The Freewill Cycle ~ Volume 1

[EscapeGirl]

This is an escape the room style game by William Buchanan. You awaken in a location unknown to you. Use your escape the room skills to explore your surroundings and find your way out. Good luck, and have fun!

PLAY HERE! (http://jayisgames.com/games/the-freewill-cycle/)
(Attention: Due to large file size the game takes a while to load)

UPDATE: New version uploaded that addresses the inventory item issue that has been reported by some players (mainly Mac users).

Please use spoilers to give hints:
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Please do not post a video walkthrough for 7 days.

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[EscapeGirl]

I've found a key and a keycard (used). Used a code to read emails. (Love the spam. LOL) Also have been able to lift up a rod thingy and move it to its correct location on a table.

And careful...I died already earlier!

[Mistery]

You can die? :o

Just loaded and entered password, and reading stuff now. I'm trying to wake up so I'm slow right now :haha:

ROOOOOFL, spam? :haha:

[EscapeGirl]

Told you the spam was funny! :haha:

I've since found a warning in a file cabinet and a color code which I believe I entered in the right spot for now.

[Mistery]

Yeah "Enlarge your ship" :P :haha:
I'm in a power room thingy...

Ah my coffee is ready, gonna grab it.


EDIT
Have been to various rooms where you need to do some settings (Hz, flow rate etc.), no hints found for them yet. And there are some locked cabinets for which I'll need keys :hmm:

[EscapeGirl]

Coffee will help! :haha:

Got now a metal rod...

EDIT:

Seems I've got the power running....:hmm: I think...

EDIT2: Now I found a paperclip (used) and got a wheel (used) but I don't know what it was for. :P

[Mistery]

Hey, you're fast. I died, restarted, and can't find anything :P

[EscapeGirl]

You just need more coffee!! :P Let me know if you want tips as to where I found some of the items. ;) :D

[old biker]

pitty its such a long game, ill have to finish it tonight

[Mistery]

Yes, it seems to be a long game old biker. :)

@Escape
*Goes to grab 2nd cup of coffee* sigh :P

Escape, tell me at least if you have found the items in rooms, or on the gangway :D

[EscapeGirl]

@Old Biker....I'm running into that problem myself. Long games are great normally, but I need to get some sleep soon.... :( Have a good day! :hug2:

@Mistery....LOL. Here's a nudge: Check the grate in the hallway outside the starting room. When you read the emails, they left some clues in BOLD. ;)

[Kzin]

Joining You... any Idea where to get the correct Hz from?

[Mistery]

I read the emails before my first coffee :P Gonna re-read them now :haha:
Thanks :)

Okay got access card.

Hi Kzin, not yet :P

Ah yay, color code hint :D

And yay a key :D

[EscapeGirl]

@Kzin.....Hz? :shy: :?

@Mistery...You're welcome. ;)

[Kzin]

@Escape The frequency (?) for this strange table... in the one room
:cattail:

<--Goes and joins the coffee club

[Mistery]

Yes, I've seen that we should change Hz, but haven't found a hint yet.
Gonna try the color code now.

Escape, did you find the password for the screen on the desk in the computer room?

EDIT
Found paper clip.

[Kzin]

I did... The Emails Again.... something woody

[Mistery]

Kzin, is it connected to the password? Or are you just... telling ? lol

Found glass
used key on cabinets

[Kzin]

@Mistery

it's connected to the Password... 'cause I got the correct HZ...grin:cattail:

[Mistery]

Goodie, password worked, thanks :)

Hmmm, set Hz, but nothing happened.

And there was another clue for color code, which one is correct now?

[Kzin]

A Key??? Where is a key???
:cattail:

[Mistery]

Check palm tree in the computer room ;)

Did any of the codes (color, or flow rate) work for you? I mean did anything happen?

[EscapeGirl]

@Mistery...Yeah, I had that stuff. Thanks!

A shame, though, gonna have to play this one another time. It's late here, and I should really get some sleep. :) Goodnight guys! :hug2::hug2:

[Mistery]

Nighty night Escape, have a good rest :hug2:
And thanks for getting me started :)

[Kzin]

Got this Wheel attached and tried every combination of colour codes and now I'm stuck.... There are some levers next to the cabinet with the missing pipes:cattail:

[Mistery]

Wheel attached :? :o Where did you find a wheel?

I tried both color code combinations, even the difference between the two hints, but nothing :(

EDIT
Btw, if you change the color code, the Hz setting is automatically changed...

[Kzin]

Use the Paperclip on the Cabinet in the Laserroom

Hihi, I tried the difference as well... :cattail:

[Mistery]

Ummm, you mean the room with the 3 cabinets? Or the room with the safe looking thing on the wall? I tried, but didn't work.
Or do you mean another room, lol.

