THE BELIEVABLE ADVENTURES OF AN INVISIBLE MAN


_Questions and Answers_


Why can't I take things / carry things with me to another location?

You can, though not all the time. If nobody is around, fine, take whatever you want. However, if there are other human beings present, you have to be careful not to attract too much attention. Keep in mind that you're invisible to them and floating objects will make them curious!


What's up with the creepy guy in front of my apartment?

You don't know. Maybe he's selling drugs, maybe he's a child molester. Maybe he's just a bum hanging out there. In any case, he's very evil and he needs to be eliminated!


How do I get rid off the creepy guy?

Have you tried beating him up? No, sorry, that doesn't seem to work. How do people lacking the bodily strength to kill someone else usually commit murder? That's right, they poison them. Now, the chances of him drinking one of your chemicals are rather slim. A tasty slice of something to eat, on the other hand... like a pizza?


How do I get the pizza outside?

You can't just 'float' it outside, obviously. Too suspicious. However, have you looked through your apartment window (from the inside)? It looks down on the street. Open it and throw the pizza out.


I accidently poured the invisibility potion down the drain / flushed it down the toilet. How do I get it back?

You could produce more since you've got the formula stored in your brain. However, as long as your invisibility lasts, why bother?


How do I get into the university lab?

This is your workplace, so you own a key. Use your badge.


How do I get the badge to the university?

You could get the students to shove off so that you can carry it across the campus. Though it's unlikely anything will scare these bastards off at this point. Maybe constructing a weather control machine will help? Although that would be a viable option for a genious like you, it's probably simpler just to fit it in an envelope and send it over to your department and then pick it up at the secretary's office.


How long does mail take to arrive?

You're living in a very advanced country which has mastered such logistical problems a long time ago. I.e. the mail will be there before you are.


Isn't that kind of unrealistic?

Yes. Good thing you're not asking about the realism of the invisibility formula...


The secretary is in her office all the time. How can I pick up anything from there?

You need to distract her. What do all secretaries in the whole world have in common? They're addicted to a certain substance: caffeine. Switch the coffee machine on, the smell will hypnotize her for some time.


How do I get the vanilla envelope past the students?

Have you looked at the white envelope as well? Whom is it addressed to? Right, your home address. Put anything in there and put it in the out-tray and the secretary will take care of posting it. So... putting the vanilla envelope into the white one should work.


How do I get past the crowd preventing me from going to the city centre?

You have to keep them at distance. Since you're invisible, you can't do it with your looks (which usually works). So you have to try to scare them by one of their other senses. The smelly clothes could provide sufficient olfactory incentive.


When I'm wearing (or carrying) the clothes, I can't get into the city centre, either! Come on, how do I get there?

You have to find another smell source. One which you can apply to your invisible body. You're working with chemicals every day, it can't be that hard! Just rub the experimental chemicals (from the university lab) on you.


What's up with all those rooms in the hospital which I can't enter?

Your phobias rule your life. They literally dictate every step you can or can't take.


So I finally found one room in the hospital which I can enter. What now?

Do what you usually do in these games: Take everything which isn't nailed down!


How do I carry the stuff past the people at the hospital entry, though?

Have you every read or watched any invisible man story? By wearing a disguise, you can appear as a regular human being. That disguise won't even be a very special one in a hospital: wrap the bandages all around your body and put on the bathrobe.


Why won't the pub let me in if I'm wearing my disguise?

The hospital is just across the road; they have confused and drugged patients stumbling in there all the time. Half of them are under strong medication which may not be mixed with alcoholic beverages. And the worst part of it: None of these patients have got any money! Sorry, but there is no way the pub personell will change their opinion. If, however, they *can't* see you entering... what do you think your invisibility is for?


The pub seems pretty useless. How do I get into the backroom?

The bartender is guarding the door pretty fiercely. You have to distract him. Make a customer order another beer. They'll do that if their current one is empty or disappears. Push the beer glasses to the ground.


I'm in the pub's backroom and I've picked the business card up. Being invisible, I can't just carry it outside, can I?

That's right, you can't. You have to get that item out another way. There is only one other hole in the room's wall. Insert the card into the ventilation shaft, then pick it up again outside.


How do I get into the boss's office?

The secretary has the key. It's in a small bowl on her desk. Alternatively, you can go in through the window.


Why can't I take the key while the secretary is distracted?

Because she takes care of the key's safety subconsciously. Sorry, you haven't mastered hypnotism to override this kind of programming yet. You probably have to find another way into the boss's office.


Why am I so scared of dogs? This one is only a small puppy who probably wants to play!

They *always* 'only want to play'. And then they bite your head off.


How do I get past the dog?

Try having a go at the window from a safe distance / a direction where the dog can't reach you. Like from above. Alternatively, scare the dog away from a safe distance first.


How do I get through the door on the first floor of the university department?

Have you tried your badge? You're just a lowly assistant, so you don't have access to this part of the department. The secretary has got all access rights, though. Make her go there and slip in after her. Hint: The break room can be found behind the door.


When will the secretary go to the break room?

Try looking at her monitor. She has got a lunch break planned at noon. Looking at the clock suggests it isn't that late yet, though. The secretary solely depends on the time displayed by her computer, though, so you might want to tamper with that. When she's distracted, set her clock to 12 PM.


