If you managed to escape the Archipelago, you may have felt a sense of relief watching the volcanic islands dwindle as you floated away. Well, you may not want to breathe easy just yet, as creator Jonathan May has recently made the sequel, Return to the Archipelago, available to the general public.
As it turns out, you didn't drift far. The volcano and rainbow beams of the last puzzle are still visible in the distance, along with a new series of islets and puzzles to explore. With pyramids and triangles abound, the riddles seem to follow a theme of threes.
While this game may challenge the geometrical and logical parts of the mind, the cartoon-like atmosphere and gentle melodies offer a pleasing and casual point-and-click experience.
At least one of the puzzles in this game involves sound, proving difficult for any tone-deaf gamers out there (such as myself.) Never fear, as there is a hint section offered from the main site for those who need it.
In addition to the Archipelago series, Jonathan is also the creator of the Dark Room and the Dark Complex, which recently scored in the top 20 in the Best of 2005. If you enjoy these challenging and imaginative types of games, please consider encouraging Jon's unique talent by making a donation through his site, woolythinking.com. Large games such as these use a large amount of bandwidth, and Jon has done us a huge favor by releasing it for free. (Originally, there was a charge.)
Whether you seek a tropical escape or simply an entertaining series of puzzles, your Return to the Archipelago awaits. Click.
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Thanks for all the hints from all the players posting comments. Just finished. Such a great game!!!!I would have not been able to finish without ya'll(yes, I'm from Texas)
Posted by: christal | January 6, 2006 8:15 PM
the paper animals have nothing to do with the symbols and trees.....
Posted by: Ruka K. | January 6, 2006 8:31 PM
Hi all,
I'm colorblind and I simply cannot complete some of these puzzles. The forest level is especially hard. Can anyone break down the flower-petal puzzle for me? I'm looking to blatantly cheat here...I've been doing trial and error forever.
Posted by: Nick | January 6, 2006 9:37 PM
Please someone correct this for Nick if I am wrong.
For the flowers/windmill I'm not sure how to explain if you are colorblind, but there are 3 combos of colors blue/yellow, pink/yellow, and blue/pink. When the mountains are on your right, the big windmill is the blue/pink, and when you are on the other side the blue/yellow one appears as large.
Flowers: The one petal is pink, the two across are blue/yellow, and the two next to each other are pink/yellow.
Hint:
Posted by: slgalt
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January 7, 2006 12:01 AM
And I have a suggestion for mapping the stars. Put paper up against your screen and trace, then cross out all but the answer.
Posted by: slgalt
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January 7, 2006 12:03 AM
Click-by-click flower solution:
___\/___
\/_/\_\/
/\____/\
you need to click each petal the following number of times:
___22___
00_11_00
22____11
If you've switched them all about, so they aren't in the original position, you might assume the lightest shade is yellow, and start with each petal 2 clicks past the lightest. It's hard for me to know how it looks for you, though. Good luck!
Game and website designers: 1 in 12 gamers are color blind in some way. There are tools available to see how different color choices are seen by different people, so your site or puzzle can be seen by everyone. Try this tool: http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/index.php
PS... I started over; and now not only does the head puzzle not work, but the bell towers won't either. I think there is something wrong with my PC... the poor thing is overdue for a reformat. I'll probably try a different computer to get my name on the list.
Posted by: Karmen
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January 7, 2006 12:21 AM
Ooops... it didn't like the way I laid out the formatting in the last post. They were supposed to be equally divided on three lines, to emulate the flower puzzle. If it doesn't make sense after cutting and pasting around, e-mail me, and I'll try to send a more accurate picture.
Posted by: Karmen
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January 7, 2006 12:26 AM
Ack, sorry, that's karmen(at)chaoticutopia.com
(third comment in a row is a charm, right?)
