Something Amiss: Chapters 1 and 2

not really sure why this game was picked. it's so obvious it's been created in haste just for the book promotion. low quality. thumbs down.

Original concept but i don't like the long loading times :-(

Woah I actually finished it.

Cspan

You actually don't need a triangle gate, if there ever was one. I didn't use it.

For the Bug you need to get the compass. Open both gates for the Star and Square and then open the circle. Then you can close both square and star gates (in that order) and then go back into the crevace, down the rope and youll be able to get the compass. Oh and memorize that 7 digit #

ho humm.. Maybe I should write a walkthrough?

I think the first game was maybe shoddy, but it got me interested enough for the second, which is much better.
Speaking of which, I'm stuck at the waterfall:

I have the white mushrooms and the beetle, plus a rock to grind them with in the bowl, but I can't get the flowers from the cliff.

I'm pretty sure there isn't one. You don't need it.

The beetle's in the heart of the jungle (east), but you'll need a compass.
Also, dials can close some gates while opening others.

I'm also unable to find the triangle wheel or the white mushroom for that matter but as for some insight into finding the bug...

It seems to me that you need the compass to get through the 'Deep Jungle' to find the bug

I've found the bug, but can't pick it up! What am I missing?

Peter:

Well you don't get a whipp but what's the next best thing?

Rope!

Jimbo:

Ever hear of the "roach motel"?
Did you collect everything from the supply area with the three colors of mushrooms?

Jimbo_G:

you need the medical tape. Now where did you get a WHOLE BUNCH of Medical Items?

I like how you get fake items :P

chunli, thanks. Frustratingly obvious, but isn't that always the way?

I liked the ending of the second chapter. Look forward to the sequels — maybe a bit less buggy?

I've been everywhere.. but where is the compass?

Just finished it, all by myself too! :)

For people frustrated with the triangle gates:

They cannot be opened, and are not required to solve this chapter.

The rope is your best friend. :)

good game

Help

I have

drink torch rock mushroom coconut log
but I can't find rope or a compass

Hi folks,
Thanks for playing the game. I fixed the bugs that were reported so if you reload the game it should play smoother now. (For the next chapter I'll widen the beta test pool before the wide release...a few bugs slipped past me. The hazards of a one man development team!)

I'm also posting a hint guide in a couple of days if you get really stuck.
Good luck.

Tucker

Hi folks,
Thanks for playing the game. I fixed the bugs that were reported so if you reload the game it should play smoother now. (For the next chapter I'll widen the beta test pool before the wide release...a few bugs slipped past me. The hazards of a one man development team!)

I'm also posting a hint guide in a couple of days if you get really stuck.
Good luck.

Tucker

Amber: if you haven't found the compass, then you haven't been everywhere.

The diary tells you the general location of the compass — keep exploring. It's big and obvious on the floor of the room it's in.

can somebody help me I can't get to to compass with the door I read the thing about star and square and it didn't work. Please help

So I spent like 45 minutes trying to get past the gorilla and finally my wife just says

have you tried a poison banana

Hello, Tucker;

You've put a lot of work into this game, and it shows. Nice graphics, good smooth animation, and an interesting storyline all make for an entertaining game. Just a couple of small things I'd like to mention:

- the loading time between scenes can get really frustrating, and it probably says more about us as (impatient) players than your programming talent. I'm not a programmer, so I don't know if these transitions can be made faster. It's unfortunate; the waiting detracts from the gameplay flow.

- the animation of Alice, the gorilla, and other moving objects (fire, river) is lovely and smooth (perhaps a bit slow, but there's that impatient player speaking up again!) Yet I was struck by how artificial the woman in the bed seemed when compared to the other elements. Actually, I thought I was going to discover I had been speaking with a robot (and wouldn't that have been a neat little plot twist!) Perhaps she needs a little tweaking?

In all, a really nice example of point-and-click gameplay. I look forward to seeing chapter 3 soon.

Cheers,
- Merricat

@ All who seek the compass:

There is more than one way to go into the ruins.

You have to control the dials so that the way to the ladder and the medicine cave is clear

You have to have outline circle and solid square set.

You also need to have the rope (where the circle dial is) and a torch

You need to climb down the cave that is dark.

If that isn't enough, read chunli99's comment at 5 PM on Mar. 30th.

How do you:

poison the banana?

Souperman

You don't really "poison" the gorilla, that's prabably against the law...you "drug" him. And...where do you think the drugs would be?

Souperman:

Get sedatives from the cabinet in the woman's room. Then peel the banana and combine sedatives and banana.

the white mushrooms and the rock.

slow to load the game...

wow, I never thought that it was so easy!

This game is a bit more fun now. You seem to like your "worthless red herring" elements. Nice.