Her computer is now reminding her to go eat, but she doesn't! Instead, she's looking for something on her desk. What's up with that?

She usually orders food. She has misplaced the phone number. Give her another promising one and she'll use it. Give her the pub's business card.


I'm in the engineering Office. How does that help me getting into the boss's office?

That office is right above your target. Look through the window. Now you've got two options: Get into the ground floor window while staying out of the dog's reach or getting rid off the dog once and for all.


How do I get rid off the dog?

Dogs don't like pain. Hurt it! The syringe looks like it could do the trick. Try throwing it out of the window. No, that's not quite good enough. Did you ever play with a blow pipe in your childhood? What could you use as one? The water pipe, of course. Insert the syringe into the pipe and shoot the pipe through the window.


How do I stay out of the dog's reach?

Have a close look at the coat hooks. They could carry you. Tie the bedsheet to the coat hooks and the bandages to the bedsheet. Climb through the window.


Ok, I've managed to get into the boss's office through the window. I still want to know how to get in through the door, though! How does that work?

After shooting the dog, you see it running into the secretary's office. The bowl containing the key falls over and crashes to the ground there. Just go into the secretary's office again and pick the key up. For this to work, you either have to wait until the secretary returns (with the key) to her office after her lunch break before shooting the dog or you can wait for her to return in her office after shooting the dog. In both cases, you'll find the key on the floor, ready to be picked up.


The engineers returned to their office. How do I do anything useful in that room now?

You need to distract them again. Have you been to the break room? Why not flood it? Open the water cooler, that will give you time to breeze again.


What's in the safe?

An unbelievable amount of money! More than you've ever dared to dream of!


How do I open the safe?

The right tool can be found in the locksmith's shop in the city centre.


How do I get that tool?

The shop's owner is too fast for you. You can't.


What do I do with the whirlpool?

Sit inside and relax?


I've been to every damn location there is in the game! How the fuck do I get my revenge?

You have to deface your boss publically. What's the largest 'public' there is? Right, the Internet. Turn on the boss's computer.


The boss's computer asks for a password. What is it?

Have you tried 'password'? Damn, doesn't work! Maybe he has written his password down somewhere? Where are such notes usually found? Or, the other way around, what's the place which your IT department tells you you *shouldn't* put your password? Under the keyboard. Look there. Voilà!


That's it? My whole huge revenge scheme?

Yeah, well, if you look into the classic literature, invisible men never really get much done. They're always planning for world domination, but then, they get caught up in trivialities. That's the fate of your species. Learn to live with it, because you haven't invented a potion to become visible again! Yet?


What endings are there?

1. Complete revenge
2. Lots of revenge
3. Some revenge

These three are listed in hierarchical order, from best to worst. There are two more endings, though:

4. The last laugh
5. Dying

How you like these (i.e. whether they're good or bad) solely depends on your own interpretation.


How do I get the best ending?

Complete revenge is achieved by getting revenge on the boss, the secretary and the students. Two of those equals 'lots of', only one is 'some'.


_Straight walkthrough_

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take off clothes
get badge
examine wardrobe
enter wardrobe
drop all
open oven
get pizza
examine pizza
look through window
open window
throw pizza out of the window
open door
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w
open door
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examine trays
examine todo-tray
examine in-tray
examine white envelope
examine vanilla envelope
turn on coffee machine
get vanilla envelope
get white envelope
open vanilla envelope
put white envelope in vanilla envelope
close vanilla envelope
put vanilla envelope in out-tray
examine clock
examine screen
set clock to 12 PM
open door
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get badge
get vanilla envelope
open vanilla envelope
get white envelope
get paycheck
open white envelope
put badge in white envelope
close white envelope
examine sink
get pipe
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put white envelope into letterbox
drop all
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w
open door
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turn on coffee machine
examine in-tray
get white envelope
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open white envelope
get badge
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unlock lab door with badge
open lab door
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get beaker
smell chemicals
rub chemicals on me
drop all
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push glasses
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examine business card
get business card
insert business card into ventilation shaft
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open cabinet
get bandages
get bathrobe
wear bandages
wear bathrobe
get bedsheet
open drawer
get syringe
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examine ventilation opening
get business card
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get all
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open door
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give business card to secretary
open door
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wait
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look through window
open window
[save point]

[path to some revenge]
tie bedsheet to coat hooks
take off bandages
tie bandages to bedsheet
climb through window
open boss's window
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turn on computer
examine screen
look under keyboard
examine sticky note
enter 123 on keyboard

[path to lots of revenge]
insert syringe into pipe
shoot pipe through window
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open boss's window
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turn on computer
examine screen
look under keyboard
examine sticky note
enter 123 on keyboard

[path to complete revenge]
insert syringe into pipe
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wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
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open water cooler
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shoot pipe through window
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get characteristic looking key
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unlock boss's door with charactersistic looking key
open boss's door
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turn on computer
examine screen
look under keyboard
examine sticky note
enter 123 on keyboard



_Have you tried..._

...cursing something or someone?
...muttering to yourself?
...rambling?
...whispering to someone?
...kicking someone?
...hitting someone?
...touching someone?
...taking the sun?