Posted by: Karmen
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January 7, 2006 12:28 AM
Hi all,
Nick - I apologize for the difficulty that some of these puzzles present for those with colour-blindness. This issue was raised after I published the first 2 games, and I had tried to keep it in mind with the Dark Room games, but since the whole premise is based on "mixing light", I couldn't see any other to represent the same puzzles without massively changing the nature of the games. I know this is not of much help to you, but I'm not inconsiderate of the issue and will try to avoid that in the next game (same goes for the Music /Sound puzzles)
Karmen - You've got me worried that there is a bug with the Stone Head puzzle, but I've tested it over & over and can not get that puzzle to fail! I should also point out that this game pushed my old PC (the one I developed it on 2 years ago) to its limits (this is why the frame-rate is so low... had I done it today it would be a lot smoother) So perhaps this is a performance issue. Drop me an email with a comment and I'll add you to the list manually if you like.
Ruka - Your advice about the fruit & symbols having nothing to do with the animals is wrong!
1. Each fruit is associated with a symbol (found etched in the dead fruit trees on the islands)
2. Each fruit is associated with an animal (its the same colour, plus you can look through the little doors in the fruit trees to spot the animal with which it's associated)
3. From 1 & 2, each animal is now associated with a symbol.
4. These are 2 pairs of animals and 1 odd-one-out. The pairs are comprised of the same set of SHAPES.
Jon :-)
Posted by: Jon | January 7, 2006 1:08 AM
Need some help with paperworld.
I think I hear 3 clicks in Paper World (I push lever and hear two clicks, then a pause and then the third click, then a smaller noise when the lever pulls back). But is there supposed to be a reveal when you solve the puzzles? I assume I'm looking for a square (or paper box), but can't find one I can take with me.
Can you change the puzzles once you've solved them? I can still change the tree stumps except for jigsaw piece. Should there be more than 3 clicks? Stone world had an obvious ending and I have taken the thing I needed.
Also I have never found the binoculars. And I have the stone eyes not sure if they are needed.
Currently at a loss in Metal World.
Posted by: slgalt
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January 7, 2006 3:34 AM
The only problem with the windmill hints is that the colors may differ for every player (time you play). For me there were violet, blue and green on the first round. Then on the second time they were violet, blue and yellow. Or then I am color blind.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 7, 2006 7:35 AM
What comes to clicking sounds in the paper world, there were no clicks for me when I solved the stumps. Put you surely notice if they are correct when you pull the main switch. So you just have to try and pull the switch every now and then.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 7, 2006 7:42 AM
Please be more specific with the stars. I have read everything and I still cannot figure it out. Thank you.
Posted by: jman | January 7, 2006 11:26 AM
Okay, here comes the ultimate spoiler for star puzzle
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 7, 2006 12:02 PM
Thanks Lassie. 3 days and finally finished it. Ooh Rah!!!!
Posted by: jman | January 7, 2006 12:35 PM
Congratulations Jman :D
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 7, 2006 12:51 PM
Well, i figured out the fruit/tree/sybol puzzle by asking this:
I'm sorry if i confused anybody by saying the animals has nothing to do with this puzzle, but to me, they don't. When i saw everyone puzzling over how the animals fit into the puzzle, i was thinking: "What are you talking about? You don't need those!" *shrugs*
Posted by: Ruka K. | January 7, 2006 1:20 PM
I'm not sure if I finished Metal World.
Posted by: Glomer
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January 7, 2006 1:48 PM
The ball fits in one of three slots in the center of your troubles
Posted by: Ruka K. | January 7, 2006 3:20 PM
Can someone help on the crystals? I tried hitting them in the order of tone and then in the order of the oblisk in Stone world. Any more hints?
Posted by: Diana | January 7, 2006 3:22 PM
Nevermind the crystals, I got what they were for. Now I am stuck on Paper world. I have entered the windmill (which from the way I see it, it's right), the symbol puzzle (which I also think is right) and the puzzle piece, but nothing happens when I click the big switch. Any hints?
Posted by: Diana | January 7, 2006 5:44 PM
Diana, have noticed Jonathan's hint pages at woolythinking.com ?
