The Asylum has a new patient

I'm stuck.

He's out of his shell, and he remembers being left behind, and now he's sitting on his shell, crying his eyes out. I've done EVERYTHING and nothing is working. The help book says that he needs time and a way to express himself that is integrative instead of suppressive. What am I missing?

Never mind, I got it.

Geez, the tissues take long enough to run out.

I'm getting a 403 error...

i'm stuck at the same point kat is

Guys:

try ending the session. It won't erase your progress, because it's part of the therapy.

Me three, at the same point as Kat and Ruka. I've tried everything. :/

I figured it out eventually.

You just have to wait it out. He'll run out of tissues.

Kat, Ruka & Raitoo - I was stuck there too!
Solved eventually by..

getting so frustrated I clicked end the session!

I suppose that letting him out of the room, then going back for another session, was like giving him time..? it worked, anyway!

I have figured out Dub, and that was probably the best ending ever.

To cure Dub, after he's started being depressed:

Just wait. When he stops crying, look at his dreams again. So sweet...

I was stuck at the same place. Then I re-read the doc's book. Here's a hint:

The box of tissues is NOT bottomless.

It seems kind of silly, but one of my favorite parts of The Asylum is piecing together the story of what caused each patient's condition. This review kind of blew that for me right off the bat. Would it be possible to alter it to prevent that from happening to others?

I know a lot of work goes into these reviews, and I feel bad complaining, but a spoiler is a spoiler...

YAAAAAAYYYYY ! Another one ! NIFTY !
I swear, once I can afford it, I'll order all of the plushies. Gotta hug'em all!
The Asylum is one of my favourite games, intellectually challenging, lightheartedly amusing, sometimes heartbreakingly moving, and above all FRIGGIN' CUTE.
And I thank Jay, by the way, because I discovered this game through this site.

what do we do after he stops crying???

This patient is really different from the others.

It made me feel really bad for him.

Warning: spoiler about plot

I got stuck, but by then I had figured out what the problem was. At first he seemed homesick with the paintings of home, the flashbacks, and later the dream analysis. But then it seems more than a case of very bad homesickness, he basically got lost and I guess was wandering. Then found a new owner (maybe?), then fell into a state of really bad depression as I could tell that he was very depressed about it.

lso, when you listen to his heart

you hear a blues song (at least I think it is), which gives a clue that he is having, well, the blues.

sorry for the spam, but btw, there are new stuff for the other patients, there is even a really funny new one for sly.

Ok, is anyone else awful at this game? Every time I play, I lose. With the turtle, apparently I analyzed his dream "too early" after confiscating his things, and now he is immutably retreated into his shell. I don't understand why I lose with every, single, animal.

YESSSSSSSS!

I actually punched the air when I read this. I've been waiting for a new cuddly toy for FOREVER. Thanks.

I agree on that spoiling the story behind it thing, and btw,

when the tissues run out, DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING BUT THE DREAMS!

I've updated the description so it's not so spoilery. :)

seriously, i did the same thing. I analyzed his dream too early and he is stuck in his shell and I am out of options.. what in the world am i doing wrong??

You're not doing anything wrong at all, actually. You're not out of options.
The game is also nice enough to literally point you in the right direction...

On another note:

In regards to Gar's reply (3rd from top): I've never had to resort to electroshock therapy with the other patients. In fact, I didn't even know that option was there until Dub came up.
Am I missing something?

you are not doing anything wrong. when the progress bar turns red, you have to hit reset -- it's a thing underneath the bed. they didn't make that obvious enough... it took me awhile to figure out it was there.

awww, that one was so sad!! That is pretty much how I think of any lost inanimate object :'( That secret under the bed though.... so hard for me to do! This one was definitely the hardest, both logically and emotionally.

This game is certainly one of the best produced, right up there with Samorost.

Actually, Nic, if you do something deleterious(as I found out once with Lilo), you have to resort to electroshock to get the patient out of their "Red zone". Since I never had to run electricity through any of the plush toys before, I thought I must have done something wrong.

