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Strawberry Tomato is a brand new room escape game from the Gotmail team of Japan, the same folks behind Il Destino, The Privacy and The Shochu Bar. You begin locked in a vacation home trying to find a way out to meet a mysterious woman. The layout and general design of Strawberry Tomato is similar to Gotmail's previous releases: move around the room using the arrows on the side of the screen, and click on objects to examine them. Puzzles force you to look in every conceivable corner for items and clues, so keep your eyes peeled for suspicious spots in the distance and objects that beg to be moved.
Expect the same great-looking 3D visuals as before, but this time you're trapped in an Arabian-themed room and must hunt for clues to escape. Investigate cabinets and drawers, look behind chairs and piece together number puzzles all in search of an elusive key that leads to freedom.
Analysis: The Gotmail point-and-click games all offer very pleasing eye candy including 3D rendered models and elaborate environments. It should be no surprise to learn their games keep increasing in popularity with every release. This is not necessarily a good thing since the Gotmail servers don't seem to be able to keep up with the load. We had to wait the better part of a day just to get a browser to load the game. Once the game was loaded, however, it was smooth sailing.
In terms of gameplay, there were several moments that the game seemed like a click fest while attempting to find all the hidden hotspots, which aren't always obvious. Pixel hunting is alive and kicking in this Gotmail production, but if you can get past that there is an engaging game with some challenging puzzles in the usual Gotmail style. It's a game that will surely please point-and-click and room escape aficionados around the world. Play Strawberry Tomato.
Note: To those having difficulty getting the game to load: if at first you don't succeed, reload, reload, reload. You know you're getting closer when you are asked to choose a language, Japanese or English. If, after selecting a language, a white percentage indicator does not appear (give it a few moments), reload again or you may be waiting all day for naught. Total download size: 10MB.
Strawberry Tomato walkthrough now available!
Comments (may contain spoilers)
Hole in the Floor:

You have to

About the photos

How do you get the adaptor?

TV - that's very odd:

Symbols/Pictures/numbers =

"X" = 1
square = 4
circle = 7
Oh! fan:

Adapter:

@ jay
I needed to click on the fan first in this "about-item-mode".
The fan should get some kind of stabilisator in the back.

I think, there must be a way to clean the sculpture.
It belongs to the platter over the vitrine.
The single door opens up to show a well of some sorts. There's running water, but no way to clean the sculpture that I see.

I've found two places to put the figurine:


Has anyone found the second marble?

I've heard mention of both an orange ball, and an outlet adapter. I can't find either of them (and I've looked through all doors of the cabinets by the jelly, except the drawers which I can't open).
What does the triangle sympol represent? It's beside the cabinet by the window.
Also, how did you open the single door?

We need a third stone.
Here's how to get the code:




More info on the well:

Still haven't found that second marble, but I think it's in the jelly.
Oh, and I don't know how, but I managed to clean the sculpture...

Using sunglasses:

Click on the water with the sunglasses selected, and you'll see the set of symbols that are on the paintings. Use the numbers to unlock the panel. The panel shows a map of the room, with coordinates. I don't know what good it is.
Maybe the last marble is the withe one in the light on the long table, but how to get it out?
@rach: I want to say it opened it with the stick, but I'm not quite sure myself...
when I look at the pictures with the symbols on them, shouldn't there be something on the black when I move the frame?
The statue...

Ack! I've got the spoon, but I "don't feel like eating" the jelly...
last marble


After that you get the marble
Figured out the grid behind the painting...

