Puzzle Time :: VOTING OPEN

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Ok. So I read the rules this time, and got practically 100% support so I present to ye the most originally named comp of all time...

Puzzle Time!

Rules: Every week a post will be made with a list of items and a scenario. Using your wit and skill find a way to complete the scenario with the items provided. You can only use a set number of items of your own choice. When I say use your skill, use it. For example in the scenario below you have a boulder and a reinforced window. I advise not using Pick Up boulder chuck through window. Think of something adventuresque to use :P

Voting: After the week voting shall commence!

What If I win?: The winner chooses the next scenario and list of items.

Anything else: Well, I'll probably make a website with an archive of all the solutions and winning ones. And possible some short games/tutorials showing how they could be scripted.

So without further ado, I present this weeks scenario and items!

Scenario
You find yourself outside a single house on the edge of a cliff.Ã,  There are a few items you already have and some objects around. You look through the window and see what you are looking for, but there is no way in. The window is reinforced and cannot be smashed with your bare hands. The door is strong. How do you get inside?

ITEMS

  • Window
  • Pot
  • Large Stick
  • Shrub
  • Scissors
  • Boulder

And 3 items of your choice!

So get thinking and post your solutions here!

Haddas

USE Scissors ON boulder... You loose. Boulder beats scissors
PUSH boulder... It's too heavy for you.
USE Large stick on window... nope
                  hmm....
SMOKE pot
GET high
USE scissors on shrub... Success!
PLAYER has combined scissor with shrub while stoned = jetpack
USE jetpack
ENTER through chimney

Chicky

upon closer inspection of the shrub you realise its catnip. And when you look through the window you can see a cat lying on the carpet. You tie the catnip to the stick, when stick the stick through the letter box in the door the cat dives for it, missing and hitting the latch on the door, the door swings open and your in,

once inside you smoke the pot  ;)

Moox

#3
Items added:
Hose
Match
Water Spout



USE hose on stick and pot to make shovel
DIG under house
USE scissors on shovel to get pot, hose, and stick
USE hose on spout
USE Pot on Hose
USE Match on boulder
USE Flame on stick
USE Fire on hole to burn the floor
USE water on fire
GO inside

Isegrim

Now for a radical solution: ;D

Use scissors on rock to strike a spark.
use stick with shrub to make a torch
use torch with spark to set it afire
use burning torch with roof of house to burn it (the house has stone walls but is thatched with straw)

When the house is burned down,
use scissors on pot to make a sieve
sieve the house's ashes to find... A BLUE CUP! (or something like that)

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Redwall

Pick up SMALL STICK (user added item #1).
Use SMALL STICK with LARGE STICK. Sticks make FLAME.
Use SCISSORS on SHRUB to get DRY LEAVES (user added item #2).
Use DRY LEAVES on FLAME to make FIRE.
Use POT with DISENFECTANT SPRAY (user added item #3).
Use POT WITH DISENFECTANT on FIRE.
ACRID SMOKE rises from the POT WITH DISENFECTANT and eats away at the sealings of the WINDOW.
Push WINDOW.
Walk to WINDOW.
Pick up PRIZE.

Not sure about window sealings, but it might work.
Can we do more than one?
aka Nur-ab-sal

"Fixed is not unbroken."

Ashen

Already have: a length of rope

USE length of rope on boulder - 'You tie the rope around the boulder.'
USE rope on self - 'You are now tied to the boulder.'
WALK off cliff - enter new location 'Cliff Face'.
SWING (replaces WALK) to opening in Cliff Face - enter new location 'Secret Passage'.
USE scissors on rope - 'You are no longer tied to the boulder.'
WALK into house, via cellar.
I know what you're thinking ... Don't think that.

rtf

Already Have:
Magnifying Glass
Rubber Band

USE Bush.Ã,  You grab a leaf from the bush.
USE leaf on pot.Ã, 
USE Magnifying Glass on makeshift pot-smoky thing.
USE stick on pot-smoky thing.
USE stick on bush.Ã,  You kill a fat rat.
USE bush to pull out the fat rat.
USE Stick(In the inventory)Ã,  Break it in half.
USE rubber band on snapped stick, thus making a slingshot.
USE slingshot on the fat rat, or vice versa.
USE loaded slingshot on the window.
Window is now broken.Ã,  Go in.
GET prize.
I fail at art.

