It's all well and good to lounge by the pool, sipping sweet mixed drinks and getting a sunburn that'll hurt long after your hangover is gone. You might even humble brag about the time this eccentric resort forced you to solve a bunch of puzzles before you could even end your swank vacation. Ah yeah, it's a rough life but someone has to live it. That someone in this case is TomaTea and, since you're just so lucky enough, you, in Pool Cocktail Escape 2. This time around, night has fallen on that very same Pool Cocktail oasis you escaped from before. With a moonlit sky above, there's no need to slather on the sunscreen. Concern yourself instead with finding the clues, which are well hidden in this poolside setting, and deciphering codes to gather the ingredients for another fancy cocktail, your key to escape.
As you explore the scene, a glowing cursor will help you find active areas, but a big rectangular swimming pool in the center of the "room" might complicate your movements. To change views, click the grey bars at the edges of the screen, either at the sides or bottom depending on if you're turning or backing up. Then, stay alert for even the slightest visual clue to help you solve a slew of puzzles along the bar area. While the puzzles are mostly easy enough to warrant the "simple summer escape" subtitle TomaTea gives this game, catching all the clues is not as effortless as all that. There's a couple that are easy to miss and one in particular comes more from desperately rechecking every detail than from intuition or logic. Likewise, you may want to brush up on the rules of picross before beginning this escape. At times, you'll wonder why you apparently "have a clue" even as you scratch your head as to what it could be. That's all part of one of the many reasons you love TomaTea, though. A few head-desk moments are always followed by some aha! grinning—when you're out, you can tip your virtual drink and bask in the glow of well-earned success.
Walkthrough Guide
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Walkthrough, of a sort
This is more a solutions guide than a walkthrough: it just details how to open the 8 doors on the front wall, and how to solve the picross puzzle. However, I did include a suggested sequence. Colorblind help is provided throughout.
Navigation: basically, if you can see where you want to go, try clicking there. If you can't see where you want to go, click the arrows at the sides (or, sometimes, the bottom) until it comes into view.
Left side
Top left - 4x4 grid
Clue is on the 3 tables.
Look at the back side of any of the cards. (Ignore the fruit.)
_ _ X __ X _ X
X _ X _
_ X _ _
Get: red heart pick
Top right - 4 letters in 3 colors
Clue is on the 3 tables.
You'll need to light the candles.
The left candleholder is shaped like an S, and the candle turns blue when lit. The middle candleholder is shaped like an A, and the candle turns yellow when lit. The right candleholder is shaped like an E, and the candle turns pink when lit.
Colorblind: the letter buttons are blue, pink, yellow, and blue.
SEAS
Get: yellow X pick, lightbulb
Bottom left - 3 shapes
Clue is on the 3 tables.
Look closely at the tables themselves, not any of the items on them.
The part where the table leg is attached to the glass is a different shape on each table.
square, circle, hexagon
Get: screwdriver
Bottom right - keyhole
You'll need the screwdriver.
The key is in one of the gratings next to the pool.
When you're looking at the lounge chairs, click the grating on the left. Use the screwdriver to remove the grate, then get the key.
Get: ice cubes
Picross
Usual picross rules apply: the numbers denote contiguous blocks of colors, and the puzzle comes from not being told how many blank cells are between each block. To start, find the row where the numbers add up to 10, because that means there are no blank cells in that row. Make sure to blank out any empty squares - if you have any question marks showing, the game doesn't consider it solved.
Colorblind:
blank = 1 click, blue = 2 clicks, yellow = 3 clicks, red = 4 clicks, then it cycles back to a question mark.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y Y_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Y _
B R R R R R R Y R B
_ B R R R R Y R B _
_ _ B R R Y R B _ _
_ _ _ B Y R B _ _ _
_ _ _ _ B B _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ B B _ _ _ _
_ _ _ B B B B _ _ _
Get: tequila sunrise recipe, code for left-right buttons
Right side
Top left - left-right buttons
Clue is not on the 3 tables. In fact, it's very close by.
After solving the picross puzzle, press the white button to the right and watch the picture.
LRRLLRRL
Get: tequila, matches
Top right - 3 fruits
Clue is on the 3 tables.
Look at the back sides of the cards.
Notice the fruit on the lower left on each one: strawberry, raspberry, cherry
Get: cocktail flute
Bottom left - 4 numbers
The main clue is the four martini glasses, but don't worry, the three tables are involved, too.
Colorblind: the glasses are green, yellow, red, and blue. The pick colors are given where you find them.
Put the picks in the appropriate glasses, then do the math.
Diamond
Look in the pool.
69
X
It's a multiplication symbol, actually.
Heart
You'll need the lightbulb.
Look at the back wall (with the trompe l'oeil painting) and click towards the left. Put the lightbulb in the lamp and observe the wall.
3
Star
Told you the 3 tables would be involved.
Look at the front of any of the cards, specifically at the star-shaped pick.
7
Math: 69×37 = 2553
Get: pitcher of orange juice, straw
Bottom right - 2x2 colored buttons
Clue is not on the 3 tables. In fact, it's very close by.
Look at the bottles on the wall.
Top left = yellow, top right = blue, bottom left = green, bottom right = red.
Colorblind: TL 0 clicks, TR 1 click, BL 3 clicks, BR 2 clicks
Get: blue star pick
Other items
Umbrella
while facing the back wall (with the trompe l'oeil picture), click the far lounge chair.
Green diamond pick
while facing the back wall, click the plant in the right corner.
Grenadine
pick up one of the red bottles from the shelves next to the picross puzzle.