walkthrough

2. Go back and look at the picture on the right wall. Remember red symbol and a number.
3. Go back twice and turn left. Click on a vase twice and find a panel with a lock.
4. Go back twice and look at the second picture (symbol + number).
5. Go back twice and zoom the shits. Remove a white shirt and look at the third picture (symbol + number).
6. Go back and find a lock on the big picture. You need 5-digital code.
7. Go back three times and turn left twice. Look at the 4th picture (symbol + number) hidden behind the fireplace.
8. Go back twice and click on the big vase. Remove it and get a stick from the mouse hole.
9. Go back and turn left. Look into the fireplace. It’s to dark.
10. Go back and zoom the wardrobe. Use a stick to open it. Take a black T-shit.
11. Zoom the glass-case. Click on the knob on the left hand side of it and open the glass door. Take a right glass with a jelly.
12. Go back twice and turn left. Zoom the high cabinet and open it. Take a pot with a tree.
13. Go back and open the middle cabinet. Zoom it. Find a red stone (under the mug or in the left drawer).
14. Go back and look at the 5th picture (symbol + number) hidden behind the cupboard.
15. Go back twice and look at the bottom cabinet. There is another lock and you must find the way to press two buttons in the same time.
16. Go back twice and click on the left. Use a stick to get a fan.
17. Go back three times. Click on the table Remove the left chair. Look under the table. There are three holes. Turn around an outlet and connect it to the socket. http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/7775/st02bu9.jpg
18. Look at a fan and connect it to the outlet.
19. Go back. Zoom a fan and press the button. Note a letter.
20. Go back three times and find a hole on the floor between the tables Put a red stone to the stick and put a stick to the hole.
21. Go back twice and zoom a stick once again. Click on it and that click a red stone.
22. Go to the fireplace and take a statue of clay. Look at it – it’s dirty.
23. Go back and turn right. Go to the table and put a statue into the candle holder. Look at statue and note a letter.
24. Go back and take a statue back.
25. Take a stick.
26. Go to the door and use a stick on it.
27. Go to cellar and turn left. Take a second stone from the left of the stair.
28. Go back and go to the waterfall. Wash a statue in the water. Look at it and find a scheme of chamber.
29. Go to the glass-case. Put a statue into the support on the shelf.
30. Go back and find the sunglasses on the cupboard.
31. Go to the double door and click the window. Use the sunglasses on the water. Note the symbols. Turn the symbols to the numbers and get 5-digital code.
32. Go to the big picture and set a code. Pull the picture down and look at the board. Use the letters to find right point. Click on it.
33. Go to the place indicate on the board and find a hiding-place in floor. Get a model of the house.
34. Get new order of symbols (sunglasses on the window) and new numbers (5 small pictures). Set a code on the lock in the model of the house and get a third stone.
35. Go to the cellar and put the stones into the holes in the round pedestal and a pot in the center of it.
36. Leave the cellar and go back. Take a branch from the bigger tree. Look at it and note a sap. 37. Go to the pillar (next to the fireplace) and put a sap from the branch on the pillar. Open the window.
38. Go around. Look at the flower on the table. Check the pillar. When the beetle will appear, take it.
39. Look at the beetle and click on it a few times. Use it on the lock in the cabinet.
40. Go to the safe behind the big vase. Take a spoon.
41. Go to a fan and turn it around.
42. Go back and click the chair twice. Use a spoon on the glass with a jelly.
43. Go to the cellar and find a flower.
44. Leave the cellar and go back. Take a nut. Find a key in the nut.
45. Go to the double door and use a key. Go outside.
To Be Continued …
Any body know how you use the spoon? I can't get into the jelly case.
why does my post keep getting deleted?
Also I don't see any numbers behind the pictures, should I restart and try again?
got into the jelly, but what do I do now? ugh...
Rewyn - I think one of the moderators was unsure whether we should have a walkthrough for this up so soon. I've republished your comment. Sorry for the mix up.
Detailed walkthrough for Strawberry Tomato