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 7, 2006 6:04 PM
ok...just getting started and have headed to the hints and comments already! My question: Is there an actual shovel to dig with or am I supposed to use something shovel-like? Perhaps a skeletal arm or a broken crystal?
Oh...the humility...help?
Posted by: Anna | January 8, 2006 3:03 AM
I am so lost in Paper world! How many puzzles are there I think I've solved three of them.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 8, 2006 3:07 AM
Everyone seem to have some small problems. I suggest that do not concentrate only on one problem. Just swim and walk around first, get the access to all doors, and study what is out there. You will find a lot of useful stuff just by wandering.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 8, 2006 7:41 AM
The problem with the uncertainty in Paper World:
The Lever makes a Kachunk sound when you push it forward - that is NOT a click. Listen for the clicks after that sound. It also makes a smaller sound when the lever comes back. I had to go back and undo each puzzle just to figure out which one I had got right and which one was still wrong. You have to solve the three tree stumps.
About the need for a shovel: Yes you need one.
About the crystals:
Posted by: slgalt
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January 8, 2006 2:41 PM
Hi!
Can anybody help me with the bell towers. I've been listening to the sound example and yet i cant get it working. I'm I supose to click on the buttons ones or twice? I meen should I just leave the bells to ring or shuld I turn it off before I click on the next one?
...and after clicking on the four towers do I have to click on the trianglebutton to finnish the puzzle? Please help me. I've tried everything.
Posted by: Johanna | January 8, 2006 4:23 PM
Ok, after I find the puzzle piece and place it in the stump, is that puzzle complete or is there something else I need to do?
Oh and the Flower/Windmills...I don't get at all!
Posted by: Jennifer | January 8, 2006 6:25 PM
You've changed some things, haven't you, Jon? The fruits are now all singles, there are notes on the arches and it is clearer how to save the game.
Yet, I still can't figure out the Stonehenge puzzle. My own solution was
Also, the symbols puzzle. How am I supposed to know which combination is the top, and which the bottom one? And which is the left, and wich the right symbol? Is it correct that you can disregard the trees in paper world? The origami already had the right color, doesn't it?
Posted by: kt belle | January 9, 2006 4:53 AM
Oh, and I've had the windmill puzzle figured out a long time ago, but when I change it, i still hear two clicks. So now I don't know if I've done it correctly. I have
first mill:
blue yellow
blue yellow
second mill:
pink pink
yellow yellow
third mill:
blue pink
blue pink
Posted by: kt belle | January 9, 2006 5:08 AM
Hmm, the windmill puzzle puzzles me still. I don't know if i've done it right.
The flowers are in one order, the windmills in another (when i look at them from the stump). What order to pick? (I've tried them both but no change in clicks...
Aha... it seems i've had the symbols puzzle right from the beginning.
So it's the windmill puzzle that's wrong... weird!
Posted by: kt belle | January 9, 2006 5:14 AM
yay! tis done! (the paper world, that is)
It seems there are several solutions with the flowers and the windmills. I just had the wrong one...
Posted by: kt belle | January 9, 2006 5:18 AM
No clue what to do with these flowers...I basically tried EVERYTHING :(
Posted by: Karen | January 9, 2006 7:00 PM
got the flowers, guess i didnt try everything... but I cant get the stone to sing right
Posted by: Karen | January 9, 2006 7:18 PM
okay, have made the flowers/windmill connection, but nothing i've tried seems to be working. i've solved everything else. help?
Posted by: cieran | January 9, 2006 11:36 PM
palm trees
1014
anyone have any clues?
Thanks,
Dan
Posted by: Dan | January 10, 2006 4:48 AM
Jon,
Colorblind kid here. Please don't compromise the outstanding quality of your games for the few of us who are imparired in some minor way. Sounds and colors enhance a game to such a degree that to ignore them is a disservice to most gamers. We can manage with the help of others, no problem.
Keep up the great work.
