours on what the colors of the cookie jar are please please help I m very grateful to anybody that helps.
can somone plzzzzzz help me with the cookie jar??? i feel so stupid!!
where can i find the "D" book? that's the only book/letter that i'm missing. help please!
I CANNOT get the cookies jar open someone help!
I can't even see the kitchen wall, let alone a light switch to get the last color for the cookie jar. where is it?
I got the code on the cookie jar but it still won't open. Please, please help me.
can anyone help me with the jar i got all the coloured buttons and my letter scraps is yrbg and the numbers is 3421 does the order go in blue green red yellow? if not, please help me,thx.
now my letter scrap paper is rrgg ( red green ) and my number scrap paper is 4231
So put those two together, kareen, and you will come up with the combination that will open the cookie jar. =)
Posted by:
jay 
|
December 4, 2005 3:25 PM
is the combination red red green green? i tried but it doesnt open i even have the wallet
kareen, the one paper you have says red red green green, and the other one says 4231.
If you assign those numbers in order to each of the colors, you wind up with: red(4), red(2), green(3), green(1).
Now read the colors again using the numbers for their order. =)
Posted by:
jay |
December 4, 2005 3:59 PM
thx jay its opened ! =)
do i pay the guy to get a wristband after i get the money?
hmm i decided to play but it wont work.. the game screen is just grey..help?
Posted by:
Huggy |
December 26, 2005 6:18 PM
I think the site was having local hosting issues, seems to be fine now.
Posted by:
jay |
December 26, 2005 6:26 PM
Finished it with a terrible score (died too many times in the shoot-out). The only part I needed help for was opening the lock on the gate where the bike is kept. I got the spoiler, but I'm curious about how one is suposed to figure it out. It is related to what the creepy nurse says?
Thanks for posting all the awesome games Jay and crew.
I loved the game, but I'm also a Bradbury fanatic. I think it would be much harder for someone who didn't get the references.
William Halloway and Jim Nightshade-Main Characters in "Something Wicked this Way Comes"
Cooger and Dark's Carnival-Again, "Something Wicked This Way Comes", Cooger dies at in the novel, which explains his absence.
The "conehead"/trophy-Reference to an obscure non-Bradbury movie, called "Freaks" I believe.
Ok, I got the money...how do i buy the wristband?
Where's the light switch in the kitchen.......?
Yo!!!
This is such a cool game! I used all your help to get to the end but i got a rubbish score cos i killed myself a few hundred times!
I am now playing some of their other games to entertain the rest of my evenin!
Good luck Jay
Bugpy
where is the last switch for the cookie jar! i've found the one in the kitchen, the washer, and on the bedroom wall.
Where is the last one! It's driving me crazy!
Where is the wallet?!
Posted by:
derrike G |
April 7, 2006 9:36 PM
With the books I got, the closest I can come to spelling otu "BRADBURY" is "BRADBUAY". For some reason, this works.
That said, this was kind of a dumb game.
where the heck is the freaken wallet. i'm losing my mind on this game. also, how the heck do you open the jar.
it wont let me pick up the money. I opened the cookie jar and the money sticks out of it but it wont let me take it.... help?
i cant spell out BRADBURY ... i have an extra "R" .. is there more than 8 books in the game (not including the manual guide)? and if so where is the "D" book?
how do i open the cookie jar??
and buy the wrist bands??
im confused!!
and i have only found 1 shred of paper!!
HELP PLEASE!!
i dont get what the paper is for??! help!!and how do i figure out the code to the cookie jar?
who locks a cookie jar just so they can hide their money??!!
While it may *look* like a cookie jar, a locked container that holds money is really a safe. And a safe may require a combination to open it, as this one does. The piece of paper holds the combination to this cookie jar looking safe. But you need more than just a single piece of paper to understand the entire combination.
Posted by:
jay |
August 20, 2006 3:54 PM
I have looked and looked arround the stairs in the bedroom for the light switch, and found nothing. I am going crazy, can someone tell me a bit more on where I can find it????
for the LIFE of me, i cannot find a book in the tree when i'm riding the ferris wheel... i've ridden it about 20 times now and i've finally just tried to let the mouse turn into a hand and that's not working either... i'm probably not going to get a response for a while... just wanted to gripe :)
I FINALLY BEAT IT... it was something like 2350 points.. whoop tee doo but atleast i beat it! :)
can someone PLEASE help me on the dryer...i don't see a difference and i've looked at all the other people's answers and tried that but nothing works...i never see a hand or anything!Please help!
ok i have two s books, two d books, and two t books....how did i get so many and how do i get the rest??
dear Jay, I have just begun this game and i dont know how to get the cat off the dryer. also, i cant find the shorts. also, i dont know where to find the code for the cookie jar, let alone get in it. I am rubbish at these games and im guessing i am missing something. I hope somebody replies as the last post was ages ago - thanks for the help if given any!