Move chair from right side table. Zoom in under the table, what's that little dot on the wall next to the chair leg? Click on it, notice the outlet.
Zoom all the way out. Check out the left table. You can move the chair out of the way, but why?
Zoom out to the view of the corner with the blue door and the big stone. Zoom in on the little picture on the wall. Take note of the shape in the corner and the number underneath the picture (they change each time you play).
Zoom in on the blue door. Click the doorknob…it's locked.
Zoom out and click on the trash bin. You found and OUTLET ADAPTER. Well we know where this should go. Return to the first table and try plugging it in. It won't fit. Maybe you should have a closer look at this adapter. Double click to examine an object. As you examine the adapter you realize it has many types of plugs on it. Click till you see the 3 round prongs set in a triangle. Then click on it one more time so they face away. Now try plugging it in. Aha, it fits.
Zoom out. Let's keep looking around. Go left twice so you're 1 screen to the left of the blue door. Another little picture on the wall. You know what to do. Don't go away yet. There's something peeking out from behind the big terracotta pot. Let's check it out. It's a panel with the word CLOSE on it. Nothing to do here yet. Zoom out.
Go left and click on the white shirt so it moves out of the way. Check out the picture that was hiding and make a note. Zoom in on the painting under the shirts. There's a code to be found. Maybe the numbers behind the pictures will have something to do with it.
Zoom out and go left. Let's check the main door juts for kicks. Yes, it's locked. Zoom out and go left. There's another table. Zoom in twice. What's this thing in the square box? Looks like a little white ball, but you can't pick it up. It's not a little white ball, but a light. Leave it where it is. You can move this chair out of the way too, but why? Click on the plant to learn it's a Gooseberry plant.
Zoom out once and click low to zoom in on the big terracotta pot in the corner. Click twice to move it out of the way. Something is in the mouse hole. Click and you get a WOODEN STICK.
Zoom out and go left. Zoom in on the fireplace. It's too dark to see inside. Zoom out. There's another picture on the right to take note of. Click on the cabinet. You can't open it. Not much in your inventory but what the heck, let's try. Highlight the WOODEN STICK and the door opens. You get a SHIRT. Now open the one next to it. It's empty. Move left and open the dessert case (dark little knob on the left). Get yourself a GOOSEBERRY JELLY. Zoom out and go left. There's something on top of the dessert cabinet. Take a look. Something needs to sit there.
Zoom out and check out the rest of the cabinets on the left. Open the bottom right cabinet. There's nothing there. But wait…there's a faint outline against the back. Click on it. It's a panel that opens to reveal a mechanism with the word CLOSE on it. Try pushing the bottom of the gray part and watch a quick scene. Aha… something needs to hold this one in place so the other panel you found earlier can also be activated, You have a stick, give it a try. Nope, not this time. Zoom out and open the bottom left cabinet. It's empty too. Move up now. Those two little ones are fake drawers. Move up. Open both cabinets and zoom in on the bowls. You lift each one up and you find a red STONE. Nothing else of interest in this cabinet. Time to try the top. The left one is empty. Open the one on the right and zoom in. It yields a BOABAB TREE plant.
Zoom out once. There's something poking out from behind the left of the cabinet. Look at the picture and note the symbol and number. Zoom out and click on the floor near the left of the cabinet. There's something behind there. You can't reach it, but you have a long stick. Use your stick and you get an ELECTRIC FAN. Examine the fan and click on the blue outer part of the fan so it folds down to create a stand. Put it back in your inventory. The table with the outlet is just to your left. Go ahead and plug in the fan and turn it on. As it spins you see a letter. Make a note of it.
Zoom out and go left to the locked door in the corner. Highlight your dessert and try the knob now. Must be some dessert to open a locked door. Go into the cellar. Go left and take a look around. Zoom in and then again on the right where there's a gray rectangle looking thing against the wall. You realize it is water. Zoom out and eyeball the little canal thing that the water flows down. It goes to the steps. Zoom in on where the water meets the steps. You find a dark STONE. Now look at the round thing in the middle. Something round looks like it should fit here. Put the BOABAB TREE in the center. You notice 3 little holes where little round objects might fit. You have 2 stones you need a third. Leave the cellar.
Go to the floor between the two tables. Zoom in on the floor. A hold magically appears in the floor. You try your stones but they don't belong there. Try the WOODEN STICK. But before you put the stick in the hole, examine the stick and zoom in on the hole. Now put the RED STONE in the stick's hole. Then put the stick in the hole on the floor. Click on the lower half of the stick (this could take some doing) and you will be taken to a view of the red stone that now shines light into the fireplace. Don't pull out the stick. Go to the fireplace and retrieve a STATUE. Examine the statue. It's quite dirty. Now you can go back and retrieve your WOODEN STICK. Examine it and take the RED STONE back out.