Hollister Man

PUSH boulder - It rolls on you, you die, reload
USE large stick on window - Boing!! it bounces back and skewers you with a side branch, you die, reload
USE large stick on shrub - Thrash!!  You end up inside the bush and losing your underwear (Calsoon reference), and your only recource is to fall off the cliff (at least mine was.) Reload
LOOK porch - Hey, there's a mat in front of the door
OBJ 1 -LOOK mat - Too easy, sorry, no key
OBJ 2 -LOOK mailbox - a letter
OBJ 3 -LOOK letter - a KEY!

USE the key on the door, enter.
That's like looking through a microscope at a bacterial culture and seeing a THOUSAND DANCING HAMSTERS!

Your whole planet is gonna blow up!  Your whole DAMN planet...

Ali

#9
For this puzzle to work properly, the McGuffin must be information rather than an object.

You are holding:
Scissors


You can pick up:
Large Stick
Milk Bottle


You can see:
Window
Heavy door
Crack in Door
Boulder
Shrub in a Plant Pot
Mouse (through window)


Look at the Boulder. It is completely useless, like most boulders.

Pick up the Milk Bottle and the Large Stick.

You cannot open the Door, break the Window or squeeze through the Crack.

Look at the Window. On the other side you see a pile of lucre, including a Silver Key. Perched atop the pile of treasure is a tiny Mouse.

You talk to the Mouse, in mouse language (which you learned earlier in the game) He tells you that he will give you one of his treasures, if you get him some food - you know, wealthy rodents don't always have time to shop.

Use the Scissors to prune the Shrub. Get carried away and uproot the whole plant leaving an Empty Pot.

Use the Milk with the Pot. You have a pot full of milk. What an achievement.

Use the Stick to stir the Pot. Your trusty curdling stick has done the trick, you've made Cheese!

Use Cheese with Crack. The Mouse crawls out and eats the Cheese and offers you any one of his treasures. You choose the Silver Key.

Use the the Silver Key with the Door.



Dave Gilbert

Currently carrying:
Door key

Use the key on the door.  Viola!


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What? 

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Oooh! It's succesfull!

Quoteupon closer inspection of the shrub you realise its catnip.
You do realise you are allowed extra items so you could have just added catnip?

Keep them coming, I'm gonna have to think of a way to organize these for voting...


kingsize

Added:
Rope
Condom
Lighter

Use SCISSORS with CONDOM
the condom is now a rubber ring
Use CONDOM with POT
Use POT with WINDOW
the pot doesnt stay
Use LIGHTER with SHRUB
a small fire blazes beneath the window
Use POT with WINDOW
the pot sticks! it's created a suction effect!
Use ROPE with POT
USE ROPE with BOULDER
the rope is tied around the rock, connecting it to the pot, with some slack
Use LARGE STICK with BOULDER
you prod the boulder off the cliff, the rope yanks tight, and the window pops out!

Whatever was inside better be good. It wasted a perfectly good condom, pot, shrub, rope, and window.

DragonRose

OPEN window.

You never said it was locked!

Okay, okay, I'll do a real one.

Added inventory: Rope
Added Scenery: Tree

USE shrub on pot (shrub is transplanted)
USE rope on shrub-in-a-pot (rope is tied to shrub-in-a-pot, around the shrub, specifically)
USE rope on tree (rope is looped over tree branch.)
USE rope on boulder (rope is tied around the boulder, and shrub in a pot is lifted off the ground.)
PUSH shrub-in-a-pot (it swings, the pot is released from the bush and goes flying through the window)


Whee!
Sssshhhh!!! No sex please, we're British!!- Pumaman

Eggie

Added Items:
Dead Squirrel
Shredded kite
Chimeny

EXAMINE boulder
You notice that there are flies buzzing around the base. Maybe it's a secret insect meeting point, Maybe they're planning world domination, Maybe I should have taken my pills this morning...

USE boulder
Your floppy little arms are useless against the wrath of the inaminate boulder of doom.

USE large stick on boulder
You think back to physics lessons and vaguely remember a comic you were reading at the time that involved the protagonist using a lever to shift a heavy object.
You push the boulder off the left revealing a dead squirrel.

EXAMINE dead squirrel
It appears to be a flying squirrel. How it managed to get underneath a boulder you'll never know. You briefly entertain the idea that he might have been crushed by it after lifting it above his head to impress a lady squirrel. he should've used a lever.

GET dead flying squirrel
Yummy!

EXAMINE shredded kite
The frame and string seems to be intact. But the canvas looks like a sieve...If you think sieves look like ripped up kites, that is.

USE dead flying squirrel on shredded kite
With absoubtly no respect for the dead. You stretch out the deceased rodent across the frame of the kite. This is just crazy enough to work.

