Escape from the Art Studio
So a friend has called you over to visit his art studio. Are you going because you are both friends? Are you going because you appreciate art? Or are you going on the off chance that he has turned his studio into a classic escape-the-room game? Well, if you're Tesshi-e (and wouldn't it be nice to be Tesshi-e?), it's the latter. Welcome to Escape from the Art Studio and welcome to Weekday Escape!
What would it be like to actually live in Tesshi-e's world? Seriously, a world in which everyone you encounter, friends, relatives, co-workers, bosses, even complete strangers do nothing but modify places so that they are a tricky puzzle to figure your way out of (not like in real life, as these things would probably involve charges being filed). How cool would that be? Or how inconvenient, depending on your tolerance for exploring and puzzle solving.
As always navigation is by bars at the sides and bottom of the screen, and the controls are handy and include a mute button and a save button. The scenery is, of course, gorgeous and definitely makes you want to slow down and take your time while exploring this amusing little space. Everything looks so realistic you could almost be there. Well, almost, because frankly no art studio that ever existed could be this neat, tidy, and organized. Trust me, I went to art school.
Escape from the Art Studio has a nicely balanced mix of exploration, puzzles, and use of found objects. Even better, the puzzles have become more unique for a Tesshi-e escape, especially the little robots with the moving arms. These escapes continue to evolve, rarely falling back on cliché d, "I've seen this before" puzzles. That is one of the reasons that Tesshi-e escapes are so entertaining.
Has Tesshi-e found that changing cursor? Well, no, not yet. But with such an uncluttered space (seriously unrealistic for an art studio), there's not a lot of pixel hunting to be found. Some use of combined objects, but no construction. Of course everything is made so much easier with the new English translations. And yes, Virginia, there is a happy coin escape as well.
Escape from the Art Studio isn't in Neutral's league, but it is an amusing and fun little romp through room escaping funland. Something to awaken your escaping spirits and beguile your little gray cells as you wander around to the rhythm of a very familiar tune. That's the wonder of Tesshi-e escapes; they keep getting better and better! Start your engines, guys, it's time for your mid-week break.
Walkthrough Guide
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HINT-THROUGH
A series parsed hints to push you in the right direction.
Three Robots
Extension Cord Location:
It's stuck in the top draw of the under-window cabinet. You'll need something that you can stick in that drawer to open it.
Find the pallet knife and use it on the drawer.
Puzzle Hints:
To get the first clue to this puzzle, you must find some oil paints....
When you open the right side of the under-window cabinet, you will find a box of oil paints; give them a look-over...
Each color has a number...
Notice something about each robot...
BLUE - OLIVE GREEN - RED
7 - 5 - 2
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Under the Window Cabinet
FOUR DIGIT LETTER CODE, to open right-side doors:
The first clue for this is on a piece of paper in the bottom drawer....
floweR - mOuntain - sEa - fruitS
What have you seen, looking around the room that fits that description?
Notice also the capital letters? Where they are located in the words?
Each of the four paintings (click on the sunflower painting to find a painting of the sea) has a word on it, so make the connections...
floweR = yelloW
mOuntain = cAmpfire
sEa = sKy
fruitS = orangE
W - A - K - E
HOW to OPEN TOP DRAWER:
Get the pallet knife after opening the right side of the cabinet. Use the pallet knife to "un-jam" the top drawer.
KEY for the MIDDLE DOOR:
Solve the "Unique Object" puzzle.
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"UNIQUE OBJECT"
Batteries Location:
After you solve the three robots puzzle, you can use the pliers on the closet door. Inside you will find a PH screwdriver. Use it on the Opal sculptures (under the three robots) to take its batteries.
Solving the Puzzle:
Inside the above-mentioned closet is some turpentine. Put turpentine on tissue. Use it to clean a stain under the fruit bowl.
Next, after you have put the batteries in the unique object, you'll find a transparent paper. Put the two together.
The clue you get should help you...
Know the order in which to press the four buttons...
far left - far right - second from right - second from left - second from left - second from right
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Closet
Opening It:
Use the pliers that you get from the three robots
Key for Panel inside Closet:
You'll need two things. One you get after opening this closet...
Pick up the wire you pried off. Fiddle with it to make a hook.
One you get after you open the right-side doors of the cabinet under the window....
A pot of water.
Examine the vase on the left side of the cabinet. There is something inside but you can't reach it...
Use the water, then the hook to get it
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Panel Inside Closet
Do you have something that fits in one of those four shapes? Try examining everything in your inventory...
Look in the box of oil colors.
"A part for something?" Use this shape in the first slot of the puzzle. Now, how to find the numbers for this code...
Notice that each shape has a certain number of sides?
6 - 4- 0 - 5
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EXIT KEY
After solving the shapes puzzle inside the closet panel....
Use the wrench on the vase's base. Get the knife. Hmmm... what should we cut?
Being inside this room all this time makes me hungry....
Go back to bowl of fruit, get apple, cut it open. Voila! The key!
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But don't stop .... perhaps there is a happy coin!
Remember that "part for something" had a cap you couldn't take off? Maybe it's time to try again?
Use the wrench on the "part for something" and push the button. Now you have the Happy Coin and can exit.
. The End .