Take your dirty STATUE and go to the cellar where you can rinse it off. Now your statue is clean. Examine your STATUE, turn it around and note the map on its back. There is an arrow telling you where to put the STATUE. Leave the cellar and walk around the room. You can't help wondering why you can zoom in on that little light in the square box on the table. Put your STATUE on over the light and click on one of the light holes. Take a look at it. Note the letter. Take your STATUE back. Remember that resting spot on top of the dessert case shown on the statue's map? Try you statue there next. Okay, nothing happens. But he does look like he's pointing at something. Zoom out once and click the top of the cabinet. Get a pair of SUNGLASSES. Take your STATUE back. You're not done with him.
Go to the blue double doors. Click on a glass pane to zoom in. Then click the lower right corner of the window by the chairs to zoom in. “It reflects the sky like a mirror.” Well, you haven't found any mirror. Do you have anything else that might reflect? Try your SUNGLASSES. A series of shapes appear. Note their order. You've seen these shapes before and they correspond to numbers. Now you can get the code for the painting beneath the shirts. When you see UNLOCK zoom out. Look at the painting and slide the painting down to reveal a grid. If you took the time to examine your statue closely, you've seen something like this before. If not, examine the back of your statue.
Remember those two letters you found? They are coordinates on the grid. Find the box they correspond to and click on it. A red dot will be there. Look at your statue again. Where in the room would the spot of the red dot be? (The coordinates for the red dot change with each game). Find the spot that the diagram shows and zoom in on the floor in that area. You get a MINIATURE HOUSE. And oh, joy, another code to find. You try the one you already found but it doesn't work. Go back around the room and check all the pictures again. They now have different numbers corresponding to the shapes. Get the new set of numbers. Now you try the new numbers with your old sequence. Nothing happens. Maybe there's a new sequence. Go back to the sunset view and try your SUNGLASSES again. Now you get a new sequence of shapes. Examine your MINIATURE HOUSE and try your brand new code. Voila! It works and you get a STONE. Now you have 3 stones. You know where they go. Off to the cellar.
Place the three stones in their respective slots around the BOABAB PLANT. Ooh, pretty lights. The plant goes into the stone. Click in the hole to view the plant. Now leave and take a walk around the room. Go back and check on your plant. It's grown a little. Zoom out and zoom back in again. It's grown a little more. If it hasn't, leave the room and come back. Click around the branches of the BOABAB plant. You snapped a BRANCH off. Examine the cut end of the branch and read the comment. An insect? A hint, perhaps? Leave the cellar.
Go to the table with the plant and light box on it. Click on the upper left window pane. You've opened a window. You might let an insect in. Highlight your BRANCH in your inventory and click on the large wooden post in the corner near the window (near the middle of the post). You've smeared the sap on the post. Don't waste your time staring at it. Take a walk. Go back and look at the sap…nothing. Walk around some more. Keep doing this until you see a bug stuck on the sap. Take the beetle and examine it. Keep clicking on the beetle until it's really pissed off.
Go to the secret panel in the bottom right cabinet left of the dessert case. Zoom in and use your BEETLE on the mechanism. It now says OPEN and so does the other hidden panel. Go to the other panel. Incase you can't find it again, it's behind the big terracotta pot next to the bench. Open the panel and see a box inside. From the box get a SPOON. You might be feeling kind of hungry about now but you can't eat your dessert. This is a special dessert, you must find a perfect spot to eat it.
If you have the stick and statue still in your inventory you can put them in back in the last place you used them (hole in the floor and resting spot on the dessert case). Perhaps go look at a lovely sunset, but which view. Perhaps one you haven't looked at yet. Go to the table by the fan on the floor. Move the chair out of the way and click the chair seat. You get a sunset view. Now you can enjoy your dessert. To eat the jelly, you need to turn the fan so that it's facing the chair. If you still can't eat it you may need to visit the website by clicking the link that you see when you examine your GOOSEBERRY JELLY. You should go there anyway, because I think you can't finish the game unless you at least open the link, for me it opened in a new window but for others it didn't, so make sure you open the link in a new window.
So now you've eaten, but you're still locked in. What about the plant? Go take a look at it. Aww, there's a little blossom on it. Better leave it alone for a bit. Leave and come back again. Now the blossom has become a nut. Pick the NUT off the tree. Examine the NUT. It splits open to reveal a KEY!!! Time to leave this joint. Use the KEY on the double doors and leave.
what do you do with the

