Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug: Chapter One: The Pier
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- Click the man on the boat to speak to him.
- Click to speak to the masked man.
- Collect the boathook.
- Zoom into the hatch; collect the bag of millet.
- Click the hatch; collect the red mechanical bug.
- Zoom into the opening on the pier.
- Hook the boat using the boathook.
- Click the chest and zoom in.
- Dust the sand using the brush.
- Remove the cork from the glass container.
- Click the objects on the top left.
- Insert the tumbler in the middle slot.
- Click the left arrow.
- Click and drag the objects.
- Attach the key parts together.
- Collect the key; insert tit on the right lock and click the right arrow.
- Click the paper to get the code: 6 – 8 – 4.
- Use the code to open the middle lock.
- Collect the sharp shell.
- Zoom into the sack.
- Cut the rope using the shell.
- Collect the puppy and the yellow gecko.
- Go back one scene and move forward
- Zoom into the dog.
- Give puppy to the dog.
- Collect the green mechanical bug.
- Zoom into the gate.
- Insert the red and green mechanical bugs to trigger a puzzle.
- Move the bug to its color matched slot.
- To solve follow this sequence:
- Red: right – up – left
- Green: up – left – down – left – up
- Red: right – up – right – down – right – up – right – up – left
- Green: left – down- left – up
- Red: right – up
- Enter through the gate.
- Zoom into the bird house; place the bag of millet onto it.
- Collect the red gecko.
- Zoom into the dog house.
- Click the bowl; collect the green gecko.
- Zoom into the drain pipe; click the leaf.
- Collect the can opener.
- Zoom into the front door.
- Insert the green, red and yellow gecko into it to trigger a puzzle.
- To solve the puzzle use the following sequence of gecko selection:
- Red – Green – Pink
- Click the middle door knocker.
- Go inside the house.
- Click Mr. Le Grand.
- Zoom into the table; collect the pencil.
- Open the jar lid using the can opener.
- Collect the pliers.
- Move through the door on the rear left.
- Zoom into the window.
- Collect the handkerchief.
- Collect the bloody nail using the pliers.
- Collect the ruler.
- Zoom into the fireplace; collect the parchment.
- Zoom into the roll top desk.
- Use the ruler on the lid.
- Zoom into the desk; put the parchment onto it to trigger a puzzle.
- Find the matching pairs.
- Collect the deciphered parchment.
- Move back one scene.
- Give Mr. Le Grand the deciphered parchment.
- Pet the dog, Arthur.
- Move through the door on the right.
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- Click the gardener.
- Collect the barn door handle.
- Click and drag the handkerchief to Arthur.
- Zoom into the barn door; place the barn door handle onto it.
- Click the handle.
- Collect the insect gear 1/ 3.
- Zoom into the gate; collect the rope.
- Zoom into the broken ladder.
- Place the boards onto the ladder.
- Secure them using the rope.
- Collect the repaired ladder.
- Zoom into the gnome to access the hidden objects area.
- Find the pictured items.
- Click the leaf; collect the wheel segment.
- Zoom into the sand pile; collect the rake handle.
- Click the leaf where the wheel segment was found.
- Click the mushroom pile.
- Zoom into the rake head; connect the rake handle onto it.
- Collect the rake,
- Zoom into the shovel handle.
- Use the rake on the ivy; collect the spider and the valve.
- Zoom into the web; put the spider onto it to trigger a puzzle.
- Move the spider so that it goes over each line one time.
- Follow the pattern shown.
- Collect the fly.
- Give the frog the fly; collect the 2nd wheel segment.
- Zoom into the spindle.
- Insert the 2 wheel segments onto the broken wheel.
- Zoom into the pipe; place the valve onto it.
- Click the valve.
- Collect the hammer handle.
- Go into the barn.
- Zoom into the workbench.
- Put the hammer head onto the hammer handle; collect the hammer.
- Zoom into the basket; collect the leather belt.
- Zoom into the window shelf.
- Place the leather belt onto the chisel handle; collect the chisel.
- Zoom into the axe.
- Collect the bloody pruner.
- Put the chisel into the slit; use the hammer on it.
- Collect the axe.
- Leave this scene.
- Put the ladder against the tree.
- Zoom into the tree branch.
- Put the pencil onto the branch; place the leaf onto the pencil
- Chop the branch with the axe; collect the ship.
- Zoom into the gnome to access a hidden objects area.
- Click the mushroom pile; collect the jug.
- Zoom into the faucet; put the jug under it.
- Click the valve and collect the jug with water.
- Collect the shovel handle.
- Zoom into the shovel head; attach the shovel handle.
- Collect the handle.
- Collect the flower.
- Use the shovel to dig near the sign.
- Insert the flower into the hole.
- Water the flower using the jug of water.
- Zoom into the frog to trigger a puzzle.
- Move the frogs around.
- Use the following pattern to solve:
- B – D – E – C – A - B- D –C
- Collect the wave piece.
- Zoom into the gate.
- Zoom into the lock.
- Insert the ship and wave piece to trigger a puzzle.
- To solve the puzzle use the following sequence:
- A: 2 x’s
- B: 2 x’s
- B: 1 x
- C: 2 x’s
- D: 2 x’s
- Go through the gate.