Nick
Posted by: Nick | January 10, 2006 10:18 AM
Dan:
Your solution to the trees should work.
Nick:
I've been reading quite a bit about colorblindness lately. Personally, I think factoring in colorblindness doesn't mean removing the colors, just understanding that perception can vary. When we make a game or a website, we check to see that it works in different browsers (IE, FF, etc.) Why not also in different eyes?
Besides, from what I understand, there are some distinctions in color that you can see, being "colorblind" that I cannot. A sensitivity to yellows could help you find brown seeds of one shade amongst a slightly different shade of grass. On the other hand, in the same field, if the seeds aren't bright red or green, I might starve to death.
I'm just interested in this stuff (click my name, and see, I thrive on it) ...I don't think the issue is something every game designer needs to go and fix in their previous works. Instead, I think it is a direction we might move in the future.
(I still love this game!)
Posted by: Karmen
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January 10, 2006 12:19 PM
ok there has to be something wrong with me or the game. i have the palm trees reading mxiv and the 1014 button doesnt work. can anyone help?
Posted by: clay | January 11, 2006 7:51 PM
Dan, Clay, and others having problems with 1014 puzzle. Here's the ultimate spoiler:
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/913/palmtrees7uo.jpg
And if this does not work, then you may have hardware, software or bandwidth problems.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 12, 2006 10:47 AM
In the stone world, I can't figure out how to
Posted by: Micke | January 12, 2006 11:39 AM
Micke, notice where you got the fire in the first place.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 12, 2006 1:47 PM
what is the combination to the squared in metal world, to get the towers down for the wrench...I am sooo lost...I got everything else, and just need to get the circle thingy for "the islands :P
Posted by: Christine | January 12, 2006 8:50 PM
Man, I am having so much trouble with the stupid flower stump. It is the last thing I can complete at this point. I think I know what I am supposed to look at, but it seems like if I put them together it still does not work. Am I dense? I guess I am going to go to bed and try again tomorrow!
Posted by: samantha | January 13, 2006 2:20 AM
@ Amor Lassie:
Thank you. That was the only puzzle I didn't solve by my self. I thought it was the other way around, i.e.
I've finished the game now :)
Posted by: Micke | January 13, 2006 11:32 AM
Hello all
Has anyone solved the dog heads, Obelisk with the dog heads, eye's of dogs. I just can't find an answere. Thanks
Posted by: smeagol | January 14, 2006 12:57 PM
Gahhh! I thought I had done everything right in the stone world. I know that the stonehead was done correctly. I used the suggestions here for the stars, but nothing has happened with it. And
What am I doing wrong?
Posted by: tiger | January 14, 2006 7:19 PM
Nevermind. I figured it out and finished the game. :)
Great game, Jon. You're brilliant.
...Now I must finish Dark Room Complex.
Posted by: tiger | January 15, 2006 7:43 PM
hi everyone .i need help in....
stone world:
singing stone heads
paper world:
windmills,symbols on a stump and the last one which i do not know what is it
if you know pls tell me.
Posted by: pyro | January 16, 2006 4:06 AM
finally im down to the last puzzle!!!! the scary sing stone heads ....if anyone know.. pls tell
Posted by: pyro | January 17, 2006 2:32 AM
Strange, the link won't work for me.
Posted by: Ricky | January 19, 2006 5:48 PM
I guess that woolythinking has reached it's monthly limit. So no more woolythinking during January I'm afraid :(
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 20, 2006 3:19 PM
WHAT!?!?! Return to the Archipelago is one of my favorite games! I can't believe this. Someone (Not me) must do something or... I WANT ARCHIPELAGO!!!
Posted by: Ricky | January 20, 2006 3:57 PM
Be calm, Ricky. =)
I am sure Jon's site will be back online very soon.
