The Dark Room

Oh god, it was hard. And it makes my head spin. I did look up the hints because, well, I had no idea what to do.

I dont know if the 3D cube is best solution or the mouse control is all good. I felt it was hard to control sometimes.

Plus if you were yourself inside a room, you couldnt see it as a cube. It would make more sense, if someone else would be trapped inside the cube and you would need to help him escape by opening the door from outside.

I did it without any hints. =)

While I agree that sometimes it was hard to control, I believe the control added to the challenge of the tasks—especially for purple. It is true that it was a bit disorienting at times, yet I believe the game would have been too easy if the cube and puzzles were stationary.

And while the game might have worked from the perspective of being outside the cube, I felt the experience of being inside the cube to be quite immersive. In fact, once I discovered the game and started playing, I could not put it down until I solved it.

It's not very often that a game sucks me in and doesn't let go until I've finished it, like this one did.

I find the game addictive too, but its very strange game since your main challenge is "what am I suppose to do?" and once you figure out what to do then the actual "making it happen" is quite easy. Because of that I dont think it has much replay value, unless you somehow manage to forget the "what am I suppose to do" part :)

I like very much the visuals and the overall look and how some puzzles use the 3D cube. Also its one of very few Flash games, that have working 3D environment which itself is quite impressive. Once I turned the quality to low, it worked very fast.

brilliant game but now I don't know what to do with all the balls orbiting each other. I've to change their colour but to what I don't know.

Tony - I agree there is not much replay value with a game designed like this, yet it is very appealing to that part of me that loves to figure things out. Once I figure it out, there's not much left to do but recommend the game to others. =)

Kieran - there was a clue in each puzzle you solved before the one with the orbiting balls. You may have to go back through the game again to observe the solution to the last one.

Normally I'm good at these games, but I gave up on the red one...it was too annoying.

I didnt figure out the red room completely by myself, I did read several hints in the games guestbook before figuring out what it is. Red room represents single item, that is used mostly in the gambling.

I just solved the game. I must say that I havent playd anything like it.
And I am proud that I did it without hints. I dident fell that the red room was so hard. But the green room made me almost sick until I got it right.

okay i feel kinda embarrassed, but what the heck do I do in the first room after the walls go all weird and swirly???

Mike - just click the triangle button again.

Anybody mind giving me more help with the green room?

what do i do in the red ans white rooms they are the only rooms i cant figure out can some one pls help :)

Andy - Green presented a bit of a challenge for me as well. Although I am still not quite sure what the pattern was that eventually solved it for me, what I did do was look for places that were not green in the same shape as the illuminated symbol over them. Also, there might be some correlation between opposite sides of the room, but I can offer no proof. Sorry, but that's the best I can offer. Keep trying, eventually you will get it. =)

Bob - I find it quite interesting that you were able to solve purple and orange without solving red. Red is very simple. It is based on a very well known and familiar object, frequently found in games. White is based on clues given within each of the puzzles that came before it.

What are all these rooms that people are talking about? I clicked three times and then ended up in the room w/ the orbiting balls, what do i do next?

Ann - did you click Continue or Begin at the game title screen? From what you described, it seems as if someone has already attempted to solve the game before you. I suggest you start it again, and click on the word "Begin". That will start a new game.

what do you do in bothe the red and the purple rooms i have no clue

plzzz someone..im in the white room, andi tried all the possible ways for the circles. green is the only big one, red blue and yellow are medium and orange and pink are the small ones, ive tried to put all colors one each..like GRP GRO GBP GBO GYP GYO, ive tried to put one on all 6, then one on each separatly, and it still doesnt go, plzz if anyone knows what to do for the white room plz post it

Wes - do you see any patterns that emerge by observing the behavior of the room? Understand the patterns and you will solve the puzzle.

Danny - try revisiting each color again to collect the information you missed the first time.

i need help with the green room, it seems so hard, any tips or hints???

cole - not 100% sure, but you have to make the whole room green, do this by clicking the little shapes. every time that you click a shape, it maps that shape on the same place of every wall. and if two of your shapes overlap, or are on the same wall, then the shape that ou had put down before dissapears. :)

plz correct me if im wrong or missed something.

i got everything except the one w/ the orbiting bals, looking for clues in the other rooms didnt help me at all.

