The Privacy is another Flash point-and-click adventure from the stellar Gotmail team that gave us The Bar, Il Destino, The Salon and others. This game is set in a high-tech, big-brother world where even the watchers are watched and elaborate security systems are commonplace.
As with other games by these talented Japanese Flash game developers, literary references can be found lying about within this game, such as George Orwell's "1984" and JD Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye", an easy means of channeling a narrative into well-traveled territory without having to actually provide much narrative content. The game leverages the power of suggestion to its advantage.
Of course the real stars of these games are the phenomenal photo-realistic environments created from 3D models, and the high-tech theme of the game sets the stage for some absolutely stunning visuals. It is quite evident that much attention to detail went into making this gorgeous game.
I was not a fan of their previous work, The Bar. Although beautiful and stunning in its own right, the puzzles were awkward and the solutions to some were not very logical at all. I am pleased to say that the design team has learned much from their previous work thus making The Privacy one of their best efforts so far. I especially liked the fact that every puzzle has a logical solution and none were too difficult to solve on ones own. An excellent diversion for anyone that enjoys these types of games. Click.
Cheers to Cobber for suggesting the game. =)
The Privacy walkthrough now available!
Comments (may contain spoilers)
I'm so lost. I've seriously gone through all the comments on here 4 times. I've got:
The laser pen
The walkie talkie antennae
Blue cellphone
Red memory card
Blue Key Card
and the unicorn
Maybe im not mixing something right? I can't find the key card with the wires, i have no clue where the magnetic strip thing is, i dont know how to make the debugger, i know where everything is that i need to debug though, i have no clue where this "wire puzzle" thing is. And i really want to get through this game >=(
Ok, I figured out how to make the debugger. Finally.

I WON! These comments really, REALLY helped! Thanks so much!
i'm stuck i think i've got every thing i need down stairs i've got laser pen,anntena + reciver,unicorn, blue phone, memory card from blue phone,the password after debugging all ,yellow key card ,blue key card and card with wires, is that all i need please help
The dreaded pipe/wire puzzle:

For those of you who are stuck at the beginning - This is the hardest thing to find in the game...

hope this helps you enjoy the game, as I did.~
HELP, how do i turn off the satelite thing
Nice game and all but did anyone else notice that all gotmail games are set at night. Is that just a coincedence or what.
FWIW, the light switch upstairs appears to be sporadic. I ran through the game twice in approximately the same order. Got very cranky the first time around, looking for that damnable switch. Started everything over, ran through it again, and, bing, there she was. There might have been minor variations in the way I played the games, but after the first door upstairs, I think I did everything in the same order both times around.
So, if you've mastered the pipes, blue phone, and unicorn, but you just can't figure out how to turn out the lights, relax. There's no trick to it. The switch is just there...or not. Tell me, punk, are you feeling lucky?
hy,i read all the posts so many times,but i still cant find the red phone.somebody please!! keep your words simple,i am hungarian:-))
hy everyone!
i cant find the red phone and the way upstairs. i am stuck
I guess I found a bug in the game or else I'm just too stupid to solve it. When I tried to remove the connector/keycard from the blue to the red phone, it vanished. Now I only have a blue and red phone in my inventory, and the red phone fails to generate a key. This seems similar to the problem slgalt mentioned above. It's a shame, I was hoping to see the ending of this game.
For those who are looking for the LASER POINTER!!!
I was looking for a long time, and nobody would answer this question, so here is the answer:

Debi - The memory card inside the blue phone is supposed to vanish when you click it. Check your inventory afterwards and you will see it moved there.

Man was this hard! Blast that stupid wire game! That just about did my head in. If it weren't for the helpful comments here, I think the whole game might have just about done my head in.
Thanks guys ^^
Hey, I am so frsutrated! Here's what I have on the second floor:

My problem is, I just can't find the blue cell phone... where is it????
Hey i am stuck everybody keeps talking about this mysteriuos black box that connects to the antenna and debugs stuff, where do I find it because i am really getting frustrated.i am still on the first floor i have the id: but i don't know how to get any farther please help
Everyoine, I have:
-Long black thing
-Walkie talkie?
-Unicorn
-Blue cell phone
-Blue access card
-Yellow access card
-Thing with wires out the bottom
-Red memory card
I can't get upstairs someone please help am I misisng something? What's a wiretap?
Can someone also PLEASE post a photo of the yellow red blue wire game??
I found the easiest way to deal with the pipe game is to first "lay" the blue pipe, remembering that it must go UNDER everything else (except itself) -- so as your reach an intersection, look ahead for the pipe that tends to go under everything and if it does, odds are that's the correct connection. Then connect the red one, since it goes OVER everything else -- same idea, at an intersection, trace which pipe goes over the rest, that should be the correct one. Then trace the yellow and complete the connections.
To get through the second door on the 2nd floor:

Well, I'm stuck at the last set of sensors and have no idea at all what to do. :S I guess all I can do is say gl and hf to myself and waste some more of my valueable time :/
Or you might just try another door. =p
OMG! I wasted like half an hour.. :S But thanks for the tip
ARGH! I am stuck
i only have

