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October 30, 2007

a bonte games flashback: the bonte room

In the bonte games flashback posts I would like to look back on past bonte games. I often get mails from people asking me for hints, solutions or walkthroughs for past bonte games. The bonte games flashback will give me a nice opportunity to write down these solutions on my blog, and perhaps it might also be interesting for bonte games fans which of course you all are :) to get some inside notes on the games from me.

I'll start of the flashback series with the bonte room, the first bonte game that saw the daylight way back in December 2005.

The bonte room was my first attempt in making a flash game. Inspired by the popular escape the room games MOTAS and Crimson room, and all the escape the room games that followed, I really wanted to have a go myself at the escape the room game genre. The idea behind an escape the room game is very simple: you are stuck in a room and you need to find a way to escape.
The bonte room is a very simple room as I just started with flash development: just 4 screens for each wall. I focused on the room's design and look, as I wanted it to look attractive and also I wanted to enter some life into the otherwise almost always very clinic escape the room games by introducing a living animal, in this case a little fishy. This introduction of animals and the interaction with it to solve the game, I would keep on doing in almost all my games. So there you have it: 'You find yourself dropped in a strange room, but are you smart enough to get out? No doubt!'

The solution of the bonte room was perhaps a little hard, judging from certain reactions I got, and my future games I didn't try to make that hard, but on the other hand, there still needs to be a challenge to make the game really attractive I think. I did get a lot of positive feedback on the bonte room. It was featured on the popular game blogs jayisgames and lazylaces, and the game even made it into a very popular printed magazine here in Belgium, Humo magazine.

Now if you haven't played the bonte room before then please stop reading here as I will continue to reveal the solution in just a moment!
I hope you enjoy these bonte games flashbacks and please feel free to leave your comments! I'll keep on flashing back in the weeks to come on the past bonte games :) but of course there'll be new bonte games as well!

Ok, so here's what you've all eagerly been waiting for, the bonte room walkthrough by Bart Bonte himself :)
Move the dog painting three times by clicking it, you will notice a small piece of paper sticking out at the bottom left. Collect the piece of paper, it reads: 'You won't get a drink when the lights just blink'. Turn left in the room, and you'll see a coke machine. As you try to get a drink, you'll notice the little green light for each drink will just blink, except for the powerdrink (fifth button)! Selecting another drink after the powerdrink just blinks again, except for when you select a diet coke (second button) after the powerdrink! Ok, so you already guessed it: you should find the correct sequence to light all the drink buttons. That correct sequence is: 5, 2, 4, 7, 6, 1, 3. This sequence should reward you with a powerdrink can! Collect the can! Now what could we do with that can. How about trying to feed it to the little fish: take a left turn into the room, select the powerdrink and click the fishbowl. You get a message that the fish would surely not survive this, wow this must be seriously strong stuff in this can!

Take another left turn in the room and there's an arcade machine! Let's play the 'dog hop puzzle'! To solve the puzzle you need to get all the dark dogs to the right, and all the light dogs to the left. The dogs can only hop one position forward or jump over one opponent dog. There are many solutions to this puzzle, so here's one possible solution: I'll give a sequence of the squares (with 1 being the first square on the left) you need to select (with the arrow buttons) when hopping the dogs (with the yellow button): 3,6,4,5,7,2,4,3,8,6,4,1,2,5,4,7,5,3,4,6,5. I hope somehow this was a clear way to explain the doghop solution :) So you when you completed this correctly, you should get a congratulations screen on the arcade machine. Notice the message at the bottom of this screen: 'DOGHOP - a one to one square game'. Well as you all know, nothing is happening for nothing in point and click games, so you'd better make a note of this message :)

Let's make a left a left turn in the room. Next to the fishing bowl, there seems to be a locker that obviously needs a code to be opened, but there's no code to be found in the room, except maybe for the doghop completion message 'a one to one square game'? That's right, sounds like one two one squared now doesn't it, so 121x121=14641. Enter the code 14641 on the locker and enter the large button to open the locker. Great, you found a rusty key! When you try the key on the door, it won't fit. Perhaps we need to get the rust off? Perhaps with the powerdrink? Perhaps we can do this in the fishing bowl, but we need to bring the poor little fish in safety first!

