Game description: You find yourself in a strange room with a telephone, a mirror, a grandfather clock and some items you cannot identify. In this strange, surreal place, nothing is as it seems, and only by thinking outside the box can you solve the riddles and escape.
The most interesting thing about this reset version is the unique off-screen interaction, which contains an additional hidden level. The clues to solve the puzzle come from Rusty lake’s official Weibo. The content on Weibo will provide patterns and unlock levels, which will be detailed in the article. .
From here the game begins...
The white pattern on a black background that appears first is actually the key to solving the puzzle of this game:
Memory cubes, elements of reincarnation (bug, gecko, fish, heart, egg, baby) and clock
So first let’s briefly popularize the definition of Rusty Lake cubes to help understand the game:
White memory cube: normal memories. Black memory cube: painful memories. Blue memory cube: has the ability to go back to the past. Synthesize white + black + blue memory cube = golden memory cube: has the ability to reach the future.
Humanoid-Mirror Perspective : Observation [Mirror]
Humanoid - Mirror Perspective : You can see the [humanoid little black man] in the mirror (when traveling through various spaces, you will see the room from different deformed perspectives), drag the perspective, you can see the [S] graphic, and then use
Humanoid - Mirror Perspective : Observation [Flower Pot]
Humanoid-Mirror Perspective : Pick up [Candle]
Humanoid-drawer perspective: Open the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th [Drawers] respectively, and pick up [Knife], [Fish] and [Candle] respectively.
Humanoid - Drawer perspective: Observing [Box]
Human figure-drawer cabinet perspective: First rotate the [circular knob], then move the two buttons horizontally, then rotate the circular hooked turntable in the middle, and finally move the yellow button downwards, and the [box] will be opened
Humanoid - Drawer perspective: Pick up [Candle]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Open [Window]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Click [Crack]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Use [Knife] to cut open the wallpaper (the wallpaper shows scenes that will appear in other Rusty Lake games), and roll up the wallpaper to reveal [Wormhole]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Place all candles at the [wormhole]
Humanoid-Mirror Perspective: Click on [Envelope] above the small table
Humanoid-Mirror perspective: Use [Knife] to cut [Envelope]
Human form - mirror perspective: [Letter] shows [enlighten me] (meaning: let me transform)
Humanoid - Mirror perspective: Click [Phone], select the floating letters in order to spell out [enlighten me]
Humanoid-Mirror Perspective: Pick up [Match]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Place [Fish] on the plate in the center of [Wormhole], and use [Matches] to light four [Candles]
Humanoid-Wormhole Perspective: Enter the open space, click multiple times to enlarge the white square, enter [Wormhole] and switch to [Fish-shaped Perspective]
Fish Shape - Mirror Perspective: This perspective is about looking at the room from the perspective of a fish, where the space is filled with water and the furniture is in a suspended state. First observe the [Mirror] and pick up the [Shell]
Fish shape - mirror perspective: drag the fish-shaped black perspective, you can see the [Japanese] symbol
Fish Shape-Mirror Perspective: Observe the [telephone] on the table
Fish shape - mirror perspective: [Phone] A lot of [bubbles] pop up, start with the bold [bubbles] and click from left to right
Fish shape - mirror perspective: [paper folding boat] is floating above, and [let it sink in] is displayed below (meaning: let it sink)
Fish Shape - Mirror Perspective: Open the [Original Paper Boat] and get the [Key]
Fish Shape - Bucket Perspective: Observe the suspended [Wooden Box] and pick up the [Shell]
Fish Shape - Bucket View: Click on all [Sea Cucumbers] (should be) except for the tentacles with a black background to get [Shells]
Fish Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Observe the Floating [Glass Bottle]
Fish Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Click on the surface of [Glass Bottle] according to the cracks until it breaks, and obtain [Shell]
Fish Shape - Floor Clock Perspective: Click on the right side of [Fall Floor Clock]
Fish Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Pull out the [Nail] and [Wooden Wedge] of the [Grandfather Clock] in turn until the [Hand] is exposed. Pass the [Knife] to the [Hand]. After clicking the [Hand], you can get the [Heart] 】
Fish Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Place four [Shells] at the four corners of the [Wormhole], place the [Heart] in the center plate, enter the [Wormhole], and switch to [Humanoid Perspective]
Humanoid-Mirror Perspective: Use [Key] to open [Wall Cabinet]
Humanoid-Mirror Perspective: Pick up [Jar]
Humanoid - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Click on the [Gecko] on the wall (if it is not here, you should have clicked on it before, and you will find it if you change the perspective) and use the [Jar] to grab the [Gekko]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Place [Gecko] on the middle plate and switch to [Gekko Perspective]
Gecko-mirror perspective: From the gecko's perspective, the room is upside down. Observe [Flower Pot], pick up [Marbles], and observe [Mirror]
Gecko - Mirror perspective: Drag the perspective to see the [△] symbol, ready for use
Gecko - Cabinet Perspective: Pick up the [Marbles] on the top of the [Bookshelf] and observe the [Bookshelf]
Gecko-cabinet perspective: The key to the puzzle is to place all the books in the solid line area. Among them, [S Red Book] needs to be placed in the marked [red line area] (as shown in the picture). After the placement is successful, [ S Red Book] is dropped, and the contents of the book can be seen from the human-shaped and fish-shaped perspectives.