Posted by: jay
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January 20, 2006 4:21 PM
Rick, as far as I understand how these sytems work, the harsh reality is that Jonathan's site has been just too popular during January. The worst case scenario might be that the woolythinking is closed till February. The money could help you know. Owning a very popular site is not free ;)
When woolythinking is back online, the first thing that I am going to do is that I send some money to Jonathan. I finally managed to make the PayPal system work :)
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 20, 2006 4:58 PM
Ricky, sorry for the missing y. Damm with this dyslexia of mine :(
Jay, nice 'Support JIG' game ;)
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 20, 2006 5:03 PM
Thanks for telling me Jay and Amor Lassie! I don't know about the bandwidth. Is bandwidth like quality? I'm calmer now, but I want Archipelago!!!!
Posted by: Ricky | January 20, 2006 5:49 PM
I do feel sorry for woolythinking, but I wish that I knew about the site. Even though I want Archipelago back, I don't get it. I did get to paper and stone world, but I don't get the puzzles. Please help!
Sorry for all of the comments jay. I'm too young for Typekey. Yet, I love your site. I hope you find more escape the room games! :)
Posted by: Ricky | January 20, 2006 5:56 PM
Ricky, I'm not an specialist on these technical things, but this 'bandwidth' is a bit misleading. It is more like the number of databits downloaded per month that the service provider allows for the site owner. So woolythinking has exceeded the number of requests (databits) per month for January.
What comes to puzzles, read all the comments above to find answers. And when woolythinking.com is back online, go there and notice the Jonathan's hints for the games.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 21, 2006 2:08 AM
hi!
I know that you are all trying to solve the return puzzle, but I still have a problem with de first one... :-s When I click on the link to see the walkthrough, I can't open it. So is there anyone who can help me by mailing me the walkthough? Thanks! And good luck everyone on solving mysteries!!
Posted by: Tine | January 21, 2006 5:41 AM
Thanks, Amor Lassie! I will listen to what you said!!
Posted by: Ricky | January 21, 2006 10:06 AM
Tine, read the previous few postings. You may have to wait till February to get anything out from woolythinking.com. That includes Chris's Archipelago walkthrough: http://www.woolythinking.com/ArchipelagoWalkthrough/WalkthroughByChris.html
However, I Googled 'Archipelago walkthrough' and found that there's an other one by Fairygdmther:
http://mysterymanor.net/walkthroughs/Archipelago/archipelago.htm
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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January 21, 2006 1:22 PM
Hi Kids,
Sorry about the site going down - I go away for a week and when I come back, all my bandwidth is gone! I've increased my limit with my ISP (AGAIN), but it won't kick-in until February.
Sorry again for the inconvenience!
Jon.
Posted by: Jon | January 22, 2006 6:06 AM
Don't worry, Jon. That happens to me all the time in other ways.
Posted by: Ricky | January 23, 2006 9:15 AM
Thank you for your help and lots of luck!! Tine
Posted by: Tine | January 25, 2006 1:26 PM
where is the walkthrough?
please help.
Posted by: feyzul | January 29, 2006 6:47 AM
February at last and woolythinking.com is back on the Web :D
Feyzul, ad far as I know, there's no walkthrough for 'Return to Archipelago' yet. My previous posting concerns Jonathan's previous Archipelago game.
I also recommend not to spoil the challenge with walkthroughs when you can use Jonathan's excellent 'Get a hint...' pages at woolythinking.com.
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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February 1, 2006 3:39 AM
I've solved the ankh and the stars (I get a ding when I put in the pattern) and now I'm trying the stonehenge. I put in the pattern that was agreed upon earlier, but nothing happens. I've had this game open for 2 days now and I really need to finish the essays I have due tomorrow -_-
Posted by: Josh | February 2, 2006 7:01 PM
I think my last puzzle ti resolve it's the stonhenge, i've read your suggestion but i'm still not able to do it, can anyone help me?
Posted by: Francesco | February 3, 2006 9:44 AM
YAY!!!! Now to start all over! Yes! :D
Posted by: Ricky | February 3, 2006 8:34 PM
I'm about to scream! I've solved /everything/ I could find, but now I'm stuck. I've done everything in the paper world, and I get three clicks. But it doesn't /work/. And all the hints say is 'are you /sure/ you've done everything?'