12345 - Then I'd have to say you weren't looking very hard, because the answer is in plain sight. =)

hey...um i rly don't get the red room it's soo......um weird lolz

Here's how I did the green room.
Two rules:
- each side has to have ONE bright green shape
- the green shapes cannot overlap eachother.

first you click on the symbol that makes the green shapes. A bright green shape appears. Then you look at the other sides. Find a symbol that wil fit with the fist green shape. So that your green shape will not overlap the other green shape. All the symbols for the shapes are placed differently on each seperate wall. So search the walls for the symbol that will not overlap. Continue this until all the walls are green.

Hope this helps.

The Green room I thought was easy. Each button lights up in the exact way the shape is. And you have to get one button on each wall. When you click 1 it lights up an area on every other wall. Just keep trying buttons.

uhh...i got to the room with the maze thing (blue i think) then the walls got all swirly, and idk wat to do. i went back to the dark room, looked at the hints on the site, and it sez to look for 3 different small buttons. i only found 1, where r the other 2???

i know this is pitiful but i used hints for the dark room. but even though i read the hints, i really didnt quite understand but i kind of understood after a few seconds.

but right now i'm stuck on the white room. all i have written down are these patterns of the orbiting dark circles from the other colored rooms. and i tried that but nothing happened so can someone please assist me?

ok im very stuck in the red and white room, im not sure what to do at all, ive completed all the others very easily but am very stumped on these 2, im on AIM my screen namt is PufferFishOfDoom if u could msg me and help me out

Can someone please help me.. I have completed all of the rooms except for the red one. Those red circles are driving me mad. I don't get it.
Will someone help.

i know i suck. it isnt my fault really, i blame genetics. I need help on the first room, and for this i feel stupid. i found two dots, but cant press the second one until i find the third. the middle of the wall dot and the floor dot are taken care of. can someone please help me?

Im stuck in the white room, I have matched all of the colors up with the clues from the other rooms but nothing happens. PLEASE HELP!!

How do you escape the red and white room. I just can't do it!!!!!

hey peter!...in the red room, you should see that theres only 2 walls that lets you push buttons right? well thats the challenge...but you have to look around the other 4 walls and hover your cursor over them.

the "invisible" circles that appear after you hover them start to give this "pattern". the pattern in this room is like a roll of dice. so that means you have to find out what are the dice patterns on each of the 4 empty walls. once you found them, you have to COMPLETE the dice by adding in the dots on the 2 walls that have buttons on them. i hope this helps peter!

jay help us! help us with the white room!!!! i'm stuck on it too!!!

There are plenty of hints for the white room aready posted in the comments. You need to visit each of the other colors and the solution will smack you square in the face. =p

... white is hard... very hard... i've collected hints from each level, wrote them down, and i'm still getting them wrong... maybe it's cause the room is so screwed up when u have to see them maybe i mixed up a level idk, but how do u place the orbitals, i've tried a lot of things

The best approach is to write down on a sheet of paper 6 squares that represent each of the 4 sides, the ceiling, and the floor of the room. Then mark in those squares the solution to the last puzzle as obtained from each of the 6 colors. It makes the solution to white quite trivial. I hope that helps. =)

hells yeah i just finished with 1 hint = ( almost did by myself #4000 woot!

need help with orange room! completed the others! i want to get outttttttttt!

i have the same question as cole- where is the third circle?!?!?!

Please help with the red room, i found the invisible circles and i can make an "H" from the top and bottom wall, and i make an "X" from the two side walls. i tried making the X and H that didnt work, so i tried filling the missing circles of the X and H and that didnt work, PLEASE HELP

Here's a hint for the Red room:

Just Die!

;-)

lol. I am surprised that Red has caused so much trouble, Jonathan. I suppose there must be a lot of people that don't know the formula of how it is constructed.

I feel like an absolute idiot... but I can't get past the very first screen, the cube with the 2 light up walls... does anyone have specific directions to help me or knows a walk-through laying around somewhere?

Krysta - the journey is the reward with this game. It is a puzzle to figure out. The fun will be spoiled via a walkthrough.

There is no need to figure it out all at once, as the game saves your progress. Work on it a little, and then come back to it later.

