Cynical-Chick
12-28-2006, 08:05 AM
Copy/pasted from another poster:
This one, you just have to think. I thought this one would be good for the forum - because if someone gets stuck they can share the info with someone else. Or maybe you could try to do it as a group effort.
http://www.shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi
the trick is to type in words that are pretty close in meaning/semantics or in terms of logic or connected through a movie etc. and to fill the mindmap
Like for example - "on the farm".
I typed in Chicken. That made three more links to guess, which were connected. So I figured "egg". Then What do you need to get an egg? A "hen" and a "rooster. So that little corner is solved.
If you have cookies or whatever - the puzzle will save where you leave off at. If not you can clicky the save box (I forgot where it is found but it is there somewhere)
I also copied all of the hints as to how to puzzle works.
Hint #1
In this window, you can view hints. There is no penalty or cost for getting hints, except for a piece of your pride... Meh, go ahead. They won't help anyway.
Hint #2
There are only two ways you have of interacting with the game: typing into the text box and clicking on the minimap.
Hint #3
Each rectangle is a vertex. Edges (lines) connect vertices that are somehow related.
Hint #4
Vertices you've reached are green. Vertices you can guess are brown. Theme vertices are purple.
Hint #5
Each dot in the brown vertices corresponds to a letter. Use them to guide your search. On the other hand, most vertices have many acceptable answers. For example, if the answer is "salt & pepper," the answers "salt" and "pepper" may sometimes work on their own.
Hint #6
Case does not matter. When typing in your guesses, upper and lower case letters are treated the same. Michael Jackson is the same as mIchAEl jAcksOn.
Hint #7
Case matters. Look closely at the way vertices are displayed. SPAM is meat product, and spam is unwanted email. Don't get fixated on just one meaning
Hint #8
Each cell has a theme vertex in the middle. When you reach the border of one of the 9 center cells, the cell's theme vertex will be shown to help guide you.
Hint #9
When trying to guess a vertex, look at the vertices it is connected to, but also don't forget to look at the ones it is not connected to.
Hint #10
If you are looking for a neighbour of "Black Sabbath", try both "black" and "sabbath", not just "Ozzy Osbourne".
Hint #11
If you have the "cow" vertex, and its neighbours are of the form ".... ...", then the second word might be "cow".
Hint #12
Bold dots in unknown vertices represent letters. And I do mean letters.
Hint #13
If you see a | symbol, as in "....|.....", then both "...." and "....." will be accepted as correct answers.
Hint #14
Clue vertices are yellow. There is one in each corner. When you get all 4, each of your subsequent guesses will be checked against the meta-puzzle answer, as well as the brown vertices. When you solve the meta-puzzle, you win.
Hint #15
To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win.
This one, you just have to think. I thought this one would be good for the forum - because if someone gets stuck they can share the info with someone else. Or maybe you could try to do it as a group effort.
http://www.shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi
the trick is to type in words that are pretty close in meaning/semantics or in terms of logic or connected through a movie etc. and to fill the mindmap
Like for example - "on the farm".
I typed in Chicken. That made three more links to guess, which were connected. So I figured "egg". Then What do you need to get an egg? A "hen" and a "rooster. So that little corner is solved.
If you have cookies or whatever - the puzzle will save where you leave off at. If not you can clicky the save box (I forgot where it is found but it is there somewhere)
I also copied all of the hints as to how to puzzle works.
Hint #1
In this window, you can view hints. There is no penalty or cost for getting hints, except for a piece of your pride... Meh, go ahead. They won't help anyway.
Hint #2
There are only two ways you have of interacting with the game: typing into the text box and clicking on the minimap.
Hint #3
Each rectangle is a vertex. Edges (lines) connect vertices that are somehow related.
Hint #4
Vertices you've reached are green. Vertices you can guess are brown. Theme vertices are purple.
Hint #5
Each dot in the brown vertices corresponds to a letter. Use them to guide your search. On the other hand, most vertices have many acceptable answers. For example, if the answer is "salt & pepper," the answers "salt" and "pepper" may sometimes work on their own.
Hint #6
Case does not matter. When typing in your guesses, upper and lower case letters are treated the same. Michael Jackson is the same as mIchAEl jAcksOn.
Hint #7
Case matters. Look closely at the way vertices are displayed. SPAM is meat product, and spam is unwanted email. Don't get fixated on just one meaning
Hint #8
Each cell has a theme vertex in the middle. When you reach the border of one of the 9 center cells, the cell's theme vertex will be shown to help guide you.
Hint #9
When trying to guess a vertex, look at the vertices it is connected to, but also don't forget to look at the ones it is not connected to.
Hint #10
If you are looking for a neighbour of "Black Sabbath", try both "black" and "sabbath", not just "Ozzy Osbourne".
Hint #11
If you have the "cow" vertex, and its neighbours are of the form ".... ...", then the second word might be "cow".
Hint #12
Bold dots in unknown vertices represent letters. And I do mean letters.
Hint #13
If you see a | symbol, as in "....|.....", then both "...." and "....." will be accepted as correct answers.
Hint #14
Clue vertices are yellow. There is one in each corner. When you get all 4, each of your subsequent guesses will be checked against the meta-puzzle answer, as well as the brown vertices. When you solve the meta-puzzle, you win.
Hint #15
To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win.