I am still on the 1st floor, and can't pick up the fountain pen... I AM SOOOOO LOST! HELP ME PLZ!
Hey Jay,
have you checked out the game "GooBike" yet?
its made by the 'il destino' guys
its pretty much as good as the others, which is pretty good.
just thought i'd throw that out there.
Yup! And we already have mentioned it here. =)
Help, please!!!!!!!!!! I have the unicorn on the cross, but can't find any light switches to turn the lights off. I've read and re-read all the posts a hundred times and have been playing for hours. PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE LIGHT SWITCH!
Is it just a bug like one of the previous comments suggests? Do I really have to start all over and "hope" that it appears next time???
OK this is utterly ridiculous. This is the 2nd time I've gone through the game and there is still no light switch. I have everything but the red cell phone. I have the unicorn on the cross on the ground, BUT STILL CAN'T FIND THE LIGHT SWITCH!!!
Allrighty - 3rd time through the game I was able to locate the light switch - and save my sanity!
Thanks for the last laser thing......Quinma.....
When you are at the end with the lasers, on the last part..

just go back.. and go out the door UNDER the stairs :D
Yo ppl,
I just started playing these games and they are awesome,
I've done The Car and White Chamber, no probs awesome games.
But i'm havin problems with this one,
Anyone got walkthroughs or advice on how to do this game
Cheers
what is the password from the computer upstairs? or where is the 3rd thing you have to identify i have the blender and the glass whats the last one? PLEASE HELP
Ladis:

I can on the other hand not get the


Help anyone? Pleeeeeease?
WOOHOO!! I´made it!!
Does anybody speak german? I don´t understand anything!! ;-)
I can´t solve the pipe-thing! Please help me!!
I'm not sure if any one would find this helpful...
Following those pipes hurt my eyes, So I have these markers you are supposed to use to write on windows and mirrors with...and they work really well with computer monitors...especially in 3 different colors!! You could probably use white board markers too...
I know...this is so pathetic...but I am tired...and I am stubborn and I had to finish this game!!!
I have trouble finding the right line for the pipes. Tried many times but without any luck. The help from ImagingGlory well... i'm scared 2 do that;-) No hard feelings but i just bought a new computer so, i'm not trying to draw with markers on my screen.
Has someone got a better hint. I'm going grazy;-)
Greetz,
chickie from Holland!
I left the last laser set room like the posts previously said to do and went in the door under the stairs, and used the red phone to unlock the door, but the door won't open, it says that it's still locked....
Help Please!!!!
nevermind, i was doing it wrong...i finished...finally!! good game though
Can anyone please send a picture with the wireing of the satalite conection??
i have used 2 hours now and i'm going crazy......#¤%
ok i am finnish,,,
good god tthank you vozome!!!! i tried everywhich way, by the end of it my eyes went square turns out that i nly had one pie wrong!! but i had to go through your spoiler to find it! lol aww my head aches sitting to close to the screen probably lol FfireXXX
Hey Jay...
You should seriously write in RED letters at the top of the "post a comment" section: "Take time to read the comments to avoid asking questions that have already been answered 3 times!"
Man, some people... :D
Btw, nice game!
this took me way too long to figure out. especially the stuff with the adaptor that i couldn't find (or maybe i found, but it didn't work somehow). again, it could not have been done without reading some of the spoilers. massive thanks to all... nice pick, jay!
With the help of the walkthrough a few times I finally beat this game. I'm not going to lie, this was one of the worst point and click adventures I've ever played. The (awfully) rendered graphics made things really confusing, because the screen is always so cluttered with useless lights and things that you can't click on. Most of the clicking never made any sense, either. Half of the "puzzles" had no logic to them are were completely random and senseless. It's just try object A on scene object B and see if anything happens.
1/5
Does anyone know or have a screenshot of the wire puzzle when finished I have been on it 2 hours and cant take it anymore PLEASE HELP
have read through the comments...and it said that left of keyboard there was the fontain pen.....i must be blind, cant find it....
It is there jippi - I've just finished the game myself
does n e one know where to find the walkie talkie thing
please help
i feel sorry for that german kid. neway, how do you get past the bit with the wires on the computer? please tell me.:D
I too am stuck on the connect the lines puzzle. I look and it looks all connected and prioritized from red to blue but it just doesn't work. If anyone figures it out please send me the solution.
this game is madddddddd buggy. after i got out of the revolving doors, or possibly before that, my laserpointer disappeared. also, in case someone reads all the way down here before doing the wire puzzle,

All spoilers, but to clear some confusion.
Phones

Light switches

Things that dosent seem to work but. i.e bugs

Thanks for help so far, im stuck at the very end with som mad


GEEZ! Ive got pretty far, thx to most comments........ im tired but I CANT CLOSE THE GAME!!
Im almost done but im stuck...i think im going to BED
Im just curious tho - what opens the revolving doors and the door under the stairs? (and this, after using the laser pointer and unicorn.........)
everything in my items list is blocked except red phone and color-wired-key- attached-to-blue-phone
HELP!!
wats else is wrong with the picture on the second floor i fount the mufflers and the table and i cant find the other one
i finally finished the game! if ya got any questions just ask
Sigh. Receiver trouble, spoiler guarded....

