Lost Desert Plot Discussion #12 (split)
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:31 pm
Continue with the plot discussion here. 
Previous thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20489
- The plot
- The Fortune Teller
- The Temple of One-Thousand Tombs
Here is an example of a map: http://tim.arlott.com/jas/tombmap.jpg
It is Jasujo's map that she made using the grid method posted by Cerise. Of course, there are many methods, this is just one to give you an idea.
Here is a handmade map by XenaAndGabrielle: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/ ... ap-XaG.jpg
with an explanation of how she goes about it here.
Here is another map made by Twisted Sanity, who uses yet another mapping method: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/te ... ombmap.gif
Known Facts:
Eveyone's tomb, doors, and phrases are different.
Your tomb is the same to you each time you enter it.
All passages seem to be two way. You should be able to return to the room you came from. The door may not be in the same position, but one of the doors will return you.
There are three library doors and one statue room in each tomb. In the libraries, you can read a scroll, but the effects haven't been found yet. The statue asks for a prophecy, but the correct one hasn't been found yet.
Library doors
There are about 85 rooms, 5 doors in each room (a few might have a blank wall), and a total of around 425 doors.
If you read a scroll, you can't enter for 12 hours. If you get caught in a trap, you can't enter for 1-3 hours and your pet may temporarily be turned to a pile of sand.
There are 6 door colors and 4 door shapes. The riddles will only tell you the color and shape of the door you need.
Shapes:
A humble portal of stone (rectangle) [just a regular old door]
Mouth of the river (triangle) [think about it ... the place where a river starts will look like a triangle ... because it starts flowing out]
The aspect of a star (pentagon) [5 sides to a standard star]
Window into the soul (oval) [your eyes are ovalish]
Colors:
Blinding radiance of the sun (yellow) [the sun]
Thunderous clouds obscuring the sky (black) [makes it dark]
The waking dawn on the dunes (red) [at dawn, thing all look red]
Banks of the mighty river (green) [everything is green on the banks]
Kingdom of the lightgiver (blue) [the sky is the sun's (lightgiver's) kingdom ... and it is blue]
Bright guardian of the night (silver) [The moon is sort of silverish]
The combination does not tell you which symbol you need, but does limit your search to 12 possible doors to find your statue in.
After you find the Nuria faerie statue and go back to your library and read the scroll with the symbol that was on the statue's base, your pet now understands it. Nothing else has been seen to come of this as of yet, though.
The fortune teller's phrase has changed to: "I see ancient pharaohs laid at rest." You supposedly need to visit her and see this before moving on.
Then if you play a game of Pyramids, at the end you should see a parchment on the bottom of your screen. This looks to be a clue to rooms as each column has a number, color, symbol, and shape.
If you go the room under the single dot that your parchment describes, you will get an RE which gives you a dirty stone piece. Take that to the toy repair shop and you get a piece on your tablet. If you then go to the fortune teller, her phrase is changed:
"So... you've returned," she says. "Something remarkable is happening. I am receiving many images in my crystal ball, images of strange, distant places..."
"...yet I can't make out these images just now. Perhaps something will appear soon. You may view the Mysterious Tablet if you wish."
If the dirty stone piece that you get from your trapped room ends up being destroyed by Donny at the Toy Repair Shop (he sometimes has trouble cleaning it for some reason), then all you will need to do is go back to the temple immediately. Do not wait. You will receive a new piece that you can bring to Donny to try cleaning up.
A while after the first piece of your tablet is filled in, the fortune teller changes to this clue: "I see debris on a frigid battlefield."
That leads you to play a game of Snow Wars (not the flash game, the original HTML Battleship-like one), after which you should find your second parchment. On this one, you find the door under the double dots.
After the second piece, the fortune teller changes again, "I see a rivalry of five."
That leads you to place a bet and feed one of the poogle in Poogle Races to get the third parchment once you've placed your bet. On the third parchment, you find the door under the triple dots.
After the third piece, the fortune teller gives the next clue: "I see fortunes cast upon the waters."
This leads you to go to the Underwater Cavern. Simply go fishing, and you'll find the fourth parchment. You'll find the door under the four dots.
For the fifth clue, go to the fortune teller and get this message: "I see countless eyes." Then lose at Potato Counter and that gives you your next parchment. Find the door under the five dots and you're on your way.
On the sixth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a great deal of fun." If you spin the Wheel of Mediocrity, then try to spin a second time, you'll get your sixth parchment. Find the door under the six dots to get the next piece.
On the seventh clue, the fortune teller will tell you "I see a rule that must be broken" Go to the Lever of Doom, and a pull will get you the parchment. The door under the seven dots will get your next piece.
Also, it seems the new clues are coming out at 1:30 and 7:30 NST, every six hours.
