Need to travel back in time, but your DeLorean's transmission's cracked and your flux capacitor's on the fritz? No problem, how's 1993 work for you? In Exposed, a short old-school style point-and-click puzzle adventure from Procedural Activity (01101101, with music by Mathieu Hallouin and artwork by Carduus), you play a bored teenager with a Fonzie-esque pompadour who gets himself into a bit of trouble when he runs afoul of the local mad scientist. The part of this game that will have you feeling like you've gone back in time is the retro pixelart, fun animations, silly music, and irreverent humor, all of which is reminiscent of the classic adventure game, Day of the Tentacle.
You're given a special orb that evolves based on what it interacts with. Your goal is to help your orb become a fully formed creature with hair, eyes, ears, and the rest. Left-click on any object in the room and have it interact with your orb. The trick is to find the right combination of objects in the room, since the wrong combination will evolve your orb into a ghoulish freak of nature. To check your progress or kill any deformed orbs, just click the microscope.
Exposed is not Day of the Tentacle, of course. It was made in under 72 hours for a recent Ludum Dare Jam, and some players will be annoyed by the amount of trial and error involved in getting the right combination, or the lack of a mute option. Still, it offers some great retro fun and for 10 minutes, you'll be transported back to your childhood den next to your Sega Genesis and glossy back issues of GamePro. And, while we're on the subject, I have some pog slammers I could sell you...
Walkthrough Guide
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Walkthrough
Each item will give your creature a new part, or alter an existing part. Some parts take up certain positions and hence are incompatible with other parts in that position, which the exception of the side- you have two sides.
Use the magnifying glass to see what you need. Click on the creatures to kill them, killing all of them will give you new ones.
Ear(side)
Use the speakers
Hair(skin)
use the cat
Appendage(side/top)
Use the radiactive waste. Note that whether it is a side or top appendage seems to be random, so if you need something specific, you should fill that slot first.
Leg(side)
Use the hamster wheel to turn a side appendage into a leg
tentacle(side)
Use the toilet to turn a leg into a tentacle
wing(side)
use the angry slingshot to turn a leg into a wing
tail(top)
use the pump to turn a top appendage into a tail
fish tail(top)
use the tap to turn a tail into a fish tail
feathers(skin)
use the fan
scales(skin)
use the microwave.
nose(bottom)
use the flowers
trunk(bottom)
use the pump to turn a nose into a trunk
mouth(bottom)
use the cat food
beak(bottom)
use the acorn to turn a mouth into a beak
eyes(face)
use the calendar
antenna(?) (face)
turn off the lights to turn eyes into antenna
Posted by: Mystify
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May 1, 2012 4:15 PM
Exposed walkthrough
For scales: click microwave.
For eyes: click sexy calendar. Don't click on lightswitch, or you will damage your eyes and have to start over.
For ears: click loudspeaker (do it again for a second ear).
For beak: first click on kitty food to make a mouth, next click on hardenning acorn to make a beak. Don't click on scented flowers until you have a beak, or you will damage your creature.
For fish tail: click on radioactive waste, then click on sweedish pump, then click on tap.
For feathers: click fan.
For appendage: click radioactive waste.
For trunk: click scented flowers, then sweedish pump.
The scientist will never be satisfied with what you make, no matter how perfectly you complete it, so don't worry about going back and finding the "perfect" solution.
Posted by: Jeremy Hobbs
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May 1, 2012 5:34 PM