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escape2j.jpgJohnBThe second installment in Shawn Tanner's Escape Series has been released: Escape Series #2: The Closet. Each game has no plot, no characters, and no motive, just bare-bones point-and-click room escaping. The first game in the series, Escape the Car, had us trapped in a car, and now we've moved indoors and are stuck inside a closet. Search the area for items you can use to help you escape!

Use the cursor to move around the room and to click on objects and interact with them. Some items can be used in combination with each other, just click on the item you want to use then move it over the second item in your inventory.

Analysis: When you get a formula right, don't mess with it. Escape The Closet doesn't try to be fancy on any front. It delivers raw room escape gaming in a short amount of time, which is why it's good. The game will likely take you less than fifteen minutes to complete and a timer at the bottom of the screen lets you know just how long it's taking.

Short and to the point. Another satisfying point-and-click game to keep the Escape Series going strong. Click.

Cheers to Vault, Andrew and Geekazoid for sending this one in!

Want more? Try AN Escape Series #1: The Car, or for more "escape" games try one of these.
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Escape Series #2: The Closet walkthrough now available!

Walkthrough Guide

I'm absolutely floored. I will be the first to admit, I easily lose patience with "hunt for the place to click" and get a spoiler from here to finish an escape game... finished this one in 4:34, no spoilers. Everything in here seemed fairly intuitive to me.

SO, I'm posting a walkthrough to celebrate...

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  • Turn twice
  • get the coathanger
  • click on the front center of the coat
  • get the pocketwatch
  • click on the bottom of the screen (to look down)
  • examine the photograph, look at the clock in it
  • click on the toolbox
  • open the toolbox
  • get the wirecutters
  • click again to lift up the tray in the toolbox
  • get the crowbar
  • in inventory, click on the wirecutters, then click on the coat hanger
  • Click on the pocketwatch to examine it, then click on the wire rod, then click on the cover latch of the watch (at the bottom of the watch)
  • click on the watch dial
  • set the time to 3:35
  • click on the key
  • click "return", then click out to normal view
  • click at the top of the screen to see the ceiling
  • click on the crowbar, then on the boards
  • Click on the
    key, then on the hatch lock
  • PULL THE LEVER! (in caps, in case you didn't know what to do with a lever. :) )
  • click the hatch to go back down. OOh, blue!
  • click the shirt pocket
  • Get the Personal Organizer
  • click down to see the floor
  • Read the letter, note the date
  • Click on the personal organizer
  • Enter "111787" and click enter
  • Get the key
  • click return
  • click on the box
  • unlock the box with the key
  • get the ring
  • examine the ring
  • click the stone 5 times until it falls off
  • click the stone in inventory, then combine with wire rod
  • zoom out, turn to the door, and use the gem on the stick to open.

Comments (may contain spoilers)

I suck at these. Always need the spoiler. The last one I remember is 9:11.

The shoehorn and envelope were pretty useless.

did it in 1 min 27 beat that

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keep clicking on ruby in ring then combine with wire

What was the point of the shoehorn?

I would like to say 1st time through, 1:45
This was really easy and predicatable, but keep making.

I beat 1 minute flat and another time 50 seconds?
Anyone faster?

Anyone wanna beat my score of 49 seconds :P

Ok this was my last run, did it in 45 seconds flat. Tell me if you anyone can beat that.

Fastest time ever?
Mine was 41 seconds. Bet ya cant beat it.

i did it in 44 seconds on the second try

first time was some where around a minute and a half

I need help on the car one. WHERE do you find the code for the cadet?

I beat the game in 1 min. 11 scounds

i got out im 1:55 seconds!:p

im nw stuck, currently at 00:22:19. I stuck after I got the calculator, letter and the shoehorn.

Took 4:27 first time cause of the pocket watch lol, second time did it in 56 seconds

quite easy like the useless items like the shoe horn just to make it a little bit harder completed it in 1:51 alot easier than the 1st. Good choice of setting s yeah happy with it.

YEAH !! out in 1:22 someone try adn bat that if not alredy done..! pretty chuffed with that time so ill be annoyed if someone beats it but just you try it.!!.

wheres the tiny key?

You guys are my best friends, first time it took me 20 minutes WITH help. the second time 1 minute 23 seconds

Finished in 3:01, only one spoiler, and that was

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What to do with the ruby to get out. I forgot I even had the wire still!

No spoilers for me. I finished in within 1 minute 14 seconds =]

tis game is hard

ooo WOOT WOOT first try finished i 13:04 without any spoilers for me WOOT WOOT this game rocks

1:00 on the dot first try no spoilers. HA

I got out in 9:11. it took me forever to figure out the watch thing!

