jimmy the troublemaker

[Alun]

yes have pipe,apple, pearl, peas, vac, and pipe with herbs try to talk to professer he say not now try to put things in bukcket jmmy says he dont want to do that try bucket in proffesser house and on beach wat i'm i doing wrong???

Not sure if this is really worth hiding, since I'm not revealing any puzzle solutions and I don't think I'm giving away much not already given away by your question, but I'll hide it anyway just in case:

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That's... bizarre.  It's the one in the house, of course, not on the beach, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to put the things in it.  As far as I know, if you've talked to the professor you should be able to put the items in the bucket.

Wait -- the professor says "not now"?  That reminds me of a bug I ran into... did you talk to the professor in his house, or did you try talking to him on the road before he got there?  At first when I played, I tried talking to him on the road before he got to his house, and then he stopped and wouldn't say anything useful; I figured this seemed like a bug, so I restored a saved game from before I talked to the professor on the beach.  (I'd forgotten about this bug till this just now reminded me, or I would have mentioned it to the game's creator.)  If you talked to the professor too early and he's not in his house, then I'm afraid you'll probably have to restore a saved game, and this time, after the professor leaves the beach, don't talk to him again until he's entered his house.  (Unfortunately, that may mean you'll have to gather the items over again, if you got them after talking to the professor... but I guess that's life.)

On the other hand, if he is already in his house, and still won't talk to you... well, then I don't know what to tell you, except that maybe a similar bug occurred, and you may want to try restoring the game to before you first talked to him anyway.  In the house, he should talk to you and tell you about his attempts to duplicate the magic paint.  If he's not talking to you about that... something's wrong.

Actually, now that you've reminded me of the bug, I think I'll post in the game's thread to mention it to the game's creator.

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[keekee71]

yes have pipe,apple, pearl, peas, vac, and pipe with herbs try to talk to professer he say not now try to put things in bukcket jmmy says he dont want to do that try bucket in proffesser house and on beach wat i'm i doing wrong???

Not sure if this is really worth hiding, since I'm not revealing any puzzle solutions and I don't think I'm giving away much not already given away by your question, but I'll hide it anyway just in case:

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That's... bizarre.  It's the one in the house, of course, not on the beach, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to put the things in it.  As far as I know, if you've talked to the professor you should be able to put the items in the bucket.

Wait -- the professor says "not now"?  That reminds me of a bug I ran into... did you talk to the professor in his house, or did you try talking to him on the road before he got there?  At first when I played, I tried talking to him on the road before he got to his house, and then he stopped and wouldn't say anything useful; I figured this seemed like a bug, so I restored a saved game from before I talked to the professor on the beach.  (I'd forgotten about this bug till this just now reminded me, or I would have mentioned it to the game's creator.)  If you talked to the professor too early and he's not in his house, then I'm afraid you'll probably have to restore a saved game, and this time, after the professor leaves the beach, don't talk to him again until he's entered his house.  (Unfortunately, that may mean you'll have to gather the items over again, if you got them after talking to the professor... but I guess that's life.)

On the other hand, if he is already in his house, and still won't talk to you... well, then I don't know what to tell you, except that maybe a similar bug occurred, and you may want to try restoring the game to before you first talked to him anyway.  In the house, he should talk to you and tell you about his attempts to duplicate the magic paint.  If he's not talking to you about that... something's wrong.

Actually, now that you've reminded me of the bug, I think I'll post in the game's thread to mention it to the game's creator.

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ty ty ty ty ty it was a bug finished the game good game by the way

[Tinytim]

yes have pipe,apple, pearl, peas, vac, and pipe with herbs try to talk to professer he say not now try to put things in bukcket jmmy says he dont want to do that try bucket in proffesser house and on beach wat i'm i doing wrong???

Not sure if this is really worth hiding, since I'm not revealing any puzzle solutions and I don't think I'm giving away much not already given away by your question, but I'll hide it anyway just in case:

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That's... bizarre.  It's the one in the house, of course, not on the beach, but I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to put the things in it.  As far as I know, if you've talked to the professor you should be able to put the items in the bucket.

Wait -- the professor says "not now"?  That reminds me of a bug I ran into... did you talk to the professor in his house, or did you try talking to him on the road before he got there?  At first when I played, I tried talking to him on the road before he got to his house, and then he stopped and wouldn't say anything useful; I figured this seemed like a bug, so I restored a saved game from before I talked to the professor on the beach.  (I'd forgotten about this bug till this just now reminded me, or I would have mentioned it to the game's creator.)  If you talked to the professor too early and he's not in his house, then I'm afraid you'll probably have to restore a saved game, and this time, after the professor leaves the beach, don't talk to him again until he's entered his house.  (Unfortunately, that may mean you'll have to gather the items over again, if you got them after talking to the professor... but I guess that's life.)

