I don't know why you'd ever want to escape from Ichima's Room 8. With its lounge-friendly decor, lovely balcony, and frosty drinks, it's literally everything I've ever wanted in a getaway, but if you're not a laze-bag like me, well, you'll need to solve some puzzles to get out. There's no changing cursor, so you'll have to check everything to figure out what you can interact with on your own, though there's also not much pixel hunting to speak of either. Room 8 doesn't hide new views or items in places without some sort of visual indicator, so you don't need to worry about clicking madly only to find you missed the one fraction of screen you needed to see what you were missing, and the whole thing is tightly designed with logical and clever puzzles that will wake up your brain without making it blow smoke. It's not a particularly long game, but it is a charming, crafty one, and a perfectly pleasing escape from whatever ails you.
Walkthrough Guide
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This is my first walkthrough, so I hope it is useful
We'll start by looking around us.
View one (Surfboard wall)
Click on the surfboard.
Note the pineapple and the three coloured buttons.
Back out.
Click on the table.
Take a look at the palm trees - they look so shapely on their island.
Note the two buttons under the trees
Click on the dolphin and watch him go for a spin
Note the number and where you got it from
Click on the drawer; it is locked.
Note the four squares.
Back out
Back out
Click on the grill on the wall
Duck! (No, it's a canary...)
Back out
Turn right
View two (Shell picture wall)
Click on the picture.
Note the shells and the button in the top left corner
Click on the left side of the picture
Note the battery cover
Back out
Click on the glass dish on the wall
Click again on the dish
Note the number of shells and their shape
Back out
Click on the door - it is locked.
Back out
Turn right
View three (Couch wall)
Note the grill in the top corner - it is too high to reach
Click on the table
Note the locked drawer
Click on the shells and note the number and their shape
Back out to the couch view
Click on the couch
Click on the green cushion
Click on the pink box
It is locked, and needs a number code
Back out to the couch view
Click on the plant
It moves to the left
Zoom in on the button - at the moment, it doesn't work
Back out to the couch view
Turn right
View four (balcony exit)
Click on the table
Click closer on the shells, and note their number and shape. Back out
Hmm - there's something funny under the chair - take a closer look
Something is screwed down there - we can't open it yet
Back out to the view of the balcony
Time to get some fresh air! Select the outside view to get to the balcony.
Turn left
View five (balcony table view)
Click on the table
Click closer on the shells and note their number and shape.
Back out
Click on the glass dish - pretty noise!
Back out to the main view
Click twice on the furled up canopy
You need something to unfurl it
Back out to the main view
Turn right twice
View six (sunlounger view)
Zoom in on the flip-flops (or thongs, or jandals, depending on where in the world you live :-) )
One of them flips over
Note the number and where you got it from
Back out to the sunlounger view
Click on the sunlounger
Someone has left their book behind - have a read (click on the right hand page to move forwards, left hand page to move back)
Page 1
Note the colours and arrows
Page 2
There are a couple of very cryptic clues here
Note the shapes linking to the pink box. There is a pattern to the numbers, which we will need later
Back out to the sunlounger view
Click on the table
Click on the drink - note the number and where you got it from
Back out to the sunlounger view
Now you are ready to start solving some puzzles!
Puzzle 1 - the surfboard
Click in on the surfboard
Where have we seen those colours before?
We were enjoying the fresh air
In the book on the sunlounger
SURFIN
Press the coloured buttons in the order given
Green, Yellow, Purple, Yellow, Purple, Green
Collect the battery
But wait...
There were two arrows...
Press the coloured buttons in the opposite order
Green, Purple, Yellow, Purple, Yellow, Green
Collect the flour
Puzzle 2 - the shell picture
The picture is battery powered
Click on the left hand side of the picture
Open the battery case and put the battery in
Press the button on the front of the picture
Put in the numbers corresponding to each set of shells
4325
Take the pole
Puzzle 3 - the palm trees
Go out to the balcony table view
Click in twice on the canopy
Use the pole on the hole in the canopy
Click in on the palm tree pattern and note down their direction
Return to the surfboard view and zoom in on the palm tree model
Note which direction the palm trees are bending on the model
Click the buttons in the order from the pattern on the canopy
RRLRRLRL
Take the silver key
More clues
Go to the table by the couch
Use the silver key on the drawer
Take the screwdriver
Go to the table by the balcony exit
Zoom in on the chair
Use the screwdriver on the floor under the chair
Open the hatch and take the bottle
Note the number and where you got it
Puzzle 4 - the pink box
Return to the sofa and zoom in on the pink box
Where did we see the clue for this?
We were enjoying the fresh air
In the book on the sunlounger
The order needed is Dolphin, Glass, Flip-flop, Water
But there's only one number on the box for each clue
The numbers given in the book are another clue
It's not the numbers themselves
It's the shape of the numbers
How many closed loops are there?
Take the number of complete closed loops in each "clue number"
3124
Take the golden key
Puzzle 5 - the high grill
Go to the indoor plant, and move it to the left
Zoom in on the blue button
Use the key on the slot by the side of the button
Press the button
Climb the stairs to the high grill
What a weird contraption!
It's for making biscuits
Add the flour and water
Take the biscuit
Puzzle 6 - getting out
Go back out to the balcony
Add the biscuit to the glass bowl
Birds get frightened when you are near
You need to go back inside
Listen for the sound of the canary having its lunch (it happens just as you get indoors)
Turn back to the balcony
He's singing you a song for his supper (and confused my cat who got very interested in the game at this point)
Take a closer look - it has left footprints on the balcony
Note down the direction of the arrows
Return to the room and turn to the surfboard view. Zoom in on the drawer
Use the code from the canary to open the drawer
The arrows point to the button to press
Bottom right, Top right, Top left, Top right, Bottom left, Bottom right, Top left
Take the key
Turn to the shell picture view
Use the key on the door to go and have a paddle
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August 2, 2015 7:23 AM