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sphere1.jpgJohnBSphere is a great-looking room escape by Japanese developer neutral. The visuals have a wonderful polished 3D appearance that seem a bit surreal at times, almost as if you were inside a doll house. The challenge level is an almost perfect mix of vague clues and helpful hints that keep you interested without frustrating you.

As the usual story goes, you're trapped in a room and need to find a way to get out. Navigate using the mouse and the arrows that appear on the sides of the screen. Search for items in every corner of the room, including beneath the furniture and in-between objects. A single click lets you pick up items and store them in your inventory. Some items can be combined, so experiment with everything you grab to see what turns up.

Analysis: Sphere isn't too difficult and the puzzles don't involve a lot of random clicking. The clues you'll stumble across do a great job of guiding you to the goal without being overtly obvious. A handy save feature lets you stop and resume at any point in the game.

Sphere is definitely one of the best-looking room escape games on the web, right up there with Il Destino and the stylish O Quarto. The gameplay is smooth and the puzzles are just right, making it a great experience on every front. Click.

Cheers to Sean, Amy, Jan.jan, Alex, Arturo and Msimperfect for sending this one in!

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Sphere walkthrough now available!

Walkthrough Guide

complete walkthrough below:

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  • Click on the desk.
  • Click to the right of the desk, to see the side of the desk.
  • Get the piece of paper.
  • Uncrumple the piece of paper.
  • Open the bottom drawer of the desk.
  • Use the code on the paper to open the box (you have to rotate the paper).
  • Get the key and use the key on the second drawer in the desk.
  • Get the screwdriver.
  • Lift up the cushions on the couch and get the pole and a marble.
  • Look under the couch and get the pencil.
  • Look under the table to the left of the couch and get a photo (note the colour of the border) and a marble.
  • Look at the plant to the left of the couch and get a piece of mud and a marble.
  • Look to the left of the plant and get a marble.
  • Use the screwdriver to open the grate.
  • Take the screws and the key.
  • Take a marble from beside the wooden drawers. Use the key to open the top drawer.
  • Take a picture of a bunny (actually itís a duck). note itís colour.
  • Take an empty glass from the bottom drawer.
  • Look to the right of the couch.
  • Take a marble and a box.
  • Put the 3 white marbles in the top of the box and the 2 green marbles in the bottom of the box.
  • Put the box onto the light under the desk and note the color of the picture.
  • Read the books on the desk and use the pencil to work out what was on the torn-out page.
  • Note the colour of the square.
  • Use the pole to get a marble from the hanging plant.
  • Click on the wall to the right of the hanging plant to see a hidden panel.
  • Use the colours you have noted so far to solve the puzzle and get the key.
  • Use it to open the door.
  • Turn on the tap and fill the glass with water.
  • Put the mud in the water.
  • Empty out the muddy water in the sink.
  • Take the frog out of the glass.
  • Take a wooden platform, 2 marbles (one is in the plant), and some toilet paper from the end of the bathroom.
  • Use the tap to wet the toilet paper.
  • Use the wet toilet paper to clean the shiny patch on the plantpot by the sofa.
  • Use the code to open the box on the toilet and take a key and another marble.
  • Use the key to open the top desk drawer and take the photo.
  • Put the wooden platform on the wooden balance thing.
  • Turn the balance over and put the screws in to hold it in place.
  • Put the frog on the picture on the wall and open the panel.
  • Use the balance to weigh the marbles to solve the equations.
  • Use the pole to pull down the ladder and escape.

Comments (may contain spoilers)

how do you open the box in the drawer

ashlie
As per the walkthrough near the top of the page

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There is a crumpled piece of paper that you get to via a side-view of the desk.

woo hoo i did it! i completed it!!! woo!

Please . . . I can't seem to manipulate the box at the desk in order to put in the marbles! Do I need to put the box somewhere on the desk or what?

The hardest part was the marble equation at the end. A pretty good game over all, though!

modog
Do you mean the little square box? The marbles don't go in there.

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There are instructions as to what to do with the little box in one of the books on the desk.

There is also a walkthrough near the top of this page that should be useful.

I just can't find that gold marble! I know there's one to the side of the wooden drawers, but I can't find where I click to see that. Any advice?

Becky
There isn't one to find - only the one that is already part of the wall puzzle.

how do i rotate the paper?

Jan

I did the wall puzzle (with the four boxes with animals and a flower in it), but I didn't get any yellow marble. I went back and did it again to see if I had missed it but it wasn't there.

The marble puzzle at the end has to be the worst ever :(

Becky

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Sorry, I meant the other wall puzzle. You get a key from the animals and flower puzzle. Did you get the key?

Jan

Yes, I got it. Is it something to do with the picture of the different colored flowers? I haven't found what the point of that is yet o.o

Becky
Behind the flower picture is the other wall puzzle. Have you used the key?

How do I finish the last puzzle? PLEASE HELP!

Anonymous
The solution was posted on March 24.

Jan

Yeah I have

Becky
Good as gold. So, are you all good now or are you still stuck somewhere?

Jan

No. I still can't find the gold marble o.o I already used the key, but I didn't see any marble

how do i get the yellow marble im so confused please someone help me its driving me crazy lol

There is no yellow/gold marble to find.