and how do you get it to stop saying

Jelly case

Thanks Jay, Feel free to pull both walkthroughs I posted until later at least.
how do you get the statue?
I had to adjust the fan.
ok - i've clicked everywhere and can't find the fan... Help me please!!
So, how long until I feel ready to eat the jelly?
There's an important point missing from the walkthrough:

to eat the jelly make sure

Thank you funnyman and zeek!


I have to agree with the_corruptor. the pixel clicking gets really old really quick. after having various items and not being able to do anything with them I resorted to the walkthrough and was not even able to find the "spot" to click on (even when being told where to do it)... a little annoying and with a two year old pulling at your arm just not possible to do (I know not every one has a two year old pulling on their arm :-D)
I put the red marble in the stick, the stick in the hole, got the light on but maybe pulled away too quickly? So I haven't got whatever is in the fireplace. Now when I click on the stick I can't get it to light again. Clicking on the bottom half view it comes out perhaps thinking I've used it.
Do I have to start all over again?
Argh, yes, this one had little of the charm of the others. The puzzles were just kind of stupid, and defied logic. About the role of the dessert:

The graphic at the end was kinda pretty, I guess. But for the amount of time it took to load, the game really wasn't worthwhile.
I can't seem to get a beetle! I put the sap on the pillar by the open window like ten minutes ago. I opened the window pretty early in the game though, long before I got the tree branch- does that make a difference? Am I going to have to start all over? Arg!
when i click the branch it doesnt say insect or anything just that theres sap on the branch..
Where is the

How do I get the fan? I finally resorted to looking at the walkthrough, but I still have not been able to spot it and I can't seem to find the right pixel blindly clicking. Details below

Rewyn... nice walkthrough.
Two clarifications:

Thank you!
not the best of escape games. i mean

and

no logic to most puzzles.
Hmm, finished. Have to say I loved the atmosphere and graphics especially in this one...but...ARGH. Some of the puzzles are so illogical, like


Could have been amazing, but quite frustrating really.
Hello I am from Holland and love your page and....of course the games.
But.......in my game there is no fan at the left of the cabinet. Maybe a bug in my game? Or is the fan not in every game in the same place. I looked over and over at the left of the cabinet, but really...there is no fan.
thanks for your help =D!
hahahahaha....
but i still wonder.... what was the t-shirt for????
tchauuu =)
for the locked blue closet door (correction for walkthru)

This game was VERY illogical. Thanks for the walkthru, I wouldn't have finished without it :|
woah. it took me THREE days to download this, because the load bar kept randomly stopping and when I restarted sometimes it would start ALL OVER. And then it took me 30hrs to complete because it kept using my memory. But it was worth it... I guess ^_^

Well point 5 on Rewyn's first walkthrough made me laugh. Funny typo.
As for the game, I just couldn't get around it, even with a walkthrough. Just got fed up with trying to click around and it zooming out.
This game took FOREVER to finish ! D:
I feel like fool, but I can not find a trash bin in the cabinet. Could you help me, please?
I'm sorry, I have found it. Thank you.
What exactly is a Strawberry Tomato, anyway?
how do i get the jelly from the cabinet? i cannot get any?
when trying to open the cabinet of jelly, i found it helps to click directly on the handle of the door (knob on the left) and then click around for one glass to come 'loose'
I would have never've beat this game or some others without the walkthroughs that you have posted. You are awesome Jay...keep up the good work!!!
thanks heaps for the walkthru.. really needed it.
just one clarification..
where it talks you thru finding the red stone, you may want to add to click on the left draw. I spent about 20min clicking on all the bowls in different orders looking for the darn red ball :P
It grieves me that I am not clever enough to solve the Got Mail games by myself. Thanks to those who provided the walk through. This was my favorite game so far. It was magical. :)
bennyp

i have looked everywhere for the red stone but i can't find it anywhere.i have looked under the mugs in the cabinet about 30 times.can anybody help me please? i'm soooo close from throwing my pc from the window...
lovely game. couldn't have beaten it without the walkthrough though =\ i mean, come on, i don't mind pixel-hunting, but lots of nonsensicalness like

Much thanks to Rewyn for the walkthrough. =)
I cannot find the fan. Someone PLEASE - a little assistance in that area? I've been able to do everything up to the stone room, but from the time onwards from that, there's no hole in the ground. =\
Regarding the stick for the cabinet -

