Henna Escape
If you're looking for a game that will leave you wondering, "What was THAT all about?" then try this quirky Japanese escape game from Detaru. The slick graphics and smooth gameplay make this a title worth checking out, and fans of strange silliness will definitely love it.
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Hm... When you say "there's a screwdriver" that "does screwdriver stuff", are you actually totally lying? Cause
I got the screwdriver
and
it won't. Unscrew the wall plate that is. It's the right shape and everything, isn't it? What's missing?
Ah. To use items in your inventory, you need to drag and drop them, not click.
Jeez, can't believe I've been clicking around like a madman for ages without getting that! Thank you kind sir, this should make the game a tad easier...
Wow, I guess I must be unintuitive, because I'm out and needed no help! I usually need ginny's well written walkthroughs to nudge me in the right direction a few times.
That was fun. All I needed was fetchund's clue. Thanks Jay.
Glad I could help... too bad that's ALL I could figure out. Still stuck.
Thanks for the help fetchund. Once I could do things I got out pretty quickly.
Probably worth pointing out to non-Japanese-speakers that "henna" (変な) means "strange", not the henna dye. That's one little confusion solved, at least ;-)
Phew! Fetchund's comment saved the day! I was clicking around like crazy too!
Although, I don't remember using the
remote control.
Did I miss something? Or did I just space out?
Ok, stuck on what to do with the
remote
Out...man that was weird.
Nice escape. I liked in particular the atmosphere.
If you're blocked:
if you look at the wall over the bed, you will guess the paper under the bed has in fact to be considered upside down
With this, the final exit code is
5349
The remote
I tried clicking it at everything. Eventually worked on
The man (robot?)
you use the remote
on the robot man. he'll reveal a number on the panda's balloon
I'm stuck on
how to open the locked panel that presumably is where I put the code in. I'm not sure what to use the coin for or how to interact with the little blue creature in the vase by the cabinet
yeah, that was great fun and irritating what that was all about. but I did it! found out everything and escaped (first time without walkthrough :D )
Walkthrough:
First screen (Door):
Investigate the robot
Look at his head
On his ear there's a green circle with a 1 in it
Look at the painting
Note numbers and shapes
You'll need to know that there are 4 yellow squares and 4 yellow circles
Turn Right (Bed Screen):
Investigate the bed
There are three things to find here (two you can pick up)
Under the covers you'll find a green kissy face
Under the bed you'll find a remote and a code - green square with a six, yellow circle, red circle, blue square
On the wall above the bed is a piece of tape with a torn corner
The torn corner matches one of the corners from the code paper
The code paper is upside down! Reverse the order - blue square, red circle, yellow circle, green square with a NINE
Investigate the dresser
In the big cupboard is a man screaming at a pot
Give him the green kissy face and you'll take the pot
In the bottom (small) cupboard you'll find a doll
Examine the doll and disassemble for the screwdriver!
If you investigate the urn, a little guy will poke his head out - you can't do anything with this yet
Turn Right (Window):
Investigate the trash can
Get the sheet of paper
Squares and Circles are interchangeable!
Look at the window - a panda with a balloon is staring at a despressed man
There's a vent in the upper right - you can't do anything with it yet
Turn Right (Buddha):
Investigate the Buddha
Take the happy frog coin from his right hand
Investigate the door
There's a man inside covering up his t-shirt
If only he had something else to hold
Give him the pot!
You now know that a Yellow square plus a green circle equals a blue square
Door:
Give the remote to the robot
He presses the button - but where's he facing?
Go back and check the window
The air vent has activated - balloon now shows a red three
Now that you have the screwdriver, use it on the metal panel
Pick up the lighter
Investigate the lighter - click to open and light. What to burn?
Burn the piece of paper with square = circle
Bed Screen
Investigate the urn
You need that little guy out of there
Drop in the burning paper and pick up the key!
Buddha Screen
Use the key on the metal door
You need a four digit code
Remember the paper under the bed
We need a blue square, red circle, yellow circle, green square (which is nine)
From the painting we know there are 4 yellow circles
From the window and balloon we know the red circle is three
From the guy's t-shirt we know that the blue square is equal to yellow square plus green circle
There are 4 yellow squares in the painting and the green circle on the robot's ear had a 1
Blue square is therefore 5
So enter the code - 5-3-4-9
Robot Screen:
Door is now unlocked - go through it!
Turn left - that door isn't going to be very helpful
Make a u-turn - what does this machine do?
Zoom in on the square metal panel
Is that a coin slot?
Put in your happy frog coin and press the button
Boom! Your "door" is now open
"Henna" is a Japanese word for "strange"
DuncmanG --
Great walkthrough! I came up with something a bit different on one point, though:
I think the paper with the "square = circle" is actually "pot = circle." The shape on the paper isn't really a square, it's an upside-down pot shape. As such, I thought it was a hint as to how to get the pot from the man in the cupboard, as opposed to a hint about the shape/color code (since we know that a green circle has a different value than a green square).
This is one of the first Escape Games I've been able to complete without a Walkthrough. Fun little game. Gotta love the surrealist factor of it.
@Fritware
That's Exactly it
It's telling you to how to exchange the Pot with the Green Circle creature. I first though you're supposed to look under the pot for one of the numbers.
Took me a bit to realise that.