When you look under the red couch next to the arcade machine, you should find a small fishing net. You could catch the fish with it, but shouldn't we look for a place to put the fish first? Right! On the left side of the coke machine near the ground you should find a silver shiny tube. You can put this tube into the sink and fill the sink with water. Nice! Now you can catch the fish and put it in the sink, where it will swim happily ever after! Now you can safely poor the powerdrink into the fishing bowl and pop the rusty key in it. Once you take out the key again, the powerdrink removed all the rust, and the key will now perfectly fit the door! Congratulations, you have successfully escaped the bonte room!

As a bonus you can go and watch the fish now :)

59 comments:

  1. The bonte room rules them all!

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  2. ya this is very hard, there is no way I could have figured out the one to one squared thing without the guide and why do you have to wash the key off in the fish bowl when there is a sink full of water that you could have done it in there

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  3. Hey, perhaps the concentration would be too low in the sink :)

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  4. Could be a little flaw in the logic, but ok, let's just say the concentration would be too low in the sink :)

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  5. I guessed everything else except the 121 squared. That is not logical. Everything else was. It made sense. I never would have guessed this without your help. I was going to send it to friends to tryt o solve, but it would be a waste of time. No one would guess the squared part.

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  6. How are yu suposed to figure out the soda machine thing :S

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  7. I figured everything out except where to find the little silver tube that is suppose to next to the coke machine....yeah its not there on my screen.

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  8. It was obvious that the game was the key to the code, and I figured the 1 2 1 part, but squared, I didn't think of squaring 121 :S I thought I should draw a square on the numberboard from one to one.... ahh well

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  9. Hello~ I'm Korean girl.
    I found your games that is called bonte games.
    I really enjoyed a lot.
    Actually some are too difficult to me but enjoying.
    I loved factory balls.
    When will the factory balls 3?
    I hope it will come back soon.
    Bye~ ^^*

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  10. ummmm.....i couldnt find the bit of paper............i clicked the thing 3 times and its not there!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. I cant fill the tube with the water!
    How am i suppoused to do it? Its kinda hard

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  12. EASY i figured it out all by myself!!!!

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  13. Help!I can't get past level 13 in Factory Balls 2!How do you finish it?!

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  14. how do you get the tube filled with water?

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  15. how do you solve doghop puzzle?

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  16. I STILL dont get the game!!!!!!!!!!

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  17. I CANT FIGURE IT OUT22 November 2009 at 02:24

    I am stuck on level 19 of factory balls 2(the one thats all grass and only the top half flowers). ITS TOO HARD IVE TRID LIKE.. 30 TIMES AND I CANT GET IT!!!! >:(

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  18. LOVED this one!

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  19. bonte u do a really nice job with ur games..there unique and not too hard but not too easy...a real laid back just when u wanna have fun kinda games (:: keep makin em ur doin great

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  20. leuke games, bedankt

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  21. i fugured out the doghop easy cos i play a game called arrows its like doghop but harder it has arrows and you gotta click ,well...i click the left one first

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  22. Very fun...and easy...
    Bart, you need to make another escape game! luv ya!

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  23. it is indeed hard :( but i like the graphics ^^

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  24. tHIS GAME WAS WAY TOO HARD. i BET 99% OF THE PEOPLE WHO PLAYED IT GOT STUCK.

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  25. No I got it in 9 mins! With no help, but I kinda panicked at getting the fish out cos I was trying to click it and that was hard.

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  26. I don't think guessing "121 squared" was too difficult. I guessed it pretty easily.

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  27. When I saw the message, I thought there was a time limit and I got scared of how the game might end

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  28. this is an interesting game

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  29. This game was fun,pretty hard,the items were very well hidden,and it was calm,relaxed,and simple.

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  30. vsauceiscool6378 August 2015 at 21:48

    CANT GET THE METAL TUBE BAD GAME BUT REALLY COOL. 1 STAR >:(

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  31. I Cant catch the fish!!!!

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  32. OMG there was absolutely no way in the world I could have done this without the guide!! THANKS BART!!! I feel so satisfied now that I finished it :)

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  33. note: for people who can't get through the game after the doghop puzzle, here's the clue to the congratulations message on the doghop puzzle:
    DOGHOP - a one to one square game
    one: = 1
    to: = 2
    square: = squared

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  34. I love this game! Although had to use the guide for the code to the safe! ;'D... Either way, this game is awesome!

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  35. plz can you make a text fields of logic walkthrough?
    thank you

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    p.s. merry Christmas!

