Just installed "theatre" episode 1 on my Asus Eee PC netbook - it plays wonderfully. But of course I'm still in the bedroom, having read the note, got the items from the bottom desk drawer, checked the clock and got the items from the bathtub and the sink, clicked the spyglass on the picture right of the door, turned on the light, but when I put the key into the keyhole in the door, I get a message, "something is still missing." And, oh, yes - I checked the map (in the dark, not sure how to illuminate the map) above the bed. What am I supposed to do to get out of the bedroom? And how do I get to the theatre? What am I supposed to do at the theatre?

Good game, though - reminds me of my college days when I took Acting class for 1 semester.

Hi cruise,

Let's wait for someone playing the game to help us here.

I would have to replay the game to help you better, but since the link is down........

Did you check the bed itself and around the bed?

Good luck.

Chief

Thanks for telling me - this I did, I found the flashlight and the battery, but no matter how I try (by going into inventory and first dragging the battery onto the flashlight, then the flashlight onto the battery; then I got into a close up of the flashlight, but I cannot access my inventory to put the battery in - and I did click on the flashlight in close up mode, got message "no batteries."

I'm hopelessly stuck.

Chief - didn't you d/l these games and save them on your hard drive? Perhaps made a backup of them? You can play them off-line, like I'm doing on my netbook.

cruise, sorry to say, I deleted all files about the game.

Chief

Here I am, sorry for the delay!
Cruise2, the torch needs two batteries...did you find the second one?

No. Where do I find it?

Thanks, Carla.

found the other battery, the pliers, the scotch tape, have the bobby pin, the cassette tape, looked at the black book in the desk drawer, read the yellow note, found the note under the bed, put the batteries in the flashlight, checked the map and found the theatre, checked the wooden dolls in the glass case in the bathroom, checked the picture to the R of the bedroom door, checked the clock for the time, and put the key in the keyhole, and still, "something's missing?"

What more do I have to do to get out of that bedroom and go to the theatre?

Did you find the paper-knife?Did you manage to open the door?

Yes, I found the paper knife. But what door do I open with this? If you mean the door to get out of the bedroom, could you please tell me how to use the paper knife to open it?

Still stumped.

Cruise, do you have some kind of a plan in your Inventory?

Look at it with the magnifying glass you pick up.

And you are still missing something from the bathroom.


Chief

Thanks, Chief.

Yes, I have the plan. As to missing something from the bathroom, I have no idea of what this could be. I'm still stumped.

Maybe the dolls from the glass case in the bathroom - but what, may I ask?

I am in almost the same boat as Cruise02 concerning leaving the room, though I have got the door open. But I don't know how to answer Buster Keaton. Can anyone help?
(Let me know if I should start a new thread for this query)

petert

Edit: found the way out.

Cruise, examine the clock closely in the bathroom. And the plan: combine some items from Inventory.


Petert, you also need something from the bathroom, but in the showcase. If you can read the comment from B. Keaton again, you will understand (Disney).

Good luck to both.

Chief

Thanks, Chief.

Welcome MaG. Have a good day.

Chief

Ok, I got the door open, with a "forward" arrow pointing at the open door. But when I click to go through the door, an "...eih" message appears.

Then I clicked on the picture to the right of the door, and a cross hairs appears on the man's eyes/nose. I tried clicking all of the objects in inventory in this area but nothing happened. Then I went back to the showcase in the bathroom hoping to take the dolls but they were un-takeable.

What am I supposed to do at this point?

Cruise, look closely at the middle one.

You do not need the entire doll.

Chief

Did so - put the middle doll's head on the face of the guy in the picture. then I got sleepy, and a woman appeared, next a smiling mouth on someone's face and then - is that the end of the episode?

Yep, time to download Chapter 2.

I'm playing chapter 3 right now.

A good one also.

Chief

Chief, I wonder if you can help me here - I was doing screenshot captures of Theatre using XnView, but these captures of the videos are all black screens - is there any way to do multiple still captures of the game's videos?