I can't think of anything else to do!
Posted by: Shane | February 3, 2006 11:56 PM
I badly need help on the Flower/Windmill tree stump I've seen all the levers and the
but still know idea on what order I need everything to be in.
I also need help in metal world How on earth do you get the wheel
Posted by: birdman | February 24, 2006 7:02 PM
Ok, look, I don't know if it's already up there, but I'm not going to search all night for it. All I'm asking for, is actually, a lot. I need a complete walkthrough from start to finish. To make it worse, I need every single detail and easy to understand. And...I'm going to need it ASAP. But, think of it this way, you'll be helping a down gamer! Thank you! Jay, your site is great, but would be better with COMPLETE walkthroughs. Thanks! Oh, and, uh, if you don't want to type it all up and there's a site that has it out there, just five me the link, please! Thanks!
Posted by: Sonic | February 25, 2006 6:10 PM
Sonic, I hope you will find some help but I think there's still no walkthrough for Return to Archipelago. I recommend that you keep eye on Mystery Manor's site: http://mysterymanor.net/walkthroughs.htm
Posted by: Amor Lassie
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February 26, 2006 2:48 PM
Heres Big help well i guess you could say im a spoiler but to those who need help here it is
bells-
the leaning trees must look like MXlV from your point of view from the triangle button thing right by them it might take some time to get it right.
metal world-
paper world-
the symbols on the stump
the flower stump
BB PP PP
YY YY BB
incase you dont know what that all stands for B=blue P=pink Y=yellow
the puzzle thing is so easy you dont need help
Stone world
the star puzzle
the dog heads
the singing stone head
stand in those arch ways and make him sing
and well thats pretty much it
Posted by: sarah | February 27, 2006 7:12 AM
I've just completed a crude but complete walkthrough for "Return to the Archipelago"
Hopefully, this will help people who are really stuck. I HOPE.
Posted by: Fijixandra | March 1, 2006 2:23 AM
Hi Fijixandra,
Nice walkthrough! Do you mind if I put it on the Wooly Thinking site?
Jon.
Posted by: Jon | March 9, 2006 2:32 AM
That's fine with me Jon. The walkthrough is all yours if you'd like it :)
Posted by: fijixandra | March 19, 2006 3:03 PM
I finally beat it...thank you everyone for all of your help.....Jon, u rock as do your games. One Question, who are you people that can figgure this stuff out...are you like Ivy League geniuses or something...this stuff is like, simple for you. Just like the dark complex (which i still didn't beat, i still can't solve the final puzzle), people are drawing diagrams and everything. Anyway thanks for the help.
-J
Posted by: jjjjjjjjjjjjj | May 14, 2006 5:52 PM
Okay I think I'm close to being done, all I have left to do is the pink/green fire in Stone World. I have the green fire lit, I went back to paper world and changed the kite, and now the fire is pink. Only problem is I seem to have lost the torch. I read earlier that someone lost the crystal and they were able to finish without it- is the torch like this? Is there another way to light the other fire?
Posted by: L | June 2, 2006 4:40 AM
Well, from the looks of things, I've finished the snow world, only have a little way to go on the pyramid world, and have opened up the origami world.
Time for some quality sleep.
Posted by: master_flea
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June 14, 2006 1:04 PM
And done. Took me a while to figure out the link between the animals. Then I realised that
Posted by: master_flea
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June 16, 2006 3:08 AM
pls help me to get the wrench in the snow world!I know it is on the top of the house,but how can I get it?help!
Posted by: xixi | June 21, 2006 4:44 PM
jon,
i beat the game! i
Posted by: gracie | July 15, 2006 8:38 PM
Gracie,
Send an email with the subject "Archipelago" to:
jon AT woolythinking.com
with your message and I'll add it for you.
Jon.
