Submachine Zero: Ancient Adventure

I'm missing the second jewel... I've run out of ideas. :(

Never mind my last comment please. :)

its good, but I got stuck :(

Nevermind

I beat this one when it first appeared as an entry in the contest. The sound effects are great. I must say though, that I have forgotten how to get past the spikes at the end of the game. I was a little saddened by how short this game is.

Ahh. Got it.

I agree, It was way to short.

It was designed for the "simple puzzle game" competition, and therefore the length was appropriate.

I loved this game! This and "Gateway" were my favs in the design competion. I was able to finish it without any hints or spoilers.

what do you do with the gems?

@Noah

Kudos for the Gorey referance.

This game is very tricky, I must come back to it and finish it, but as far as I got, it was really well done and, unlike many puzzle games, every step was a logical progression of the last.

where are the jewls?

Okay I see the stones but I can't get them.

im stuck!!! i have put the tonges in the dragons and i climed down the rock ladder but i dont know what to do next! plz help me!

how can i get it? i'm stop at the second room
i need help

Im probably very stupid, but why doesnt that damn lighter get out of my hand!?!?! I light the candle, but i cant do anything else after that...

Ronnn - That's because you have to set the lighter back down if you don't want to carry it with. Try clicking back on the inventory area from where it came.

I got the gems but don't know what to do with them, can't get through the spikes on the right.

Help me spock!!

I agree. I have the stone and the jewels and I can't get past the darn door on the right.

OK, I've got the two tongues, and the lighter. That's all I've done. NOW WHAT DO I DO?!!!?!

Uh, Im having the same problem with the lighter!!! :(

Man...I was kind of expecting a bigger ending than that...it was really nifty, but short. I liked it though!

so... the jewel of wisdom just reminded me of the thing above the people's heads in The Sims.

How do I get through the spikes? What do I use? Where do I get it?

Scott - to get through the spikes:

Ok, I have all the jewels... what do I do with them? And how do I get through the other spikes? I don't know how I got through the first one...

ok. i got de jewles and the stone but i dont know what to do...can you help me?

This is an answer to the game for Mexican readers...

Wow! Valla ke los estadouidenses son tontos!
En la habitacion de la tercera joya hay una piedra. Esa piedra se pone en los picos de la reja derecha, despues se ponen las joyas en la estatua y se obtiene el cristal y asi se termina el juego.

Atte. Un Mexicano más listo ke ustedes.

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Translated it goes something like this...

Ok ending, but it's kinda hard. I had to use 2 hints to win. Oh, and thanks, Jay for the nice hint.

yo that was the easiet puzzle ever i got it in like 10 minutes

i cant get through the door.
how do you get in

what do you do after you get the jewels and the stone Jay?

Gameman - you have to find the place to put the jewels. It's beyond the spikes on the right side of the dungeon.

I'm having the same problem trying to lose the lighter

I was able to complete the puzzle quickly, and would appreciate a more complex one in the future, however I felt a sense of achievement when I completed it!!! and very much enjoyed the process!!!

ok i have the red jewel # 2 and i have the lighter ...sooo what next? help plz and thx =)

sorry but that was to easy for me i did it all in 5 mins

Hey man it was good, actually took me exactly 4 minutes to do but i think extended levels and it would be a class game.

Fab! It took me ages but I got there, great time waster!

to get passed the last spikes

I actually think that is the first point and click game I've ever fully done without cheating :)

Boooo!!

That was waaaaay too easy.

walkthrough

wow like where is the thing to open a door or trap? like I cannot find the key to open a door!!!!!!!!!!!! help!!!!!!!!!!!!! me...........

It was good but real short i hope the next one would be a little longer.

It was definitely easy, but I'm glad- It was supposed to be short, and it's a nice break from stuff like antiriddle that makes my brain hurt.

Had trouble with r/h door until I read your help comments - then it was all over. What a disapointment.

the game is easy but i see alot of peapole are stuck at the same part.

Great game thanks enjoyed it alot yeah its short but i really enjoyed it

ok,maybe i'm being really dumb here,but, where is this lighter that keeps being mentioned? i got the two tongues but can see or find a lighter anywhere?