Is there anyone who might be able to help me?

cruise,

Best to ask at Glitches for tech questions.
Here we concentrate on game hints. Thanks.

But --- I use Fraps. It is great in movies. There's a free trial program available. Google it.

Ok - will copy my Theatre screenshot help request to glitches. Thanks.

Am now ready for episode 2 -

Episode 2 seems a mite tricky. My inventory has disappeared and I can do nothing.
Where have I gone wrong?

petert

petert, after talking to the lady statue, look around right and left.

It is a good chapter and should I say very linear.

Good luck.

Chief

Thanks, Chief.
I was looking round the edges, trying to find a way out, or back to find the inventory.

I am now stuck in the room with the door slammed shut, staring at the picture, and with about 4 or 5 figures added to my inventory. But I shall find a way ....

petert

Good luck.

Chief

Progressed as far as UKLYC on the scrap of paper, facing the tough canvas, but nothing seems to work on the canvas. Knife, thread, pliers - nothing.
Have I failed to collect something, or am failing to combine items in the inventory? Or what?

petert

Hello Petert.

Do you have a blade in Inventory and did you find the crucifix? You will need the thread also.

Good luck.

Chief

Thanks again, Chief.
I had just figured it out when you posted your hint.
Haven't yet worked out the signficance of the anagram of LUCKY. Being an Italian game and all that.

petert

I guess that will be done in the next chapter when it comes out????

Chief

I read somewhere that the developer is just finishing Episode 7, though whether that's to be the last, who knows.

petert

The developer has finished chapter 7 and he's working on chapter 8 at the moment.His original plan is to make 10 chapters of Teatro, hence he's nearly there!
Thanks Chief for all the help given!

Just started episode 2 early (wee hrs) this morning. It looks like I got my inventory back (by finding the suitcase), I talked to the statue, and I clicked "forward" to move up closer to the corridor, but that's all I can do - move forward and backward. I cannot move left/right.

What am I supposed to do now?

cruise, from where you found your Inventory, go left to find a screwdriver.

Have fun.

Chief

Ok, I did (and found) - in Episode 2 - everything up to the locked blue door, saw the eyes from my dream in the little window, took the items (3 of them) from the wall of boxes (or drawers), listened to the cassette tape recording (it said only "look at sky" or something similar), found the dryer, stepladder, cross, the Laurel and Hardy photo, put the brown person figure in the photo in the black door, but I cannot figure out where the black person figure goes in this photo on the door (if it goes there at all), couldn't figure out how to open the blue (with the eyes from my dream) door with no lock.

Also got the B & W photo from the L side of the corridor wall after fixing the light switch in the first room.

Help?

cruise, so you must still be in the room where you put the figures on the photo.

Put the figure that you have above the red ball on the photo.

When you get out, look up (at sky) at the ceiling.

Chief

EDIT: the person in black: in front right. The other figure I'm talking about is the man with the plank.

EDIT#2: 5 figures to find.

Chief.

Got to playing it again - found all 5 figures and placed them. Then I got out (in front of the blue door) and I looked up at the ceiling, at the light - what do I do next?

Cruise, you can use that stepladder on the floor.

Chief

Ok, I used the stepladder, looked at the light, took the cover off, and got the photo that was behind the light tubes - now what do I do?

Thanks for the help, Chief!

Cruise, look at the blue door on it's left side at mid air: no lock.

Use the pickaxe at top right of the door.

And a few more things to do to get to chapter 3.

Chief

Ok, Chief, I'm at Chapter 3. It's almost 5 o'clock and the opium smoker isn't letting me pass - something about a German - what am I supposed to do now?

OK, back down and to the car. Go right to some trees and a red box. You will have to go back and forth between the box and car to get what you need to open the box.

Chief

Wow - I finished chapter 3 already and am now on chap 4 - got my stuff from the box on the dresser, gave the girl a gift and am now downstairs - I think in the basement.