Posted by: jon | July 22, 2006 3:33 AM
All right.. I'm making a walkthrough for each world and how to get into it. I'm doing this by memory, kay?
Stone World
The Eye, Dog Heads, and the Ankh
Alright, if you turn near the left, you'll see a flaming eye, as well as a torch that can be used on the flaming eye and some strange dog heads. The eye can change to a green, pick, or red color. RED IS NOT IMPORTANT! You can change the color by switching the kite in Paper World towards one of th LIT lanterns. Now, those that there are two pillars with a dog head each. You'll notice the eye is covered, FIX THAT! Poke out the eye and drop the thing. Now look through, You'll see that it sees the torch. Now notice the large pillar with 2 dogs and an ankh imprint. Notice the 2 dogs have a pink and green eye. If you haven't figured it out yet, you are a retard... and just in case you are retarded let me spell it out for you. GO TO PAPER WORLD AND MAKE THE KITE GO TO EITHER THE GREEN OR PINK LANTERN, THERE BY CHANGING THE COLOR. LIGHT THE TORCH WITH THE PINK/GREEN AND PUT IT ON THE CORRECT TORCH! NOW LOOK THROUGH THE DOG HEAD AND YOU'LL SEE THE DOG HAS A NEW COlOR. When it's all said and done, the ankh will appear and you put it into the ankh imprint. Puzzle: DONE
The Statue, The Crytals, The Stone Henge
Alright, this is probally the most confusing one in Stone World. Alright, outside of stone world iin the actual Archipelago itself you will notice very odd crystals. Click on the white one to take it. Then use it on all the others to hear sound. Arrange the crystal sounds from lowest sound to greatest sound. Write it down (using the colors). Now go into Stone World. See the big head? Go to it! You'll probally freak out because it disappears, but it doesn't. Look behind you. It moved! Now try to make it in the middle of the circle. Once you've done that, go to an arch and he will sing (if it is a he, hopefully) Now notice the pillar with colors going down. It's colors match the crystals colors. The order from top to bottom is the order you should play the tones. You have to go to the arches in the right order and the statue will shrink and then you place it into the pillar to finish another puzzle.
That's only 2 puzzles so far. I'm working on the rest.
Posted by: Kevin Han | November 20, 2006 11:07 PM
I think there must be something wrong. Garret said that there are carved symbols on the dead trees outside the paper realm, and that's the key to solving the symbolic stump?
That's great, but I don't see any carved symbols. And I've looked, really really hard. Can someone please provide me with an awnser to this? I've also tried Kevin Han's awnser to put in the stump, but it didn't work.
Posted by: Shinyo | December 2, 2006 8:49 AM
I have
but
Oh, if you email me, please post here and tell me that you are- I don't check that email address often.
Posted by: [Pirate Panic] | December 2, 2006 8:05 PM
Sorry to all of you who have been trying to access the walkthrough I put up months ago!! I had not checked it in quite some time and didn't realize that it had been taken down! Anyhow...here it is again ;)
http://www.geocities.com/mystym@verizon.net
Posted by: Fijixandra | December 9, 2006 8:41 PM
Tree issues!!
Posted by: tripletails227 | December 21, 2006 1:04 PM
tripletails-
Posted by: Tiralmo
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December 22, 2006 4:08 AM
I've tried the bells about 20,000,000,000 times! I played the mp3 of the bells, looked over the woolythinking.com hints for 2 hours, and wasted an entire day of my life searching the web for an answer i could comprehend, BUT I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AT ALL!!!! AND FOR SOME UNEARTHLY REASON, I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING IN THE GAME!!!! I'LL RIP MY HAIR OUT IF THIS GOES ON MUCH LONGER!!!!! So please help me before I go criminally insane.
Posted by: JacobX | December 27, 2006 5:42 PM
please... I cannot find the last puzzle piece...the bottom left one. I have the rest, I just need that one darn piece. someone help me!
