Submachine 2


submachine2.gifMateusz Skutnik just sent word of the release of his latest game, Submachine 2: The Lighthouse, the sequel to his excellent Flash point-and-click adventure, Submachine, previously reviewed here at JIG.

Until I can get some time to sit down with the game, Mateusz's own description will have to suffice:

"A sequel to the world's famous point-and-click Submachine game, that grabbed minds of millions of people. I received huge feedback from all around the world, most of the demands stated to make the second game bigger with harder puzzles. So here it is, while the first game had 20 rooms, this one has a total of 98 unique rooms, and the puzzles are a lot tougher, but that's just my subjective opinion, since I can't really tell if they are or not. Important notice: this game has NO dead ends, you cannot get to the point of no return, where the only option is to reset the game. No such thing in the Lighthouse. Hope you'll enjoy this game as much as I enjoyed making it, and sure enough, submachine3 is under construction as we speek, so expect more. Flash plugin 8 required to play this game." -Mateusz Skutnik

That should keep you busy for a while. Click. ;)

Still not Submachine satisfied? Play the entire Submachine series... Outside the main storyline, and yet still another great Submachine, is a game created for the band Future Loop Foundation:

Walkthrough Guide

class game this. i had to play through a second time using a walkthrough to get the secrets though.

the walkthrough i used is posted below (try and beat the game without it first. it only takes 5 mins with the walkthrough so doing it a second time wont be that bad)

  1. Click the Submachine game machine and look at your right side on top of the rocks there is a tiny red ball. You've just found Secret(1)
  2. Keep going left and go up the stairs, pick up the cog wheel on the floor. Secret(2) on chair.
  3. Go downstairs and go to right, drag your wisdom gem into the space between the stand and then click on the tiny ball to drop the ladder on your right room.
  4. Go two room on your right, click on the Phonograph(antique music player) and drag the cog wheel into the square space. Click on the round button.
  5. Climb up the dropped ladder once and go to the right. Click on the bottom left of the machine and write down what C equals to.(C=?)
  6. Go back to the ladder and go up. Go into the hole and keep going left until you find a room key.
  7. Go back to the ladder and go up. Go right and you can find a fork in the square hole. Secret(3) on top.
  8. Go back to the ladder and go up. Go left and keep going up the stairs. Secret(4) in the broken left wall.
  9. Go all the way to your right. Secret(5) in the sand.
  10. Go left once, take the pamphlet and click on the picture. Zoom in the small writings and jot down the dotted sign.
  11. Go left once. Secret(6) on top of light.
  12. Keep going left until you see two doors. Go into the left room and take the cat note in the left shelf.
  13. Use room key on right door and take the sewer key. You can flush if you want.
  14. Go all the way down the stairs and go right then go down. Use sewer key on the locked hole.
  15. Go into the hole, from inside the hole:
    • Go 1 time left, 1 time down, 1 time right to get 2nd floor key
    • Go 3 times left, 1 time down to get Secret(7)
    • Go 3 times left, 3 times down, 1 time right, 1 time up to get Letter to Liz. There are 3 Secrets here.
    • Go 9 times left to get Secret(11)
    • Go 7 times left, 1 time down, 1 time right to get Positive Coil
    • Go 5 times left, 2 times down, 1 time left, 1 time down, 1 time right. Solve the puzzle.(This is easy, make sure all the dot turn blue)
    In the puzzle room, Go left, down, right, right, up, take the switch handle and get the heck out of the hole.
  16. Go back to the ladder and go up. Go up the ladder again and go into the square hole on your right.
  17. Go to the end and use switch handle. Pull down the switch handle.
  18. Go back to the ladder and go down. Go left and click the tile on the wall to find Secret(12)(Count from the bottom right corner: 5 times left, 4 times up)
  19. Take the stairs all the way up, go right and go into the metal door. Pick up negative coil.
  20. Go up twice and use 2nd floor key. Go in left door and take diary 2 from the typewriter. Go left and take movie memory.
  21. Go into the right door, click on the glowing machine and enter the code that you jotted down earlier. Press the green button and take the light bulb.
  22. Go right and click on the moving stick. There are 4 Secrets here.
  23. Pick up note to myself on the bed, go out of the room, go down the ladder and get out of the metal door.
  24. Go left and go all the way down the stairs.
  25. Go left, put the light bulb and movie memory into the camera, pull down the switch, click on the lens to look into the camera and click on the ID card in the picture.
  26. Go right and all the way up the stairs. Go right and into the metal door, go all the way up the ladder. Use the fork on the broken wire and pull down the switch.
  27. Go left door and up the ladder. To key in the 4 digit code you need to find the answer for e=m*c^2. You have found c earlier and you can find m in diary 2.(m=?)
  28. Go down the ladder, go right door and up the ladder. Pick up Secret(17) and solve the puzzle.(All you need to do is turn all red dot into green)
  29. Go down the ladder and go left. Go up the middle ladder twice. Go left to get Secret(18), go right and use positive and negative coil.
  30. Keep climbing up the ladder until you see a huge light bulb. Secret(19) is on the floor and take the portal note.
  31. Go to right to pick up digout key and go to left to put ID card into the slot.
  32. Go all the way down the ladder and go out of the metal door. Go all the way to the left and use the digout key.
  33. Go in the square hole, pick up the Secret(20) and go until the end and pick up the fuse.
  34. Go back to the big bulb room, go to the right and put the fuse on the machine.
  35. Pull down the switch under the big bulb and kaboom you're out!!!
After all that i found the secrets are pointless lol
and heres a very simple explanation of of "that equation"
First, multiply C times C Then multiply your answer by M (example C=3 M=521, 3x3=9 then 9x521=4689) note your C and M values will differ from the above example