Although, the pudding for the door was decidedly uncreative and lame.
I can't eat the jelly. I can't even get the message "I don't feel like eating it". I don't have a link either. How do you combine the spoon and the jelly?
Nice game guys!!!! The most dificult one i've ever played!!!
very frustrated & exasperated escapee no. 48,956 . . . phew!
this game not as well-designed as their earlier ones, hope their next will improve
How do I eat the jelly? you say something about a link, what link?? And it won't let me use the spoon the the jelly
HOW DO YOU SAVE the game
At the end of the game if you finally finish it if you pay close attention to the doors , they will every so slowly open up a few feet at a time .
I hope they make a second one but I wouldn't count on it
OR hold you breath as they are probably teens making it and teens can be so Slack at boring jobs!
When I go into the little room and click on the round stone table the screen turns black. Seems like a bug.

where can i get the second letter????
anyone knows?
o please someone help mee. i have looked everywhere for the orange stone, but its just not there.. not in the drawer (which i can't even open) and i can't even lift up the cups and bowls and mugs. none of the walkthroughs explain that very well..... :S
oh my god. i have been searching for the red stone for ages. the left drawer does not work, and it's not found under ANY MUGS. i searched the mugs alot of times already.
also, the only ball i found is the one in the cellar, the grey one.
someone help :(
ALRIGHT ! finally solved it.
one of the hardest games ive played on gotmail ;)
i did it press right click and click play something really really scary happends not for the faint hearted!
Tough game. More difficult than the others. I think to eat the jelly

That game was pretty, but made pretty much no sense whatsoever. However I do want a room to grow houseplants in like that room had.
i cant find the fan where is it please help me i ve clicked everywhere
where is the fan i cant find it . everywhere i ve cilcked
Point-and-click games are known for logical sequences. This game was terrible!! Nothing made any orderly sense. Why did a hole magically appear in the floor the 3rd time I looked at the floor rather than the first? Man, almighty. The creators of this one need to re-think how they're treating the gamer here. Without a walkthrough, I would've stood no chance. That's coming from someone who beat Myst, Riven, and Exile without a hint. Whew. I'm exhausted.
I found out you do not have to click the link in order to finish
Yeah, I did not like this one all that much. A lot of things were WAAAYY too obscure to figure out.
Holding a stick to unlock doors? Or a dessert even?!
Turning the fan around to eat the damn dessert?
The statue made NO reference to placing it over the light, only it's resting place.
And placing sap on the large corner post? Not a clue.
It looked great, but you either needed a lot of help, or wasted a lot of time with random clicking.
Their other games are great, but this one pissed me off. Sorry
where did you find the fan then?
atill not turned up
i expect she will later
awesome game!!!!
SOOOO confusing and complicated, but very well thought out. took me like an hour to complete it even wif walkthrough.... maybe its just cos i suck.
;)
This was so totally illogical. I agree completely with Chris.
A couple of things....


Also, I didn't have any website show up to click...I finished the game without that.
Definitely not the best effort from the gotmail team. I love these games and just finished the new daydream one without any walkthroughs or tips and it was fun. I could have never done this one without help. It seemed to lack almost any logic. I should be kicking myself when I see the walkthrough for not having discovered the secret myself. This time I found that only time and misery could have gotten me to the end.

Honestly though, I shouldn't say this reflects poor game design. It just wasn't as much fun.
i can't find the fan!!! can you guys show me where it is?!
HELP ME!!!
Be nice and help! I know this may sound soo weird but...

sorry if i complained about it. can you PLEASE help me?
something majorly huge happened!(for the third stone)

Absolutely Fantastic.
I love the graphics.
The best thing about this game is there are no give-aways about how / where items are meant to be and their uses also i like the how you can use items in your inventory multiple times xx
Good luck to all future players. You may need it!
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Walkthrough Guide
Detailed walkthrough for Strawberry Tomato

Move chair from right side table. Zoom in under the table, what's that little dot on the wall next to the chair leg? Click on it, notice the outlet.

Zoom all the way out. Check out the left table. You can move the chair out of the way, but why?

Zoom out to the view of the corner with the blue door and the big stone. Zoom in on the little picture on the wall. Take note of the shape in the corner and the number underneath the picture (they change each time you play).

Zoom in on the blue door. Click the doorknob…it's locked.

Zoom out and click on the trash bin. You found and OUTLET ADAPTER. Well we know where this should go. Return to the first table and try plugging it in. It won't fit. Maybe you should have a closer look at this adapter. Double click to examine an object. As you examine the adapter you realize it has many types of plugs on it. Click till you see the 3 round prongs set in a triangle. Then click on it one more time so they face away. Now try plugging it in. Aha, it fits.