Gecko-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Observe the [Mural] in the center, with the time [03:55] marked on it
Gecko-Grandfather Clock Perspective: According to the time marked on the mural [03:55], rotate the pointer of the [Grandfather Clock] (note that the clock is upside down) to get the [Triangular Key]
Gecko - Floor Clock Perspective: Drag the mural on the left, you can see a corner of the mural falling off, click to roll it up, and you can pick up the [marble]
Gecko-Wormhole Perspective: Use [Match] to light [Candle] on the chandelier
Gecko - Wormhole perspective: Light all the [candles] in the order [from short to long] (lighting order) [563142], you can pick up [marbles]
Gecko - Wormhole Perspective: Place four [Marbles] at the four corners of the [Wormhole], then place the [Heart] on the middle plate, switch to [Humanoid Perspective]
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Observe the [S Red Book] falling on the ground
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: [S Red Book] Many important clues are recorded in the book
Sacrifice seeds (meaning you need to plant seeds in a flower pot and water them) Remember time (as shown in the picture, you need to go to the humanoid perspective, fish perspective, and gecko perspective to pick up three [triangular keys]) The past has never passed (Prompt time in the picture [08:25]) Truth-seeking image in the mirror (represents the pattern that appears in the mirror from each perspective. We already know: humanoid perspective [S] fish-shaped perspective [Japanese] gecko perspective [△]) Elements of the tree of life reincarnation (bug, gecko, fish, heart, egg, baby)
Humanoid-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Adjust the time of [Grandfather Clock] to [08:25] according to the time shown in [S Red Book], and pick up [Triangular Key]
Humanoid-Wormhole Perspective: Place [Fish] on the middle tray and switch to [Fish-shaped Perspective]
Fish shape - mirror perspective: [S Red Book] floating in the air, time marked on the cover [02:15]
Fish-Shaped - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Adjust the time of the [Grandfather Clock] according to the time on the cover [02:15], and pick up the last [Triangular Key]
Fish Shape - Wormhole Clock Perspective: Place [Heart] in the middle plate, switch to [Humanoid Perspective]
Humanoid-grandfather clock perspective: Install the three [triangular keys] at the keyholes below the [grandfather clock]
Humanoid-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Seeing [Uncle] (can be explained in detail in future spoilers)
Humanoid - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Click [Uncle] [Hand], drop [Seed] and pick it up
Humanoid-wormhole perspective: switch to [fish-shaped perspective]
Fish Shape - Mirror Perspective: Fill [Jar] with water to get [Jar with Water] (You can fill the jar with water from any room perspective in the fish shape perspective)
Fish-Shaped-Wormhole Perspective: Switch to [Humanoid Perspective]
Humanoid - Mirror Perspective: Plant the [Seed] into the [Flower Pot] and place the water from the [Water Jar] into it
Humanoid - Wormhole Perspective: Switch to [Gecko Perspective]
Gecko - Mirror Perspective: Humanoid Perspective The flowers in the [Flower Pot] are blooming, you can click on the [Petals] and pick up the [Insects]
Gecko-Wormhole Perspective: Place [Gecko] in the inverted [Plate] and switch to [Bug Perspective]
Bug-Mirror Perspective: Really looking at the room from the perspective of a bug (a very interesting design), observing the [mirror]
Bug-Mirror Perspective: Drag the perspective in the mirror to see the [Envelope] graphic
Bug-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Observing the Interior of [Grandfather Clock]
Bug-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Pick up [Knife]
Bug - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Move away the [Wooden Wedge] and [Nail] to pick up the [Petals]
Worm - Wormhole Perspective: From this perspective, you will see a [Petal] falling from the upper left, and it will float to the right until you reach the [Chest Perspective]
Bug - Drawer perspective: Pick up the [petals] falling to the ground
Bug - Mirror perspective: Click [Phone] three times, [Microphone] will fall to the ground
Bug-Mirror Perspective: Use [Knife] to twist the two [Screws] at [Microphone] and remove
Bug - Mirror Perspective: As shown in the picture, turn the button and rotate the circular turntable. After the circuit is connected, you can click the [Sound Hole] to generate sound waves to knock down a [Petal] and pick it up.