428 Comments [leave a comment]

Nice game and it's tough.

I have these:
1. 1 secret
2. a CAT note
3. a pamphlet
4. a negative coil

I have used the gem and the cog wheel.
Now I'm stuck with so many rooms.

I can't seem to find hte place where to put the negative and positive coil, can anyone write a walkthrough?

This is a great entry! Keep up the good work, Jay.

El: Have you not seen the

Key in the sewer?

I am currently stuck.
I have picked up and used:
Three keys
A small cog
Switch handle
Film memory
I havent found a use for the negative coil yet.

I have 6 secrets (How amazing is that little moving hand thingy...?!), two diary entries, a note to self, letter to Liz and a note about the cat. I gotta hurry up and find the next thing to do, cause this music is creeping me out!

well... got those:

5 secrets, a CAT note, a paphlet, door and sewer keys- door key came from sewers, then used door to get the second :-)
done a small puzzle in the sewers to get a handle, used it... also got a fork.
almost forgot- got both negative and positive coils.
have no clue what to do next.

el use the cogwheel in the

record played
and the gem in the
thing that looks like sideways headphones

Currently working away. Great game!

AAAARRRGH!!!!!! I'm stuck!
Great game, but I really get lost easily... Can't figure out how to start that movie player or what it is...

Big Hint...

the dark spot near the end of the first sewer pipe will have something there that will open up a WHOLE new set of scenarios for you

Have fun, I know I am!

What a great game! I finished it with only two hints from Nordinho.net... really fun and challenging.

Found a fork, but no idea how to use it....

I have

10 secrets
room key
second floor key
sewer key
light bulb
movie memory
positive tube
negative tube
switch handle
pamplet
both diaries
cat letter
letter to self

I can't figure out the code to the third floor power on the left. I got the right power arrows to all line up, but I can't get the left code. Does m-795 and e mean anything?

I have

10 secrets
room key
second floor key
sewer key
light bulb
movie memory
positive tube
negative tube
switch handle
pamplet
both diaries
cat letter
letter to self

I can't figure out the code to the third floor power on the left. I got the right power arrows to all line up, but I can't get the left code. Does m-795 and e mean anything?

I have used everything apart from the postive and negative coils, does anyone know where they go?

If c = 2 and m = 561 then what does e =???

Great game!!
I have everything and am near the end but I just can't figure out where to use the 2 coils.

I am so close but yet so far...

oh and I have only found 15 of the secrets.

I got all the items and 16 of the 20 secrets, however I don't know where or how to use the pos. and neg. coils.

Tough game indeed, ahahaha.
I think it's easier than most of the pixel hunting escape-the-rooms though, because all the objects are visible in size (although they may be camouflaging amongst other similar colour objects).
I've managed to collect all the items now, but argh I am just missing the four digit code to finish off the game.

For those interested on what the items are, here is a list of what you need to collect so you can check whether you can access some parts yet:


In order from left to right,
Room key 1, Room key 2, cog, light bulb, fork, negative coil, positive coil, portal note, letter to liz.
Sewer key, Dig out key, movie memory, handle, fuse, ID card, phamplet, note to myself, cat note.
diary 1 and diary 2

I wonder what the secret dots are for though, I've only managed to see fifteen of them.

mooooomba could the 4 digit code be whats written in brail on the lighthouse picture on the wooden floor with the phamplets?

Moooooomba. In the sewer theres a pipe with a dot puzzle on it. Do you have to make it all blue or all black?