Zoom out. Let's keep looking around. Go left twice so you're 1 screen to the left of the blue door. Another little picture on the wall. You know what to do. Don't go away yet. There's something peeking out from behind the big terracotta pot. Let's check it out. It's a panel with the word CLOSE on it. Nothing to do here yet. Zoom out.

Go left and click on the white shirt so it moves out of the way. Check out the picture that was hiding and make a note. Zoom in on the painting under the shirts. There's a code to be found. Maybe the numbers behind the pictures will have something to do with it.

Zoom out and go left. Let's check the main door juts for kicks. Yes, it's locked. Zoom out and go left. There's another table. Zoom in twice. What's this thing in the square box? Looks like a little white ball, but you can't pick it up. It's not a little white ball, but a light. Leave it where it is. You can move this chair out of the way too, but why? Click on the plant to learn it's a Gooseberry plant.

Zoom out once and click low to zoom in on the big terracotta pot in the corner. Click twice to move it out of the way. Something is in the mouse hole. Click and you get a WOODEN STICK.

Zoom out and go left. Zoom in on the fireplace. It's too dark to see inside. Zoom out. There's another picture on the right to take note of. Click on the cabinet. You can't open it. Not much in your inventory but what the heck, let's try. Highlight the WOODEN STICK and the door opens. You get a SHIRT. Now open the one next to it. It's empty. Move left and open the dessert case (dark little knob on the left). Get yourself a GOOSEBERRY JELLY. Zoom out and go left. There's something on top of the dessert cabinet. Take a look. Something needs to sit there.

Zoom out and check out the rest of the cabinets on the left. Open the bottom right cabinet. There's nothing there. But wait…there's a faint outline against the back. Click on it. It's a panel that opens to reveal a mechanism with the word CLOSE on it. Try pushing the bottom of the gray part and watch a quick scene. Aha… something needs to hold this one in place so the other panel you found earlier can also be activated, You have a stick, give it a try. Nope, not this time. Zoom out and open the bottom left cabinet. It's empty too. Move up now. Those two little ones are fake drawers. Move up. Open both cabinets and zoom in on the bowls. You lift each one up and you find a red STONE. Nothing else of interest in this cabinet. Time to try the top. The left one is empty. Open the one on the right and zoom in. It yields a BOABAB TREE plant.

Zoom out once. There's something poking out from behind the left of the cabinet. Look at the picture and note the symbol and number. Zoom out and click on the floor near the left of the cabinet. There's something behind there. You can't reach it, but you have a long stick. Use your stick and you get an ELECTRIC FAN. Examine the fan and click on the blue outer part of the fan so it folds down to create a stand. Put it back in your inventory. The table with the outlet is just to your left. Go ahead and plug in the fan and turn it on. As it spins you see a letter. Make a note of it.

Zoom out and go left to the locked door in the corner. Highlight your dessert and try the knob now. Must be some dessert to open a locked door. Go into the cellar. Go left and take a look around. Zoom in and then again on the right where there's a gray rectangle looking thing against the wall. You realize it is water. Zoom out and eyeball the little canal thing that the water flows down. It goes to the steps. Zoom in on where the water meets the steps. You find a dark STONE. Now look at the round thing in the middle. Something round looks like it should fit here. Put the BOABAB TREE in the center. You notice 3 little holes where little round objects might fit. You have 2 stones you need a third. Leave the cellar.

Go to the floor between the two tables. Zoom in on the floor. A hold magically appears in the floor. You try your stones but they don't belong there. Try the WOODEN STICK. But before you put the stick in the hole, examine the stick and zoom in on the hole. Now put the RED STONE in the stick's hole. Then put the stick in the hole on the floor. Click on the lower half of the stick (this could take some doing) and you will be taken to a view of the red stone that now shines light into the fireplace. Don't pull out the stick. Go to the fireplace and retrieve a STATUE. Examine the statue. It's quite dirty. Now you can go back and retrieve your WOODEN STICK. Examine it and take the RED STONE back out.