Scratch that, I beat the red room, but how do I get to other rooms?

COMO SALGO DEL CUARTO ROJO POR FAVOR ALGUIEN QUE SEPA YA INTENTE X Y H, PLIS WHAT ESCAPED ROOM RED???

Alagar - Piense en dados.

Krysta---there are three tiny circular buttons in the dark room, and each will spark a circuit of a different color. You obviously found the red one. Look for the others and click the bullseye. After you master those rooms, try different color combinations.
~J

help me i cant get past the white room ive done the game 4x and cant find anything that would help me with this room

Well. I just can't seem to get how to open the door in the BLUE room, I did the little maze and everythig, but I can't opent the door, What am I supposed to click?

Confused - the door won't open until you have solved all the puzzles. And Blue is just the first one. Once you have solved Blue, move on to the other colors. Keep looking, you will find other things to do. Be patient, and look at everything in the room, and click on everything you see.

Okay, I need huge help w/ the freaking red room. The green room I don't have yet but I think it's just that I need more patients. I know what to do there. I'm going to give a big hint on the white room and I'm not even there yet. Sorry If this is too big of a hint Jay!! Okay. look in each room of optical illusion for a dot that is roaming around. That is all. Hmmm, that sounds kind of misleading, but O WELL. Anyway, anyone who wants to offer another hint on the red room, PLEASE DO.
Thank you much

Realmente los colores y movimientos lo envuelven a uno...lo hacen pensar en otro tipo de solución... muchas gracias.... Surrounding colors and forms... go that well... thank you very much.

re: Kendrah "The green room I don't have yet but I think it's just that I need more PATIENTS."

Maybe you shouldn't be practicing medicine if you can't figure out a simple puzzle!

OK I really dont feel smart anymore...i dont know what it is but I am in the first room and all i can see is the first dot on the wall and its is annoying me, can anybody help me find the other 2

i did the red, green, yellow, blue and purple roms but im stuck on the orange. i can't get the pattern thingy. Can someone help me?

i dont really understand the pattern inside the orange room, what am i trying to get at?

Orange hint: ever play match game? Except, make a wrong guess and start again.

Please help with the blue room. It's the ONLY room I can't get!! I only see one dot (at the very top) and that's it. I see the maze thingy, But I can never get to the dot!! What is the point in the blue room?? Please help!!

Blue hint: it's a maze. Take the correct path and you will find the end to the maze.

AHHH!! I've even finished the white (easiest room) just CAN'T seem to get blue.

what do you do in the yellow room i have no idea

Help with yellow- anyone???? That's the last room for me!

Yellow hint: try to fill the entire room with lit yellow squares. It's easy if you pay special attention to the corner squares on the ceiling and the floor.

it seems like everyone either gets the white room immediately or is confused, im like half way between. i know what wall each colors goes on and everything, but i dont know what rings to put those colours on (outside middle inside) so if anyone could help me with that id be quite happy
thank you

Martin - go back and revisit each of the colors you completed again. And look very closely. You will understand.

Somehow, no matter how many times I look, I can't find any clues in the levels. So um, any clues as to what the clues may be?

White hint: In each of the colors that you complete, at the very end with the swirling pattern, look closely at every wall. On one of the walls will be a symbol like you will see with White. What that symbol is telling you is the wall on which to place an orbiting sphere of the color you just completed. It even shows you which ring to place it on.

Oh man.. I thought this whole time it was a cube... but if you look at it the right way.. it really is a room. Tell me someone else thought it was a cube.. man i feel dumb.

this room iz killing off my braincellz here!what do i do wit that ztupid button the floor that revolvez around the floor. ps, where r u? itz 3pm here(in london) pzz letterbetween a and d broken

I feel dumb. What am I suposed to do in the room with the circles orbitng around eachother on every wall? Please help me plase!

Its easier to control if you just follow the edge of the cube with your mouse. I just started playing and im so tempted to look at hints but im determined not too.

I agree with you, Jordan. This game is a lot more fun if you don't look at the hints. None of the puzzles are very difficult, though they may take you some time to solve them.

It amazes and disappoints me to see so many people give up easily and call for help.

This red room is tricky, i think its because i tend to overcomplicate things. hmm well its my last room, hopefully i will get to sleep soon.