I saw the note from the floor, the thread on the chair, the padlock on the prompter's box in the ceiling. I went to the door in the basement, tried to go up the ladder, my character said "something's missing" - what to do at this point?

Thanks so much for your help, Chief - this is really a fun game. It reminds me of when I took Acting 100 at the community college back in 2001 - but playing this game is way better than my old school days!

Cruise, I guess you must have a blade.

In what you call the basement, forward to the wooden door and look around for 4 or 5 items.

Chief

Thanks, Chief!

cruise.

I have a jaggy blade, pliers, magnifying glass, and a flashlight. I can click forward (to the wooden door) I go thru it, but when I click on the rungs (ladder) my character says "something is missing." I can't click either left/right while in that room.

So I back out, and I can only click forward (to wooden door) or upper right (to chair). If I click on the thread, I get a kind of "cross-hairs" symbol, and when I click on the prompter's box in the ceiling with the magnifying glass, I get a message (wasn't paying attention to it - maybe something about something missing?) and when I click the hand on the padlock I get this same message.

I'm absolutely stumped - what am I supposed to do at this point?

Cruise, as you get in the basement, you find a white paper on the left.

You can go right diagonaly to a chair.

Go forward to the wooden door, but do not enter.

Between the chair and the wooden door, you should be able to go right to a clock.

Chief

EDIT: sorry for the late edit (having problem to get in GB): you can also go left before the wooden door.

Oh, that's ok, Chief - I was having a problem getting into GB myself.

Thanks, Chief.

Ok - I found the clock, hacksaw, 3 wooden spools, rag, sticks, and first, I went up the rungs, found myself in a kind of attic - what to do there?

Then I went back down, put the clock on the chair, used the hacksaw to cut it, got the key, tried to use the key on the padlock on the prompter's box, but my character says "I lost the cross, and I have a feeling I'm going to need it."

Wonder what to do now?

cruise, it is time to go up the ladder after opening the wooden door.

Click on the wood floor (in the attic) in the center, a bit to the left: see down.....

Chief

I'm up in the attic, spoke to Hamlet's dad, put the 3 spools into the floor and inserted the rope across the spools, and when I click between the spools, I get a white cross-hairs symbol.

And yes, I found the cross.

What do I do now?

Cruise, have a look at the cross in Inventory.

Go to the basement, the chair and the padlock.

Chief

Now I'm at the theatre (I think) I talked to the woman, took the tacks and "Lucky" note from the bowl, tied the rope to the bannister, found the note that says "go into the castle." but I tried this and it's too high.

What's next?

Hello Cruise. You probably have a hammer, some nails and beams (planks) in Inventory.

Chief

Yes - now I do. What am I supposed to do now?

Cruise, in Inventory, make some sort of ladder with these items to go up to the castle.

Near the end now.

Chief

Ok I reached the end of episode 4 already - are there any more episodes after this?

Thanks for helping me along, Chief.

Theatre 5 has been just released, you can see our thread HERE.
Woyzeck is working on Theatre 8 at the moment, the original plan is to make 10 episodes.

Have started Episode 5 already. I'm in the theatre, on the stage where there's a chest of drawers, chair, sofa, rug, and some steps. Next I went off to the side where the ladder is, found & read the green note, it said "C 4". Then saw the stage with the red curtain, I clicked on this, got a message, "no ropes to raise the curtain" - not the exact words, but this is basically what it meant. Then went to the other side of the stage with the door with no lock - (as per player message) then removed the red drape from the chess table in the corner and collected all the items on it.

Now what am I supposed to do?

Stumped

this is a fun game btw.

Hi again Cruise.

Look under the rug to pick up an item. There is also an item to pick up on the stairs.

In Inventory, look at the back of the picture: something to do there.

Have fun.