EXAMINE Chimney
Chim chemeny chim chimeny chim chim cheroo
It's looks big ebnough for you to fit through
Chim chemeny chim chimeny chim chim cheroo
Unfortunately it's out of reach for you.

USE squirrely kite of doom with chimeny
You lauch your newfangled kite thing into the air, it floats about for a second, the light catching the rotting flesh of the squirrel in a beutiful way. The the wind dies and the squirrel crashes into chimney in, who'd of thought, EXACTLY the right way so that it's firmly attached to it.
You climb the kite string and go through the chimney.

Once inside, the window swings open by itself. Isn't that just bloody typical...

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I am gonna have to change the rules. there have been a lot of entrys so what'll happen is I'll choose the 10 most ingenious and they'll be voted on :)  And the winner chooses the top ten next week.. etc...

evenwolf

Dragon, but how do you clear out the broken glass?  And why not just throw the pot at the window? :P
"I drink a thousand shipwrecks.'"

DragonRose

Kingsized: You see, you have to... um.. because..well...

HEY LOOK, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!

*sound of running feet*
*sound of squealing car tires*
*sound of airplane taking off*
Sssshhhh!!! No sex please, we're British!!- Pumaman

Ginny

Ooh, I love this competition and all the entries! Didn't have time until now to think something up, so here goes:

Items:
Window
Pot
Large Stick
Shrub
Scissors
Boulder
Note in Envelope
Pebbles
Powder

Jump Off CLIFF - "Yeeehah! The wind is blowing, baby! Wait, what was I trying to do again?" -die-

Use POT on WINDOW - "What the hell is this glass made of anyway!? It won't break."

Eat SHRUB - "It's not spinach. *snigger*"

Use SCISSORS - "Didn't your parents teach you not to play with scissors? Or was that not to run around with scissors.. Hmm."

Examine NOTE - "It's a recipe to make a highly dangerous acid that can eat through solid matter. Kinda like grog."
"It says: 'Mix some crushed leaves and shreded paper over a fire. Add secret powder, included in this envelope as a special one-time offer!'"
"Oh, there's some teal coloured POWDER in here.."

Use POWDER - "Mmm, no, it might burn my nose, really."

Examine BOULDER - "There seem to be a few pebbles lying here, the kind that can start sparks and a fire."

Use PEBBLES on SHRUB - "I shouldn't burn it yet, I need the leaves."

Use SCISSORS on SHRUB - "I got some LEAVES."

Use LEAVES with BOULDER - "There. Crushed leaves."

Use SCISSORS on NOTE - "Astalavista, cheap notepaper!"

Use LEAVES on POT - "The old cooking pot is full of crushed leaves now."

Use PAPER on POT - "Paper goes in."

Use PEBBLES on SHRUB - "Ooh, I started a fire!"

Use POT on SHRUB - "I feel like a neanderthal.."

Use STICK on POT - "My mixing skills are admirable!"

USE POWDER on POT - "Prepare for sparks! Youch!"

Quickly Use POT on Door - "The acid eats the door away, but I'm a bit scared to go in.. Never mind..."
J/K!
"The acid eats the door away, and victory is mine! Hey, what's that smell?"

Solution 2:

Use SCISSORS on window - "I've made a large crack in the shape of a hole in the glass."
Use LARGE STICK on crack - "Prod. Prod prod. PROD!!!"
"Oh, I've made a hole. Funny, that."
Use POT with STICK - "It's a brass pot on a stick!"
Use POT-ON-STICK with hole in wondow - "With my great strength and hand-eye coordination, I scoop up the item inside!"

Also:
Added items: House owner.
Talk to OWNER - "Hey, can I get something from your house?"
"Now way!"
Use SCISSORS on OWNER.
Talk to OWNER again - "How about now?"
"*pant* Sure, be my guest! *choke*"
:D

Actually none of these really worked out as imaginitive as I had hoped, but meh. I would suggest to have less obvious options next time, such as not allowing for many extra items, maybe not any at all, and items that can't be used too easily to solve the puzzle. Just a suggestion to whoever wins ;).
Try Not to Breathe - coming sooner or later!

We may have years, we may have hours, but sooner or later, we push up flowers. - Membrillo, Grim Fandango coroner

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#19
Bump

OkerslyÃ,  Voting begins!

I vote for Dragon Rose ... Hehe she drew a neato picture.

(Btw I aint doin the whole pick 10 best ones .. too many decent ones)

And remember.. no voting for yourself

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