Oh
pot - circle
makes a HELL of a lot more sense. Can you edit posts? I can't seem to see an edit button.
@Shades - There's nothing
on the bottom of the pot, though.
One of the more strangely enjoyable escape games I've played. Not particularly hard, but very weird. Would have been cool with sound to increase the funky factor.
@DuncmanG
Yeah, i kinda figured that out towards the end of the game.
@Crabbityjoe
I don't know. Some funky music is all this game needs. Sometimes odd sounds can take away from it more. This leaves room for the imagination to fill in, which can make it even weirder.
Just thought I'd let y'all know that, after running some errands, I was able to come back and complete this one without the walkthrough! (Rare for me) Cheers!
Hey... it's a green Onsokumaru! I found a hawk in the bed :P
And then
he was firin his lazorz?
I... I think I'm in love with Detaru... ♪
Well... that certainly was strange. And I do think the game would have benefited from some use of sound. Like screaming. Neverending, muffled screaming.
By the way, if anyone's curious about that last button you have to push, the label on it says
button.
Hope that cleared up some confusion.
And mega thanks to fetchund for helping me figure out the inventory; I was totally lost there for a minute.
Heheh, well that game definitely lived up to its name...
And thankyou, nerdypants. Such a helpful clue ;)
I tried to read what it said, but since my Japanese knowledge is pretty basic, all I got was
It said something about a lighter when you inspect - you guessed it - the lighter.
May or may not have told me nothing happened when I tried to press the button on the remote myself.
Oh gosh, could you imagine if this guy and Minoto paired up?
Yay, I made it out without a walkthrough, though I did have to guess the second digit of the code.
I thought I'd used the remote on the robot already, but I guess it was back when I still thought you clicked to use items, and I never tried to drag it.
That was definitely strange.
Seriously? Seriously?!?
That was the most bizarre game I have ever played -- bar none!
Lots fun, but not a game that one will understand without the benefit of illegal substance abuse.
This was almost as wierd as that old Beatles video "Yellow Submarine."
Still, a second installment of Henna might be interesting.
That made me laugh! I avoided the walkthrough and got by with fetchund's answer to the first question and Czhorat's note on the remote. Thanks, you two!
Strange. VERY strange!!!
Is that Justin Timberlake???
The madman never accepts the
green creature
no matter how many times i click. i guessed that i had to that from the begginning, but seeing nothing happened i read the walkthrough just in case i wasnt right. now i dont know what to do but to quit the game.
oh, i just read that you have to drag items, not click. after that the game was quite quick and strightforward, even dull.
How do you burn the paper, I open the lighter and turn on flame but can't burn the paper, how? Please help
Took me ages to figure out you had to drag items to use them instead of just highlighting them.
Also.. what.
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Walkthrough Guide
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Walkthrough:
First screen (Door):
Investigate the robot
Look at his head
On his ear there's a green circle with a 1 in it
Look at the painting
Note numbers and shapes
You'll need to know that there are 4 yellow squares and 4 yellow circles
Turn Right (Bed Screen):
Investigate the bed
There are three things to find here (two you can pick up)
Under the covers you'll find a green kissy face
Under the bed you'll find a remote and a code - green square with a six, yellow circle, red circle, blue square
On the wall above the bed is a piece of tape with a torn corner
The torn corner matches one of the corners from the code paper
The code paper is upside down! Reverse the order - blue square, red circle, yellow circle, green square with a NINE
Investigate the dresser
In the big cupboard is a man screaming at a pot
Give him the green kissy face and you'll take the pot
In the bottom (small) cupboard you'll find a doll
Examine the doll and disassemble for the screwdriver!
If you investigate the urn, a little guy will poke his head out - you can't do anything with this yet
Turn Right (Window):
Investigate the trash can
Get the sheet of paper
Squares and Circles are interchangeable!
Look at the window - a panda with a balloon is staring at a despressed man
There's a vent in the upper right - you can't do anything with it yet
Turn Right (Buddha):
Investigate the Buddha
Take the happy frog coin from his right hand
Investigate the door
There's a man inside covering up his t-shirt
If only he had something else to hold
Give him the pot!
You now know that a Yellow square plus a green circle equals a blue square
Door:
Give the remote to the robot
He presses the button - but where's he facing?
Go back and check the window
The air vent has activated - balloon now shows a red three
Now that you have the screwdriver, use it on the metal panel
Pick up the lighter
Investigate the lighter - click to open and light. What to burn?
Burn the piece of paper with square = circle
Bed Screen
Investigate the urn
You need that little guy out of there
Drop in the burning paper and pick up the key!
Buddha Screen
Use the key on the metal door
You need a four digit code
Remember the paper under the bed
We need a blue square, red circle, yellow circle, green square (which is nine)
From the painting we know there are 4 yellow circles
From the window and balloon we know the red circle is three
From the guy's t-shirt we know that the blue square is equal to yellow square plus green circle
There are 4 yellow squares in the painting and the green circle on the robot's ear had a 1
Blue square is therefore 5
So enter the code - 5-3-4-9
Robot Screen:
Door is now unlocked - go through it!
Turn left - that door isn't going to be very helpful
Make a u-turn - what does this machine do?
Zoom in on the square metal panel
Is that a coin slot?
Put in your happy frog coin and press the button
Boom! Your "door" is now open
Posted by: DuncmanG
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January 4, 2011 11:27 AM