Wandering around, I get the sense that I'm on the set of Lost, except that everything isn't trying to kill me. Yet.

Anyway, I can't seem to find either the rock or the correct kind of mushrooms. Am I blind?

Jen

Remember where the spider was? You should find everything you need...

I am kind of stuck.

I have been able to get down the ladder.
however, I hear that there is suposed to be the
compass down there, but there is none. how am I
suposed to solve the runes puzzle?

Esc doesn't save the game, at least for me. And if you're me, you won't find this out until you're at the end and the game freezes. Arghhh.

Can't get to level 2, it just took hours to load..

Can someone please tell me where to find torch ? and also how to access ladder , if its required. I have got the rope and picked have been to that medicine cave.Thanks.

Wow that was very good! I love adventure kind of games and this was right up my street. A great game, had me puzzling at moments - loved the "red herrings", very well made game and great plot, cant wait for the 3rd chapter!

Aaaarrrggghhhh... :-(

I have the

compass and the medical tape....but where is the bug? =(

I'm so dumb...never mind...found it...yayyy!! =D

@ Uberchild:

Where else have you seen a 7 digit number?

These numbers aren't just any ordinary phone number.

At the square dial, you will see a 7 digit number. Push these numbers in that order in the passage.

If you did everything correct, you should see a new opening. Don't forget to go in there!

You will need to find something that can act as a torch.

What are the base necessities for a torch?

A wooden stick can be found in front of the dark cave (You will need to do some hunting around) and a fire can be found near the gorella. Of course, that would mean that you will need to ensure you can get past the gorella first.

As for the ladder part, I won't answer. Wait until you get the torch and can climb down into the crevice, and then see what you can think of.

uuuggghhh i'm stuck i need to get the darn rope can someone help?

I got into the hall with the Roman numerals, but no compass, help?

Okay, I know by know that you have to be facing east in the Jungle to get the bug, but where the heck is the bug on the freaking screen? I've tried putting the tape down on the log, but whenever I move my cursor out of the inventory, it converts back into a directional arrow. What should I do?

Also, the compass is acting kind of weird, and told me I was facing south twice when I was finding my direction. Did it do that for everyone else?

If anyone can help me i was wondering if anyone else was having a problem with going in certain directions in the heart of the jungle...for some reason when i click to go in a direction it returns me to the previous screen. Can anyone help me out here?

HGFoMT:

look at the floor near the stone collem in the room that appears when you press the roman numberals and if its not there maybe you already took it and if you dont have it and its not there well... all i can say is restart the game or load from a previous save.

To get the rope move the stone dial with the star to the star that is not filled in but make sure that you switch the square one to then it should be open so you can get the rope and get to the circle dial.

NOTE: the rope is used for getting the red flowers from the water fall and its used to go down the cave.

ok i figured out the indigo bettle thing in the forest

try to follow the compass

you have to go to the left of where the compass is pointing

for example if the needle is facing north you would go east and if the needle is facing south you would go west.

wow cool twist....i finaly beat it cant wait for the second one.

I don't know how to get down to that silly ladder in the place with all those wheels. someone help meh!

Thanks chunli!

Great game, the thing that happened at the end of the chapter was pretty interesting.

Mcpuffersons: Anon at March 30, 2007 10:35 PM posted the answer to that question. If you need the torch,

look where the dark cave and spider are for a twig, then set it on fire

Cheers Anon for your help.

Got eveything but the white mushroom, got red, black and orange mushrooms but can't for my life find the white one's!!

If you get really stuck, I've created a hint guide...

Hint Guide

Please use sparingly...its more fun to figure out on your own isn't it?

Tucker

yahoo! I can play level 2! But I am stucked at the moment!!!

I guess this means that none of us have to write a walkthrough anymore...

@ Lenny

There is more ways to be in the dark than just a cave.

Like under a rock, for example.

You can not access this rock at the beginning of the game, because a spider is on it. You need to do some other things and wait until it gets off

If you still can't figure where I'm talking about, it's in FRONT of the dark cave.

@ dullpunk
You'll need to explain a bit more than that. If it's an in-game stuck, you can read Tucker's guide. If it's an applet stuck... well, you would have to explain anyways...

I don't even know how to get started

To those who have the compass, and are still having problems in the jungle...have you tried *using* the thing? ;-)

Which does remind me--it'd be *really* nice to have some sort of 'instructions' screen that mentions, in particular, that pressing and *holding* the left button over an object will bring up a 'talk/look/use' menu (well, set of icons, but the same thing)....noone mentioned this, and I was stuck badly on the *first* chapter until I figured that out.

oh shoot. that was good. i JUST finished it (chapter two). i'm excited for the next one!

