Ok, so what have we got here? A couch. A window. Some scissors suspended from the ceiling. A present with a lid that's firmly taped down. And The Boy with Tape on His Face in the middle of it all. From BBC Three comes a short, comedy-driven point-and-click game starring Sam Wills as his quiet little character with a slab of tape over his mouth. His goal is quite simple, and if you're going to help him get inside that box, you'll need to solve some pretty strange puzzles.
All you'll need for this full motion video adventure is your mouse, and all you'll need to do with it is figure out what needs to be clicked on and click on it! The boy takes care of the rest. As you complete actions and view short video scenes, the present meter on the right slowly fills up, showing your progress to full opening of the deliciously-wrapped box. If, in your clicking explorations, you trigger the same video more than once, a handy "skip" button appears at the bottom of the screen, allowing you to move right past videos you've already seen.
The Boy with Tape on His Face is more of an entertainment piece than a traditional game, even by casual standards. The puzzles are less challenging and more, well, inevitable. Keep clicking on things and you'll get to the end. Keep getting it wrong and the game will show you what's next. It's not about the work that goes into solving the puzzles, however, it's about the antics of the boy with tape on his face. If you've ever seen Sam's show you'll know what kind of humor to expect, so hop in and enjoy the brief but comical game starring the boy with tape on his face!
Walkthrough Guide
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The Boy With Tape on His Face Walkthrough:
The game itself also gives hints if you don't click anything for a while.
Click on the shoulder bag.
Click on every item dumped out by the shoulder bag, from left to right.
Click on the red button a second time.
Click on the ringing phone.
Click on the shoes of the hanging man to take them.
Click on the mannequin's head.
Click on the mannequin's scarf.
Click on the cuckoo clock.
Click the window when it glows to attract the alien.
Click the tape again to get shot at and open the spring.
Click the phone and then the cuckoo clock again to get the scissors.
Click the present!
Posted by: joye | August 24, 2011 2:15 PM
The Boy with Tape on His Face Walkthrough
Oh, boy! A present!
Can't open it.
Can't reach the scissors. Bummer.
Maybe there's something useful in the shoulder bag?
Scarves are chic this time of year, no?
Sunglasses. Yeah, baby.
We're wiggin' out!
And that's one well-dressed mannequin.
A tape dispenser. Variation on a theme?
Hey, is that a red button?
It's a red button that says DO NOT PUSH! You better believe we're pushin' it!
Ring, ring. Better answer that.
There's a guy dangling from the ceiling. His feet are probably getting hot. Let's get his shoes for him.
Wig out, part deux!
And now the scarf. Lovely.
We're cuckoo for ... Okay, the joke doesn't work too well here. Just click the clock.
What's behind the curtains?
Let's listen to the tape dispenser again.
The phone people still love us! Their love keeps on lifting us higher!
Ah, we meet again, Mr. Cuckoo Clock.
(Try to keep it together, now.)
PRESENT TIME!
Posted by: ray9na | August 24, 2011 2:24 PM