Flash developer and blogger LUT! has a few unique point-and-click adventure games just begging for your attention. They're short, moderately difficult, and one oozes style while the other tries to scare the ActionScript out of you.
Darkness Episodes 1 and 2 - The Darkness games put you in the role of a girl who wakes one night to answer a knock at her front door. 
A black hand engulfs her and the next thing she knows she's back in her bed and doesn't remember a thing. Upon investigating she finds a few things are a little... different... in her home. No spoilers here, but the plot twists in several directions while taking the time to spook you with some chilling moments. Follow the title screen's advice and turn up the speakers to really get sucked in.
There's an interesting feature where the girl will get frightened and "PANIC!" will flash on the screen. Press the space bar as fast as you can to keep your cool. If you don't, it's Game Over. It really keeps your senses on alert.
The first episode of Darkness is played out entirely in first person while the second shifts to a third-person view. The puzzles in both installments are fairly straightforward, but part two offers a little more challenge.
Tomb of Doom - This room-escape point-and-click game really stands out because the characters and scenery are made entirely out of plasticine, the clay-like substance used to make Wallace and Gromit. 
You play a Gumby-esque character who falls into a mysterious tomb while taking a walk. Using the items found inside, you must fend off giant scorpions, unlock doors and investigate strange statues as you search for the exit. It's sort of like a light-hearted Indiana Jones adventure with a few quirky quests to keep you from getting too serious.
Solving the puzzles in Tomb of Doom isn't too difficult, but navigating through the maze of doors and nearly identical rooms can be confusing, even with the map. It's a short play, but it's great to see this rare form of animation used in a video game.
The games on the LUT! website are great diversions. The Darkness episodes are especially atmospheric and can easily swipe an hour of your time without you even realizing it. Play.
As a side note, the LUT! website has a few pop-up ads, many of which open when you leave the site. Be ready.
Thanks Bonman for sending these in!
Walkthrough Guide
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DAKNESS Episode 3 WALKTHROUGH
train scene
(wait till monologue ends)
1. click window and wait
2. you will now be facing a different part of the train (left side)
3. move forward (there's an arrow)
4. check red paper bag to the right (get candle; you will see a musicbox also with missing metal pieces)
5. click back/down arrow and then head left
6. there's a piece of paper underneath the orange seat
7. click again where you got paper; there's a bubblegum that you will be using later
8. go back to first frame (where you saw the whitelady seating next to you)
9. check beneath the seats and get matchbox (if you cant get it, there's glitch)
10. look up and click the vent (open the vent cover)
11. check behind the train map board (you will get a rectangular piece of mirror)
12. look at vent
13. stick the bubble gum with the rectangular mirror
14. use that in the vent and get the first metal piece (wait or do not wait =p)
15. return to first frame and turn left
16. the other metal piece is on the floor
17. see the paper again where it says, "you never know what lurks beneath."
18. use lighted candle on it to see the code (different codes for every gameplay)
19. now, go to the red paper bag again and put the two metal pieces on the musicbox
20. once done, click the metal pieces to form your code
21. put the mirror with gum according to place
22. fast part. head right and there will be a cutscene. CHECK the tied up plastic bag (all else are rubbish).
23. run right and get the LUT COLA and then run right for the COMB with pointed edge.
24. go back to tied up plastic bag and pop it with the pointed brush
25. open your inventory and combine MENTOS with LUT COLA
26. the combination will make an explosion (science experiment =p)
27. spray the cola geyser at the eyes to buy you more time (you can control its direction)
29. when the train ghost appears, just hit spacebar (panic)
30. WALK right a little bit and get the winding key on the seat and then
31. RUN FAST TO THE LEFT and use key on musicbox
32. NOTE: when you get caught by the vines(?), just hit SPACEBAR
33. NOTE: cutscene and then you must exit the train fast BUT YOU WONT BE ABLE TOO
34. another monologue and then look on your feet (click down arrow)
THE EGG: and i never got to use the egg. maybe you can use it on the train doors so that it wont close?
Posted by: decomia | December 31, 2009 6:36 AM