Since I haven't seen a full walkthrough posted yet, I thought I would make one to those who would like one.
Full walkthrough:








- Click 3 times.
- Click 2 times.
- Click 1 time.
- Click 4 times.
- Click 4 times.
- Click 1 time.
- Click 1 time.
- Click 2 times.







(Does this puzzle remind anyone of those Highlights magazines that you always looked through while waiting for the dentist? Too bad this one isn't already solved like all those were.)








Finished!
2nd door/2nd floor: I used the 3 piece device to open it. Everytime as I walk through the open door it boots me back outside the door I just walked through. I see where I need to go...but it seems like its a bug in the program? Anyone experienced this or am I missing something?
i don't understand the pipeline puzzle the one that vozpme did can sum1 do it in a better way plz?
Ixidor's walkthrough should handle the puzzle no problem.
My question is the upstairs door. I can't access the node without the blue card, and then I insert the phone and nothing happens. And now my blue card is inactive and I've got a locked door. (Which is actually where I ended up before looking for help.) What did I miss?
where do you begin with the pipeline puzzle?

I think there's an open bold tag that's going to be messing up the spoiler tags, FYI.
I think there's an open bold tag that's going to be messing up the spoiler tags, FYI.
Let's see if that works.
Thanks, xadrian! All fixed now. It was a 'strong' tag, not a 'b' tag that was messing things up.
I'll have to work on a script that disallows comments with non-well-formed mark-up in them.
The link has changed. It's now http://www.gotmail.jp/privacy/
Thanks, HopefulNebula, links fixed. =)
what is the password from the computer upstairs? or where is the 3rd thing you have to identify i have the blender and the glass whats the last one? which mirror was it that you could see a reflection of the bottles? PLEASE HELP
Ok where is the blue key card i think i need it for the door upstairs please! xoxoxo
So, I can swear I have a valid solution for that wire / pipeline puzzle but it is still failing.
I've tried the priority order both ways and gone over it several times to make sure no wire crossed itself. This is driving me nuts.
SamB
What solution are you using?
Regarding an ID you need:

how do you debug stuff?
I used the blue card and put the phone in but the door is still locked. I'm so confuzzled.
What's this wire tap stuff all about? What the heck is a wire tap, and how do I use the receiver and phone to find one? Whenever I look at the receiver, it just shows a map with a big flashing circle; and when I click it, it says someone has embedded wiretaps in the room. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??? I NEED AN ANSWER ASAP!
i need help with the whats different computer i have the blender and the missing section on the bar table but what is the third please answer asap
kat
I think you'll find that this puzzle changes each time you play the game. Bummer eh?
i can't find the fountain pan
i know the sounds stupid but how do u find taps because i got the receiver i see a circle thing i know 1 is on the clock and one on the phone but i cant get them i cant wreck them i need help
wow i liked the hi-tech-ness in this game. but that


one of gotmails better games i think.
Is it just me or does this game remind you of the movie Double Jeapordy with Will Smith? Whoa!
The password for the computer won't show on the card, after finding the third bug. I can see a few little pixels of it at the top of each letter, so I know it's supposed to be there, but it's basically invisible. Same thing happens when you type in a password: only the tops of the letters show. I guess this hasn't happened to anyone else, scanning the comments so far...what gives?
I cant find the fountain pen!!
Ermmm, im confused on the upstairs puzzle (Spot The Difference.) I have the

Cheers,
Ben
Ben
This bit changes every time you play it so I don't think I can help you. Its pretty much just trial and error until you find it. Not much help I know.
Ben-
In the puzzle upstairs, I got the



Like rain, I never got an ID after the pipe game. I press enter and get a big OK in the middle of the screen, but that's it. Is there something else I'm supposed to be doing?
ppl, can anyone help me with that "fountain pen" what the hell is it? And WHERE!?!?
can someone please tell me wherethe fountain pen is ??? (the last whire tap)
Is it just me, or

Also,

Um, so I'm working on the

ALSO (and yes, this has now just turned into a list of complaints), when I

once upstairs, playing the "spot the difference game"


thanks Ruuster, i have the same puzzle, i found the first two differences but i can't find the

i meant

Hmmm, so I played this game ages ago (not surprising for one added in 2006) but now I play it and it's got



I wonder if everything will make sense in the end!
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Walkthrough Guide
Since I haven't seen a full walkthrough posted yet, I thought I would make one to those who would like one.
Full walkthrough:
- Click 3 times.
- Click 2 times.
- Click 1 time.
- Click 4 times.
- Click 4 times.
- Click 1 time.
- Click 1 time.
- Click 2 times.
When finished, click "Enter" to receive the ID. It'll be saved in your items list. Exit the monitor.(Does this puzzle remind anyone of those Highlights magazines that you always looked through while waiting for the dentist? Too bad this one isn't already solved like all those were.)
Finished!
Posted by: Ixidor | January 23, 2007 2:35 PM