I was just wondering, does anybody know when chapter 3 will be out???

i loved chapter 2's ending. can't wait to find out how the story unravels before i forget completely. lol

This *is* a point and click right? Because I'm on chapter 1 and NOTHING is reacting when I click. Only thing happening is a woman walking around the room staring at things. Are there ways to pick up things or examine things using keys?

There is a help section that explains how to play the game and control Alice. Just click on the "help" button at the top right corner of the screen.

I need help, i am in the first chapter, i have the hard dick, the recorder an the grate, what i do now? please help me i am desesperated

I finally figured it out. That style of game-playing is certainly not intuitive. Why no help menu at the beginning?

Otherwise a well developed and interesting game. :o)

Hey
I can't get to the heart of the jungle and I can't figure out how to use the compass do I use it with something? I've tried with the soggy map but she's says "I can't do that" I need Help PLEASE

Raven

this is so hard or am i just stupid lol i have found the coin and thats it :(

awwww... i like the game, but somehow i got the circle gates closed and can't get them open... i had to restart, but just so you all know, don't leave the underground "maze" thingum until you've got the compass x__X

I love this type of games, but this one just left me with a "meh" feeling.

I am at odds why, though. The graphics are good, although the movement of the characters and some of the animations are really amateurish. But that's not what is really wrong with this game.

I kinda don't like the puzzles. The worst bit is manipulating those gates - no feedback, no apparent logic and confusing perspective make this easy puzzle downright irritating. Top that with the fact you have to traverse five-six locations between tries, it really misses the mark.

I am still gonna check out Chapter 3. But so far, even though a lot of work has seemingly been put into this, I am not that excited with the result.

Lets clear up some things here...

@ kolalana:

You need to find a power cord... but this said cord is well hidden.

In fact, its underneath the floor.

You need to use the grate on a loose tile to reveal this said prize.

Try using the coin on the grate.

i can´t find the compas, just i can´t!

hi can anyone help? I can't find the fungus!!!

Thanx

Thanks everyone for your comments on the game. I appreciate your honesty...it helps me in making the subsequent chapters better. So if there's anything else that really bothered you about the game...or that you liked, please let me know. I pay attention to the feedback.

Tucker

Tucker,

I just wanted to say that I really like this game and am looking forward to subsequent chapters. This is the first game of it's kind that i've beaten (almost) without a walkthrough. The only part I had trouble with was finding the room to get the compass, but that was due to my lack of realizing there's more than one room off of the main entrance of the fort. Great job thus far!

-Amanda

Wow, this was really a great game! I had the trouble of looking for the stick and also how to look at the compass (now I can know how to use one). The rests were easy to manage!
The ending was far more suprising in chapter 2. I am waiting for chapter 3 to come out soon.

peel the banana ??

Great game! I thought that for once the puzzles were very logical. I like that it required no hunt-and-click. Looking forward to installment 3.

I beat the game!

it was a pretty good game.

i liked it.

Walkthrough

It’s my first one, so don’t be too strict.

When you exit the lab, you have to find an expedition journal, to get acquainted with what you are supposed to do.

1. Go down and talk to the sick lady until she fells into a coma (sounds great:)) Take there sedatives from the cabinet. Go up. You may take the soda near the lady’s bed – but it won’t be needed.
2. Take a banana near the entrance to the lab. Peel it. Use some sedatives to guarantee sweet dreams to the monkey. You may take a coconut. Go up
3. Take a stick near the entrance to the cave. Go to the right
4. Approach the monkey with your small present – banana + pills. After it fells asleep go up, were the light is.
5. Put your stick into the fire and make a torch. Grab the log.
6. Put the log into the water when you are on the bank of the river (to the right from the monkey). Now you can go up/down the current. Get on the log and go to the left.
7. You see a gecko. Forget it till the level 3 is ready. Go to the left again.
8. You are in the dead/lost (or how do you call it) city. Turn the wheel (star). Go to the right into the pass, which opens.
9. Memorize the numbers carved on the rock – 7531246. Turn the other wheel (square). Go back and turn the wheel (star) again. Then go to the left.
10. Enter the ruins and take the rope. Turn the third and last wheel (circle). Go to the left and enjoy the music :)
11. Go to the right to enter the storage. Pick up all that you can. Later you will need only the bowl and the medical tape from the left shelves. Don’t eat the mushrooms! :)
12. Return to the star-wheel. Open the pass and close the square-wheel. Then close the star wheel again. Do it!!! It’s really needed to find the compass
13 Return to the river, get onto the log and go to the right to the waterfall. Get the red flowers with the help of the rope
14. Go to the cave, where the stick was. Enter it. Use the rope to go down. You are in the storage again. This time you may take the mushrooms. But you really do not need them :)
15. Go to the room with the circle-wheel and go down the stairs there. It will be possible only if you have closed all the gates, as it was told.
15. Dial the combination that was carved on the rock (7531246) and enter the secret pass. Pick up the compass and go back to the entrance of the cave.
16. Hallelujah! The spider is gone. Take the rock, where it was and the white mushroom. Go to the lady. There you shod go to the right to the jungle.
17. Find the bug in the heart of the jungle with the help of the compass (always go east) (right-left-left-up-right-up). Catch it with the sticky medical tape and get back to the lady again.
18. Put the flower, the bug and the white mushroom into the bowl and smash it with the rock you have. Give this to the lady. Talk with her. GAME OVER :(