Men i did evrything but when i try to put the gems on the place thay wont stay there..WAHAT DO I DO?

muy bueno !! very good game man !!! and very sofisticate

Hey everyone if you thought this game was to short, start the game again then right click for links to submachine 1, 2, and 3. If you were wondering i could only beat 1 and 2 and this one. Oh and 2, and 3 are the long ones. But 3 is extreamly hard ( for me at least ) ok c ya later

Congrats to the winner with this game. Keep on the good work. I liked it.

i cant pick up stone tablet

Looks like this game happens before Submachine 2.

The reason is...

So, it's kinda weird but true.

That or submachine makers wanted to make a 10 minute game for those who cannot do 30 minutes.

I agree, this was way too easy.

I agree, this was way too easy.

i cant find the candles

that was cool

that crystal is really weird because u have it in the 2nd game but its grey like it doesnt work anymore or something

i dont know were the candels are please help

... wow. that was pathetically simple. i hope if they make another one it it longer and harder to solve...

wat do u do once u have all three lil red shapes????? help me plz

as a big submachine fan im very disapointed at how short and lame this one was. I expected it to be way better.

It was way to short i never had to use hints lie in the other ones and i finished in like 6 minutes but it was a good game.

complete spoiler
outside

inside

number 2 was the best

nice game but toooo easy and short =)

Too easy, Too short :(

and i couldn't find a single option anywhere to lower the graphics quality, which meant the game lagged up like heck.

And the people who are wondering why the gem is green, remember that this has nothing to do with 1 or 2. this is the gem of ancient (I think... too lazy to go back through and check :P) wisdom, so its got nothing to do with the regular wisdom gem.

nice grpahics and all, but i'd like this to be much longer, bit harder and it couldn't hurt to have a quality control :)

I got jewl 3 but cant get past the rest

WHAT DO I DO?

ME
What have you done with the jewels?

can someone give me a walkthrough please?

farquhar
Which bit do you need help with?

so easy! But looking for the

was a little too frustrating!

Wow that was really easy.

I'm so happy I figured it out myself xD;;

I enjoyed it, it was really simple, but I hafta say I was hoping for more. Not more difficulty necessarily, but something at least a bit longer. Compared to it's predecessors, Ancient Adventure is a quick bite rather than a satisfying meal.

I don't think people realize this game was created for our first game design competition, which called for "simple puzzle games".

This particular game was longer than most games submitted to the competition. So when you put it into perspective, the game fit quite nicely amongst the others.

It wasn't meant to be a continuation or a sequel to the series, hence the "Zero" denotation.

where is the brick ?

jay, I'm not too sure.
In this game you collect the ancient crystal of wisdom, and I'm sure that it's mentioned that you have it in other submachine games.

Anyways i still don't get how to get past the part with the three jewels!

Where are the jewels. Please help!

here's an interesting hypothesis

Its a cool game but i got stuck,after we climb down the very first ladder we go right and there we see 4 sword like thing coming to us how can we stop that after u tell me how to stop pls give me the next instruction as to what to do after that????????????????
pls help me.

Ray
Does the walkthrough near the top of this page help you at all?

Hey, this is a great game, but someone needs to reformat the walkthrough a little bit. There are no periods and it is a little bit difficult to understand.

Please more submachine!

how do you get the second stone D:

Well, complete in 5 minutes. :) I don't know where the problem is, simple.

This game was so easy!I beat it all in 2 minutes.And for some people who are stuck getting into the room with the statue protected by those swords on the right;

OMG I was clicking the 3rd jewel room like mad. At least say the brick was somewhere not so obvious !! Like camouflaged in the shadows. Jeez

This is the easiest game ever!!! I win!!!

Im probably very stupid, but why doesn't that lighter get out of my hand!?!?! I light the candle, but i cant do anything else after that... i tried to put the lighter in the inventory but doesn't work, please its not the first time, i tried several times and always the same thing...

It was a pretty cool game but it was really short i would have liked a few more hard puzzles in there.But anyways its a pretty cool game.

ok so im writing because

I got everything pretty quickly, except the stupid tile.... Everyone was saying "by the door". I click all over the place and couldn't find it. Then i accidentally found it....thanks to michael who posted on jan. 10th. I found it only from his comments...

It was so fun ^.^
I liked it =D

I found that this and Submachine FLF were much too short and possibly not even in the same class as 2, 4, even 1. (3 is in a class of its own-naturally)
Does anyone know if there are any plans on making more?

for some wierd reason, I can't put the lighter back into my inventory...

To B Man(and everyone else):
If you want a challenging game of Submachine, type this into the search box:

it was so hard, I beat it thanks to someone who posted a walkthrough.