Cairn

Can you discover the chilled out mysteries of Cairn? A somewhat mellow, but still puzzling, way to start the week [found via eg24].

Entry 4929, Monday, August 1st 2011, Filed In Games
Rating(54%)

Comments

Picaso

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I know a Cairns in Scotland, however this is somewhere else. Hope that was helpful.

Comment 1, Monday, August 1st 2011 03:59:08 AM

Monika

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there's a cairns in queensland too, but it doesn't help any!

anyone else figured anything out on this one?

Comment 2, Monday, August 1st 2011 04:49:27 AM

Charlie

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Collecting the gems (?) seems to be the first thing to do. Then - i think - balance them on the beam. Not sure beyond that as I don't have them all yet.

Comment 3, Monday, August 1st 2011 04:55:09 AM

SonicLover

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Okay, stuck. I've gotten far.

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I've stopped the wind and knocked the ball down the hill, and I think I have to fix that broken stick towards the left. I noticed a new stick stuck in the ground near the mushrooms, but I can't figure out how to get it out...

Comment 4, Monday, August 1st 2011 05:05:59 AM

Charlie

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@sonic: I assume then that you have solved the 'pentagram' puzzle (far left).... Any hints for that?

Comment 5, Monday, August 1st 2011 05:11:54 AM

BioLarzen

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Logics puzzles are my strength, but I've never been able to easily solve these rotating-disk type ones where rotating one disk will automatically rotate another one, too... Somehow this one type just never settled in my head...

Anyone knows if the game autosaves my progress? Because I'm somewhere in the middle

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solved the multi-hoop vine-puzzle, the pentagram-puzzle, the marbles-puzzle, yet to solve the rotating stone disks puzzle, the wooden poles-pizzle and the stone hoop assembly puzzle I believe

but I have to go now... Would be a shame if it didn't because I like this game so far, but I won't start it all over again, because this music is starting to kill me and I see n way turning it off :(

bio

Comment 6, Monday, August 1st 2011 05:21:50 AM

BioLarzen

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Charlie,
for the pentagram-puzzle:

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first, notice the bees flying above it. Bring some order and then you'll see the rest, I think.

bio

Comment 7, Monday, August 1st 2011 05:23:23 AM

Charlie

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@bio- thanks for that. in answer to your other q though, i don't think it does save. i quit out and it lost my progress :(

Comment 8, Monday, August 1st 2011 06:15:47 AM

Charlie

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but: mute button on your pc might help???? :)

Comment 9, Monday, August 1st 2011 06:16:27 AM

SonicLover

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I've made a little progress since my last comment.

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I realized that the cave on the far left is connected to an invisible hole at the bottom of the hill, that I plugged up with the ball. The wind blows into that cave when it's blowing left. Thus, get the wind blowing left after dropping the ball, and I can make the mushrooms sing. I've duplicated the melody from the sticks to no avail... probably because the melody isn't complete because I haven't fixed that one stick yet.

No progress on getting the stick on the far right out.

Comment 10, Monday, August 1st 2011 07:03:59 AM

SonicLover

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...Oh.

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The little flying creature that transports the flower seed? You can also use it to pull out and transport the stick stuck in the ground that I was fussing with.

The rest was a cinch. Out now.

Comment 11, Monday, August 1st 2011 07:12:44 AM

Rose

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Frustrating!! How do I move that ball?!

Comment 12, Monday, August 1st 2011 07:25:53 AM

SonicLover

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Rose:

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Perhaps if something popped up underneath that ball it would move...

Comment 13, Monday, August 1st 2011 07:40:43 AM

Rose

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Yep - was just about to say! Not too tricky :-) Music was irritaing though!

Comment 14, Monday, August 1st 2011 07:49:05 AM

The Great Dane

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Really great game. I loved the atmosphere. It reminded me of Myst.

Comment 15, Monday, August 1st 2011 10:51:29 AM

BioLarzen

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Charlie,
the mute button on my pc won't help, because i have to listen to something else in the meantime ;)

BTW, now I know it doesn't save, started again, beat the rotating stone disks puzzle - and nothing happened... Got 4 stones and I don't seem to be able to

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balance the seesaw with those four (red, blue, yellow, green)

I was counting on a fifth stone from this puzzle and now I seem to be astuck. I still have to do something with the mushrooms, the sticks and the stone hoop assembly puzzle - but I don't seem to be able to.

bio

Comment 16, Monday, August 1st 2011 12:17:27 PM

BioLarzen

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Dane,
I agree, it's a good one - but Myst is much better...

bio

Comment 17, Monday, August 1st 2011 12:19:23 PM

Graeme

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@bio; Once you have solved the rotating discs make sure you

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click on the middle of the discs (maybe you have to do this a couple of times) to get the gem/rock.

Comment 18, Monday, August 1st 2011 12:49:57 PM

BioLarzen

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Ah, Graeme, thx for the hint! I didn't dare to touch them once they were in order :D

bio

Comment 19, Monday, August 1st 2011 01:02:01 PM

Ballira

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Bug alert for the Stone Marble puzzle:

I was doing the center part of this puzzle and when I accidentally clicked on one stone and dropped it over another, it took it away. o_o; Now I'm sudenlly one stone less.

Comment 20, Monday, August 1st 2011 01:57:38 PM

Ballira

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A hint about the pentagram:

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It doesn't have to be in any particular order. Just watch the path the bees tak in flying.

If that isn't enough, here's a second hint:

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The bees themselves are a bit of a hint. Imagine trying to draw one with a straight line. how would it look?

Comment 21, Monday, August 1st 2011 02:38:02 PM

BioLarzen

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Well... The bit where I had to

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pick up the seed with the flying creature was hard since it took me a good couple of clicks before one finally registered and the flying dunnowhat was willing to pick up the seed.

Kinda bad, because I thought this was I should do - but, since it didn't seem to work, i resorted to the hint that said this is, indeed what I should do... Also, navigating it to the right place then had much more of a feeling of being annoying than a challenge...

Since I had to use a hint, this is not much of a real challenge now, sicne, in a way, I already "cheated". And, since I have to sleep now (it's almost 1 AM here) and rthere's no Save feature, I'll leave this game now.
I'm sorry because it seemed a genuinely good game, but then i realized that it was only some of the puzzles that I really liked and I didn't like anything else really... Certainly no hunger to come back and do it all again to pick up where I left.

Thx for the hints, guys.

bio

Comment 22, Monday, August 1st 2011 03:47:10 PM