E=MxCxC

Have anyone completed this game?

Read the letters cearfuly.

The Name of the cat is the key

This is my first time posting here, so I hope I used the spoiler tags in the right way

yay. very nice one. im stuck at the lasttttttttttttt puzzle. where u gotta enter 4 numbers.

i got 4 out of 5 lights green at portal. the last light im guessing depends on this puzzle. any hints ?

i so dont wanna close the window and then start all over. this has taken quiet some time. about 1-2 hours.

and theres no way anyone can write a walkthru for this. hehe.

Do you have to do anything with the sink knobs?

Oh nevermind I've finally got it...
and I was staring at the two variables all that time...

The video clips are always so freaky to me, and as for the ending...


to be continued...
hahahah looks like we got to wait for submachine 3

btw el, you probably missed out on some places you can click to lead you into different rooms.

I'm at the same level as moomba.

I just cannot find the code for the switch with the "e" on it.

Diary 2 says m = 863, The machine in the ladderhall next to the sewers says c = 2. Combined nothing happens. I've also tried the erectdate in the pamplet (1857). This wasn't it either.

What is the code???

I've got all the items and worked out the codes, but I don't know what to do with the two coils. Any hints on where they go? Is it anything to do with which lights are on or off?

how do you use the video camera? I've placed the movie memory but the switch doesn't do anything...

I need 2 hints:
What should I do with the pos & neg coil?
Where do I get the 6. Item in the second row?

Im stuck >.<

Ive gotten the room keys 1 and 2, the cog, the light bulb, the negative coil, the positive coil, the letter to liz, the sewer key, the movie memory, the handle, the ID card, the phamplet, the note to myself, the cat note, and diary 1 and 2.

Ive used the room keys, the cog, the lightbulb, the sewer key, the movie memory, the gem, and the handle. Help anyone?

I am struggling with what to do next,
I have:


room key, sewer key and 2nd floor key (used)
12 secrets
cog (used)
lightbulb
movie memory (in player but not seen)fork
positive and negative coils
pamphlet
diary 1 and 2, note to self, letter to liz
cat note

I have come across three points where i'm not sure what to do

1 the vertical pipe with 16 spot panel
2 the horizontal pipe with clear panel
3 the ladder on its side at the top of the metal (grey) room

I would be greatful if someone could point me in the right direction, cheers

wow this is hard

can anyone tell me what to do with the


vertical pipe with the 16 spot panel
and
the horizontal pipe with the clear panel

in the sewers?

cheers

Im so stuck. >.<

This is ace. I can't find the following items though.

portal note fuse handle dig out key

Any clues?

I am being dense here.

I cant work out what to do with the fuse or the two coils, I can't find the light bulb or the id card and the code entry things are foxing me :-(

Ho hum

Jarak

Jarak: Look at the poster near the pamphlets. (For the lightbulb) Other than that I can't find the ID card. And dunno what to do with the Coils.

hey moomba,

what is that 4 digit code ? and how do u get it ? im tired of this last one. ive spent too much time on this last code.

cheers.

hmm wheres the fuse anyone?? and what do u do with the ID card? and the two coils?? i dont have a fourth key either or the mentioned fork or the portal thingy hmmmm???

where did you find the fuse?

There seems to be a bug to do with secrets and the picture of the lighthouse. Keep looking at the picture to see what I mean.

How about a hint to get the digout key?

I cannot figure out the panels on the pipes in the sewers, and i dont have the dig out key.

Can anyone help?

Yes, nicely tough. Good game.

Jarak, the ID card is found when you look at the movie.

you find what c value is? Also try to read the Diary 2 to find the value of m. The code entry has something to do with e value (as spotted there) and the name of the cat. It's a very famous formula.

Good luck!

The digout key is found at the top most level of the lighthouse, after you find the portal room. It's at the right of the room.

What is the 4 # code for the device 2 rooms down form the spinning gear and rod puzzle???

arg i cant find the fuse anywhere! hint anyone?

I've got the M value but

it's too high for the formula to work - if I work out the formulat with the values I have, it comes to like 6 digits or so (M= 946 for me)

what the heck? It's too long to enter into the thang.

Where do the positive and negative coils go???

Hmmmmm -- I must say that I am stuck.

El, I have

The answer to the formula
and I've entered it in the
top left room
and nothing happens. I've already solved
the top right room with the 3 digit green code
. I assume with those two parts I'll be able to access the portal room?

Oh - I have 11 mystery dots so far.

Ah scratch that, figured it out. Still can't figure out how to get the

movie thing going

evan, did you try to look at the end of the diary 2? it should fit into 4 digits.

