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The Dream Machine – Chapter 1

Categories: Adventure, Flash, Free, Games, Online, Point'n'click

After a long wait, the first chapter of the Dream Machine is now online.

Created by Anders Gustafsson (the author of the popular Gateway series) and Erik Zaringa, this new Point’n’Click adventure series is amazingly well done, with all the scenes made out of clay and cardboard!

“You play as Victor and Alicia, a couple who’ve just moved in a new apartment.

While trying to get settled in, they soon discover that all is not as it seems in the quiet, unassuming apartment building…”

You will have to register in order to play the first chapter. Unfortunately the fourth next upcoming chapters won’t be free, and charged a few bucks each.Â If they are as good as the first chapter, they will be well worth the cost!

The demo released last year was way too short, but this first chapter is definitely a must play game for fans of adventure games!

Have fun!

Edit: don’t click the “Play Demo” button or you will just play the demo! Register first and then select “the New Game” option!

By Eric

current rating 4.07

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37 Comments to The Dream Machine – Chapter 1

And Introducing... A Leg says:

July 21, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Not getting anything apart from the demo. I signed up, but still nothing.
- Eric says:
  
  July 21, 2010 at 5:08 pm
  
  Register first and the click “New Game”!
Monte49 says:

July 21, 2010 at 1:54 pm

great game, just remember to put the key inside the fuse spot in the transistor. that will show you the camera
Bre says:

July 21, 2010 at 2:36 pm

i signed up but can i get farther than just in the bedroom where he wakes up?.. cuz wen i go thru da door it says quit demo
cnm says:

July 21, 2010 at 2:55 pm

nice game, can’t wait for chapter 1, though do i have to sign up to get it?
- Eric says:
  
  July 21, 2010 at 5:09 pm
  
  Chapter 1 is live! Register and click the “New Game” option!
David says:

July 21, 2010 at 8:12 pm

I am having trouble putting burnt note together
- me says:
  
  July 22, 2010 at 5:31 am
  
  me 2.
  
  not sure how to show the “invisible” words more either.
  - gho says:
    
    July 22, 2010 at 5:46 am
    
    talk to Alicia every time you encounter a problem. a few times for every problem. she gives useful tips :)
me says:

July 22, 2010 at 5:54 am

and i’m out.

great game.
k says:

July 22, 2010 at 6:07 am

I must be dumb today. Where do I Show

plug the phone in

?
- Kitty says:
  
  July 22, 2010 at 6:22 am
  
  Show
  
  in the hallway, next to exit
Genie says:

July 22, 2010 at 9:37 am

Is anyone still playing? What do you do with the Show

circuit board in the bedroom?
- me says:
  
  July 23, 2010 at 2:11 am
  
  Show
  
  move some of the circuits to make it overheat
  
  then
  Show
  
  remove the fuse and replace with key
  - Genie says:
    
    July 24, 2010 at 4:36 am
    
    Thanks for this. Apologies for the delay in replying… I lost the internet connection and having been out all day yesterday have only gotten back to it today. Now finished (chapter 1).
k says:

July 22, 2010 at 11:12 am

I must be missing something. When I try Show

to put the phone in the hallway next to the door, it says “I can’t go there yet.” I can’t move the box, I can’t use the “phone” that is already there. Nothing.

HELP!
- peachie says:
  
  July 22, 2010 at 5:56 pm
  
  you need to Show
  
  move the box by the door
  - k says:
    
    July 23, 2010 at 5:43 am
    
    How do you Show
    
    move the box? It keeps saying “I can’t go there” or “I can’t do that.”
tic says:

July 23, 2010 at 4:46 am

how to get in landlord’s office?
cnm says:

July 23, 2010 at 12:01 pm

and done. took a while before i got the fuse to burn out but all in all an enjoyable game
Genie says:

July 24, 2010 at 4:54 am

Walkthrough:
First, register to play the full game (see comments above).

Island scene:
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Pick up 3 pieces of wood, fishing rod and shovel. Move rock between trees and pick up lighter.

Note: to use items, drag them.
Use rod on forked branch (need to examine it first). Use wood on fireplace. Use lighter on logs.

Use shovel on ground (roughly half way between fire and rod). Examine hole and pick up work. Leave and use worm with rod. When float bobs, click rod and take fish. Use shovel on fish and place it on fireplace. When cooked, pick up grilled fish. Eat fish (use it on yourself) and get map. Examine map and see part marked with X. Leave and use shovel on part indicated by X (front centre of island, map is upside down).

Examine hole… alarm rings, wake up in bed.

Apartment:
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Turn off alarm. Leave through door and go right twice. You can examine all the boxes as you go – the only one of interest has books in it but has ‘phone’ written on it.

Entrance hall: Examine box by coat rack and discover phone outlet. Pick up mail. Examine mail. Open letter and leave. Examine letter, read and leave. Examine the envelope to see your new address.

Go straight ahead, kitchen:
Talk to Alicia and agree to set up the breakfast table. Examine box in the corner. Pick it up.