Previous thread: http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20489
- The plot
- The Fortune Teller
- The Temple of One-Thousand Tombs
Here is an example of a map: http://tim.arlott.com/jas/tombmap.jpg
It is Jasujo's map that she made using the grid method posted by Cerise. Of course, there are many methods, this is just one to give you an idea.
Here is a handmade map by XenaAndGabrielle: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/ ... ap-XaG.jpg
with an explanation of how she goes about it here.
Here is another map made by Twisted Sanity, who uses yet another mapping method: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/te ... ombmap.gif
Known Facts:
Eveyone's tomb, doors, and phrases are different.
Your tomb is the same to you each time you enter it.
All passages seem to be two way. You should be able to return to the room you came from. The door may not be in the same position, but one of the doors will return you.
There are three library doors and one statue room in each tomb. In the libraries, you can read a scroll, but the effects haven't been found yet. The statue asks for a prophecy, but the correct one hasn't been found yet.
Library doors
There are about 85 rooms, 5 doors in each room (a few might have a blank wall), and a total of around 425 doors.
If you read a scroll, you can't enter for 12 hours. If you get caught in a trap, you can't enter for 1-3 hours and your pet may temporarily be turned to a pile of sand.
There are 6 door colors and 4 door shapes. The riddles will only tell you the color and shape of the door you need.
Shapes:
A humble portal of stone (rectangle) [just a regular old door]
Mouth of the river (triangle) [think about it ... the place where a river starts will look like a triangle ... because it starts flowing out]
The aspect of a star (pentagon) [5 sides to a standard star]
Window into the soul (oval) [your eyes are ovalish]
Colors:
Blinding radiance of the sun (yellow) [the sun]
Thunderous clouds obscuring the sky (black) [makes it dark]
The waking dawn on the dunes (red) [at dawn, thing all look red]
Banks of the mighty river (green) [everything is green on the banks]
Kingdom of the lightgiver (blue) [the sky is the sun's (lightgiver's) kingdom ... and it is blue]
Bright guardian of the night (silver) [The moon is sort of silverish]
The combination does not tell you which symbol you need, but does limit your search to 12 possible doors to find your statue in.
After you find the Nuria faerie statue and go back to your library and read the scroll with the symbol that was on the statue's base, your pet now understands it. Nothing else has been seen to come of this as of yet, though.
The fortune teller's phrase has changed to: "I see ancient pharaohs laid at rest." You supposedly need to visit her and see this before moving on.
Then if you play a game of Pyramids, at the end you should see a parchment on the bottom of your screen. This looks to be a clue to rooms as each column has a number, color, symbol, and shape.
If you go the room under the single dot that your parchment describes, you will get an RE which gives you a dirty stone piece. Take that to the toy repair shop and you get a piece on your tablet. If you then go to the fortune teller, her phrase is changed:
"So... you've returned," she says. "Something remarkable is happening. I am receiving many images in my crystal ball, images of strange, distant places..."
"...yet I can't make out these images just now. Perhaps something will appear soon. You may view the Mysterious Tablet if you wish."
If the dirty stone piece that you get from your trapped room ends up being destroyed by Donny at the Toy Repair Shop (he sometimes has trouble cleaning it for some reason), then all you will need to do is go back to the temple immediately. Do not wait. You will receive a new piece that you can bring to Donny to try cleaning up.
A while after the first piece of your tablet is filled in, the fortune teller changes to this clue: "I see debris on a frigid battlefield."
That leads you to play a game of Snow Wars (not the flash game, the original HTML Battleship-like one), after which you should find your second parchment. On this one, you find the door under the double dots.
After the second piece, the fortune teller changes again, "I see a rivalry of five."
That leads you to place a bet and feed one of the poogle in Poogle Races to get the third parchment once you've placed your bet. On the third parchment, you find the door under the triple dots.
After the third piece, the fortune teller gives the next clue: "I see fortunes cast upon the waters."
This leads you to go to the Underwater Cavern. Simply go fishing, and you'll find the fourth parchment. You'll find the door under the four dots.
For the fifth clue, go to the fortune teller and get this message: "I see countless eyes." Then lose at Potato Counter and that gives you your next parchment. Find the door under the five dots and you're on your way.
On the sixth clue, the fortune teller says: "I see a great deal of fun." If you spin the Wheel of Mediocrity, then try to spin a second time, you'll get your sixth parchment. Find the door under the six dots to get the next piece.
On the seventh clue, the fortune teller will tell you "I see a rule that must be broken" Go to the Lever of Doom, and a pull will get you the parchment. The door under the seven dots will get your next piece.