Jan

Then why in the picture does it show one that you need to finish the game?

Jan

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It just means that that wall puzzle has already been started for you so you just need to fill in the rest. You should have collected 10 marbles and there are 10 spaces in the wall puzzle.

Jan

Oh okay, I got it ^^ Thanks for all your help!

I cant seem to be able to put the marbles inside the box like the pitcure in the book, and i also cant find a way to make the thing in the top draw work. Can anyone help?

Lyn

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The marbles do not go in the box. You need to poke holes in it with something.

hey. I have a little problem, because I have used the walkthrough, but there is one thing that I don't understand. When I have got the box that beside the couch, and when I should put on the three white marbles on the top of the box it doesn't work! The box just gets a hole, and so when I try to under it, the same happens there! What have I done wrong???

Anonymous

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Poke holes in it then put it on the light under the desk.

Just to clarify, when the confusing walk-through says "put the marbles in the box" it should say "USE the marbles to pokes holes in the top and bottom of the box." The marbles never go IN the box and there is NO gold marble. This game was already pretty confusing but the bad choice of words in the walk-through just messed everyone up.

Ok i am supposed to clean off that spot but the TP wont get wet and its killin me what am i doing wrong

i cant open the safe, i know the paper says the comb. but i dont know why its not working

vivi

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The piece of paper has been ripped out of a book.

I cant figure out how to get the code on the box from the paper ive rotated the paper in my mind soo many times. wat way do u rotate it from the point it is. left or right wat? please help. thnx

Flutegurl

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My most recent post tells you that the piece of paper has been ripped out of a book. That book is sitting on the desk. If you match up the piece of paper with the book that it comes from you should be able to figure it out.

how do i put the white marbles on top of the box and green marbles below the box? nothing is happening!

ok i have everyhting up to the box how do you get the marbles in the box? thank you!

Gunjan and Ally

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Ignore that part of the walkthrough. Just poke holes in the box with the pencil or the bendy stick thingie.

The key I got from the vent isn't working on the top drawer!

Simone
That's because its used to unlock something else.

Where in the world do you find the...

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frog?

Lynxfang

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The frog is inside the brown blob of mud.

I need help with putting the marbles in the box!
The instuctions dont work!

plz help

blob
You are right. The walkthrough is incorrect. The marbles do not go in the box.

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Poke the box with a stick instead.

This was probably the best point and click game I have ever played.

HELP!!!!!!

I can't get the box to open!! What is the combination?!?!

i cant figure out the little box in the drawer and the walkthrough doesn't help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is really angrivating!!!!!!!! and every walkthrough says the same thing so help!!!!!!!!!

Sashi,

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The crumpled paper on the side of the desk came from one of the books on the table. Rotate the paper (in your mind) so that it matches the page in the book from which it was torn.
That will show you the pattern for the box's buttons.

for those who can't figure out how to put the frog in the tulip picture. see in the book on the desk. the picture of the frog and tulips? take note of the colors of the flowers in that book, like if the frog is in between two red tulips, put the frog in between the two red tulips in the picture

Oh my Goood! why cant I open the box in the drawer??
I've already used the code on the paper, but it doesn't work!!

Where is this box or cube that everyone is harping on about? i have a little white box in the inventory, but i cannot find a cube for love nor money! Eeee!!

How do you put the numbers in the box?

I put the numbers:

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3, 6, 17, 5
in but it didnt work??

What am I doing wrong??

how do you rotate the paper?

how do you

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wet the toilet paper

adil:
it is in one of the books. it is ripped out. you have to look at the ripped edges and the book's ripped edges.

confused girl:
it's 7 not 17! :)

anonymous:
go to the plant. you'll see a little ridge at the bottom right. click on it. then it will go back to the wall again. click around on the wall. you'll find it. the bunny is actually a duck. you have to put the picture with its color. if you do it right, you'll get a key. that's the bathroom door key. open the door, run the glass and toilet paper under the water, put the brown thing in the water, and once the brown thing turns, the water muddy, you put it on the two red flowers. but before you do that, you use the toilet paper to wipe the smudge of the plant's pot. then you'll get 4 numbers. you use them on the little box on the toilet. you'll get a key to the top drawer. open it to get a hint about the puzzle in the wall.

How do you put the piece of the balance on the balance. I put it on, flip it over, everything, but every time I try to put the screws on I just pick the piece up again.

Turned on the water, held the glass underneath. How do ya fill the glass up? I've tried everything !!!!

I cant rotate the paper!!! HELP!!! i cant get the key!!!

i need help how do u open the box at the bottom drawer!!!
PLEASE HELP ME!

it took me a long time to do the balance thing...
thanks for the help!

I need help putting the water into the glass, It just won't let me!!!

how do i paste the darn frog, I have put it in the tulip picture and nothing happens or sticks

hey guys! and jan-jan! you helped a lot more !!! lol you are good thanks! do you know any other games?


[Edit: There are over 1500 excellent games on this site. What do you like? Point-and-click games or Escape games or...? -Jay]

how do you put water in the cup? it just won't work for me! i've tried holding it under the tap but it refuses to fill! anyone?

julie
Did you click on the running water while you were hanging onto the glass?

