Anyone who has a soft spot for picturesque oil paintings, soulful piano melodies, and baskets overflowing with pink lily blooms will be immediately won over by Tomatea's newest room escape game, Autumn Melancholy. In this seasonally-themed escape, Tomatea gives as much attention to tone and mood as to well-designed puzzles, excellent graphics and playability. There is nothing gloomy or sad about exploring this beautiful apartment, lavishly appointed in warm autumn colors and textures, no matter what the title might lead you to believe.
Adding cohesiveness and a thematic element to the game play, Autumn Melancholy sends guests riffling through furnishings and around corners on the hunt for picture fragments that need to be reassembled by game's end. You'll find a light up cursor to indicate interactive areas, textual reminders when more clues are needed before attempting a solution, and several diverse puzzles to stimulate the mind. Just click an area to move in for a closer look, or click the sides or bottom of the screen to change direction. Click an item to pick it up from the scene or put it to use from your inventory.
If anything bad can be said about Autumn Melancholy, it's that the furniture needs a bit of rearranging. Because some objects and doors are approachable only from an odd angle, navigation can sometimes be misleading, causing you to overlook an important item or question whether the key in hand fits that particular lock. The reappearance of some overused puzzles (think color-coded drawer lock) might also elicit a yawn, yet it is quickly suppressed by the joy of exploring these gorgeous surroundings. Every surface becomes such a temptation to touch, examine and gaze that you might be diverted from the true task: getting out.
Walkthrough Guide
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Autumn Melancholy Walkthrough
General Information
Change direction by clicking the sides or bottom of the game screen; a greyish bar on the side or bottom of the screen will indicate when this is possible.
The cursor will light up when an area is interactive: click there to get a closer look or pick something up.
Examine areas and objects from every angle possible, exploring all sides for hidden panels or obscured parts.
Usable items are stored in your inventory on the right side of the game screen.
To use an item, click on it once to highlight its square.
Inventory items can be opened for close examination/and more information; click the "(i)" that appears in the top right corner of the item's inventory square.
Some items will not work until combined with others.
To try to combine inventory items, first open one for to examine it more closely. Next, select the other item then click on the first to combine the two.
You can also separate items in your inventory, using same methods as above.
To find out if a key opens a lock, highlight the key then click on the door. If the key works, the door will open.
Puzzles can only be solved when you have viewed the required clues or gathered all of the needed pieces. You'll see the message "I have no clue how to solve this" if further sleuthing is required.
If an item is not working the way you think its intended, it means some other step must be performed first.
Move picture puzzle tiles by first clicking on the tile you want to move, then clicking on the spot you want to move it to.
This game has only one ending. Have fun!
First Arrival in the Livingroom
Zoom in on the lamp in the back left corner of the room; this will bring an end table into view.
Pick up the REMOTE CONTROL from the table.
Get the PICTURE TILE (1/16) from the baseboard.
Open the Photo Album--click through the pages until you find a missing photo. Seems that a photo should go there, shouldn't it?
Take the PIECE OF PAPER; open it in your inventory to view the clue: a numbered 3x3 grid. Perhaps it corresponds to something in one of the rooms?
Back up.
Click on the sofa to face it straight on.
Move the large green pillow and small orange pillow to find another PICTURE TILE (2/16); grab it.
Back up.
Click to take a closer look at the colored candles on the far end of the television cabinet.
Make note that each of the four colored candles are of varying heights; this may or may not be a clue. We'll worry about that later.
Back up and turn right, to face the TV.
Zoom in on the TV.
Highlight the REMOTE CONTROL in your inventory; click on the TV.
The word "Z O O M" appears on the screen.
Under that are the numbers "90.0.0.180"
The numbers indicate how to manipulate the letters in order to get a 4-letter code.
Turn the Z 90 degrees. Turn the M 180 degrees.
N O O W
Make note of that code for later use.
Back up.
While facing the television cabinet from behind a basket of pink flowers, click on the left cabinet door to bring it into closer view.
Grab the PICTURE TILE (3/16) that's under the cabinet.
Click the lock on the left door: you'll need a four-letter code.
Remember the code from the TV?
N O O W
Enter it to open the cabinet door.
Inside the left cabinet, get:
A PICTURE TILE (4/16)
A SILVER KEY
A butane LIGHTER
Also notice the CLUE: a drawing of a face? Make note of the angles of the lines representing the eyes, nose and mouth.
Now click the lock on the second door from the left: a diamond made up of four squares (a color code). You need more clues before you can solve this.
Back up.
Now take a closer look at the right side of the cabinet.
You can't solve the puzzles on either doors yet; take note of what they are so you can look for clues.
Second cabinet door from the right: four blank squares for... Colors?
Right door: a four-digit number.
Back up and turn right:
In the corner, between the two doors, is another PICTURE TILE (5/16). Zoom in and grab it.
Bathroom, Part 1: Gathering Clues and Items
To enter the bathroom, use the SILVER KEY to open the door on the right side of the room (as facing the TV)
Take a closer look at the tulip picture above the toilet:
Click on the left side of its frame to see two arrow buttons as well as a slot needing two batteries.