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  36. sorry the symbols were ment to make a Christmas tree :-)

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  37. This is a great game, I really like all of your games! Also find some other great games along with Bonte Games at mathplayground.com!

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  38. For the bonte room 1:
    I loved this room and the powerdrink is so hard to get.
    for the "drop the fish in the water" part I had to cheat a bit. I must comment that the fish would NOT like it better there because regular tap water may have traces of ammonia or chlorine and it would die if it did contain that (we have some fish at school). Bah it would die in the powerdrink anyway.
    ANYWAY this is a great game!!! btw im a sixth grader so i had 2 use a calculator for the one for one thingy 14641
    I liked watching the fish!!!!!!

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  39. I LOVE THIS GAME!!! The only thing is, whats the point in the dog hop puzzle? I mean, it's cool and all, but it had nothing to do with the game. So what was the point? Hey, also, I played Yellow, and when is Red gonna come out? Actually, is Red even gonna come out? If you answer, Bart, thanks!

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  40. Thanks for the compliments! You need to complete the dog hop puzzle to get the clue for the locker, so it is there for a reason ;)
    Red is coming soooon :)

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  41. how do i sov loose the moose?

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  42. To get the metal tube, it is at the bottom left corner, partially under, the vending machine. To fill up the sink, use the tube to block the drain pipe. You can do this by clicking the tube, then the sink, then the faucet. I got stuck at this part so yeah. Thanks Bart!

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  43. Nice game, Bart! I needed to consult the guide for some of the steps though.
    Why not edit a tiny bit: one two one squared game!
    Catched? I would expect caught.
    Thanks!

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  44. It is really amazing. Hey Bart, can you make another escape room game. They're really cool.

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  45. Hey Bart, I am stuck on level 10 on Fields of Logic how do you do it?

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  46. how to fill the fishing bowl with powerdrink?

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  47. "i catched the fish"?

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  48. It is a good game but I prefer The Bonte Room 2 better. Your games are fun and it is boring doing all the browser games.
    I wish I could do some mobile games by Bart Bonte but I do not own a mobile account.

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  49. Maybe I could unleash my creativity to play more games or should I download?

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  50. OK, I'm using so much logic that I can't stop playing. I wish I had a better eyesight. I loved your games though it is pretty boring with only one game I haven't played and it is so annoying that I have been enjoying all browser games. I loved Klikwerk. 7 times and then I get it. This is so awkward. I've just made myself some toast but dry toast. It looks like the game I haven't played which is Tap Tap Tap looks like Klikwerk.

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  51. Hey Bart. When are you going to make new games?

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  52. For anyone who wanted to know how to solve the Bonte room, I have a solution. Click the painting of the dog 3 times and notice a small piece of paper sticking out at the bottom left. Collect the piece of paper and click on it in the select section. It reads 'You won't get a drink when the lights just blink'. Turn left and you will see a coke machine and find the correct sequence to score a powerdrink can. Click the buttons in the order 5 2 4 7 6 1 3. Take a left and another left and find the arcade machine. Get all the dark dogs to the right and all the light dogs to the left. One of the solutions to complete this puzzle is a simple one: 3 6 4 5 7 2 4 3 8 6 4 1 2 5 4 7 5 3 4 6 5. Memorize the message at the bottom as it reads 'DOGHOP- a one to one square game. Take a right and a right and you will see a locker that obviously needs a code to open. That is when you remember the message for the dog hop puzzle. Enter the code 14641 and then open the locker and find the rusty key. Near the coke machine is a silver shiny tube. Put the tube in the sink and then fill the hefty sink with water. Grab the fishing net from under the red sofa. Catch the fish and quickly put the fish in the hefty sink filled with water. Select the powerdrink can and click the fish bowl and pop the rusty key in there. Click the key and the fluid seemed to remove the rust. Now you can try the key on the door.

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  53. Bart, can you please give a walkthrough of A Bark In The Dark?
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    [!][%] I am 100 per cent Not to KNOWWWWWWWWWWWWW thIIIIIIIS. please help.

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  54. **********************************************************************************************
    I completed LOOSE THE MOOSE without the solution text.

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  56. Gamer Boy Rocker Aio13 September 2020 at 00:53

    I like the starting music. Thank you!

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  57. Noel The Progamer (Genius)8 November 2020 at 00:26

    In Loose The Moose, when you get the key, you can click on the CD and then get the gumball back.

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  58. I feel so smart! I knew the 121 squared thing. It went by a bit too fast tho.

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