What is the combination on the blue wall?

Blue by you
Ir changes each time you play it. Do have any of the clues for it?

i cant figure out how to open the safe in the beginning i tried fliping the paper evry way i can think of, is there something you have to press after you type in the code or something?

I was doing great until I had to peek. I hate that. I clicked on the couch several times and it never allowed me to look under it. I hate when click areas are not wide enough. I also missed the blue wall panel. Otherwise, I loved this game especially the decor.

how do you place that white cube on the table?

shazza
The white cube goes under the table.

nice little puzzler this one.... it doesnt seem like it has anything more than otheer escape games but for some reason i really really enjoyed working this one out.

how do you put the marbles onto the box? really don't know what to do. and i've already click everywhere on the box but its not working. argh.

treezy
The marbles do not go on/in the box.

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As per the instructions in one of the books on the desk, poke a hole in the top and bottom of the box. I think you can use the pencil or the walking stick type thing.

how do i open the box in the drawer????//iam stuck on it

hash
Do you have the

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crumpled paper?
if so then
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rotate it to find the code to open the box in the drawer.

thx. haha. now the puzzle on the wall is driving me mad.

This is actually one of the better escape games I've done. I really liked it, its not full of bugs. Thanks for the walk thru thou I couldnt have done it without it. I'm going home to make my boyfriend try it =P

I couldn't quite understand why people were being frustrated... but then figured out that some areas are harder to notice than others (mainly the animal puzzle in the hidden part of the wall underneath the potted hanging plant). Plus the fact that it is so close to the bottom of the 'screen' that if you click on it without knowing what it really is, you end up (usually) back to the full view of the room. It was nice that they hid things, but not nice that it was close to the zoom out. As others have said, it's a lot of clicking in random spots.

i cant fill the glass up with water.. im holding the glass under the water and it wont fill up.. someone help please!

What do I do with the marbles?

the best room escape game that i've ever played!

the wall puzzle is driving me nuts. i have the orange butterfly and the red duck/bunny thingy. but i aint so sure what the other colours r 4????? the blue and green... plz help...somebody...anybody....:(

Cant figure out the last pussle in the wall after putting frog on picture ive been balencing balls for hours and i got 10 balls and cant figure it out Help Help Help

jerry

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the duck is orange the butterfly is blue green is kitten and the red if flower

YEAH!
I finally made it!
Just needed one or two hints :D

i can't

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get the marbles into the top and bottom of the box! i click the hole but nothing happens!
can anyone help?

anonymous
The marbles do not go in the box. That part of the walkthrough is incorrect.

i cant put the box over top the light?!? how do i do that?

whats the combo for the panel on the blue wal/ i cant ceem to get it. any hints would be helpful!!

i cant find the 10th marble

Most people will probably just look at the walkthrough if they're stuck, and this game is older than...something that's ten months old...but I'll post some random hints anyway:

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Q: I can't find the code for the small box in the drawer. A: It's on a piece of paper. Find the piece of paper. Q: I entered the right code for the box, but it still won't open. A: The paper was torn off of something - find what it was torn off of and you'll find you may have been looking at it wrong. Q: What do I do with the red pencil? A: Ever heard of the invisible ink trick, where you put white ink on a piece of white paper, then color over it with a pencil to reveal it? Q: I found a box. What is it for? A: There are detailed instructions for this elsewhere. Q: I have seven items (not counting the pieces of paper and kitten picture) plus some marbles, and I'm stuck. A: Look for a hidden panel on the wall. Q: I found a place to enter a code, something that has to do with animals, but what's the code? A: Find four pictures of the creatures depicted on the wall, and then figure out what color each one will be. Q: Not another code box! A: A wise man once said "when you can't find the code, try soaking a piece of toilet paper and rubbing it against things." Okay, nobody actually said that, but still, it's good advice. Q: What do I do with the frog? A: Once again, you should be able to find some instructions. Q: How can I figure out what the values of the marbles are? A: Use the scale - which you may have mistaken for a catapult. Q: I'm missing some marbles. A: Look everywhere - they're not in particularily difficult places.

Heh, came back for another go. I couldn't resist.

If ya want some other nice ones try Viridian Room. It's one that kept me going for a very very long time...

Sorry to bug people, but I wouldn't post if I didn't have trouble. How exactly do you

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open the wall behind the painting?

Hey everyone you dont just stick the frog to the picture, you have to out it inbetween the two red flowers right next to each other as indicated in the diagram in the blue book.

First one I've ever done without a walkthrough. I feel like Houdini!

wheres the gold marble?

Hint: try to find out how marbles weigh to each other, then go to the equation board so you dont have to constantly switch back n forth.
SPOILER


pink=1 white=2 green=3 black=5 gold=9

i need some help...

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balancing the marbles. i have all the marbles and balanced all of them on the balance in the drawer and they all balanced out, but for some reason it's not working... any ideas??

Awesome!
i finished the game!
btw, you don't hav the find the golden ball...the balance beam and "a picture" tells you its weight.

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