You'll need to gather more clues--and two batteries--before you can solve this.
Back up
Zoom in on the sink area:
Pick up the PICTURE TILE (6/16) next to the sink.
Get the LIGHTER FLUID (black can) from the left side of the counter.
Back up then click on the towels on the lower shelf:
Grab the PICTURE TILE (7/16) hidden amongst the towels.
Back up again.
Now zoom in on the shelf above the tub, on the left side of the room.
Get PICTURE TILE (8/16) from next to the bar soaps.
Click on the Decorative Box: it has a pattern of leaves on its lid. There is probably something you have to do with getting from the first leaf on the top left edge to the leaf on the bottom right edge; right now you have no clue.
Back up twice to leave the bathroom.
Back in Livingroom: Middle Left Cabinet Door
Go back to the candles by the TV.
Open the LIGHTER in your inventory.
Fill the lighter with LIGHTER FLUID; a flame will appear.
Use the lighter to light the candles.
The candles melt down to form a diamond of four colors:
From top, clockwise: green, purple, red, orange.
Back up; it's time to open the cabinet door second from the left.
Focus in on the left side of the cabinet.
Click on the second door from the left:
The clue for this comes from the melted candles.
Colorblind Instructions:
Top= 2 clicks. Right= 6 clicks. Bottom= 1 click. Left= 5 clicks.
When you've entered the correct color code, click the button to open the cabinet.
Inside the cabinet you'll get:
Another PICTURE TILE (9/16)
A GOLD KEY.
Now you have the key to the bedroom; back up.
The Bedroom, Part 1: Gathering Items and Clues
Use the GOLD KEY on the door on the left side of the room, by the windows.
Gather some items and picture tiles in this room:
Grab PICTURE TILE (10/16) hidden under the rug at the left side of the room.
Zoom in on the floor, next to the bed;pick up the PICTURE TILE (11/16) on the baseboard
While there, grab the BATTERY that's sticking out from under the bed. Back up.
Take a closer look at the pillows on the bed; there is a PICTURE TILE (12/16) under the right pillow. Back up.
Now focus on the table and armchair.
Pick up the TONGS from the silver tray.
Also get PICTURE TILE (13/16) near the right corner of the table.
Back out to face the whole room again.
Take a closer look at the clock.
Looking straight on at the clock, you see a design which is probably a clue:
Going by the tulip symbol, it is the clue for the bathroom picture.
Make a note of the leaf design; some leaves face up, some face down.
It also looks like the face of the clock requires another key. "I have no clue how to solve this." Oh well...later then.
Click on the right side of the clock to see a keyhole. Without a key, we can only guess at what's inside for now.
Time to go back to the bathroom.
Bathroom, Part 2: Tulip Picture
Solve the Tulip Picture:
Click on the left side of the picture frame and find the battery slot:
You need two batteries. You have one, where is the other?
Open the back of your remote control, take out the other BATTERY.
Put both batteries into the picture frame.
Now use the clue from the bedroom clock to push the arrow buttons:
down--down--up--down--up--down
The correct combination will light up both sets of lights on the picture, giving you a new color code; back up to see it:
orange-green-pink-purple
Now you can open another cabinet door. Go back out to the livingroom.
Livingroom: Middle Right Cabinet Door
Open the TV cabinet door, second from the right:
Enter need the four-color code from correctly lighting up the picture in the bathroom.
Colorblind instructions:
From left to right = 5 clicks--2 clicks--4 clicks--6 clicks
From inside the cabinet, take:
The SCREWDRIVER
PICTURE TILE (14/16)
Armed with new tools, now go back to the bathroom.
Bathroom, Part 3: Fan and Box
Take a closer look at the fan, high on the wall above the window.
You can use the screwdriver to turn the screws but you need to turn them a certain direction, it seems.
Use the clue you gathered earlier on:
The "face" in the television cabinet:
The screws in both top corners=horizontal.
Middle screw=horizontal.
Bottom screws=slanted inwards.
The correct position of the screws opens the fan cover.
Use the TONGS to grab a PIECE OF PAPER (open it to see another clue).
Now you can open that decorative Wood Box on the shelf by the tub.
The goal is to change all the colored leaves to white.
Use the clue you found in the fan.
Solution (includes colorblind instructions):
First, if you number the leaves in order from left to right:
1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6
7 -8 -9 -10-11-12
13-14-15-16-17-18
19-20-21-22-23-24
Then, go in this order:
1-2-8-7-13-19-20-14-15-21-22-16-10-9-3-4-5-6-12-11-17-18-24-23
Inside the box you'll get: a six-petaled flower KEY.
Go back to the bedroom.
Bedroom, Part 2: the Clock's Secrets
Open the side of the clock:
Use the flower key to open the right side of the clock.
From inside the clock panel, take the PICTURE TILE (15/16).
Make note of the clue: "COOL. U=2"
Go back out to open the livingroom.
Livingroom, Last Cabinet Door and Photo Album
Open the far right door of the television cabinet.
After the clue in the clock, you can figure out the four digit code.