Suggested sequence
Examine the front wall
Picross
Left-right buttons
2×2 color buttons
Examine the 3 tables
4×4 grid
4 letters in 3 colors
3 shapes
3 fruits
Collect other items
Examine the 4 martini glasses
4 numbers
Play bartender
Exeunt
Escaping
Use the recipe from the picross puzzle to make a tequila sunrise.
Look at the cocktail flute. Add the tequila, then the orange juice, then the grenadine, then the ice cubes. If you haven't already, open the cocktail umbrella you found under the lounge chair. Add it and the straw to the cocktail flute.
Face the exit doors and click them to zoom in.
Open the panel on the left and put the drink where the arrow indicates.
Posted by: Reka
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July 10, 2014 4:01 AM
Pool Cocktail 2: Escape Guide
Guide to Item Locations
An * indicates that you need to solve a puzzle before you can access the item
KEY*
In the grate beside the pool. Note that you can only access the grate when you are facing the mural wall, or facing the wall with the four cocktail glasses. You will need the SCREWDRIVER
UMBRELLA
Under the right chair against the wall with the four cocktail glasses
SCREWDRIVER*
Left cabinet, lower left door. Behind the Shapes puzzle.
BULB*
Left cabinet, upper right door. Behind the colored letters puzzle.
MATCHES*
Beside the TEQUILA
HEART SKEWER*
Left cabinet, upper left door. Behind the 4x4 grid
DIAMOND SKEWER
At the base of the tree to the right of the mural wall.
STAR SKEWER*
Right cabinet, lower right door. Behind the colored Foursquare puzzle
X SKEWER*
Beside the light BULB
GRENADINE
Red bottle on the lower right shelf
COCKTAIL GLASS*
Right cabinet, upper right shelf. Behind the Fruit puzzle.
TEQUILA*
Right cabinet, upper left shelf. Behind the left-right puzzle
ICE*
Left cabinet, lower right shelf. You will need the KEY.
ORANGE JUICE*
Right cabinet, lower left door. Behind the number puzzle
STRAW*
Beside the ORANGE JUICE
RECIPE*
Prints out when you solve the nonogram
Guide to Puzzle Solutions
Nonogram (picross)
No in-game clue necessary. This is a colored puzzle so the solution is different from a standard nonogram in that some of the different sets of blocks can touch each other. Once solved, make sure all the other blocks are empty with no question marks, then push the button to enter the answer.
Color the blocks as follows. Leave the remaining squares empty. (If you start with a question mark, click twice for blue, thrice for yellow, four times for red)
Row 1: 9/10 yellow
Row 2: 9 Yellow
Row 3: 9 yellow
Row 4: 1 blue, 2/3/4/5/6/7 red, 8 yellow, 9 red, 10 blue
Row 5: 2 blue, 3/4/5/6 red, 7 yellow, 8 red, 9 blue
Row 6: 3 blue, 4/5 red, 6 yellow, 7 red, 8 blue
Row 7: 4 blue, 5 yellow, 6 red, 7 blue
Row 8: 5/6 blue
Row 9: 5/6 blue
Row 10: 4/5/6/7 blue
It's a Bloody Mary!
Left-Right (Right cabinet, upper left door)
Hit the button beside the solved nonogram puzzle. Lights will flash with the left-right code.
L R R L L R R L
Colored Foursquare (right cabinet, lower right door)
Zoom back out and look at the bar. Your four colored squares clue is right in front of you.
Note the colors of the bottles on the four shelves
Yellow Blue (1 click)
Green (3 clicks) Red (2 clicks)
4x4 Grid (Left cabinet, upper left door)
The clue for this is hidden on the tables. Examine the pictures.
Pull up the picture of the cocktail on any table. Click the dog-ear in the upper right corner to flip it over. The pattern of cocktails on the grid is your solution. You can click on any picture on any table, and the 4x4 clue will be the same.
Three Fruits (Right cabinet, upper right door)
This clue is also on the tables, in the same place as the 4x4 clue on the backs of the pictures.
The cocktail pattern is the same on all three pictures, but what about the fruit in the bottom left corner? Look at the pictures on all three tables to find the three different fruits.
strawberry, raspberry, cherry
Three Shapes (Left cabinet, Lower left door)
Check the tables. Again.
Look at the center of the glass tabletops. Note the shape of the metal rod supporting the table. Compare with the other tables.
Square, circle, hexagon
Candles
Light the candles on the tables with the MATCHES. This will give you a color clue for the next puzzle
Four Letters (Left cabinet, upper right door)
This clue is also on the tables.
Check out those fancy candlesticks. Are they all the same on all the tables?
Combine each candlestick letter with the candle colors above it. Then insert the letters on the corresponding colored slots. Note that you will need the blue letter twice.
blue red yellow blue indicates S E A S
Light Bulbs
Insert the BULB into the dark lamp on the wall with the mural. This will give you a clue for the next puzzle.
Four Digits (Right cabinet, lower left door)
For your clue, insert the four colored SKEWERS into the corresponding colored glasses against the wall.
in left-right order, a green DIAMOND, a yellow X, a red HEART, and a blue STAR.
Use the shape clues from around the room to determine the numbers.
The diamond indicates 69, per the diamond underwater in the pool. The heart is 3, per the light BULB clue. The star is 7, per the pictures on the tables. The X is not a number (That's why there is no olive in the X glass).
diamond, x, heart, star, equals 69 x 37 equals 2553.
Cocktail Key
Use the recipe card from your inventory to make the cocktail. Pull up the GLASS from your inventory and add the ingredients in the order listed on the recipe card. Don't forget to add the straw and the umbrella at the end! Now use the cocktail on the panel beside the gate.
The gods that control the gate must have liked it. Because you're free now!
Posted by: JudyJetson
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July 10, 2014 11:16 AM