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Walkthrough for Challenge of the Tentacle

Challenge of the Tentacle

by

Amir Matouk

 

Walkthrough by chrissie 2022

(With help from Amir to solve some of the puzzles)

 

I’ve split the walkthrough into 3 parts so if you only need help with some of the puzzles, please refer to content in Part 2! 

PART 1: INTRO, EXPLORING & COLLECTING ITEMS

PART 2: EXTRA CLUES FOR OPENING THE PUZZLE BOXES

Please use in conjunction with the in-game help if necessary.

PART 3: THE PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

******WARNING****** MAJOR SPOILERS!!!! 

Please only look here as a last resort!

 

PART 1: INTRO, EXPLORING & COLLECTING ITEMS

After listening to him explain his predicament find yourself, as Bernard, reading a letter.

You learn that to escape you need to solve the puzzles contained in the 12 boxes scattered around to collect the parts of the broken key to the locked bedroom door.

Note from the letter that some of the puzzles are related to items in the room. 

These also include some visual clues that can’t be interacted with.

 

Tip: In order to solve some of the puzzles, as in all good adventures, it is necessary to examine objects by right-clicking on them including any inventory items you pick up. 

Once the game screen becomes active you now have the Letter in inventory. Explore the room.

Take the Crowbar by the window.

Click on all of the drawers & take the Sam & Max Hair Dyes, Credit Card, Three apples & Women’s underwear.

Use the women’s underwear to clean off the dirt on the door to reveal a symbol.

Note that puzzle box numbers 7, 8 & 9 are located in the drawers.

 

Examine the carpet & try to pick it up.

Click on the cables underneath the desk to plug in both the PC & kettle by guiding their respective plugs through the mazes.

Examine the kettle to get a close-up then click on the switch to heat it.

Take the Electric kettle, use it on the carpet & then click on the carpet.

 

Enter the secret passage to find boxes 10, 11 & 12.

Take Green Tentacle’s suction cups.

 

Solve the puzzles contained within each of the puzzle boxes to collect the 12 Key parts.

 

Use the Credit card on the PC then click on it to order glue from Stan.

Click on the window then use the crowbar on it.

Click on the trashcan to pick up the Glue

Use the glue on the key parts to form a complete Key.

Use the key on the door & then click on the door…………..

 

PART 2: EXTRA CLUES FOR OPENING THE PUZZLE BOXES

 

These are in addition to the in-game `Help’ feature, accessed by clicking on the `HELP’ icon on the PC screen, but using this will add 2 points to your score each time. Every wrong answer submitted will cost you 1 point. 

The idea is to try & complete the game with a score of 0.

 

Boxes marked with an asterisk* need a physical item and/or visual clue to solve. 

Box 1

Puzzle: What is the next letter in the sequence?

Clue: What is the most basic & common sequence of `words’ you can think of?

 

Box 2*

Puzzle: Enter the correct word you meddling milk toast!

Clue: The answer is not contained within the puzzle text. You need to examine items in the room.

 

Box 3*

Puzzle: Find the logical order of the suckers and the eyebrow for the tentacle in the middle.

Clue: You obviously need to find the suckers. 

Once you have them, to place them correctly along with the moustache, refer to how the arrangement on the middle of the left & right columns relates to the tentacles above & below in the same columns.

Not all of the suckers are needed.

 

Box 4

Puzzle: Can you crack the code? I don’t think so.

The easiest way to solve this puzzle is by a process of elimination.

Start off with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7, 8, 9.

Cross out the numbers according to the info next to each row to leave 3 numbers.

 

Use the info from rows 1 & 3 to rearrange them correctly.

 

Box 5* 

Puzzle: Open your eyes and match the objects correctly!

Clue: There is a visual clue in the room relating to the placement of the objects to help match them

 

Click & drag the cursor on the puzzle to draw lines between the matching items. 

The pattern of lines that you draw is not relevant. 

 

Box 6

Puzzle: Enter the correct word, or you know what? The complete opposite of it.

Clue: The easiest way to solve this is to spell out the names of the card suites & use the numbers to pinpoint one of the letters…….

The answer, as advised, is the opposite.

 

Box 7

Puzzle: 8 purple tentacles have conquered the 8 planets of our solar system. After that they met on earth and everyone gave everyone else a kiss on the mouth as a reward. How many kisses in total took place?

Clue: Everyone only kisses everyone else once.

 

Box 8*

Puzzle: Arrange the colors in the right order, HAHAHA!

Clue: Look around. The colors should give you a clue along with the details…...

 

Box 9

Puzzle: Find all of the hidden purple tentacles!

Clue: You need to pay careful attention to the instructions.

 

Box 10*

Puzzle: Try to unlock it, smartass!

Clue: You should have something in your inventory that relates to the symbols.

Right-click these items to examine them & then think about what you can do to match the number to those shown in the puzzle.

Is there anything in either room that can help to give you a code?

 

Box 11*

Puzzle: Enter the correct one, naïve human!

Clue: The first number (99) seems to be displayed with the two digits mirroring each other. 

Missing numbers & symbols are presented as visual clues so look around.

Two pairs are used in the order you see them.

One of them may be obscured unless you’ve cleaned it.

 

Box 12*

Puzzle: Guess what my favourite number is! HAHAHA!

Clue HAHAHA! Where else have you read that & what number was mentioned? 


 

PART 3: THE PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

 

******WARNING******

 

MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!

 

Box 1

Answer: S. 

 

Box 2*

Answer: MASTERING.

 

Box 3*

Answer: Click & drag the small suction cup to the top, the moustache to 3rd from the top & the sucker with the smaller dark green centre to the bottom.

You need to combine the suckers with the green Sam & Max Hair Dye first.

 

Box 4

Answer: 394

 

Box 5

Answer: Draw lines to match Manny with the PC, the vase with the trashcan, the window with the carpet & the Zak poster with the teddy.

 

Box 6

Answer: Long

 

Box 7

Answer 28

 

Box 8*

Answer: 1 = Olive green, 2 = Red, 3 = Blue, 4 = Lilac & 5 = Bright green

 

Box 9

Answer: Starting at the top row place the tentacles in the following positions

X = space

O = planet

T = tentacle 

 

Row 1: XOTXXTXT

Row 3: XXXXOOTX

Row 4: OTXXTXXX

Row 6: OXXTXTOT

Row 7: TXXOXXXX

Row 8: XXXTOTOX 

 

Box 10*

Answer: 30602

You need to use the apples on the trashcan then weigh the remainder on the digital scale.. 

 

Box 11*

Answer: 220

66, the division sign & 22 can be seen on the bedroom door. The minus sign & 77 is on the cellar wall.

 

Box 12*

Answer: 12

 
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