If you seek Professional Assistance - which usually helps give an idea of how to approach the current situation - it points out that something is under the bed, thanks to the little illustration in one corner.

eep! I accidentally shocked him when I wasn't ment to, and i'm back down by three bars!
i forgot the way forward... can I get a guide?

oh. one bar up, from one and a half again!
eesh. he sits on his sand later on.
i'll keep going!

YES! i got him to sit on his pile of sand! back where I was, and i need to wait a while for the tissues to go.

The next part is filled with spoilers so don't click if yu want to figure things out yourself.

Alright, there are several points on Dub where you may feel like you've done something wrong/missing something obvious. 1)

This is the only time when electroshock is actually necessary for the treatment. When he get's into the red simply give him a shock and you'll be able to continue

2)

When he gets depressed just give him time. When he runs out of tissues he'll be ready to continue his therapy.

(based on the posts above it sounds like you can speed this process by ending the session and then starting it again. don't worry your progress is automatically saved)

Also, the review has spoiled nothing about the plot. This is all said in the book under "help". You get a patient history (and a clue as where to begin your therapy) at the beginning of each session.

Dub walkthrough

motivation training

confiscate

dream analysis

shock him a little (under the bed on the left)

dream analysis

excercise therapy

wait until he runs out of tissues (doesn't take long, there are 17 tissues, and he cries 6 times)

dream analysis

his problem: his shell was inside out.

Oh joy! Oh rapture! Oh cancel all my appointments, I'm playing Die Anstalt again!

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but when I try to load the game, the whole window shrinks, and the game itself loads up super-small. What gives?

-r

Better then me I can't get the game to load past 8%

Is there any reward or cut scene for finishing all five patients? Or can I just keep coming back, doing each patient at a time?

Okies, I have for all you lovely peoples a Dub walkthrough of sorts.

First, just give Dubbie the old motivational training, then take his little stopwatch. Next, try the Dream analysis thingie. He'll pull into his shell and start to lay very very still. Don't worry, you didn't kill him! I thought I did until I got a hint. Then you zap the poor little guy. I feel so bad doing it! But it gets him out. Mouse over the side of the bed on the left, and the bedspread will lift up to reveal what looks like the earpieces of a stethoscope. Click on it. Then just go with what happens. It makes me sad that in order to help the little guy, you have to zap the crap outta him. Then give some dream analysis, maybe some paint therapy. Eventually, he'll start to cry. You don't have to end the session, just wait. Eventually he'll use up the tissues. Then give him a dream analysis when all the tissues are gone. And he's cured!

This is my first time posting a walkthrough, and I know it's vague, but here it is! Thank you EMDF, by the way. I stole a bit of your ideas... But since I admitted to stealing them and I gave you credit, don't get mad at me! And thanks to Charmander as well, for revealing where electroshock is!

how do you get out of the electro-shock? It keeps asking me to zap 'em more and that seems too much?

i think it's so funny in lesson two of power motovation for the snake (sly)

the picture of the doctor comes to life and grabs him

it's Hilarious

Woot! Asylum is one of my all-time favorites as well. Can't wait to try this.

That was the cutest game i have ever played! :-D

I finished it! Woo, I feel so accomplished!

It makes me kind of sad to see them walk off, cured, out the door and never to be seen again.

I almost cried at the end of Kroko's story when

the therapist gave him the water bottle, and he started to cry! AWWWWWW!

sit there and bawl his little turtle eyes out...

YAY! I hope they add more patients soon...

Hey, I got through this with almost no peeking.

The bit about shocking Dub at the end was a bit unexpected.

I cracked up on the MP3 remark! Dub was soo cute. I thought I had failed, but finally figured him out. I WANT MORE!!!!

Not only do you gradually discover what went wrong with each patient, you also discover the special talent (read:function) of each one. That generally has something to do with their situation. That makes the patients feel less like stuffed animals and more like living, thinking creatures (albeit ones stuffed with fluff).

Someone should thank that lazy Dr. Kinderman, for introducing his theories and his clinic, then taking off for an extended "conference" and leaving us to handle the new inmates. I'm just glad I could help them, all during my breaks between classes.