Wow, well the only hard room I found was Red but it looks like that was the easiest for a lot of you, but I see a lot of people said Green was the hardest for them and I got that in literally under a minute or 2 :D

i only found 1 button it the 1st room and that is the 1 that leads to the blue room and when i beat that one it lead to a room with a bunch of swirling circles i need help please

where are the other 2 buttons in the first room i only found the blue one.

Tips! MAKE A CUBE OUT OF PAPER TO DOCUMENT!
Red - Think gambling.
Blue - Start on the middle of the floor. (takes forever)
Yellow - Try double-clicking!
Purple - Document everything
Orange - Document everything
Green - Simple guess and check. Doesn't help to document.
White - Look at the swirly pattern in each of the finished levels. Not every ring on every wall will have a color

Oh come on. Someone pleeeeaaaase help us with the red room. It's the last one I need.

hi- i know i'm not supposed to ask for help in the beginning but i need help. i got through the maze and clicked. i ended up with all these swirly thingies on the walls. whats up with the orbiting black circle and how do i continue???

the red room i found to be very easy after i figured out what the pattern was. and no i didnt use the hints. here is a riddle to help.
i am small and cubed. i am thrown about when i am used. all i am adds to 21. i can often provide fun.

Mike - take note of which wall that oribiting black circle is on, and the color on the walls, you will need that information later. Just click on the triangle button again to return, and then keep going. =)

just beat the game
awesome game i must say
verryyy addicting
if anyone needs help just email me or i will check back on this site occasionally

Arghhhhh! im going crazy with the green room. Its the last room i have to complete (besides white that is) and i cant do it!

Anymore tips or suggestions? I've already looked at the hints on this page and i still can't get it!

Any help will be most appreciated! :)

wooohoooo! i amde it without a walkthrough:) soo nvm about the purple room(which took 4ever to figure out) thanx everyone esp. jay!

i cant figure out second room w/ spinning orbs....help plz

I"m a bit stuck on green..but hoping to hack my way through with no hints.

Seems folks are stuck on the same thing I was stuck on at first. The swirly bits (like the one at the end of the blue maze) aren't another puzzle really. That just means you finished a room. Click the triangle button in one of the corners and go back to the main room.

(Dummy-Me spent about 30 minutes trying to click my way out of the swirly-place before I figured out I was SUPPOSED to end up back in the Dark Room

I feel so validated, woot. number 6151. Two hours and one hint, so worth it

Dont worry, I thought it waws a cube too

Had a little trouble with figureing out how to access rooms, green was difficult, and white was a pain....not bad though

dam dots where the hell are they? i finished blue now i cant find the other dots!!!!!!!!

wat is the point in the game cuzzi got the blue and yellow dots but i dont get wat to do

check out this solution

I've written a walkthrough. Don't use it unless you're completely and utterly stuck because it doesn't give hints, just cheats. Here's the link.

Mail me or comment on my walkthrough if you find mistakes.

Ok, I am stuck on the yellow room; i noticed that some of the squares on the floor dont light up when you click on them or double click on them. But they will light up when another square lights it up. I know im probably missing something really small, but could I get a hand?

I finished red, yellow, green, orange, and purple with no problem. However the blue room is killing me.

I was able to go from the middle of the floor to the middle of the ceiling (all different ways, I even found the shortest path). BUT, NOTHING HAPPENED!

Anyone could give me a hint on how to solve blue room? Do I have to go thru all the squares (and without going to the same square twice?) HELP!!

Thanks,
Odyssey

Odyssey: Click the button. ;)

Dose anyone know where to find a guide 4 the dark room ... im already stuck

Just tell me the green room and its all done!
pleeaaaaaaase, tell me the exact order

In the yellow room I made all the tiles turn yellow, but nothing happened. Am I missing something?

Hey,

This game rocks. Don't think too complicated. The orange and the green room might take some time but with all the hints posted on this site the rest is super easy.

This game rocks! Okay, I admit I used some help and spent at least two hours on the orange room before reading someone's walkthrough. People, don't be lazy, draw it if you're stuck! Anyways, here's as many hints I can give you without actually giving a walkthrough. (Or, maybe it already is one.)