The formula is e = m*c^2

still hung up on the last 4 digit code

m=894 c=3 Therefore, e=mc2 = 894 3(2) = 894 9 but when i enter 8949...it doesnt go green.

help please. this is so fustrating...did the whole thing in 1 hour...but now 2 hours on the last 4 digit code. sheitzer.

When I get up the stairs It wont let me turn. WHY?

i have solved the 4 digit clue and also have a green light on the 4 spinning gears room, but what happens now?

help...

doh. nevermind . got it. entered the 4 digit code and finished.

got 16 secrets of 20. nice one mate. very nice. just the right difficulty for me. not extremely...not too easy.

im stuck there too

What is the 4 # code for the device 2 rooms down form the spinning gear and rod puzzle???

Does anyone can give me a hint vor the pos & neg coil?

In the portal room i have all lights green except for the last one. I also have not figured out where to use my coils yet. Help anyone?

What do i do when i get 2 the top of the stairs because it wont let me turn around to go to further rooms

rosco:

If you light up all the lights on the vertical pipe, it will open the clear cover on the horozontal pipe and you can grab the switch inside to use on the switchbox in the rectangular pipe-like thing to move the horozontal ladder

got it now

if you are stuck in the room in between 4 digit code and gears try your inventory


cutlery could be used to bridge the circuit

!!!!!!! WHERES THE FUSE!!!!?!?!?!? >.< this is so agrivating.

@lyman
Where are you?
If you mean the stairs in the lowest level, then this is the only room you can see there!
You need to find a way to activate the ladder

where do you find teh fork then?

im stuck on the first set of stairs the one with the red chair. I have:
-2 secrets
-a gear that i used
-a diamond that i have no idea where to put
-the one page of the diary
what to do next ?

What on earth do you use the coils for, someone please help me!

To go to the portal room, you need a fork to connect the cut wire.

the fork is located at the hole at the right of the top most red rooms with ladders
You need to solve 5 puzzles to turn on the bulb at the portal room. Those includes the 4 digit clue, the 4 spinning gears room, and...
3. put the ID card in a machine at the left of the portal room 4. put the fuse in a machine at the right of the portal room 5. put the positive and negative coils at the small hole that starts from of the room with ladder to the portal room

There's no point asking what a certain code is, because they won't be the same for everyone. There are enough clues already posted here to find both codes.

However, if anyone knows where to use the coils...

thanks dvdwinter9

what's the green 3-digit dotted code?

i got it thanks Wahnsinniger Chemiker

The coils (positive and negative) are used to light on of the bulb in the portal room.

If you are in the portal room, go down 2 levels, and there are 2 holes at the left and the right of the ladder. Go to the right and at the end you see where you can put the two coils.

where's the ID card?

I have put the cog in the music player and turned it off, but I cannot do anything else. It won't let me go any further when I get up the first set of stairs.

How do I activate the latter?

Lyman, you can put the diamond on the machine with the blocked red brick.

@ el
Thanks, you saved my day!

Where is the id card?

Can anyone post a walkthrough cuz all i have is the begining items + the

cog wheel

Stupid fork. That was the key for me to finish. Although I only had 13 secrets...

same problem as dvdwinter9
where is the ID card
I have put the movie memory in the player, but cannot view it

argh

Yeay finished, with 18 of 20 secret items.

Those holes in the walls were hard to spot. I thought it was just a different tile.

what's the radio in the typewriter room for?

Billybob -- check your inventory. You have one more thing already!

the Memory gem

got it (the id card)


put the light bulb in the back of the player and turn it on, the card falls out at the end of the film

@billybob:

As far as I can remember, but not the secret ball, because they don't mean anything

1. Go to the left until you see the stair and go up. 2. Find the cog wheel on the floor. 3. Go back to the room at the left of the stair entrance. The room with red brick wall and some kind of a machine. 4. Put the gem on the machine and it will pop up some kind of antena. 5. Click the antena. 6. Go to the right twice where you see the gramophone and zoom it. 7. Put the cog wheel and press the button. 8. Go to the left and you will see the ladder.

Next walkthrough later as you will miss the fun. :-)

I finished with 16 out of 20 secrets. Does anyone know where all 20 are?

Is it just my computer or does this game REALLY slow down after youve been playing it for 20 mins? It's becomming unplayable for me now, about 5 frames a second.

For those suck with hte 4 digit code...


the values of M and C change every game,
e = m*(c^2)
if m = 669 and c = 3
e = 669*(3^2)
e = 669*9
e = 6021

THANK YOU I needed it

whew finally. Fun game. Who knows what happens when you get all 20 secrets?

rosco:

Go to the lighthouse picture and click on the small "writing" above the arrow. That is the code for the glowing green console 2 doors down from the typewriter room. Enter it in and click the button above the dots. If the console stops glowing, go back one click and grab the light bulb.