Posted by: elle
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December 1, 2010 3:28 AM
Walkthrough for Escape from the Art Studio
Right Cabinet door
Turn right. click on the left of desk/cabinet and open the bottom drawer. Take the memo and mention the capital letters.
Back up. Facing the desk/cabinet, click on the right. It looks like we have to insert some letters to open the cabinet doors. Maybe we have to use the capital letters from the memo? Let's try...
Nope, they don't work. Let's move on. Back up and turn right. Click on the painting. We see a bowl of FRUITS and the word ORANGE. Hmmm.. Go back and click on the actual bowl of fruits. Click again and we see a stain that it doesn't come off... Ok... Back up.
Turn right again and click on the painting lying on the floor. A painting of a FLOWER(s) and YELLOW written on it. Click on the painting. There's another painting behind, of a SEA and the word SKY. I think we're on to somenthing.. Back up.
Turn right and click on the painting. A MOUNTAIN and the word CAMPFIRE written on it. Lets see now. So far we know that:
PAINTING---------------MEMO
FLOWER = YELLOW = floweR
MOUNTAIN = CAMPFIRE = mOuntain
SEA = SKY = sEa
FRUITS = ORANGE = fruitS
Have you figured out the analogies? :)
floweR = YELLOW
mOuntain = CAMPFIRE
sEa = SKY
fruitS = ORANGE
Now let's go to the red desk/cabinet and insert those letters (WAKE)
Insert the letters W-A-K-E and open the cabinet doors. Take the palette knife and the Oil Colors. Back up.
Left Cabinet Door
Facing the cabinet, click on the left drawers. Use the palette knife to open the top drawer. Take the extension cord and a tissue paper. Go back.
Robots
Turn left. Click on the top of the table and then click on the left of the robot-thingy, remove the side cover, take out the cord and use the extension cord to power up the robots.
Facing the robots, click on every single one of them and notice the color of their eyes (Blue, Olive Green, Red). Also, according to how many times you press each one, the number on the top of their heads change. Let's take a look at our inventory..
Click on the Oil Colors and then the "About Item" button. Open the box, click on the right of the gray color and take the metal part. Also, click on the box lid to turn it over. Numbers and colors! Exactly what we needed!
So, for the color Blue the number is 7, for Olive Green the number is 5 and for Red is 2. (752). Facing the robots, click the first one 7 times, the second 5 times and the third 2 times. Voila! Take the pliers Back up and turn left.
Closet, Tulip-Shaped object
Click on the closet doors. Use the pliers to remove the wire. Turn back, take the wire lying on the floor and open the doors. Take the blue bottle. Click on the bottom left corner of the closet. Take the screwdriver. Back up and turn right.
Click on the middle of the table and use the screwdriver to remove the screws from the illuminating object. Take the batteries. Turn right.
Click on the right of the cabinet, on the top. While facing the tulip-shaped object, click on its right. Insert the batteries and face the object again. Take the paper. Notice that at the bottom of the object there are some buttons we can press. Back up and turn right.
Click on the table with the bowl of fruits. Lift the bowl. From your inventory, use the tissue paper and the blue bottle to get a tissue with some turpentine. Remove the stain. Hmmm... Use the paper you got from the tulip-shaped object to fulfill the gaps of the missing letters. We get the words:
FIRST FOURTH THIRD SECOND
FIFTH SIXTH
Have you figured out where we can/should/must use this clue?
Let's try the tulip-shaped object! Turn left.
Facing the tulip-shaped object, we see 4 buttons. This puzzle is a little bizarre (not difficult). Although the first row of words (FIRST FOURTH THIRD SECOND) refers to the buttons themselves and in which order they should be pressed (1-first button, 2-fourth button etc...) the second row (FIFTH SIXTH) refers to the fifth and sixth press of a button. Also, the fact that the word "FIFTH" and "SIXTH" is underneath the second and third word respectively, means something.
So, after this small analysis, we have to press the buttons in the following order:
First, fourth, third, second, second, third.
Get the key. Back up.
Glass bottle
Facing the cabinet, click on the middle and open the cabinet doors with the key we found earlier. Take the kettle and turn back. Click on the top left of the cabinet. Use the kettle and fill the glass bottle with water. However, you still can't reach the thing that's inside. Anything we can use from our inventory?
Click on the wire and use the pliers to bent it. Now take the J-shaped wire and take the thing out of the glass bottle. When you take it out, click on it to turn it into a key. Back up.
Closet (cover)
Go into the closet and use the key we found earlier to open the small locked cover, on the right. Now we see a well-known puzzle. The number of the corner points of the shapes gives us the numbers we're looking for to solve this puzzle. So, the numbers are: 6405. Turn back, come out of the closet :p and turn right 2 times.
Ending
Facing the cabinet, click on the glass bottle on the left and use the wrench to unscrew the bolts. Take the knife. Back up and turn right.
Click the bowl of fruits. Use the knife to cut open the apple. Take the key.
Use the heart-shaped key and escape!
I think there is another ending, but i haven't found it yet. If I do, I'll post it.
Posted by: Vasilis
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December 1, 2010 5:59 AM
Happy coin Walkthrough
After you enter the closet, open the locked cover and the take the wrench. Then put the metal part in the first hole, remove the cap and take the Happy coin from the same gap you took the wrench.
Posted by: Vasilis
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December 1, 2010 6:21 AM