J-Tubeus: Steam Adventure

For the key puzzle the reset on failure is tedious but you don't have to fail.

stuck on scale level

to jamie.malekoff:
At what level do you get stuck?

Awwww...so cute!

For the scales level

Stuck on the ventilation level. Have oiled the cogs and moved the grate in the floor, but am stumped with red numbers and angles buttons -- geometry is not my forte.

Ugh, I'm in the same position as jcfclark.

jfclark,

Through trial and error, my successful solve was

I hope an actual logical answer for this puzzle is posted soon. I would appreciate it.

how do i use the buttons in the ventilation room? the top two sets of buttons seem to have no effect, and whatever number i set, he just shakes his head.

litkinsey54,

Have you

@ lizkinsey54

I was having the same problem until I realized that

Am I the only one stuck in the elevator?

POP
I tried rotating the pattern, and it worked (but for a completely different reason).

Stopped playing and closed the game, then went back to try to solve the Ventilation Level. I chose the 'Game' option from the menu, and it started from the beginning. Went back to menu and chose the 'Level' option, and nothing was open except the Home level. I did not try the 'Reset' option -- should I? Is there a "save" option that I missed when I closed out?

In my comment above, I meant to say "Restart" option, not "Reset"

Cable Tunnel is an infuriating level. I know exactly what I am supposed to do, but there are too many issues with getting it done. The robot gets in the way at either end, the lighting is too poor to follow, and the overlapping of some of the cables is impossible to determine. I like the art and idea of the game, it reminds me of Machinarium, but this particular puzzle was poorly constructed.

jfclark,

I quit the game earlier this evening. When I returned to it, I first read of your problem and immediately selected the level section on the home screen. My progress was there. I can only assume that choosing the game option will reset your progress. If this is the case, that is quite the bummer. I hope restarting will not be too problematic for you. As for the restart section, I have only used that from the in-game menu; and it restarted the level for me.

got it now, thanks!

@shjack180:

100% agreed on the Cable Tunnel level! Absolutely infuriating, and largely because the art just isn't large enough in the game window. (Unfortunately, full-screening the Flash, for those who know that trick, does nothing to help; that's the size it is.) I zoomed in in Flash, which helped some. But because I don't have the best vision, being an old fogey, I wound up also having to

in order to pass the level. Even with that edge, I still couldn't tell which cables to put where without zooming in, which just reinforces my feeling that it's a poor combination of level design and artwork size.

However, I've been working on a walkthrough as I've played through the game. It should be ready to post within the next couple of hours!

@the Jack: Sweet, a walkthrough! Fortunately, I beat the game. Even passed the cable level somehow. I took a screenshot of the end result in case I wanted to play through it again, without so much trial and error. Looking forward to seeing the logic behind the solution in the ventilation level in your walkthrough.

Was anyone else a bit disappointed in the ending?

I so badly wanted to give this game five stars when I started, but only gave it three halfway through. The concept was nice enough, but its execution of puzzle solving was poorly done. I found the hint system inconsistent. Varying between too revealing and too vague and between necessary and unnecessary when it came to looking for clues. The art complemented the mood and theme of the game nicely, but it also got in the way of one of the puzzles. It came off as a bad copy of Machinarium to me, sharing some weaknesses, adding its own, and not capitalizing on much of Machinarium's strengths, such as consistency in puzzle solving and quality story telling. I still mostly enjoyed it. I just think it could have been a lot better.

@shjack180: Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this looks a LOT like Machinarium. I seem to be having more difficulty than usual, though, trying to get through the levels. Don't know if I should take a break or keep pressing through.

I want to enjoy this game, I really do, but the interface is too obstructionist. I click on an object to pick it up, and he strolls over and does so. I click on something to use it on, and its the wrong thing, so he drops it, strolls over to that thing, interacts pointlessly ,and strolls back. It does not take long for this to get tedious. I appreciate the setting, like the genre, and it really does look like something I would love, if it wasn't for this major issue. Part of games like this is exploring and trying things to get a handle on what you can do so you can leverage it towards your puzzle, but that entire process is mucked up.

Uf. I've never hated spoiler tags as much as I do right now...

The walkthrough is mostly finished, but I have (SO. MANY.) more tags to wrangle in it, and I need some sleep. Sorry, all... but it should be up Tuesday morning sometime, hopefully.

No problem Jack and thanks in advance for the walkthrough.

to shjack180:
Good for you. We are glad that you came to pass the level of fan room. It's really difficult level..

Eeeee! Fine game with nice atmosphere.

to Mystify, shjack180:
Thank you for your feedback. We think carefully about your vote in order to take this into consideration in our new games.

to shjack180 (about of Machinarium):
When we were developing the game, we certainly knew about Machinarium. But we did not want to make a copy of Machinarium. Our game is just similar to Machinarium. We did the main character robot, because we like robots. We chose the genre - puzzles, because it's easy to program. At the heart of the graphic style - steampunk, because we like this style. Similarity of our game on Machinarium is not special.

to shjack180 (of disappointment in the ending):
We did not want to kill or capture the villain, because we have to have big plans for him.

Loved the art, ambiance, and music. The puzzles were okay. My main beef with the game is that the robot is so painfully slow in carrying out commands. Especially in a puzzle game where experimentation is important in finding solutions, an enforced 10 second delay between tries makes the whole thing really tedious.

Tandemark,

Ahhhh, more to come from Tandemark with big plans for the villain. Sweet! Looking forward to it. Just, please, no more too hard to see puzzles like Cable Tunnel :p

walkthrough please :)

Angles for the 4th level:

to Paul:
We (Tandemark) posted a walkthrough on youtube. Also thanks Tricera Gamez for the video of a walkthrough.

tandemark, video walkthroughs are too fast for me. I prefer text walkthroughs. :)

Slow Slow slow.. Its too slow. I would love to play it but I am just not this patient. Sorry to the creator. But if it could speed up a bit. It would help tremendously. I get to the third level three times I have tried to play. I LOVE THESE GAMES. just cannot be this slow.

Oh Yes.. The hints I have not been able to get but one hint. I love these games. I wanted to give it a thumbs up. was looking forward to it. Sorry.

First Fan is

Second Fan is similar

Third Fan is

to iceebear:
Slow? Hmm ... You know, we tried to make a very attractive graphics in our game. This certainly requires computer power. But we highly optimized graphics and code. As a result, when tested on an old netbook with Atom is not less than 30 fps in difficult places.
So we think that the reason for slowing down may be many large banners on the web page.
But still, we thank you for your feedback, because it gives us a direction to improve games.

@Tandemark, I'll echo icebear and Dora's comments - I'd love to love this game - the graphics are beautiful and I really like the concept. But... the robot move so *slowly*. It's like his battery is running down! The lack of an inventory, meaning that he drops the item that he is carrying to cross the room to repeat the action that he has done loads of times before is driving me crazy, and, I'm sorry, but I'm not patient enough to carry on playing :-(

to Dora, Toonster:
Ok. We will think about what we can do about it.

This is a good news for the players: we did the robot faster.
Thanks to everyone who gave feedback about the game.