Don't read "cool" as a word. Look at it as positions on the 3x3 grid shown on the piece of paper still in your inventory:
6553
Enter those four numbers and press the button to open the cabinet door.
Inside the cabinet you'll get:
PICTURE TILE (16/16)
CLOCK KEY.
Back up and turn left; zoom in on the lamp table near the window.
Placing the picture tiles back in the Photo Album:
You should now have 16 Picture Tiles in your inventory.
Pick up the Photo Album and turn to the last page where the picture is missing.
Place the Picture Tiles into the album and rearrange them until they form a picture of the clock:
Screenshot: Completed Picture
Now you have the final clue, go back to the bedroom.
Bedroom Clock: "Time" for Your Exit
Go back to the bedroom clock to get your exit key.
First, adjust the time.
Use the clue from the photo album:
5:45
Then, insert the clock key into the keyhole by "6"
(The key won't go in until the time is correct. You can't fix the time until you've reassembled the picture tiles.)
"You can now take the key" so click on the right side of the clock, and peek into the opening.
The cylinder containing the exit key is now open. Take the DOOR KEY.
Go to the last door (door on far right wall), use the key and exit.
Congratulations!
(Colorblind instructions included.)
Posted by: elle
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November 11, 2011 11:09 AM
Autumn Melancholy Escape Walkthrough
General Information
There is a little white ball on your cursor when you can click, but not always, so, don't rely on this.
There are puzzles which are not colorblinds compliant, I'll explain in the solutions.
You have to find 16 tiles, their locations are in the specific section, not along the walkthrough.
Good Luck !
Exploration
On the table to the right of the couch, you can found a picturebook, and at the last page, there is a grid with numbers from 1 to 9. Take it.
There is also a remote control on the table.
To your right, there are 4 cupboards, a plate with 4 candles, and a TV.
On the couch, you can move 3 cushions.
The left cupboard
You need a four letter code.
You have a remote control and a TV set, and, lucky you, there is already a battery inside it.
There is only on channel on this TV, and it says "ZOOM 90.0.0.180". This is only one clue.
You have to apply the rotation to the letters.
Z + 90° = N
O + 0° = O
M + 180°= W
The word code is NOOW !
In the cupboard, there are a silver key and a lighter.
The middle left cupboard
You need a four color code.
Now that you have a key, let's open a door. The right one for example.
You can take something on the left of the sink.
It's a bottle of lighter fluid, and you have a lighter, fill it up !
You can now light up the candles to the left of the TV.
You have now four colors :
Up = Green
Left = Orange
Right = Purple
Down = Red
For colorblinds, the rotation of colors is :
Yellow (starting color)
Red
Green
Blue
Pink
Orange
Purple
In the cupboard, there is a copper key.
The middle right cupboard
You need a four color code.
Think about a thing you saw that has four identical things on it.
The code will be on the roses painting in the bathroom.
You have to turn it on.
Click on its left.
You need two batteries
One is in the remote control, the other is under the bed, near the books.
Now you have colors, but it's not enough. What about this two arrows ?
The code for the arrows is on the clock above the bedroom.
The leaves indicates down, down, up, down, up, down with a rose for the clue !
Yay ! Four colors !
Orange Green Pink Purple
For colorblinds, the rotation of colors is :
Yellow (starting color)
Red
Green
Blue
Pink
Orange
Purple
There is a screwdriver in the cupboard.
The box above the bath
You need a three color code.
You'll have to use the clue in the left cupboard.
It's for the aeration in the bathroom (top left).
Just turn the screws like on the clue. There's a paper inside ! But you can't reach it ...
There are tongs on the table in the bedroom.
You have to push every leave on the box, following the three color code, from the left leave to the other one.
The code is Green Red Yellow.
For colorblinds, the map of the box is :
------------
|GRYGRY|
|GYRGRG|
|RRYYYG|
|YGGRYR|
------------
The solution is :
R R D L D D R U R D R U U L U R R R D L D R D L
R for Right, U for Up, D for Down, L for Left
There is a golden key in the box.
The clock
You need a time !
You have to open the pannel under the clock.
On its left, use the golden key, there is a code inside.
Four signs, a number, what could you do with this code ?
It's for the right cupboard ! And you only have one thing in your inventory.
Each sign correspond with a number on your paper.
The code is 6553.
The little key from the cupboard is for the clock, but you still need the time.
You need the 16 tiles ! (see the section to find them all)
The tiles are in black and white.
Put'em in the picturebook, and reorganize'em to form a picture of the clock.
The time is 4:45.
But you have to put 5:45 !
And now turn the little key in the hole.
You can take the key ! (on the left of the clock)
And get out by the right door.
The 16 tiles
In the main room :
Near the table to the right of the couch.
Under the cushions on the couch.
In the corner between the two right doors.
Under the middle left cupboard.
In the left cupboard.
In the middle left cupboard.
In the middle right cupboard.
In the right cupboard.
In the bathroom :
Above the bath.
To the left of the sink.
Under the sink.
In the bedroom :
Under the curtains, near the carpet.
On the table.
Near the books.
Under the right pillow.
In the clock.
Posted by: Grizix
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November 11, 2011 11:21 AM