Chief

Ok, I picked up the note on the steps, got the razor from under the rug and I used it to cut off a piece of the backing off of the photo - there is something inside that said something about a sailor - what to do next?

I wonder if that sailor plays chest. (C-4)

Chief

Good idea! How do I find out? Can't think of any chess pieces names starting with the letter "C", tho

still stumped.

EDIT - tried placing the little sailor nicknack on the chess board, but in vain - nothing happens - really stumped now.

Cruise, your last idea is the good one.



Chief

Ok, Chief - I properly placed the sailor knicknack and that door with no lock opened > black room > turn on light > typewriter. Can't figure out what to put in/on the roller, tho.

Look for something to pick up at the bottom of the typewriter.

You will eventualy need to look at those 2 sheets of paper you have in Inventory.

Chief

Thanks, Chief!

Hello - got the sheets of paper from under the typewriter, inserted one into the roller and typed "lucky". can't think of what to do next - stumped.

What do I do next?


This is for episode 5.

cruise, you do have in Inventory the possibility to write down another name.

It should look this way on the sheet of paper: lucky & po...

Use the space bar between the letter y and & and p.

Chief

You mean I should type "Lucky & pozz"?

lucky & pozzo

You have to use all the letters in those yellow and blue papers you have in Inventory.

Good luck with chapter 5. Interesting as the others.

Chief

Back to playing Theatre Episode 5, everyone. Typed the words, curtain rose on theatre stage, used binoculars, talked to girl up in balcony, looked at audience, now back at the stage furniture, checked all 3 drawers in the chest - top 2 drawers are locked, 3rd drawer on bottom needs a key so far - what do I do now?

Hello cruise. You sure are going around in many games. Have fun.

Now, about Theatre. Pick up the little soldier statue on the table and have a close look at it in Inventory.

Good luck.

Chief

Ok, Chief - I got the key from the little soldier, used it on the chest of drawers - it morphed into another 4-drawer chest, I took the takeable stuff from all 4 drawers - now what do I do?

Thanks for the hints!

So, you got 6 sheets of paper and you got 6 persons in the audience...........

Chief

Ok, I tried clicking each sheet of paper on each person, and when the game "dinged-dinged", I moved on to the next person - now what?

Time to get out of the theatre by clicking beyond..........from where you stand.

Chief

Ok - did everything up to the point where I'm in close up view of a depression in the desert sand. I have in inventory 3 pieces of pottery, a sheet of paper with squares on it, a piece of paper showing symbols with their names, a ladder, and another object - what am I supposed to do now?

You are possibly missing a scroll or a small stone or a magnyfying glass (get another pottery)
depending on what that another object is.

Look at the potteries in Inventory. Lots of things in Inventory in this game.

Now look for a tree and three more items.

Chief

Thanks Chief for playing the game for cruise.

Ok I found the tree, I got several objects from the tree (before my previous post), this time around I went back to the pottery, found the small stone, went back to the tree, found a small triangular object, and I've searched in the foliage of the tree some more, peeling my eyes (and mouse pointer) and I give up - where in this dense foliage are the 2 other objects?

That triangular thing was Object # 1.

And yes, I forgot to mention in my previous post that I did look at the 3 pottery pieces in inventory - now what?

Hello MaG.

Cruise, you are still missing a pottery and take your time to find 3 items in the tree that will be a shovel when combine in Inventory.

Chief

I went over that tree with a fine-toothed comb, but I still couldn't find anything more.

Help, please?

Cruise, we will have to wait for help on this one.

Chief

Hello, Chief, Carla - did you find out where all the hotspots in that tree in Episode 5 The Desert are yet?

I still haven't gotten back to searching thru that tree, it proved to be so frustrating that I simply gave up on it (but not on the game itself).

No, I do not remember where all the hotspots are in that tree.

As I said before: 3 items to found.

You have played many games before. I'm sure you can find them by doing a meticulous search.

Good luck.

Chief

You mean, a total of 3 items to find in that tree?