Posted by: Sayuri | December 28, 2006 3:17 PM
I need help with the puzzle pieces in the paper world. I can only find two pieces!
Posted by: Karen | January 15, 2007 8:38 PM
JacobX, I had the same problem. Following the advice on this link helped: http://forums.techguy.org/multimedia/490867-fixed-adobe-flash-no-sound.html
good luck on the game.
Posted by: Darren | January 28, 2007 9:09 PM
Anubis and Horus
Posted by: Roderick | May 9, 2007 8:00 AM
What happened to woolythinking.com? Does it not exist anymore?
Posted by: Alex | August 3, 2007 11:12 AM
wlakthrough:
area 1:
wallace the whirlpool's request
Puzzel one: the bobbin brothers. for this puzzle, we gotta light up the bobbin brothers and press the first triangle! to do that we gotta go tothe big gizmo hill! now press the buttons from left to right
puzzle 2: the terrible trees of terror.
this ones hard! we gotta make the trees look like MXIV then press the button! just fiddle around with the levers to acomplish this, remember to check your work by going to the triangle button and looking at the trees! when they have the right shape, press the button!
puzzle 3:
the bells toll for meeeee!
go to the bells. press bell tower no. 1 the go to 2, as soon as 1 rings, count to 2 and press the button, head to tower three, as soon as tower 2 rings, press the button. go to tower four, when you hear a ding- dong, count to 1 and press the button, now go press the button! if nothing happens, try try again! if it worked, go to the door by the dead trees. ENTER IF YOU DARE! oh wait, wrong door. go on in.
welcome to....
AREA 2: ORIGAMI MOMMY'S PAPER PLACE.
origami mommy just finished her chiniese food
but the trash thingy is broken! fix it by completeing these puzzles!
puzzle 1: the pinwheels of power!
go to the flower stump. here is the correct combo
B=blue R=red Y=yellow /= FLOWER SEPARATOR
Y Y/Y Y/B B
puzzle 2: the ancient stump of random symbols
the stump of symbols is our next stop. the top 2 are: three lines, and 2 sideways ss
the bottom are:
three wavy lines of growing size and the other is 2 ss
put the last symbol in the middle
puzzle 3 the puzzle pieces
find 3 puzzle pieces here
1 near the pink lantern
2 on airplane mountain
3 on the blue animal
place them on the easle. hmm, were missing one, go to sally the satlite dish's sno-zone and look for it, once you find it, come back and place it on the easle, look! there is another piece in the middle! take it, and put it on the puzle stump.
fin lever mountain and pull the lever. congrats! you got a china box! go put it in the square power-uppy shrine
hmm, did wallace get bigger?
part 2 coming soon!
Posted by: andy the gamemaster | December 2, 2007 1:38 PM
walkthrough part 2!
sally the satilite's sno zone!
for the first part you must get all 3 machine parts to the antennas. the first is on top of the middle tower. to get it down, you must press the top button on the respective tower, the top 2 on the other towers control the other parts i think. just figure it out on your own.
the next part you have to find the safe and put in
for the last part,(coolest part in game) you must go to rock world and take a stone from the broken grave. find the wheel and turn it, then find the pipes and shove the rocks in, when you block both, the thing will explode(wooooooooo!) and the wheel will land near the snow mounds. get it, pull the lever, and get the sphere after it melts. put it in the sphere power uppy shrine. wallace definetly gets bigger.
go to stone world, put a cross in the a tower, light the torches, from the eye,pink, green.
make the statue sing, 2365174.one is the highest note and seven is the lowest one. try it twice, if it doesnt work the second time, switch the six and five. press the button and take the top of the pyramid and put it in the triangle shrine, wallace eats the islands and then you must let him eat you
Posted by: andy the gamemaster | December 3, 2007 5:29 PM
Once again, I am posting a new web address for my home-made RTTA Walkthrough:
http://www.geocities.com/mystym@sbcglobal.net/
Good luck to you all!
Posted by: Fijixandra | December 11, 2007 6:27 AM