Go through door on right. Bathroom: pick up baby lotion. Go left twice.

Dining area:
Use empty box with floor. Examine ashtray on windowsill and take crumpled paper. Examine it to unfold it. Examine the letter pieces. Move and rotate to try to reconstruct it.

Go back to the kitchen and talk to Alicia about the note. Tell her you placed the box and go and sit by it. Talk to Alicia – this walkthrough doesn’t tell you which options to choose but the games lets you carry on talking until you select the right option.

Go back to the middle room below and examine the box that said “phone” before. Drag books aside and take the phone. Leave, go right to entrance hall and plug phone in outlet. Call estate agents (you previously saw their number on the letter) and give them your address. The caretaker’s name is Morton: get his number.

Now call Mr Morton. When he arrives, open the door, get the key from him and find out how to contact him in future. Leave apartment.

Try to take the lift down, door jams, talk to Edie when she comes out. Use baby oil with lift and enter. Go down (floor I).

Look through window on right. Talk to Morton. Note key to office. Leave through the arch. Talk to mover and sign the delivery note. Get crowbar.

Back in apartment, talk to Alicia some more. Use letter pieces on still hot stove to bring out invisible writing. Travis was previous tenant. note: floorboard under bedroom light switch. Use crowbar on floorboard in front of light switch in bedroom and examine space to discover a circuit puzzle:

Circuit board:
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You need to overload the circuit – thanks me. This can take some time but start by isolating the resisters.

Solution:
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I don’t know the circuit arrangement changes for each game but this might help. Reading the board as rows from top to bottom, rotate the T-shaped junctions to point:
1st: left up up
2nd: left right up x left
3rd: up down
4th: down x x x down
5th: left left right where the base of the T points as shown here and the x’s mark the curved junctions that I’m not sure how to denote.

Continuing:
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When the fuse blows, remove it and use key in its place to burn out the circuit.

Examine the camera behind painting and talk to Alicia (who arrives when she hears the noise).

Go back downstairs. Morton is inside but the window is locked from the inside. Go to the entrance hall and take the coat hanger from the sofa. Use the hanger under the office window to bring the key closer. Take key. Use key on office door. Open door and enter.

End of chapter 1.
:P says:

August 10, 2010 at 10:21 pm

I’m on the part where you’re supposed to go down to Mr. Mortons office but the elevator won’t come up. I keep pressing to button but it won’t work. I’ve refreshed the page too. Any ideas?
- Alibee says:
  
  August 13, 2010 at 7:57 pm
  
  I’m having the exact same problem. Don’t want to have to replay but can’t call lift and stuck on 2nd floor. Arrrrrrggggghhhh!!
  
  Please help!
  - Micki says:
    
    August 19, 2010 at 8:06 pm
    
    you should use the baby lotion on the door of the elevator
Ka. says:

August 19, 2010 at 7:12 am

its the same with me! the elevator wont come! have i missed something?
- Mriss says:
  
  August 21, 2010 at 4:18 am
  
  I have the same problem! Don’t know what to do now…
  And I just don’t get the whole circuit board-thing…
  - Kajsa says:
    
    December 8, 2010 at 4:43 pm
    
    Happend to me to, after I pressed the button I walked back to the aparment and talkt to Alicia. When I got back the elevator had arrived. I guess it’s just slow…
kelen says:

August 23, 2010 at 9:47 am

Is it a programming bug or what?
elevator problems happen the most of users.
I stuck on 2nd floor ………….
- meida says:
  
  March 27, 2012 at 4:31 am
  
  i’m stuck on the third floor
  think there are some bugs in this game
Nessa says:

October 22, 2010 at 10:44 pm

This is such a fun game!
i hope chapter 2 comes out soon!!! :D
thanks genie for such a good walkthrough!!
Marielle says:

January 16, 2011 at 11:10 am

I can’t get the Show

circuit thing to blow no matter how many times I try ..
- gsuk says:
  
  May 28, 2012 at 2:12 pm
  
  bypass the fuses by truning the buttons so the current goes str8 to the meter and overloads it.
Wooders says:

April 15, 2011 at 1:51 pm

Thanks for the above help. Espicially Genie who is clever enough to hide the answers so the conscience takes over. Will be buying the rest as this is lovely game. well done again all.
Pam says:

September 9, 2011 at 9:38 am

Help! The mover is Show

sitting down and drinking his tea

and I have searched all over Show

the sofa for the coat hanger

but I swear that it’s just not there. Is this some kind of glitch or is there something I’m not doing right?
Kane says:

September 12, 2011 at 10:39 pm

there is no Show

coat hanger
- paul rimmer says:
  
  September 17, 2011 at 6:06 am
  
  same problem no coat hanger. Any solution?
hjÃ¤lpe says:

December 4, 2011 at 9:27 am

I called to the Prosser & Ancovich about the sofa in the hallway. They said they’ll send someone but no one has showed up and I’ve waited about 20 minutes now??