Comment on ending:-

Soooo... you find yourself stuck in a submarine within a video game within a lighthouse within a computer...
Sure, we've all had dreams like that.

im stuck i am very stuck!! :(
I have used the 1st room key, the 2nd room key, the sewer key and the diamond.
I havent used the negative coil. Any help would be greatly appreciated

This looks great. I'm really glad there is a sequel to submachine.

I would totally play right now, but I'm at school, and they don't have flash installed! Looking forward to this when I get home.

how long is the stupid movie?

The movie seems to loop without end. I don't get it.

Lyman, have you explored all the sewer tunnels? You'll get the Liz letter, positive coil, a switch handle and 5 secrets, beside the 2nd floor key.

Dave, you don't have to wait forever. It's an interactive movie.

click somewhere where the movie is running, it will give you an ID card.

I am stuck on the ID Card....

I have set up the camera, I click the switch and turn it on. I then view the film, but its only a still image with interferance (like a table with some plates and medicine bottles on it)? There is no ending to it! and i dont get any id card :(

Try to move your mouse when watching the movie.

Okay so I figured out that

I needed to go into the other room with the other puzzle to mess with the lights,
but
I've got the prongs all having green, and the lights aren't all green. GRRRR. What am I doing wrong?

Hi, i'm new to this blogging website

Is it a blogging website?

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right i'm going to go and play the game

example
when i get to the top of the ladder i can only go left once help

Also, how do you go up twice??

if m=843 and c=2 what is the code?

I got the cog wheel, placed it where it belongs. But then! If I go upstairs you only got a chair there.. and downstairs is one tiny hole but nothing more!

I figured out how to solve the turning the lights in the bulb room green

you have to go through the light house and solve every single puzzle. Unfortunately, I can't find all the puzzles please help me someone.

Where do I find the fork!? AAAAA! HELP ME!

There is no coil room! When I finished solving those thingys that rotate, I climbed up the ladder that the fork will reveal. But I can't find anything to put my coils to? Where is it?

Whatever you do, DON'T COLLECT THE SECRETS! IT'S A WASTE OF TIME! Just make sure to collect them in part 4 and 5.

its absolutely impossible to find the fork i've been everywhere....snif.

hellllllllp!

in the big bulb room, my five lights are GGGRG [green and red]. what do i put in the room to the left of that? are there two fuses i'm unaware of? i do have an open item space under the red coil. oy!

I swear I followed that walkthrough twice step by step and I still only have 18 secrets, I even checked the walkthrough numbers to make sure he didn't skip any but there were still 20, so i need help, please

hey how do you go left and right on step 29? some plz help me

E=MC2
so its 840x square of 2
the 4 digit code is 3360

Where does the cog weel go?

where is the third secret? what top ?

after putting the fork in place, go up the ladder that descends. go up only two sections, you should see the light bend toward the ladder at this point. look at the back wall for two openings. the rest is simple.

where do you put the stupid coils!?!?!?!?

Hello, how can I find the third secret(at the fork)? I clicked like a maniac and found nthing... I got 19 secrets only, just missing that one.

(Spoiler tags be your friend. ;) )

The fork secret?

The one downstairs in the alcove, right? This is tough with a dark monitor. Edge up over the alcove, in the shadows on the top right. It's on the junction of two bricks, if I recall it correctly.

Don't feel too bad, I've been replaying Sub2 for a year and never found it till I reread the walkthrough.

Well, thanks Shudog. I was busy clicking in the alcove and then I suddenly realised that the tiny red dot is just on the wall... Ha... Laugh as much as you can and call me DUMB-O!

Mark -- Cheers, I did the same thing!

Liz -- I think Jay&Co frown on posting non-original content. I recognize that walkthrough.


[Edit: Thanks, it's gone. -Jay]

The ID Card

The ID Card is in the movie , its around the the middle , click it and a hand will come out , take the ID card and put it into the camera , you then zoom out and the ID card pops out of the camera lens

Jay , how come i always double post when i only click the submit button once?

WHAT IS THE 4 DIGIT CODE??? How frustrating. Everyone says they know the code, but nobody actually posts what it is.
Whatever.

SDWolfCub
The 4 digit code changes each time the game is played.

Did anyone notice the words over the metal door?

I tried for the life of me to make it out, but I lack zooming skills and 20/20 vision.

Obviously not relevant to finishing the game, but I assume it's some kind of easter egg

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