I just put out a polished up post-compo build of my LD 36 game, and I thought it would be good to put together a little player’s guide to go with it. Point and click adventure games can be frustrating if you aren’t on the same wavelength as the developer, and everyone has a lot of games to play so I figured some hints might prevent you from getting stuck.

You can grab Legacy of Ice here, if you want to check it out.

Click the link below for the players guide.

Select text to reveal the hint. Each hint for a puzzle gives you more clues to solving it. To prevent spoilers, try to figure out one hint to a puzzle before revealing the next one.

General tips:

1. Click on things multiple times to investigate them further
2. Click the white bookmark in the upper left to open your inventory. Click an item to select it, then click where you want to use the item

How do I get into the mine?

1. The chief of security on the second floor should be able to help you
2. But he’s not going to fix that door anytime soon
3. You’ll need to use an item on the door to replace the handle

How can I help the chief of security?

1. You’ll need to replace the handle
2. A bent piece of metal could probably be wedged in
3. Use the angle bracket on the door

How do I get the shiny thing?

1. It’s pretty high up there, but maybe if you gave it a good thwack
2. A slingshot would do nicely
3. If you pick up the divining rod and the rubber tube, that would work as a makeshift slingshot
4. Use the slingshot on the squirrels nest

How do I get down the elevator?

1. The robot is pretty stubborn, you’ll have to convince him to leave his post
2. A fake disaster won’t get him to leave, but a real one might
3. If the light on the dock were to break, you could convince him to fix that instead of clean
4. Drop an icicle in the breaker box to fry the lights
5. You can grab an icicle off the far side of the dorm building

How do I break through the wall?

1. It’s pretty solid, you’ll need a power tool
2. The grumpy miner was fiddling with something that might help
3. The security chief might have an idea
4. Give the grumpy miner the mail from the dock and he’ll forget all about his drill
5. Use the drill on the wall

What do I do with the lone tree?

1. What’s that thing at it’s base
2. If might need to dig through the roots
3. Use a shovel on the tangled roots
4. There was a shovel back on the path to the dock

How do I turn this thing off?

1. Each pedestal moves some of the sliders in a consistent pattern. Each slider only moves left and right. If you walk away, it will reset on it’s own
2. Weren’t there some numbers written on the rock wall in the previous room?
3. The numbers form a simple combination, with 1 on the left and 4 on the right
4. Move the sliders such that the first and last are on the far right, the second is in the second position, and the third is on the left
5. When all sliders are reset to the left, click the first pedestal twice, the second once, and the third 3 times

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