EMDF: I tried your walkthough:

I didn't get an "exercise therapy" option after I shocked him and used dream analysis. He just went right back to where he was before I used shock therapy, and I'm afraid to shock him again.

I've cured all but one!
Now, with the walkthrough, I'm well on my way to finishing!
The sheep, dolly, is HILARIOUS

This game is the cutest and most emotional thing I've played ever! I've been reading everyone's comments and I concur -- I just about cried or atleast shed a tear with each story! Are there anymore games like this one??

An unique idea exceptionally executed. The best game I've played in a while. What an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. :D

This was the cutest little game ever! I could only cure Dub, he seemed the easiest, and

When he walked out the door with his shell the right way, being so proud, I almost cried! He was so sweet just sitting there and crying...he was so adorable!!!!! I wish I had bought him!

... there is a christmas tree in the waiting room now...

I did it, but there's a thing I don't understand.
Can people explain it to me? (contains spoilers)

Apparently, Dub got lost in an airport, found another owner, and he is constantly training because he feels it is his fault that he could not catch up with the girl (first owner). But why did he turn his shell inside out? That was the manifestation of his problem. Why did he do that, it seems illogical...

I really love this game, it made me feel good when I helped Dubbie. Now I want to help the other stuffed animals but, I don't know what else to do. Who should I help next?

Werevixen, here's how I took the ending:

His shell had the racing stripe on it because it's like workout clothing; he's constantly in training to try and catch up with his owner. Once Dub makes peace with his owner during dream therapy (after using up the tissues), he no longer feels like he constantly needs to train to prove anything, so he reverts back to his non-workout shell, freeing himself from his guilt-ridden workouts.

I agree that this is a great game/interactive story. I didn't find it too difficult to "solve" the other toys' problems, as I only ran into one situation where the therapy (not shock therapy) caused a bad ending.

he's just sitting there, i shocked him and nothing works, but if i use dreams he goes back in his shell. he's not crying or anything, just sitting there. what do i do?

I'm hiding this just to be safe, but it'll help with all the "Dub's regressed" problems:

After subjecting him to that scary allegorical dream, it scared him so much that he withdrew from the outside world. He actually needed pain to force him to cope with reality. (I'd have preferred a means other than electricity, especially with its "you screwed up" connotations in the game) Once you've shocked him out of his shell, why would you go right back to that nightmare? You haven't progressed any further, so that same dream will have the same effect. There are other ways to help him that are available at that point. Try things that might calm him down, or show him that things aren't hopeless.

I love this game! Even though I killed Kroko...

Anyways, nice game. :|

I swear, Sly is so reminescent of the drawings in any Dr. Seuss book..highly uncontrolled color variation..he's got to have ADD or something..hehe

EMDF, Your walkthrough didnt work. I figured it out anyway but it didnt work...

I have finally signed up, I felt it was time since I constantly use your site, Jay!

I LOVED The Asylum animals... they are not only adorable, but also very intriguing characters.

The only criticism I would have is that you cannot save the game progress (as far as I know?), you have to leave it running overnight or until you next come on the computer, which wastes energy.

But I am just being a bit picky, really.

For once, I did not use spoilers at all until I got Dub stuck in his shell-- I had no idea such a violent therapy was available! But I think the game is more about finding things out, and having a go rather than "finishing the game" or "winning".

It's just nice when you know you have helped them.

I think this is particularly emphasised when:

Sly the Snake hugs and kisses the sock puppet as a thank you!

I know that wasnt much of a spoiler, but I didn't want to ruin it for anyone!!

Am I the only one who can't get this to laod in english?

I wish there would be a new animal soon...

This is definitely one of the best games out there! I just replayed all five patients after several months. Last time I muddled through, thinking of the the "professional help" as a last resort source of hints. This time I read them each time, and I enjoyed it even more than the first time. I love the writing and subtle hints, as well as the psychobabble.

