remco 2019-10-08 18:32
Hints, Categorized By Spoileriness ----
Basic: - To start the game: There's something simple you can do about that big upper panel. - You can pick up the end of a wire: click on a socket. - If you have a wire, you can place it in the same way (click on a socket). - If the big panel is suddenly there again, you've already won the previous level. However, there's a better way to tell if you're winning.
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Medium: - Click on the big upper panel until all screws have fallen out, to start the game proper. - Wires are powered (yellow) under certain conditions and not under others. - The 'modules' (below) are connected to the sockets _somehow_. - The mini-screen with 'goal' on it is closely related to the dial right below it. Do you see the connection? - Green LEDs have a single, clear, meaning. Almost the same for red LEDs, except on one type of module. - Modules have a character on them (near the LEDs, and this too is meaningful) and so have all of the sockets.
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Serious: - Try connecting a wire to from a socket with the same symbol on it as a green LED, to one that has the same symbol as one of the LEDs on the dial. What happens if you also power the other one? - Keep an eye on the arrow of the dial in relation to what's displayed on the screen over time. - Modules can have inputs and outputs. The battery has one output only, the dial has two inputs, no out. Some other modules have both; in this case, the output can be influenced by powering the input of that module.
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Outright Telling How It Works: - The blue/red/green 'goal' blocks on the screen-module shows what color the arrow on the dial must be on each series of 4 seconds. A red cross if they don't match and a green check-mark if they do. Four check-marks wins the level and goes to the next. - The dial-module works as follows: No powered inputs -> arrow on blue, one powered input -> arrow on red, bot inputs powered -> arrow on green. - The thick yellow cylinder is a battery-module, it continuously powers one socket. - The thick green/red cylinder is a pulse-module, it powers a socket for one second out of every four. - The slim blue/translucent tube works as a delay, it stores some power and then powers a socket with it if enough is stored. - The big black chip is a 'NAND'-module. It powers its output socket unless _both_ of the inputs are powered. - Most of the sounds are there for atmosphere. Yes, this includes the telephone and machinery-like noise. - The blank module does nothing.