Also, it seems the new clues are coming out at 1:30 and 7:30 NST, every six hours.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:33 pm
A possible new clue location could be the Tiki Tours on Mystery Island
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:37 pm
im a little stumped tho as to whether we actually need to find the fairy first or just get the pieces of the tablet & then find the fairy or does it even matter? if someone has already posted this im sorry its just SOO much to go thru that i cant bring myself to read all of it as much as i would like to.
thanks
thanks
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:38 pm
Tablets first. The faerie can wait, and if/when you're caught up you can keep searching for her between clue releases.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:41 pm
._. I'm stuck.
My clue is an ORANGE door.
._.
My clue is an ORANGE door.
._.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:42 pm
Orange is actually Yellow 
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:43 pm
caught up? ha! im still on #4. i cant even begin to figure out how to map the temple even tho many people have tried to help me my poor little brain just cant get it. sooo, i just go in & wander around for a LONG time & then when i find what im looking for i go from there. silly way to do it but i cant seem to do it any other way.
thanks for the help & so quickly too. i appreciate it!
thanks for the help & so quickly too. i appreciate it!
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:43 pm
Still haven't found my faerie, and everything's worked fine for me so far I hope I can catch up with some hours to spare for faerie-hunting 
I hope I can catch up with some hours to spare for faerie-hunting
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:47 pm
Okay, thanks.
*headdesk* Why didn't I finish my map when the tombs came out? Last night it slowed me down so much as I couldn't find the one thing I was looking for.
*headdesk* Why didn't I finish my map when the tombs came out? Last night it slowed me down so much as I couldn't find the one thing I was looking for.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:47 pm
mlefae1 wrote:caught up? ha! im still on #4. i cant even begin to figure out how to map the temple even tho many people have tried to help me my poor little brain just cant get it. sooo, i just go in & wander around for a LONG time & then when i find what im looking for i go from there. silly way to do it but i cant seem to do it any other way.
thanks for the help & so quickly too. i appreciate it!
That's okay, I'm on clue #4 too, and I've been mapping(I only have about 50 rooms mapped), AND I still can't find the door I need.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:49 pm
I think when clue 12 comes out, I'm going to guess at the last symbol to tell Nuria. ._.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:57 pm
well thank you moongewl i dont feel soo far behind now just cant map but oh well, maybe itll just come to me in a dream (nitemare probably) 
about green doors w/ little chickens or ducks or whatever over them or teacups chasing me thru the temple. LOL! RUN RUN HERE COMES THE TEACUP
about green doors w/ little chickens or ducks or whatever over them or teacups chasing me thru the temple. LOL! RUN RUN HERE COMES THE TEACUP
Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:03 pm
mlefae1 wrote:well thank you moongewl i dont feel soo far behind now just cant map but oh well, maybe itll just come to me in a dream (nitemare probably)
Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:04 pm
Don't feel too bad. I got started late and I just got the parchment from the Pyramids game so I am way behind, also I have to wait 12 hours because I just found my library this morning. That temple is HUGE!
People who are having trouble with the mapping: Just make it by hand! I know it's tedious, and it'll look messy, but it works. That's what I did. I didn't even take me all that long because every time I found a black rectangle door (my clue) I would try to go in and get locked out for a few hours. It gave me a nice break. It seemed like the temple was never going to be mapped and I'm not sure I found all of the chambers, but I've been able to get around so far alright.
I really hope TNT reward a lot more people this time, because I don't think I'll be able to catch up to the people who started when it was first released and I have to work on Monday and Tuesday. Maybe they could give really good prizes to the very first people who get it and then give everyone who completes it a trophy.
People who are having trouble with the mapping: Just make it by hand! I know it's tedious, and it'll look messy, but it works. That's what I did. I didn't even take me all that long because every time I found a black rectangle door (my clue) I would try to go in and get locked out for a few hours. It gave me a nice break. It seemed like the temple was never going to be mapped and I'm not sure I found all of the chambers, but I've been able to get around so far alright.
I really hope TNT reward a lot more people this time, because I don't think I'll be able to catch up to the people who started when it was first released and I have to work on Monday and Tuesday. Maybe they could give really good prizes to the very first people who get it and then give everyone who completes it a trophy.
Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:06 pm
Just put in my 6th peice, I think...I'm waiting on the lever peice, so does that mean I'm caught up? I'm losing track here 
EDIT: Yup, that means I'm just about caught up I just wish I had spent more time earlier in the week finding my faerie room and reading/understanding scrolls - but I took so darn long mapping.. I think I took something like 5 days or so to map my tomb! Darn school
EDIT: Yup, that means I'm just about caught up
I just wish I had spent more time earlier in the week finding my faerie room and reading/understanding scrolls - but I took so darn long mapping.. I think I took something like 5 days or so to map my tomb! Darn school
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