Take your dirty STATUE and go to the cellar where you can rinse it off. Now your statue is clean. Examine your STATUE, turn it around and note the map on its back. There is an arrow telling you where to put the STATUE. Leave the cellar and walk around the room. You can't help wondering why you can zoom in on that little light in the square box on the table. Put your STATUE on over the light and click on one of the light holes. Take a look at it. Note the letter. Take your STATUE back. Remember that resting spot on top of the dessert case shown on the statue's map? Try you statue there next. Okay, nothing happens. But he does look like he's pointing at something. Zoom out once and click the top of the cabinet. Get a pair of SUNGLASSES. Take your STATUE back. You're not done with him.

Go to the blue double doors. Click on a glass pane to zoom in. Then click the lower right corner of the window by the chairs to zoom in. “It reflects the sky like a mirror.” Well, you haven't found any mirror. Do you have anything else that might reflect? Try your SUNGLASSES. A series of shapes appear. Note their order. You've seen these shapes before and they correspond to numbers. Now you can get the code for the painting beneath the shirts. When you see UNLOCK zoom out. Look at the painting and slide the painting down to reveal a grid. If you took the time to examine your statue closely, you've seen something like this before. If not, examine the back of your statue.

Remember those two letters you found? They are coordinates on the grid. Find the box they correspond to and click on it. A red dot will be there. Look at your statue again. Where in the room would the spot of the red dot be? (The coordinates for the red dot change with each game). Find the spot that the diagram shows and zoom in on the floor in that area. You get a MINIATURE HOUSE. And oh, joy, another code to find. You try the one you already found but it doesn't work. Go back around the room and check all the pictures again. They now have different numbers corresponding to the shapes. Get the new set of numbers. Now you try the new numbers with your old sequence. Nothing happens. Maybe there's a new sequence. Go back to the sunset view and try your SUNGLASSES again. Now you get a new sequence of shapes. Examine your MINIATURE HOUSE and try your brand new code. Voila! It works and you get a STONE. Now you have 3 stones. You know where they go. Off to the cellar.

Place the three stones in their respective slots around the BOABAB PLANT. Ooh, pretty lights. The plant goes into the stone. Click in the hole to view the plant. Now leave and take a walk around the room. Go back and check on your plant. It's grown a little. Zoom out and zoom back in again. It's grown a little more. If it hasn't, leave the room and come back. Click around the branches of the BOABAB plant. You snapped a BRANCH off. Examine the cut end of the branch and read the comment. An insect? A hint, perhaps? Leave the cellar.

Go to the table with the plant and light box on it. Click on the upper left window pane. You've opened a window. You might let an insect in. Highlight your BRANCH in your inventory and click on the large wooden post in the corner near the window (near the middle of the post). You've smeared the sap on the post. Don't waste your time staring at it. Take a walk. Go back and look at the sap…nothing. Walk around some more. Keep doing this until you see a bug stuck on the sap. Take the beetle and examine it. Keep clicking on the beetle until it's really pissed off.

Go to the secret panel in the bottom right cabinet left of the dessert case. Zoom in and use your BEETLE on the mechanism. It now says OPEN and so does the other hidden panel. Go to the other panel. Incase you can't find it again, it's behind the big terracotta pot next to the bench. Open the panel and see a box inside. From the box get a SPOON. You might be feeling kind of hungry about now but you can't eat your dessert. This is a special dessert, you must find a perfect spot to eat it.

If you have the stick and statue still in your inventory you can put them in back in the last place you used them (hole in the floor and resting spot on the dessert case). Perhaps go look at a lovely sunset, but which view. Perhaps one you haven't looked at yet. Go to the table by the fan on the floor. Move the chair out of the way and click the chair seat. You get a sunset view. Now you can enjoy your dessert. To eat the jelly, you need to turn the fan so that it's facing the chair. If you still can't eat it you may need to visit the website by clicking the link that you see when you examine your GOOSEBERRY JELLY. You should go there anyway, because I think you can't finish the game unless you at least open the link, for me it opened in a new window but for others it didn't, so make sure you open the link in a new window.

So now you've eaten, but you're still locked in. What about the plant? Go take a look at it. Aww, there's a little blossom on it. Better leave it alone for a bit. Leave and come back again. Now the blossom has become a nut. Pick the NUT off the tree. Examine the NUT. It splits open to reveal a KEY!!! Time to leave this joint. Use the KEY on the double doors and leave.
To be continued...Posted by: Rewyn
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August 21, 2007 5:35 PM