Die Anstalt is such an amazing game; I sent it to all my psychiatrist friends and they love it. How much am I really learning about therapy? Not sure. Why do I have such a soft spot in my heart for these crisis-stricken stuffed animals? I'm sure it has something to do with my childhood. Saying goodnight to each one so they all felt special was a moral dilemma when I was six or so... Anyway, I hope they all feel better after all this healing activity. One thing is sure, there will always be some need for this kind of, how do you say, gestalt? If any of them are looking for a good home or respite destination, they can come to my house, for sure.

im stuck at them all...

i even got Dub into negative progress...

I'm USELESS!

sorry for double post but Dub:

when does he run out of tissues?

oh snap triple post.

sorry, but i just want to say that i've almost finished!

just kroko and lilo left.

ps: i think (through the ones i've done) that this is te order of difficulty:

Hardest:

Dub (turtle)

Medium:

Dolly (sheep)

Easiest:

Sly (snake)

ok i know i'm a bad boy for quadruple posting BUT i have a walkthrough for lilo - YES, i've done it!

Lilo walkthrough:

dream analysis

play therapy

dream analysis

therapeutic interview

play therapy

crisis line

How do you cure dolly?

nevermind.

Elise, I'm working through a walkthrough now, it'll be posted soon.

FULL WALKTHROUGH:

CURING THE ANIMALS:

Dolly:

Therapeutic interview

dream analysis

Therapeutic interview

Occupational therapy

Dream analysis

Administration of drugs

Occupational therapy

Dream analysis

Trigger stimulus

Dub:

motivation training

Confiscate

dream analysis

electrocute him slightly (under the left of the bed)

exercise therapy

dream analysis

exercise therapy

wait until there are no tissues left (there are 14 in total)

dream analysis

Kroko:

therapeutic interview

Administration of drugs

Dream analysis

motivation training

Dream analysis

Musicotherapy

Dream analysis

desensitisation

Dream analysis

Lilo:

dream analysis

play therapy

dream analysis

therapeutic interview

musicotherapy

play therapy

crisis line

Sly:

Administration of drugs

Dream analysis

musicotherapy

therapeutic interview

dream therapy

therapeutic interview

Surgery

MY OPINION OF THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY:

Hardest:

Dub (turtle/tortoise)

Second Hardest:

Dolly (sheep)

Middle:

Kroko (Shy crocodile)

Second Easiest:

Lilo (purple bear)

Easiest:

Sly (snake)

If any of this is wrong, add a comment; I will change it as i have the whole Walkthrough saved on a notepad.

sorry about triple post but;

is it me or are the times all wrong on the comments?

as it is 21:06 now and i posted that walkthrough about one hour ago; It says on the time posted that it was 3:36 PM

Let me guess; Is this American and the times are different there than in Birmingham?

But wait... the dates are correct... im confused!

I really hope I can be the one to win this. I always sorta thought it would be cool to have a psychologically distressed stuffed animal

I freakin killed Kroko with the electroshock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I lovethe way Dub walks (crawls) on all four legs after he talks to the sock puppet thingy and he crawls off the bed to try to pull it. I cannot get it to load; when it finally gets to the next page of avaliable therapy actions, it just says loading in a bubble when I click on it!!! It is SO frusterating! It's been doing that for a long time, since the first time I saw there was a new plushie patient (which was like, three weeks or more ago).

Oop. I turned Dolly into roast lamb. How do you get her back to normal? (When does she stop shaking?) I zapped her a biiit too much...

lol, that was a good one, scary dreams tho (Dolly is still the best!:P)

So... when you finally cure all 5 patients, there's no closing cinematic? No reward for finishing it all? You just get the empty waiting room and go outside to talk to the nurse?

Well, granted, the five patients each have their own ending and the journey is really the reward, but I was at least expecting some acknowledgement that you beat the game.

sorry about "moaning"

but:

how come my walkthrough hasn't become the walkthrough yet?

=)

I am amazed by this game. Never have I been this happy about finishing a flash game. I also left a comment in the guest book (Dr. Matthew Robson Leadbitter) which should get you thinking. If not, then you didn't get well enough into this game. Retake the exam, earn your psychiatry degree then play the game. You'll then see the depth of each of the patients. Overall, it was very carefully produced, well thought out and a great concept. Score: 9/10. Anyway, I'd better be getting to bed, it's late and I'm starting to sway here. Later. *yawn*

I love this game i want to hug sly!!!