Worm - Wormhole Perspective: Use the [Knife] to prop up the [Book Page], and you can pick up a [Petal] from it
Bug-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Observe [Uncle]’s Mouth
Bug-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Entering [Uncle]’s Mouth
Listed below are the clues to the hidden levels:
The first symbol that appears: RustyLake_official official Weibo Weibo information on April 6, 2020, displayed in the frame on the wall by the window [△]
2. The second symbol that appears: RustyLake_official official Weibo Weibo message on April 24, 2020. At about 16 minutes and 40 seconds of the recording, you will hear a different tone from other recordings: I want you to imagine a A square with a line running through the middle from left to right. The second graphic appears【日】
3. The third symbol that appears: RustyLake_official official Weibo’s Weibo information on April 27, 2020, will appear on the cutting board at the 32nd second of the video, that is, [spiral circle]
4. The fourth symbol that appears: RustyLake_official official Weibo Weibo information on April 29, 2020, see [S] in the window frame at the 8th second of the video
Bug - grandfather clock perspective: Entering the deepest part of [uncle]'s mouth, you can see the graphic grindstone. According to the update time sequence of Weibo, the order of symbols is obtained: I-[△], II-[Day], III- [Spiral Circle], IV-[S], this is the mechanism on the right that opens, you can pick up [Shrimp]
Worm-wormhole perspective: Place [Shrimp] in the middle plate and switch to [Shrimp-shaped perspective]
Shrimp - Mirror Perspective: Look at the room from the shrimp's perspective (it's just a little deformed, in fact, the shrimp's eyes have the most complex eyes in the world), observe the [mirror]
Shrimp-Mirror Perspective: Pick up the [Water] above the mirror
Shrimp - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Pick up the [Pencil] near the drawer
Shrimp-Wormhole Perspective: Use [Match] to light [Firewood] in the box on the ground
Shrimp-Wormhole Perspective: Pick up the [Fire] on the firewood
Shrimp-wormhole perspective: observing the [phone] on the ground
Shrimp - Wormhole Perspective: Click [Microphone], adjust the number that appears on the left according to the rules displayed on the clock, and finally get the time [02:45]
Shrimp-Wormhole Perspective: Observation [Flower Pot]
Shrimp-Wormhole Perspective: Pick up [Soil] in the flowerpot
Shrimp-Mirror Perspective: Observe [Paper] on the table
Shrimp - Mirror Perspective: Use [Pencil] to draw [Key] on the paper, then shape it into a ball, and then open it to pick up [Key]
Shrimp-Mirror Perspective: Use [Key] to open the [cabinet] on the right
Shrimp - Mirror perspective: Open [jar] and pick up [air]
Shrimp - Grandfather Clock Perspective: Adjust the time of [Grandfather Clock] according to the time [02:45] given by the microphone, and pick up [Bottle]
Shrimp-Prawn perspective: Observe the [Prawn] on the ground, pull the shrimp head to the left, and hide the [Uncle]
Shrimp-Prawn perspective: Use [Glass Bottle] to take away the [Elixir of Life] from [Uncle]’s mouth
Shrimp - Wormhole Perspective: Place [Water], [Earth], [Fire] and [Air] in the four corners, and place [Elixir of Life] in the middle plate. You can switch to [Hide Perspective]
Hidden level perspective
Hidden level perspective
Shrimp-Wormhole Perspective: Switch to [Insect Perspective]
Bug-Grandfather Clock Perspective: Reentering [Uncle]’s Mouth
Bug - grandfather clock perspective: Every time you enter a scene, click on the [Firefly] you see, there are four scenes in total
Bug - grandfather clock perspective: Every time you come to the graphic altar, rotate the pointer in the order in which the [Glass Jar] illuminated by [Fireflies] below appears (Human - Fish - Gecko - Bug), that is, I - Human - [S] , II-Fish-[Day], III-Gecko-[△], IV-Insect-[Envelope], the mechanism on the left is opened, pick up the [Egg]
Worm-Wormhole Perspective: Place the [Egg] on the plate and switch to [Bird Perspective]
Bird Shape - Drawer View - Afternoon: Open the first layer [Drawer]
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Afternoon: Important clues to solve the puzzle are displayed on two pieces of paper. On the left is [Afternoon time: 14:00 | Evening time:? | Late night time:? | Morning time:? ], what is shown on the right is the clue of [Late Night Time], the late night time is - [Bug Weight] [Heart Weight]: [Gecko Weight] [Fish Weight], and indicate the weight of [Weight] represents [1]
Bird Shape - Drawer View - Afternoon: Open the third layer [Drawer]
Bird Shape - Drawer View - Afternoon: The book in the drawer shows the owl's interaction sequence [right → front → left → front → back]
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Afternoon: Open the fourth layer [Drawer] and pick up [Weight]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Afternoon: Take back the [Egg] from the Wormhole Perspective and place it on the [Bird's Nest]
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Afternoon: Open the shells separately, then starting from the first group of birds (birds that are different from the other two birds), click on things that have never appeared before to solve the puzzle. , pick up【Feather】
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Afternoon: Observe the [Clouds] on the left
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Afternoon: Drag each cloud separately until it changes into a fixed shape, and then a new [cloud] will appear.