On the other hand, if he is already in his house, and still won't talk to you... well, then I don't know what to tell you, except that maybe a similar bug occurred, and you may want to try restoring the game to before you first talked to him anyway.  In the house, he should talk to you and tell you about his attempts to duplicate the magic paint.  If he's not talking to you about that... something's wrong.

Actually, now that you've reminded me of the bug, I think I'll post in the game's thread to mention it to the game's creator.

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ty ty ty ty ty it was a bug finished the game good game by the way

Someone please help, I'm at a standstill. The dwarf ran off with the money, where's the beach and prof.?

[Alun]

Someone please help, I'm at a standstill. The dwarf ran off with the money, where's the beach and prof.?

Oh, don't worry about them yet; you've got a lot to do before you'll get to them.  The first thing you have to do is get your money back!

Uncover one hint at a time until you're no longer stuck:

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First of all, follow the gnome!

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If you kept following him, he should have run into a hole in the back of the gnome village.

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If you stand next to the hole, Jimmy will say something about not being able to fit in there.  Is there anyone who might be able to help you with that?

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Who do you know who knows magic?

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Go back and talk to the witch again.

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There are more puzzles involved after that, of course, but I'll let you take it from there.  You can post again if you get stuck again.

[Tinytim]

Someone please help, I'm at a standstill. The dwarf ran off with the money, where's the beach and prof.?

Oh, don't worry about them yet; you've got a lot to do before you'll get to them.  The first thing you have to do is get your money back!

Uncover one hint at a time until you're no longer stuck:

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First of all, follow the gnome!

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If you kept following him, he should have run into a hole in the back of the gnome village.

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If you stand next to the hole, Jimmy will say something about not being able to fit in there.  Is there anyone who might be able to help you with that?

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Who do you know who knows magic?

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Go back and talk to the witch again.

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There are more puzzles involved after that, of course, but I'll let you take it from there.  You can post again if you get stuck again.

Thanks, Alun, I managed to work that bit out before you posted and I bought

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the compass and the piggybank

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but that's it.

[Alun]

Thanks, Alun, I managed to work that bit out before you posted and I bought

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the compass and the piggybank

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but that's it.

By "that's it" do you mean you're stuck again and want more hints, or just that that's as far as you've gotten so far?

If you don't want more hints, ignore this post, but just in case you do...

The first item you mentioned, a lot of characters talk about, so presumably you already know what it's for.

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It allows you to enter the Forest of Perpetual Night (or whatever it's called; don't remember the exact name).  (At least, I assume that's what it does because that's what everyone says it does; to be honest, I've never tried entering the forest without it, so I'm not sure what difference it makes.)

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The second item... well, frankly, this was one of the puzzles I thought was the most unfair; there really aren't any clues for it (or if there are, I missed them).  I did get it, but only by trying items at random, not because there was any particular reason to believe that this should be the right item for it.  There's one thing you should have encountered earlier that you know you do need an item for, but there's no clue as to which item you need, and no apparent reason why it should happen to be that one.  To be more specific...

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You should have encountered someone who was willing to let you have something if you gave him something in return.

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I believe his exact words were to make him "an offer I can't refuse".

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Have you asked Benny for a fish?

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Okay, so if you try giving Benny the piggy bank, he still doesn't accept it... but he does give a response that seems to imply you're on the right track.

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How could you change the piggy bank just a little?

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Maybe if it were a different color?

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Have you found the red paint?

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If you haven't found it, it's in the abandoned house north of the thieves' shop.

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Use the red paint on the piggy bank, then give the piggy bank to Benny.

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[Tinytim]

Thanks, Alun, I managed to work that bit out before you posted and I bought

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the compass and the piggybank

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but that's it.

By "that's it" do you mean you're stuck again and want more hints, or just that that's as far as you've gotten so far?

If you don't want more hints, ignore this post, but just in case you do...

The first item you mentioned, a lot of characters talk about, so presumably you already know what it's for.

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It allows you to enter the Forest of Perpetual Night (or whatever it's called; don't remember the exact name).  (At least, I assume that's what it does because that's what everyone says it does; to be honest, I've never tried entering the forest without it, so I'm not sure what difference it makes.)

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The second item... well, frankly, this was one of the puzzles I thought was the most unfair; there really aren't any clues for it (or if there are, I missed them).  I did get it, but only by trying items at random, not because there was any particular reason to believe that this should be the right item for it.  There's one thing you should have encountered earlier that you know you do need an item for, but there's no clue as to which item you need, and no apparent reason why it should happen to be that one.  To be more specific...

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You should have encountered someone who was willing to let you have something if you gave him something in return.

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I believe his exact words were to make him "an offer I can't refuse".

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Have you asked Benny for a fish?

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Okay, so if you try giving Benny the piggy bank, he still doesn't accept it... but he does give a response that seems to imply you're on the right track.

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How could you change the piggy bank just a little?

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Maybe if it were a different color?