I tried Sly. I followed the walk through with the 'HEADINGS WRITTEN LIKE THIS', Sly ran out of the room when I did surgery then just stopped and rejoined the queue. I am now stuck. Help please?

It worked when I did it.

in my first time doing this game, I went through all that "I think" and at the last one, i just pressed surgery 1st and it worked. Maybe you didn't follow the walkthrough properly, Trekkie_Aspie

^_^ Awwwww! this is such a sweet game. I nearly cried

when Kroko got his water bottle

i thought dolly was pretty hard. And looking back at my walkthrough, sorry about the capitals =S

i just couldn't see the bold very much sorry.

Just wanted to ask if anything special happens if you cure all five patients? I was playing earlier today and it took forever to cure Sly and Lilo. I closed it to get some homework done and I want to play again but I don't want to try to cure them again. Is it safe to assume that nothing really happens when all the cuddly toys are saved?

no, carmini. in previous posts people have been discussing that, but, finishing the game myself, i say that there is no final scene. The ending scene(s) are the ones you get every time you cure a patient completely

and for your closing problem, my walkthrough might help you.

Dolly is so cute!!:*

This game was VERY FUN. 9/10. Hard, and I needed a walkthrough, but it was fun.

Although, its strange how there is no ending, ya know? No...Ending movie....And stuff. I also laughed when in Dolly's dream where Lilo had a sock on his mouth. Then he just bumbled into the woods.

It was still very fun.

i just gave dub electroshock therapy and can't figure out what to do next. help?

yay I got it!

when i click the link to buy in America, I can't find any of them on the page it redirects me to, anyone know why?

Call the store, talk to Kristen. She's very nice and will help with your order.

Tell her Jay sent you. :)

(No, we do not make any money on them.)

Thanks, my friends b-day is coming up and she got me something pretty expensive for mine, so I want to get her one of the plushies, I think she'll love it! ^_^

how did dolly fit an entire wolf inside her belly? MY DAD THOUGHT THEY WERE DOIN IT FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!

how about if i post the walkthrough again, only without the headings in capitals?

also:

I will follow my walkthrough on the game first to see if they all work.

(but if one or more is/are wrong, the walkthrough might be posted later :S)

Full Walkthrough:

Curing the animals:

Dolly:

Therapeutic interview

dream analysis

Therapeutic interview

Occupational therapy

Dream analysis

Administration of drugs

Occupational therapy

Dream analysis

Trigger stimulus

Dub:

motivation training

Confiscate

dream analysis

electrocute him slightly - do not go into the red danger zone. (under the left of the bed)

exercise therapy

dream analysis

exercise therapy

wait until there are no tissues left (there are 14 in total)

dream analysis

Kroko:

therapeutic interview

Administration of drugs

Dream analysis

motivation training

Dream analysis

Musicotherapy

Dream analysis

desensitisation

Dream analysis

Lilo:

dream analysis

play therapy

dream analysis

therapeutic interview

musicotherapy

play therapy

crisis line

Sly:

Administration of drugs

Dream analysis

musicotherapy

therapeutic interview

dream analysis

therapeutic interview

dream analysis

therapeutic interview

Surgery

My Opinion Of The Level Of Difficulty:

Hardest:

Dub (turtle/tortoise)

Second Hardest:

Dolly (sheep)

Middle:

Kroko (Shy crocodile)

Second Easiest:

Sly (snake)

Easiest:

Lilo (purple bear)

kroko was used as a mop and had its hot water bottle taken away from it.

the eyes on the lady's dress explain the paint therapy and the swimming eyes near the end

Ok, something odd just happened. I had already cured Dub, Dolly and Kroko (in that order, I SAW the three of them leave the hospital) and all of a sudden Dolly is back!! Has it happened to anyone else?

i beat the game, and the same thing happened to me.
except everyone came back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this game!
It's got such cute characters and is really original
I like finding out each ones different story
Kroko is my favourite ^^ I'm gonna buy him
WALKTHROUGH
(please try really hard and use professional assistance to help you out before reading spoilers)

Kroko:

Give him a THERAPUTIC INTERVIEW and he'll get out of his box

Use ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS to calm him down a bit

Then DREAM ANALYSIS(I usually do to first but i couldn't this time

He's still nerous so he needs MOTIVATION TRAINING

Use MUSICOTHERAPY and he'll get a flute

Try DREAM ANALYSIS again...He lost his flute ;_;

Now DESENSIATION to cure his fear of water

Now MUSICOTHERAPY to get another flute

Nearly done, just DREAM ANAYLYSIS again so he gets his hot water bottle and he's cured!