Meg XXXXX
haha i beat it but got a score of -192 only because of the glitches at the end... good game
help i cant find the fouth light switch
Posted by:
live4themelody |
February 9, 2007 5:38 PM
how do you get the cat off the dryer
I have the key, but it wont let me go into the door! how do i get in the house to kill that guy?
i can grab the screwdriver but i can't get it into the basket
im not sure how to find the money please help! i need to know because i just cant find out where it is!
yes, yes me again needing help... How do you open the cookie jar??!
And uhh i like pie :)
Hey
I really need help finding the thing in the dryer please help me!!!
:^(
:.)
ahhh help me ahhh
Hey i've moved my cursor around in the dryer but i still cant find it some one please help me !!!
im begging i read what someone wrote to jessica where the back flap thing but i still cant find it someone please tell me i need help!
i dont know where to put my cursor
I can't find the book in the tree!!!
where is it in the tree?
where is the switch upstairs i cant find it anywhere in the bedroom or hallway.
Hi, I can't seem to shoot the fish in the barrel it is so hard. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME KIND OF TIP!
I didn't like the game very much. I like the idea, but the bad graphics and dumb mini games that you have to win kind of ruin it. I think there is some great potential, just more work.
I'm confused where is the key code in the lawn? none of these comments help me! jay please help me im confused r there only 2 key codes?
where the heck is the A book hidden? :S
hi i have all the books but i have put an extra book on the shelf how do i remove it so i can put the last book on?? :( :S
what is the combination for the cookie jar and how do you open it?
There are some technical glitches here that prevented me from finishing-- the main one is that I accidentally clicked twice on my "A" book and it went onto the shelf twice... so when I tried to add the final book, nothing happened (I spelled "Bradbuay" as well, but even though my 2nd "R" book disappeared from inventory- I didn't get a key)
The other glitch? is that after I got the screwdriver, I could never get actual food anymore, so my health couldn't improve. I ended up spending all my money on medical expenses, and couldn't earn enough in the end to get the mirror. Sad- that's healthcare for ya!
hello how can you open the cookie jar??? where are the switches?? I'm very very confused... help!
i tried my combination for the cookie jar but it won't open the numbers were 2431 and the colors white yellow red green but when i put them both together the colors for the cookie jar is yellow green red white
beth
i tried both combinations the cookie jar won't open help
beth
i found five books one in the house, one after i did the motorcycle game, 3rd by the tent, 4th game, 5th game, where are the other 3?
And where is the book for the ferris wheel?
Where exactly do I put my cursor in the dryer?
ARGHHHHH im so frustrated ive attempted to do the cookie jar so many times but it just wont work the key says 1423 and WRBR. HELP!HELP!
why i can't open the jar??? argh!! help me..so hard!!
could somebody tell me where the switch on the kitchen wall is at??
can anyone tell me where the other two books are. I have only BADBUY
How can you get more money?
Does where I find the light of the washer?
help!
How do you get in the employees only place? It says that I can't read or something. And everyone else is saying that there's a book in the tree when you go on the ferris wheel, but everytime I go past it, it's closed. Will someone help me??!!
I only have 6 books, and I've given the magazine to the ferris wheel guy. Any help from anyone??!!
I can't get the cookie jar open! Please help!
Hey all!
If, according to the walkthrough, 1 stands voor Bedroom, 2 for Microwave, 3 for Dryer (which is actually the washing machine, I guess), and 4 for Kitchen, and my color-combination is BWGB, then WHY is the jar still shut tight?
I have the following combination:
4-B 3-W 1-G 2-B, which means Kitchen-Black, Dryer-white, Bedroom-Green, Microwave-Black.
I have tried the combination as is shows, also other combinations with the above colors, but nothing works.
Did I do something wrong, or what?
Posted by:
Roy 
|
April 5, 2008 3:53 AM
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Posted by: remister | August 14, 2005 8:54 AM