Wonderful game, jay! Thanks!

how do u get into the rooms?? im on the first thing ,i pressed the square thingy at the top with the swirl ,it took u sumwere with dots ,i pressed the dots and thats how far i can go...pleaseee help,i want 2 beat it...thanks

You can hint me with red puzzle?

#4916

pedro:

the red room is the easiest for some... hardest for others. All of the rooms could be solved just as easily if you are from an alien planet... except this one. I think it isn't as good as the others because of this.

DO IT WITHOUT HINTS! It is much better this way.

I am #5000 on the Hall of Fame. Yay!

EVERYONE READ THIS!!!!!

jay your wicked cool...this game is awesome...

people!! first, stop before you comment just read through a couple comments and you will see the question your about to post about a million times.

second dont be a wimp and use a walkthrough just spend a little time on each puzzle.

and third enjoy this game cuz its so amzingly awesome

-peace out, J.J.

I hate the Yellow room!!!

Here is some help for the red room:

These are UBER SPOILERS!! Not hints- instructions.

I've solved every puzzle but orange. Can anyone give me some tips? I know that:

Thanks for the help! C^:

I had all the correct orbits and colours, but I was still stuck for an hour in the White room until I found out what was wrong:

It must be some weird perspective trick but I played this game for a while and the whole time I thought I was looking at the outside of the cube, trying to get in!

after you complete all the levels except the white one, where are these "clues" that indicate the colour of each orbit on the white level?

I'm so glad I finished! Thanks for your help everyone! (I had to look for the red room) What an amazing game! I loved it!!!

ok, how do you draw a path in the blue room?

love,
kitties-n-things.s5.com's biggest fan

p.s. this game is fun

p.p.s. this game is annoying

p.p.p.s. this game is hard

JK! gosh, can't u take a joke??

;P

i seriously need help on the purple room. i know i sound crazy but when i get to one side it has 1 satellite and 3 spiders!?! so i have 11 satellites and 13 spiders. is there a secret satellite?
(yes i have lit up all of my 11 satellites first.)
plz help:)

never mind i got past purple (one had three satelites)

finaly beat it. took two hours. damn

for the white room, i think it changes every time. but the hardest thing about it (besides figuring out what to do) is figuring out which one it is: small,medium, or large. just look carefully at each one and trust your gut. yay, i succeeded thanks to this page

Woah... I beat it... yay! any questions... just ask me.

waah! the link doesn't work any more :(
ps. awesome site though jay!

Thanks katie! Yes, I am aware the Woolythinking site is down right now, and I've sent an email off to Jonathan to inquire how we might be able to get it back online asap. So, hang tight. It will be back, I'm sure of it! =)

The Dark Room Walkthrough
DISCLAIMER: What you are about to read are the cheats to the game "The Dark Room" if you do not want me to spoil the game for you, do not continue reading this.

I cant get purple green or orange everytime im so close it full get something wrong and even though something are the same it still doesnt work

Well that was fun! I had trouble with the green room but it wasn't all that hard.. took like 35 minutes or so.. but what really sucks is the website they use to save the name and message is gone :O I spent a whole two minutes writing a huge acceptance speech. :( /shrug

hmmm... the white room seems not to work for me. I think i've got everything down right and i've checked it twice but it still dosen't seem to work... any ideas?

[Edit: I would suggest being just a wee bit more descriptive with what you're having trouble with, as you are likely to get very little response to your vague call for help. -Jay]

this is my first post, but i just want to say, jay, i love your site. i love these games. "room escape", are my favorite of all. keep up what you are good at, and that is haveing new games when we need them :)

Hi im brazilian
and i need help with the red room somebody teach me please in portuguese

how annoying...

[Edit: It's not impossible. But I do understand how you might get frustrated while playing it. Why don't you look through the comments here, as most of the rooms have been discussed with hints, tips, spoilers and perhaps even a walkthrough. -Jay]

wooooooo omg finnaly i finished it ...after 2 and a half hours i finished it.. woooooooo!
...got to admit one of the hardest point and click games ive played.. really fun :)

I got the white room all on my own, but I needed a guide for some of the other rooms.

altísimo juego, exelent game. its very hard in the beggining...
i hope teres another game like this(maybe dark room 2)

I only got the following rooms -
I include what are we mainly suppose to do with each room

Purple : Get all the satellites , not the spiders

Blue : Use the middle floor tile and trace it to the top middle dot

and..