where is the compass? I can`t find it, plz help me

argh!!! i finished it (finally!!). it's a brilliant game and i can't wait till the 3rd game comes out!!

This may be a really stupid question but how do I peel the banana???

I really like this one! The way the character actually moves around the screen reminds me of Pricilla Gone Missing. It's also challenging but not so stumping that I have to look at spoilers.

Oh, and kudos on the site, Jay! I use it all the time and I've never really complimented you on it. (That's an understatement. I think I've seen three different layouts for it since I found it!) I'm a huge point-and-click/escape-the-room junkie, and I always check your site for the best ones. =]

help i cant find the roman letter 4 in the carving place
someone please describe where it is please.
sandra

Sandra, I'm pretty sure it's on the right side, between two other ones (One and three, I think). 'IV'.

Jimun, have you tried looking to see what the options for using the banana are?

can some plz help me with grates?

Good game - thanks! Sort of like Submachine, but I liked the "verb wheel" - good idea!

The first chapter was very short, but it helped to work out the controls (I was having difficulty doing anything with items - should've read the instructions more carefully, oops). I loved the graphics and the storyline, and am now subscribed to the blog for more updates! \o/

Also, great site Jay! I am now a point'n'click master!

Why can't I see the options to pick up objects or talk to people?

This gets worse, Got through grate took some stuff and tried to go back to main room and half of screen isn't showing, it's black......!!!

Think i'll go play another game

After decades and decades I have finally completed the game...excuse me but I have to leave now, I have to collect my pension...I was in my 20's when I started this game....hahaha...pretty good game, gets the brain cells working. can't wait for three to come out.

All I get is a black screen. The game seems to load, but then there's nothing. Pity, it sounds like a fun game.

Suus,
You must have at least Flash 8 to play. 9 is better. Also, the game works best on Firefox. If you're still having trouble try emptying your browser and reloading.

Hope that helps!
Tucker

Hi Tucker,

I am using Firefox and I have Flash 9. I eventually got the game to load, but could only play part 1. After that I got the "in between screen," but clicking on "Play part 2" (the button on the bottom) had no effect.

I enjoyed part 1, so I guess I'll try to see if I can get to part 2 some other time.

Hey, this is a great game, but I have had to resort to the hints and this page to help me find the compass. I have pushed the numbers on the pillars with the code, I hear the windy noise, but darned if I can find this secret passage that holds the compass. I have re-entered the code a few times, and still no compass in sight. Is there a glitch? Help!! please SOS, this is driving me crazy! Where is this secret passage with the compass in it?

If you hear the windy noise and there's no passageway you must have pushed the numbers in the wrong order. After the windy noise push the buttons in the correct order and the entrance should appear. It's fairly obvious when it opens.

Good luck!

Great game! I've the two chapters. I want to finish all the chapters who will be released soon!

Chapter 3 password:

If you want to know the password, finish the 2nd chapter, you cheater! XD

Tell me if you are stuck, i'll help you. ;)

what a fantastic game. very impressed. the clues could do with being a little more obvious but other than that its brill!!!! i wouldnt have been able to do it without the walk through though. thanks to everyone and tucker

Thanks for playing. I really want to release Chapter 3 but work has been relentless lately, and I just haven't had any time. I hope after the holidays things lighten up a bit and I'll have more chances to finish it.

Nice one Tucker, Im really enjoying this game, can't wait for the next chapter. BTW how many chapters are planned?

I think I'm going to make Chapter 3 the grande finale of the 'Something Amiss' series. I've realized it's too difficult to keep releasing chapters in a timely manner.

I'll still be making adventure games in the future (already got a few ideas) they'll just be standalones so the player doesn't feel stranded on a cliffhanger.

Nothing wrong with a good cliffhanger. It's good to hear you're making more adventure games, Something Amiss is the best point and click I've played since the Chzo Mythos quad and I'm definitely looking forward to more games of this quality. This is how point and click adventures are meant to be. Cheers.

Here's a teaser for Chapter 3.

Ooooh you tease lol.
Looks stunning Tucker.
Summer can't come quick enough.