The Dark Room – a whizzy little puzzle from Wooly Thinking (sic) that deserves a Walk-Through, a Guide, Help, FAQ, Hints and Cheats - call it what you will.

(Okay, that was a blatant search-engine nod there.. so shoot me.)

The Control Room

So you find yourself in a small, dark, cubic room.  Take a little time to get used to the rather irritating mouse-controlled navigation.  Look up and turn around until you can see a corner which is cut off the cube, with three concentric rings marked on it.  There are three buttons in this room, which look like small, faint, oddly positioned door handles.  The buttons aren't coloured themselves, but they turn on different coloured lights.

Clockwise from the corner with the concentric circles is the wall which holds the Blue button (at floor level, roughly in the middle).  Clockwise again are seven unlit blocks of four coloured squares.  Clockwise again is the door.  Clockwise again is the wall with the Yellow button (on the left side of the wall, half-way between floor and ceiling).  On the ceiling is the Red button (near one corner).

When you press any of the coloured buttons, the concentric circles on the cut-off corner of the room will light up the appropriate colour:

Red = Red

Blue = Blue

Yellow = Yellow

Red + Blue = Purple

Blue + Yellow = Green

Yellow + Red = Orange

Red + Blue + Yellow = White

When the concentric circles on the corner are lit up with any combination of the buttons, clicking on the corner will reveal a room of that colour.  You can try the rooms in any order, but White is best left until last.

The Red Room

This room is like the inside of a die.  Four walls are blank and two have nine buttons.  When you mouse over the blank walls, red spinning circles appear in various positions.  These are like pips on a die.  The buttons on the two remaining walls need to be lit so that the room looks like a normal die.  On a die, the pips on opposite sides add up to 7.

Looking at the corner between the two walls with buttons, on the LEFT wall the number 4 needs to be lit (i.e. the four corner buttons), and on the RIGHT wall the number 5 needs to be lit (i.e. the four corner buttons and the centre button).

When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The Yellow Room

The object in this room is to light up all the squares.  When you click a button, that square and all the squares around it change “status” (i.e. if they were off, they will turn on, and if they were on, they will turn off).  The diagram below shows the room: the numbers represent the squares on the wall, the black triangle represents the corner button, A is the floor, BCDE are the walls and F is the ceiling.

NB: this is a PLAN VIEW of the room.  The corner button is marked on the floor square (A) because you are standing on the floor, so it's easier to orientate yourself with it there, than if I'd marked it on the ceiling square.

Here’s my walkthrough, but there are lots of ways of doing it.  Click the buttons in this order:

B1, C3, D1, E3, A1, A1, A4, A4, F4, F4, F1, F1

When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The Blue Room

This room is a maze, which is revealed by moving the mouse over the walls, floor and ceiling.  Begin by facing towards the wall to the left of the corner button, and then looking down at the floor.  Move the mouse over the middle square on the floor.  A blue circle with a path leading from it is revealed.  The maze must then be followed from this square onward until the end is reached: the centre square on the ceiling.  Below is a map of how to reach the centre ceiling square from the centre floor square.  The black triangle represents the corner button.  The block of nine squares on the left is the ceiling.

Click in the centre of the final square (the centre ceiling square) to complete the maze.  When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The Purple Room

In this room, all the pictures of satellites need to be highlighted.  This is done by moving the mouse over areas where a satellite is hidden.  However, if the mouse moves over an area with a spider in it, all the satellite pictures will disappear and you will have to start again.  The diagram below shows the locations of the satellites.  The black triangle represents the corner button.  Because the satellites cannot all be reached by stepping from one area to another, sometimes you will have to move quickly between areas to avoid touching a spider.

NB: this is a PLAN VIEW of the room (see NB for Yellow Room)

When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The Green Room

This room is like a Tangrams puzzle.  When you highlight a shape, it is reflected on all the other walls in the same position.  You need to highlight the correct shapes – one on each wall – so that all the walls become green.  My diagram is below.  The black triangle represents the corner button.