I did it in 9 mins w/o help

The key in the watch is the trickest part because the small hand has to be in between the 3 and 4 and the big hand on the 7.

My best speedrun is 0:43. I'm done.

My best speedrun is 0:43. I know it's possible to shave one or two seconds off, but I'm done.

Hey guys I need help with this game! I need the walkthrough in a simple easy way!

i went through it without even picking the shoe horn up...

Mi Best time is 1:40

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Turn twice get the coathanger click on the front center of the coat get the pocketwatch click on the bottom of the screen (to look down) examine the photograph, look at the clock in it click on the toolbox open the toolbox get the wirecutters click again to lift up the tray in the toolbox get the crowbar in inventory, click on the wirecutters, then click on the coat hanger Click on the pocketwatch to examine it, then click on the wire rod, then click on the cover latch of the watch (at the bottom of the watch) click on the watch dial set the time to 3:35 click on the key click "return", then click out to normal view click at the top of the screen to see the ceiling click on the crowbar, then on the boards Click on the key, then on the hatch lock PULL THE LEVER! (in caps, in case you didn't know what to do with a lever. :) ) click the hatch to go back down. OOh, blue! click the shirt pocket Get the Personal Organizer click down to see the floor Read the letter, note the date Click on the personal organizer Enter "111787" and click enter Get the key click return click on the box unlock the box with the key get the ring examine the ring click the stone 5 times until it falls off click the stone in inventory, then combine with wire rod zoom out, turn to the door, and use the gem on the stick to open

im getting better i done it 1:40 mins

God, I can play these games for hours and they make me so mad, but it feels good when you beat them.

that clock threw me for a long time. I thought everything else was really easy, but uggggh for that watch.

i can't get the key..

how did everyone figure out the code to the personal organizer. that stumped me, but other then that i thought it was one of the easier ESACAPEs

yeah i finished in 16:34 without a walk through. escape the car was SO much harder!!! i couldnt figure that one out so i used a walkthrough

I finished it my first time in 2 minutes 36 seconds

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you have to set the watch at 3:35 the code to the organizer is 111787

if you really need help ugh only if you really need A LOT of help!!!!!!!!!!!

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1.take hanger
2.get the gold watch in the brown coat.
3.pick the picture and get everything inside of the red box.
4.use blue crowbar and look at the top of the closet, rip off the wood using crowbar.
Use tin snips and use it on your clothes hanger than use the metal as a lock pick for the gold watch.
Open the watch and click that thing on the side of the watch (that makes you able to move the clock hands) make the hands to make it 3:35 (make small hand in the middle of the 3 and 4).
Get the key and unlock the locked panel on the top of the closet.
Click the lever and make it change to the other way.
click on the frame on the ground and the room will be blue.
open the pocket of blue shirt and get the organizer.
Click the top right corner of the shelf above the blue shirt and get the envelope.
Look at the letter's top right corner and look at the date it is November 17,1987 that equals 11/17/87 the numbers 111787 is the code for the organizer.
Get the key and open the box at the bottom of the blue closet
Open it up and get the ring.
Keep nudging at the ring,s ruby till it falls.
Now put the ruby and connect it with the metal wire from the clothes hanger to make "The Ruby Key"!!! now go close up to the door and put "The Ruby Key" in the door!!!!!!!!!!
Hurray you are out congrats!

ha ha ha ha i just had fun i waited for a whole long time to get 2h 29min 59sec ohh and the code for the orginizer is!!!

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111787 get key and open box!!!!! get ruby from ring put it on the metal wire huzzah put it in the key hole for the door and get eaten by your gramps

its real funny how the walls turned blue...

:DD
this is the first room i've gotten out of by myself
no cheats
7:18, but I am proud of myself

37 seconds!!!! I believe this is almost a perfect time. Maybe 36 is possible for a VERY VERY ABSOLUTE perfect time. I just skip some items like the shoehorn, and the old photo... First time I got out in 3:29.

where is the toolbox

I clicked on the ruby key, then the door, but it wont open :P

Did you attach the hanger thing to the ruby? Do that, zoom into the door, and press the ruby into the pentagonal shape on the doorknob.

6:51 and no help im good at these games

i finished it 1:42 it wasn't hard at all! i still don't know what the shoehorn was for though. tapping the ring threw me off too. it helps to take your time the first time
and find everything and then the second time you know where everything is and you can go threw it faster.

I came out of the closet in 8:58 minutes. With no help. I just knew what to do...it was just natural instinct I guess. ;)

Hey guys, I've been working on this for the past few weeks, and I think I achieved a PERFECT time!!! So, I thought a perfect time was 0:36 seconds, and I escaped in 0:35.19 seconds! Hmm....maybe I'll work on the car next...I was in the attic area at about 18 seconds.

im wiked good at these games best record 31seconds no help lol

*cough* We get stuck in a closet? There's something funny here...

i'm blocked! i try to set the pocketwatch to

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3:35
but nothing happens! help me please.

where is the key?