EDIT
Strange, now it worked, it didn't before :hmm:
Thanks :)

You can put
glass on the device next to wheel
But I think we need to fill it before as mentioned in the email... :hmm: But don't know where or how...

Darn, the Hz keeps dropping down...

Btw, I haven't found the metal rod that Escape mentioned.

[Kzin]

@Mistery Use Your ship to get us out of here..lol

[Mistery]

Lol :haha: :P

Have you found a metal rod that Escape mentioned???
Ah, found it! :D
It's in the laser room

But otherwise I'm completely stuck.

EDIT
Used metal rod
in the room where there is radiation

Yay, switched the machine on! :D

[Kzin]

Found and installed it and now I can press the button in the Color Code room ...Yeah

[Mistery]

Me, too :)
Got a red rod now...

Yay, used red rod
in laser room

Don't know what my new item is, lol.
And where to use it?

[Kzin]

Now I've got a Laser.... Now it's time for revenge....:cattail:

[Mistery]

But how :?

[Kzin]

And out... The End is very strange... Oh no it said I'm protected now... ok...

@Mistery

Use The Laser on the waterpipe in the colour code room change colour code in advance

[Mistery]

Hmmm, I shoot but nothing happens... I must be missing something.

[Kzin]

Glass Cylinder and red button

[Mistery]

Did that already :)

Do I need to switch off something before shooting???

[Kzin]

Now You have hot Water (looks the same but now it can be used elsewhere)

Ty the Moebius strip

[Mistery]

Now I'm confused Kzin :$

My glass is gone.
I don't have Moebious strip :S

[Kzin]

Now there is something to worry about: A confused Alien in a Spaceship circling Earth... heeelp... grin

The Strip is in the conductor room, if the glass is gone You allready us it there and can leave the ship via broken door in the first room

[Mistery]

ROFL :haha:
It's not my spaceship, that's the problem :haha:

But... shouldn't I be able to shoot first :?
I don't wanna die just before the end...

[Kzin]

I fired about 20 times before I realized You will not see the laser... If after pressing the button there is a little flash and You have no glass than should have done everything

I also waited for 5 minutes before trying....lol

[Mistery]

Hehe, okay, done it :D I was too scared :P
Thanks Kzin :)

Nice game :D

[Michelle]

And out... The End is very strange... Oh no it said I'm protected now... ok...

@Mistery

Use The Laser on the waterpipe in the colour code room change colour code in advance

To which code? What water pipe???

This game is hard...

[Mistery]

There are two different color codes
one on the screen in the computer room (that you access with the card), and the other in the emails in the computer room.

Water pipe
next to the wheel

[old biker]

found a keycard and a metal rod after looking for an hour
that will do for me ..i consider myself as escaped (brought my own tools like a screwdriver,hammer and stuff)

[motipscruf]

Hey, you're fast. I died, restarted, and can't find anything :P
are you able to replay without having to wait on such a large load?

[Mistery]

Just click on the screen, and the main menu should appear :)
You don't need to load the whole game again.

[motipscruf]

just click on the screen, and the main menu should appear :)
you don't need to load the whole game again.


where is the metal rod?

[Mistery]

It's in the laser room (where you have to set Hz). It's the leg of a table

[NiteWerk]

Warning to MAC users like me. Most forums are reporting problems in playing this game. I gave up because I couldn't get into the office with the key card.

[Mistery]

Thanks for the notice, I'm going to add a warning to the first post.
That's such a pity, because it was a fun game :(

[crueldade]

Hm, I can't seem to find the password to the computer...I thought it would be the yellow paper on the desk but that isn't working for me.

EDIT: Wow, I'm dumb. Nevermind, I got it.

[Mistery]

To which computer? In the first room where you start?
That should work.

[old biker]

im not using a mac and the keycard didnt work for me too ,thats why i gave up !!

[NannaJoy]

Well, I've started but going to have to go eat shortly.
in first room read my? email, and headed to my death - restarted. LOL
restarted and headed down the hall found keycard in grate
and in a room found a key, paperclip, saw 3 groups of numbers, and something going on with the tree?
so onward and upward after dinner of pizza.
Wish rooms were titled in some way. or numbered. Where is 10 forward?
Can't pick up small pipe - it moves but doesn't stay there. And I've no idea what to do about hz setting. Went back and checked "my" email - nothing there. Used # that are colored in water room. Found 3 cabinets that need a key - but evidently not the one I have.

Seems like the paper clip should have been opened up first.
Aha! Guessed pw for Ritner's computer. So found the answer to one of my questions. and found another object. And set settings in a room. Do I need to change some settings? Figured that was cryptic enough not to hide.