NB: this is a PLAN VIEW of the room (see NB for Yellow Room)

When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The Orange Room

This is a matching puzzle.  You need to get all the shapes highlighted, but they will only remain highlighted if you click matching pairs consecutively.  My diagram is below.  The black triangle represents the corner button.  Pairs of letters represent pairs of symbols.

NB: this is a PLAN VIEW of the room (see NB for Yellow Room)

When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The White Room

To solve this puzzle, you need to have completed all the other rooms.  In the White Room, each wall has three concentric circles.  When each of the three circles is clicked, they cycle through the six colours: Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Green.  In each of the completed colour rooms there will be a black ring with a circling dot on one of the walls, the ceiling or the floor.  Note the position of this ring, and its size (small, medium or large), for each of the rooms - the sizes are different each time the game is played.  Return to the White Room and set the appropriate ring on each wall to the appropriate colour.

When you solve the puzzle, find the corner with the concentric circles and click on it to take you back to the first room.

The Control Room

The button for the door should now be lit up and flashing.  Click on it and then click on the door.  You’ve done it!

Thanks a lot for youe great instructions! You definatly saved me! Thought i'll get crazy with this puzzel! Especailly the begining was a great help! :)

i dont get how the cube diagrams for the green and orange rooms correspond to the real cube. maybe im missing something, cause all i have is the orange, green, and white rooms left.

never mind, i figured it out :)

Yeah, the corner marker was marking the BOTTOM one in your diagrams.

grrrrrrrrr... ur stupid diagrams won't load on ANY computer!this site suckz ass

The diagrams are wrong... the corner marker is not correct in both the green and orange puzzles...

all i see is a grid?
what is this what am i spose to do i dont understand any of the instructions its too confusing

I cant get The white room ~ i did th right circles????:-(:-?

great guide :) helped me beat the game in 20 min! if they make a d. room2, u should make another guide :)

Thanks a lot for the diagrams. I figured out how the green room worked, but it would have taken me hours to find the right solution if it were not for you!:)

Now why'd you have to go and do that? You know people are perfectly capable of figuring these puzzles out. People are using this to cheat and get into the Hall of Fame without having to work for it. And for you people who are looking at this thing right now, for shame.
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Bits of this puzzle are difficult and frustrating. Plus, as you can see from some of the comments I received, some people aren't even bright enough to understand my instructions, let alone complete the puzzle all by themselves. I take your point, but you're clearly capable of managing by yourself; some of us aren't quite so self-sufficient. Incidentally, why were you looking at my site?
Ophelia Xx

this realy helped me on the yellow room but I still cant get the green room. :(:-(:);):oo:):P:P:-?

easy the black triangle confused me

awesome game right here... http://www.pimpingame.com/refer.php?ref=39941

This is a great walkthrough. I just beat the game without using this though. That is because i searched on google and your site did not come up for "dark room walkthrough" or "how to beat dark room." Try to make your site more acessable and easy to find.
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I've had thousands of hits from Google searches which were more refined than yours. "Dark Room" is a pretty common phrase so it's not that easy to make my walkthrough stand out. Incidentally, if you put "dark room walkthrough" in quotes when you search, my site is the first and only hit. "How to beat dark room" is kind of a random way of putting it, but I take your point on that one. Still, I'm getting enough traffic from people with more sensible searches than yours ( ) that I can't really be bothered to add that phrase to my site. Thanks anyway for your concern.

Ophelia Xx

I like penguins. But anyone who uses this walkthrough dissapoints them. Shame on you!!!

Green is wrong....who has the real bottom corner??? mail me
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The green room is right; I just checked it. The centre square on my diagram is the floor, not the ceiling. The triangle represents the position of the ceiling corner marker when you're standing on the floor looking up. I found it was clearer to mark it there than on the ceiling in my diagram, because you're standing on the floor.