Ack! Another jerky pointer. Irritating!

ok this is really frustrating me. i set the time to 3: 35. i tried it over and over again.
and the key still wouldn't pop out. argh!

this is my second time doing this, i finished at 5 mins and 2 sec! thanks for all your help

i did it in 1 minute and 39 seconds.. its a PEICE OF CAKE even w/out the walkthroughs!!

Darn it, everything was going great till the personal organiser. date format's obviously different in the UK, doh!

it took me a while, 4:27, but the watch was annoying!

who woulda thought. a coat hanger, and a diamond.

i feel half stupid i only got it in 15 mins :( but the watch bit was easy.... it was the organizer that got me i was putting the dates int he wrong way do'h! yeah but it was fun :) i beat the car one just the n so im doing pretty well cause ive never real treid these and there good :NOTE!!!!!: try and do it without looking at the walkthrough and spoilers first it makes the finish a lot more satisfactory

Why do you guys care. Its just a game!!!
But anyways good job
now what are you gonna do the rest of your life

Geez...took me 12:10 to beat it the first try

It was a good online game. But it took me over 17 minutes to finish it. Thank you for showing such a good game.

Huzzah! Finished in 4:39 with no help... and I can never finish room escapes without help. Wheee!
- Just in case anyone cares... which I'm sure they don't... :)

I got it done in 7:16

Oh wow I beat it by myself with no help at all!! woo hoo. My time was 17:31 freaking date..LOL

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the password for the personal organizer is
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111787 same as date on letter
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you cheater im tellin your mom LOL!!!!
:D ;)yay i did it in 1:42

hey i beat it in 18 seconds do not spoill the game its fun

I just played for the 2nd time and finished in like 1 minute!!! For tips just ask JOHN. I can help.

wtf i don't get the bit with the code i mean i no it is the date but it makes no sense

The "escape" series seems to be the easiest escape-style games there are because this took me 3.03 with no walkthroughs and I SUCK at escape games, usually.

it was fun, though.
definitely!

i finished in

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1 minute and 59 sec.

Does anyone kno what the point of the horn was?

finihed in 3:41 with a few spoilers to be honest. But this one isn't as hard as the others. lol

where do u get the key

my first ever room escape game thingy nd i did it in 5 minz nd 43 seconds, withot cheats inabit

i have finished this level and the escape the car level.

O YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1:6 seconds wow that was fun and easy the code is hard thow i would uf had like 46 or 47 seconds but that dang code if its giveing u trouble its 111787 ok now go now and try to beat it o hears a hint look under and in the coats

55 seconds ahahahahahaah too predictable

where is the key after you sent the time on the watch please?

my 1st try was crap cant remember but it was like 17 mins :) 2nd try was 1:45.. in my 1st try i thought the shoehorn was for something!! :)

for those who have problems on the clock:

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you have to turn the shorter needle of the clock towards 4 cause that's the way clocks look at 3.35.

WOO! Just 2:37!

1:28! but the second time..

Hi, It was kind of hard but not really all that too hard. 4 min. and 32 sec. was my timing!! Thank U for the tips!!

this is a fun game, but when the room is blue, and you click down to get the letter....where is it? all i see is the shoehorn thingy

I figured it all out without the walkthrough (YAY), but i somehow managed to lose the wire rod (it disappeared from my inventory) while i was trying to attach it to the ruby! (BOO!!!)
Other than that little glitch, i really enjoyed this one!

i beat it in 1:23 beat that

well i got through it in 54 sec so beat that

i beat it in 30 seconds

It took me 18 minutes. It would have been more like 8 but I had trouble with the stop watch.

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in order to get the key from the stop watch you have to set it to the time of the clock in the picture. First set the minute hand to exactly 35 and then set the hour hand. It will be slightly past the 3 though and not exactly on it, in order to get the key to pop out.

i beat it at 1:56 it was really easy at first i had lots of trouble finding the key!!!!

how do open up that thing at the top of the closet

For those of you who are having trouble with the stop watch...

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you gotta make sure the hour hand is halfway inbetween 3 and 4 because when it is half past, the hour hand is inbetween the hours

omg i swear i didnt do this on purpose but i look at the walkthru and i beat it in 8 mins flat sooo weird

I DID IT IN 1:23 BEAT THAT YEAH

did it in 1:18!!!!
yay!!!

What is the key in the watch for?

The Point of the Shoehorn is---


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To make you ask questions

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