Lilo:

Use DREAM ANALYSIS to see what he's thinking about

,

Then ring the CRISIS LINE

Then use PLAY THERAPY and give him a gameboy (he looks like my little brother when hes playing his gameboy lol)

DREAM ANALYSIS again (if it's not the bit with the big equation do it twice)

Give his a THERAPUTIC INTERVIEW

Now for some MUSICOTHERAPY

Use PLAY THERAPY and he'll have a flashback, (how can he fit all that stuff inside him!) then

Use CRISIS LINE so he can phone home.Yay he's cured!(Let's just hope no one else needs the phone for a while)

Sly:

Let's see what he's thinking with DREAM ANALYSIS

Now for ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS

Let's try some MOTIVATIONAL TRAINING...does anyone else find this one a bit strange?

LEt's see how he feels after that, more DREAM ANALYSIS ahh lots of tails!

use MUSICOTHERAPY and give his a rattle

Then use the THERAPUTIC INTERVIEW and DREAM ANALYSIS until he has the flashback where he's thrown out of the car

Then you can use the SURGERY option to fix his tail. CUred!

Dolly:

Firstly DREAM ANALYSIS

Then a THERAPUTIC INTERVIEW...

Another DREAM ANALYSIS (I don't know why Lilo's theres with a sock on his nose :P)

Then a THERAPUTIC INTERVIEW

Then she does some knitting in OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY and makes a nose sock

Then DREAM ANALYSIS (Lilo in the background again) and then Dolly's inner wolf breaks out (She's one of those reversible plush animals)

Then use ADMINISTRTION OF DRUGS so she'll stop panicking

Then use DREAM ANALYSIS and she'll have a flashback, and finally

use TRIGGER STIMULUS so she can put her nose sock on the dog and make friends with her inner wolf

Dub:

First use DREAM ANALYSIS

Then use MOTIVATION TRAINING

Next take away his stopwatch with CONFISCATION so he isn't distracted

Then DREAM ANALYSIS again and he'll retreat into his shell

Then look under the bed and click(If you can't find it click PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE)and electrocute him slightly until he comes out (thanks Channy)I don't really like this bit :(

Then use EXERCICE THERAPY yay a balloon!

DREAM ANALYSIS again...

EXERCICE THERAPY...and then he'll start to cry for a while, and you'll have to wait a bit. Then wait until there are no tissues left in the box

and finally use DREAM ANALYSIS.How cute is that? Cured and finished ;)

Kroko:

He used to be a hot-water bottle cover, but his owner took away his bottle and used him as a mop cover, which was the cause for his hydrophobia. The pattern on the lady's dress looked like eyes so he was afraid of the eyes.

Lilo:

His owner used his zip mouth to keep her things in, and she hid the answers to a test in his mouth, but the teacher found out and took away the answers so Lilo feels he has to work out the puzzle himself

Sly:

His owners used his tail to keep drugs in, but they saw a police car behind them so they threw him out the window. His rattle got run over so his rattle broke and the drugs got crushed and made him go crazy

Dolly:

Her owner used her as a chew toy for her dog which made her have a fear of dogs, and also a fear of her wolf side. She's afraid of letting her wolf side get out, but she's sometimes confused between her sheep self and her wolf self (hence the barking and howling when she's still a sheep)

Dub:

When his owner was at the airport on one of those escalator things she dropped him and he couldn't catch up with her. A health club owner picked him up and turned his shell inside out because it had a racing stripe on it. Dub is obsessed with training now because he's afraid of being left behind if he's not fast enough.