Ophelia Xx

OMG I love you. :)

It's nice work that you did. What's sad is that people have to use it to play a game that's about solving the puzzles contained within it. If you need a walkthrough, what's the point in playing?

your drawings suck!

your diagrams rule!!:)
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Heh. I sense a divergence of opinion =P
Ophelia Xx

xcv

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SORRY!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!

u rock!! i almost feel like i did it!! just got stuck on the green room!! the diagrams made all the difference!! I wud have been stuck forever!! thanx!!

Thank You for this site! I finished every puzzle except for green(:-?) and I DESPERATLY needed help...Thanks!:)

Now why'd you have to go and do that? You know people are perfectly capable of figuring these puzzles out. People are using this to cheat and get into the Hall of Fame without having to work for it. And for you people who are looking at this thing right now, for shame.

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100% agree, keep trying, don't cheat ¬¬

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Look it's written now.. I don't like cheaters either but some people obviously aren't as clever as you. Besides, what are you DOING here if you weren't looking for help? Frankly if you linked to this page just to complain about it, I think you need to get out more.

Ophelia Xx

u never actually give instructions for the green room now do u?? u just show pics and say "when u solve the puzzle.." >

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Sure I do.. just click (highlight) the shapes I've shown on my diagram! You need to click the right shapes so that all the walls end up green. Following my instructions is not rocket science.

Ophelia Xx

ВСЕМ ПРИВЕТ!
ЭТУ ИГРУ НЕ ВОЗМОЖНО ПРОЙТИ Blie
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Sure it is! I did it, and so can you.
Ophelia Xx

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Answering your question, I wasn't looking for help, this game was posted in my favourite board and I solved it. I was givin' hints to those who couldn't, when one of them posted the link to this page.

It's not so hard, let the people solve the game for themselves. That's all.

HELP ME WITH THE GREEN ROOOM PLEASE

thank you :P

Wow! I am extremely glad I got this walktrough considering I couldn't fin any others! I hope you give more like it!

what? your plan view makes no sense
it would have been better if u planned it from the top to bottom. for instance if u were looking directly at the warp button you would be able to c 3 sides, if u orientate as 1 is the ceiling then heading off to the left would have been 2(blue wall), then 3(control pannel), then 4(escape door), then 5(this would also be in view when looking straight at the warp button)(yellow wall) and the floor would be number 6. lay it out in a tetris sort of shape
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get me? so much simpler. i couldnt use this guide due to the mix up of the bleedin plan. i suppose i should jus do it myself.

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ok that so doesnt work at all. the 6 should be under the 5 lol. stupid fafin word n stuff

thx a lot~

:):):):-(:(;):o:-?:P Thank yo! never done this whitout your help ciao from sweden

what the..?! after i looked at ur walkthrough, i could THEN see it as a room.. =.=
i've finished the whole game w/ a perspective of looking at a cube from the outside!!
i've found this even funnier than the game itself.. LOL

anywayz, this game is AWESOME!!

:)

thanks heaps for your help, i thought id leave all eternity with the green room unfinished...

wow, i luv u..did u noe dat? ;)

ok...I got thru the whole thing, even with the hints, still hard when manuevering thru it..but now I am stuck on the "rings" yeah u explained some..but I still don't get it..is there a pattern to it?:-?:-?:-?:-?:-?:P:P

THANKS!!!! SOMETIMES YOU NEED A LITTLE HELP!!!! THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME:o !!!!!

I AM STILL WORKING ON IT...ACTUALLY I AM GOING TO SAVE IT AND START AGAIN TOMORROW. I NEEDED HELP WITH THE RINGS, BUT I SEE NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THEM!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!!! DIANNE

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Nice walkthrough! My change in mood went from :-?:-( to THNX!

i think the walkthrough would be easier to follow if you had the corner mark be at the top right as you face forward, in the top right corner, cuz you cant see the mark while looking at the floor. i apologize for spelling and grammar mistakes, it is almost 2:00 in the morning where i am.