Used an object and found two. reset settings. Something that didn't work earlier now worked. Interesting. Meanwhile an "ah! I have that working" would help me. End room only one thing I can move that I have found. Must be something else to do in there. ? Got to read hints!! Well Maybe back to water room first to check out another idea and then reread emails.

[Wyloch]

Hey all - a new revision has been posted which should address all of the hotspot glitches being reported.

Enjoy.

-B. Buchanan

[Mistery]

Welcome to the forums! :)
That's great news! Added this piece of info to the first post.

Btw, I really enjoyed this game and look forward to the continuation :D


@NannaJoy
Are you stuck?

[SueJ999]

Seems like a massive game!! Let's go!

[NannaJoy]

last post #57
I've moved on a bit have a red rod now - just need to fill beaker with something - and the rod I had was placed in the end of the hall room
I'm enjoying it! Just taking me longer than I expected. Some hints leave me scratching my head.
Time to let the dog run out back for awhile and grab a smoke - nasty habit.

Got side tracked with email and stuff. *sigh*
Guess I'll just have to start over tomorrow night. Almost 1:30 a.m. Need my beauty rest badly ..

[Mia]

Hello!

Anyone there???

Pls.... Anyone can help me? I've been trying several different passwords for the computer in the room with a vase and a plant... All my tries came from the inbox of Fredericks, C. -> nothing happens!

Hello??? Any hint about this password?

Tks :)

[Mistery]

Check the emails in the first room where you started, it has to do with wood :)

[mustok]

please !!! where is the key i dont have nothing.. just paper orion 313

[Mistery]

Use that to check emails.
And how to get started, read this post: http://www.gamershood.com/forum/showpost.php?p=907254&postcount=11

[mustok]

i put the password in computer but nothing happen

[Mistery]

Write it exactly as seen on the note ;)

[mustok]

i dont know why but , with caps dont work.. :(

[Mistery]

In your previous post you had a space between word and number. On the paper there isn't, so this might be your mistake :)

[mustok]

nothing.. im stuck.. i found glass , put the number incolor tank and open the pipe, dont know what to do with paper clip, and computer dont do nothing.. maybe is a bug.. ORION313 dont work

[Mistery]

Where did you use that password? In the first room where you started off?
Or did you try it in the computer room? That would be the wrong place.
Make also sure that you don't just hit your enter key.

[donaud]

Wow... these are some mad graphics :D
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I died.
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That was a seriously great game.

I was scared to make the last click :)

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[NannaJoy]

I didn't see a clue to how to make something to shoot .. may try this again later.

[Cherlyn]

Where should i use the paper clip?? Anyone pls help...

[Mistery]

Here was a hint :)
http://www.gamershood.com/forum/showpost.php?p=907281&postcount=27

[Cherlyn]

Laser room? the room with the hz machine and 3 black cabinet? I did tried many times, the silver key works on the first and third cabinets, but nothing happen to the second cabinet -_-

Still can't open the cabinet. I read some of the older posts... maybe something wrong when I load the games... or i should suicide again and restart the game...sigh

[Mistery]

No, not the 2nd cabinet
there is a safe looking cabinet on the wall. Use the paper clip there

[Cherlyn]

I see. Thanks, Mistery. I've already close the computer, now loading the game again.
actually I did open the safe looking cabinet, but i thought i opened it with the silver key.
nvm, i'll try again ^_^

[Mistery]

Good luck this time! :)

[Cherlyn]

ha ha, i restart and progress well, but now stuck with a new tool, a red handle look thing (weird thing from the laser room)... where should I use that tool huh?

Anyone still playing this game? Pls help...

[Mistery]

Hmmm, did you make a laser? :hmm:
If so, you should be able to shoot with it on the pipe next to the wheel.
Then you should use the glass onto the machine to the left of the wheel if I remember correctly.

[Cherlyn]

Mystery, I use the glass on a tank, the glass is gone, but nothing happen -_-'''

[Mistery]

If your glass is gone, you
should be able to leave through the door with broken button safely (from the first screen where you started)

[Cherlyn]

really?
yup, i jumped out the space, ended with 'Lost in the vast abysses of space and time...'

funny game ^o^ but i spent too long time on this game, so dumb.

thanks, Mistery.

[Mistery]

You're welcome :)

[Mindsmasher]

I liked this game a lot, it's made very nicely and I think that the author is a bit too modest ("information").

thanks for posting :)

[Mr.Roy]

i realy cant solve the colour code, and my head is blowing up everytime

[starlit]

Fun game. Couldn't have done it without the hints. Thank you! :-)

I missed the change of codes in the Email for the laser and the key

I got stuck here too for while. Change the color codes to the other set then fill the glass. Then go back to the last room in the hall - the one with the tank and use the glass. It disappears and then you can leave.