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Afternoon: Drag the newly appeared [Cloud] to a fixed graphic [Clock] to display the time clue [08:25]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Afternoon: Adjust the clock to [08:25] and come to night
Bird Shape - Drawer View - Night: Observe the [Paper Plane] flying by on the left
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Night: Pick up the [Paper Plane] that fell on the ground
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Night: After opening the [Paper Plane], you can pick up a [Feather], with [Phone Icon] and [Rise Up] painted on the paper.
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Follow the clues on the [Paper Plane], pick up the [Microphone], and click on the [Winged Letters] in sequence.
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: After spelling out [rise up], a [hot air balloon] will appear on the left, click until it disappears
Bird shape - grandfather clock perspective - night: you can see the top of the [hot air balloon], click on it to let it rise
Bird shape - grandfather clock perspective - night: turn on the [circular switch] of the [hot air balloon] heating device, and use [match] to light the [heating device]
Bird shape - grandfather clock perspective - night: hot air balloon rises, use [knife] to cut the rope between [hanging basket] and [sandbag]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Night: Use [Knife] to cut the rope on [Sandbag]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Night: Pick up [Sand] and [Libra]
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Install [Scale] at [Hook]
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Place [Gecko] on the left and [Weight] on the right to get [Weight of Gecko] = 1
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Place [Match] on the left, [Weight] and [Gecko] on the right, get [Weight of Match] = 2
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Place [Heart] on the left, [Weight], [Gecko] and [Match] on the right, get [Weight of Heart] = 4
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Place [Fish] on the left, [Heart] and [Weight] on the right, get [Weight of Fish] = 5
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: Place the [Bug] on the left, the scale on the right is empty, the scale is flat, and the [Weight of the Bug] = 0
Bird Shape - Mirror Perspective - Night: According to the previous clues, the late night time should be - [Bug weight = 0] [Heart weight = 4]: [Gecko weight = 1] [Fish weight = 5] - [04:15 】
Bird Shape-Grandfather Clock Perspective-Night: Adjust the time of [Grandfather Clock] according to [04:15] to reach late at night
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Late Night: [Owl] Clicking on the Treetops
Bird Shape - Drawer's Perspective - Late Night: Observe [Moon], use [Knife] to cut the [Crack] in the middle
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Late Night: Click the eye three times to open all the [eyes], and drag in four directions to see different [symbols]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Late Night: [Box] Observing the Ground
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Late Night: As shown in the picture, open the [Box] based on the graphic display given by the [Eye] you just saw.
Bird shape - grandfather clock perspective - late night: adjust the [Gear] position of [Pocket Watch] and let the pointer rotate, you can get [Morning Time] - [07:45]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Late Night: Pick up the [Sunflower] on the left and observe the [Owl]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Late Night: According to the previous clues, the owl's interaction sequence [right → front → left → front → back] (as shown in the picture)
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Late Night: Complete the puzzle and get [Feather]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Late Night: Adjust the [Grandfather Clock] time to morning according to the time [07:45] on the [Pocket Watch]
Bird Shape - Drawer View - Morning: The [Time Clues] in the first drawer have been marked.
Bird Shape - View of Drawer - Morning: Observation [Flower Pot]
Bird Shape - Drawer View - Morning: Put [Sand] and [Sunflower] into [Flower Pot] in sequence
Bird shape - grandfather clock perspective - morning: adjust the time to [19:25]
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Night: Stretch [Sun] to the top
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Night: Stretch [Sun] until [Sunflower] falls down and pick up [Melon Seeds]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Night: Adjust the time to afternoon [14:00]
Bird Shape - Drawer's Perspective - Afternoon: Give [Melon Seeds] to [Little Squirrel]
Bird Shape - Drawer Perspective - Afternoon: Pick up [Feather]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Afternoon: Adjust time to morning [07:45]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Morning: Observing [White Stork]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Morning: Feed [Fish], [Gecko], [Heart] and [Insects] to [White Stork]
Bird shape - grandfather clock perspective - morning: [White stork] spits out [baby]
Bird Shape - Grandfather Clock Perspective - Morning: Place the four [Feathers] at the four corners, and place the [Baby] in the middle plate, switch to another [White Square] perspective
The game ends from now on
The story is over. No spoilers at this moment. It will be detailed in a future complete game list dedicated to Rusty Lake. I hope you all have fun.