It may be in Japanese, but you don't need to grok the lingo to play Sanpoman's Hermit Crab Room, where you're locked in a room with a creatively crustacean flair, and if you want to escape, you'll need to crack a code or several to open the door. The cursor will change when it passes over something you can click on to interact with, and the transparent bars that pop up when you mouse over some edges of the screen can be used to move around the room or back away from certain things. Click on an item in your inventory to highlight it, then on the question mark icon to view it up close... some objects need to be activated by clicking around with them in this way before you can use them! Hermit Crab Room is decidedly bite-sized in a good way, and while it falls back on some classic escape game tropes (I may faint if I ever find a remote with batteries in it in one of these games), it's also satisfyingly clever and logical apart from a few sneaky hot spots. Whether you're passionate about cuddly little crabs too, or you just want a solid and cute escape to make your day a little brighter, Sanpoman has you covered with Hermit Crab Room.
Walkthrough Guide
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Hermit Crab Room Walkthrough
(Yes, it's all Japanese - but it doesn't make it that much harder. Farthest left menu button is Start)
Exploring
Door View
There's a large hermit crab on your left. Zoom in to see that it has a slot in its head. Nothing we can do here for now.
There's a small cabinet on the right. It has a branch of candles we can't light yet.
Top shelf opens! Collect Hermit Shell #1
Bottom shelf needs a 3 number code. We'll come back.
Lamp View
The lamp has 3 lit bulbs. You can zoom in on each. One has screws on it.
There's a small chair to your right with clickable buttons, but we don't have a code yet
Dresser view
There's a small table with a box that needs a half-circles code.
The dresser has 3 drawers & a mirror.
The mirror is dirty and we can't clean it yet.
But look above it - oh! A code of half-circles!
Try looking at the plant
Collect a very tiny Hermit Shell #2
The left drawer won't open - it doesn't seem to have a handle
The middle drawer needs a code of light buttons. It seems to match the candle branches.
The right drawer opens! Collect a Remote.
It has a button that toggles from a lamp & a crab.
Flip it over to see that... it has no batteries. Oh, this IS an escape game.
Shelf View
Here, there is an empty shelf with 5 circles. We can place the Hermit Shell we have on it, but we don't have enough yet.
There's one more thing to collect here - it's a bit hidden
The bottom-right of the shelf has a Battery
Solving
Bottom Shelf Code
You'll need: Remote & a battery
Use Remote on the lamp to turn off the lights & see a code
8
3
5
You've found a small Hermit Crab! Your Japanese is asking if you can have his shell. But he wants a replacement.
From a zoomed back view (where you can see the whole dresser), there's a small yellow thing in the top corner of the Hermit Crab's drawer.
Collect Screwdriver
Circle Box
This code comes from the dresser mirror
Down, Up, Down, Down, Down, Up, Up
Receive Drawer Handle
Left Drawer of Dresser
Open the Circle Box & use the Drawer Handle on the cabinet door.
Collect Lighter
Chair Code
To get this code, you will need to have collected the Drawer Handle, and used it on the Left Drawer
The code is as follows:
Left, Left, Right, Right, Left, Middle, Middle.
Make sure to pay attention to both arrows- and ALSO enter the code as:
Middle, Middle, Left, Right, Right, Left, Left.
Receive Hermit Shell #3 & Hankerchief
Center Drawer of Dresser
To solve this, you must have a Lighter
Light the lighter (in the ? view) and use on the branch of candles in Door View
Where the candles lit, press those buttons on the drawer.
The only ones not lit should be the rather left, the bottom-right, and the top-right.
Collect Hermit Shell #4
Getting Hermit Shell #5
We're going to want to go back to our little friend in the dresser near the door. He has a shell, but wants an exchange.
You'll need a Screwdriver
Go to the lamp & zoom in on the lampshade with a "5" on it. There are screws here! And now that the shade is detached, it looks kinda of like a shell, right?
Use your 'replacement shell' on the hermit and select the left option in Japanese
Collect Hermit Shell #5
Placing the Shells
You'll need 5 Hermit Shells & a Hankerchief
Use the Hankerchief on the dresser mirror to see your smiling face & your very helpful shirt.
Place the 5 shells as indicated by the shirt
Second Smallest, Middle Size, Largest, Smallest, Second Largest
Receive Hermit Crab Card
Large Hermit Code
You'll need Remote & Hermit Crab Card
Insert the Card in the slot in the large hermit crab's shell to see that you can make him raise his claws & wink.
If you haven't already, set your Remote to the Hermit Crab switch (in the ? inventory view), and use it on our little buddy in the dresser in Door View.
Replicate this order of winks on the large Hermit Crab
Right, Left, Left, Left, Right, Left, Right
Receive Door Key, use it on the Door - and you're out!
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June 9, 2015 1:01 PM