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Have you found the red paint?

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If you haven't found it, it's in the abandoned house north of the thieves' shop.

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Use the red paint on the piggy bank, then give the piggy bank to Benny.

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Thanks again Alun, I must have tried

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to paint everything except the piggy

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lol.

[Tina]

Im totally stuck, where is dr browns house, I dont have tape recorder?  I am carrying the gnome, and dont have any money to buy from the shop, what should I do next? thanks

[Eli]

I´m in the jungle, I have put fruit and pearl in professor's basket but I don't have the pipe.  What can I do?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help

[Alun]

Im totally stuck, where is dr browns house, I dont have tape recorder?  I am carrying the gnome, and dont have any money to buy from the shop, what should I do next? thanks

Don't worry about things you haven't seen yet -- you'll get to them.  If you're at the stage in the game where you're carrying the gnome, you can't get to either of those other things yet.  You'll get to them later.  (Dr. Brown's house, in particular, you won't see till very near the end of the game.)

As to what to do next... well, something with the gnome, of course!

You can uncover one hint at a time until you're unstuck...

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Have you really looked at the abandoned house?  (Not the one where you found the red paint; the one you can't get into because the door has no knob.)

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In particular, have you looked at the holes in the wall?

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If you look at one of them, Jimmy should say something about not being able to fit through... but that he bets the gnome can!

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Use the gnome on the hole in the wall.

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[Alun]

I´m in the jungle, I have put fruit and pearl in professor's basket but I don't have the pipe.  What can I do?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help

Hm... have you been to the Indian village?  More importantly, have you been past the Indian village?  (If you haven't, go there... it shouldn't be hard to find.)

If you have, and you're still stuck on what to do, then... uncover one hint at a time until you're not stuck...

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What you see on the screen past the Indian village should look familiar.

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You've seen a totem pole like that before... or almost like that.  But there's one important difference.

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The other totem pole you saw was missing a tooth.  Maybe you should fix that?

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Take a tooth from the totem pole past the Indian village.  (Unfortunately, it takes a bit of pixel-hunting to find the right tooth.)

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OK, now put the tooth in the other totem pole's mouth.

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Didn't stick?  Well, do you have anything that's sticky?

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Use the tropical drink (from the beach scene) on the tooth, then stick it in the totem pole's mouth.

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[Eli]

Thanks you very much.... it works for me!!!

[CosmoQueen]

Okay I'm kinda unsure of what to do next. I've been to the cemetery, the thieves store, the gnome village and everywhere else. I'm very confused right now LOL.

[Alun]

Okay I'm kinda unsure of what to do next. I've been to the cemetery, the thieves store, the gnome village and everywhere else. I'm very confused right now LOL.

Does this post help you at all?

If not, then to help you I'd have to know more specifically what you have and haven't done and what items you have...

[CosmoQueen]

It does help a bit.  But I'm still a bit confused as to what my goals are other than to get the compass from the thieves store. Right now I have the shovel, toadstool, Larry 4 disks, knife, sharp bone, keyring, bucket with the paintbrush and the angry Gnome.

I've already followed Buzz to get into the store, escaped from the cave, talked to the gnome guard, talked to the drunk and that's it.

[CosmoQueen]

Oh I just remembered to check back at the place I started from. Now I remember I have to find something for the witch to make her feel better and then find her master's grave. And I gotta find something to give the fisherman for a fish.

[Alun]

Oh I just remembered to check back at the place I started from. Now I remember I have to find something for the witch to make her feel better and then find her master's grave. And I gotta find something to give the fisherman for a fish.

Actually, the first two goals are really the same, even though the dialogue makes them sound different -- when you find the grave, there's something there to make the witch feel better.  And as for the fisherman... yes, eventually you do have to give him something for a fish, and that's actually coming up pretty soon, but you don't have it yet.  (And honestly, there's no particular rhyme or reason to what you have to give him; it turns out to be a random item that there's no indication he should want until you try giving to him.  But, as I said, it's something you don't have yet anyway.)

But anyway, you say you're carrying the gnome?  Ah, then you've already done what I mentioned in the post I linked to above.  So then for the next step I think the hints in this post may help you.

[CosmoQueen]

Okay I'm in the house but the gnome can't open the cabinet or reach the rifle. What else is there to do?

[Alun]

Okay I'm in the house but the gnome can't open the cabinet or reach the rifle. What else is there to do?

Keep looking around.  You haven't been everywhere in the house yet.

If you really need further hints, you can uncover one at a time until you're no longer stuck...

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Walk under the bed.

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If you go far enough under the bed, the gnome should find a key.

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The key unlocks the cabinet.

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After the cabinet's unlocked, you can interact with it to get some gold coins.

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Once you've got the gold, just leave the way you came in.  (The rifle is irrelevant.)

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[CosmoQueen]

Ah! The little bugger got away from me! LOL How do I get him?