Yellow : Just light up all the squares

WOAH , I did the orange room....With just guessing xDDD Im DAM lucky!!!I also did red already =D...I dun get White Room T_T

I DID IT I DID IT I DID IT! the green room was evil!

A walkthrough (well , kinda)

Oh yeah...I forgot to post..
The white Room -

The green room -

I finished the game...again

Hi,

Okay, I am painfully confused...

I've only JUST started playing and everyone's mentioning red rooms and white rooms ... But I'm in a black room.

Could anyone please care to explain to me? I've no idea what the objective of the game is, even.

Someone PLEASE give me a spoiler!! I don't care if it's rewarding to figure it out by myself. GIMME A SPOILER!!!!!!

Ha! Beat it. Thx to Tim. I didn't see his spoiler when I wrote my previous comment. That was fun! I don't care that I needed help. Here's the spoil that helped me solve it.

OUCH MY HEAD HURTS...
..still cant get my head round the dimensions of physics of the room, let alone the puzzles...
i think i'll leave this one....

i don't know if it just me, but i really cant work out the blue room. ive looked at the walktrhough you guys have given, but, and this is why i feel stupid, they dont make sense. Opening paths? All the tiles have open paths! its really confusing... but, like i said, thats probably me.

i mean, i can get to the end, using the paths, but it seems im not doing right because it wont go all swirly like it does for the other rooms.

any help will be great...

ta

I need help to finish the white room. I solved all the other ones and I already have the colors and sizes of the circles that I found inside of them. But I'm not understanding which the correct order of you place them in the white room.
Somebody help me!! It's driving me crazy!

Thank's a lot!!

I just got past the green room! For anybody stuck, notice how there is a reflection on each wall after you click on one trapezoid? Click on the trapezoid that fits into the reflection.

I'm playing it now and I just cannot understand it !
I just do not know what to do and what is this about ?!

Stupid, I know.

[Edit: It's a puzzle game. The objective is it figure out what to do. -Jay]

Okay, I know what it's about now.
But I still cannot finish it.
I did blue and yellow room though.
Slowly.
We aint it a hurry. :)
Thanks Jay.

This game is very fascinating! I really enjoyed it. ^^

I used paper to map out many of the rooms (all except yellow and white), so if you get stuck, that may be helpful.

That being said, I did use the hints for green (just to get an idea, solved using paper cutouts), red (didn't expect it to be so straightforward) and white (didn't stare at the swirly patterns).

So yeah, good luck to anyone looking for help here. =3

red room..

look up, see only 1 lit, look down see 2 lit, look left see 3 lit. look at the ground see 6 lit... OH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

White room? Too obvious... just make sure you COMPLETE the other rooms first!

I can answer any questions about the game. Ask me if you have a question.

Anyone have any idea what happened to the author? The website has long since disappeared; it would be nice to see this game back up on the Web (although I have a copy of the .swf file tucked safely away)

[Edit: Unfortunately, it seems Jonathan May fell off the face of the Earth without a trace a few years ago. I used to communicate with him frequently, but then my emails went unreturned, and then his domains all expired. I fear the worst has happened. He was a brilliant guy, very nice, too. All his games continue to live on here at JIG for posterity. -Jay]

You know what's really amazing? I solved the white room without solving the orange room. I can't get the orange room properly documented, but the others were OK. White was so easy once you knew what to do. "Hints from other levels," as what many have said, do not mean what you might think they mean.

Colorblind, fail.
Thanks.

I love the 3D puzzles, but the scene change for having gotten one right is so nasty on my eyes that I had to stop playing. Please, for the love of migraines, no swirling checkerboards!

Ohhhh [minor spoiler below]

I was confused as to what everyone was saying with these coloured rooms, and from the hints it seemed that the "progress" I had made led me to the White Room.

To get in to each room...
Use the three buttons to make its colour combination on the corner swirl, then click the swirl.

Yay.

the purple room is driving me CRAAZY!!!!!!

Does anyone know how to see other entries in the hall of fame. The ending has changed since the first time I played and I left my message but on save nothing happened. Any advice or ideas. A truely great game. Now to the dark complex I think!