Thanks, John.

I found #6 required quick reactions, or good timing.

 #5 requires looking into a mirror.

Working on #4.

Stephen

Not a problem. Let me know if you need anything else for the remaining levels.

 So far, I'm missing the connection on #3, bigblacklake. Rolling over the equal sign changes the equation, but clicking anywhere else flashes the picture of the lake.

Stephen

 #3, clicking and rolling off the picture causes it to stay, but I'm still missing the connection.

Stephen

If I remember that one correctly greyfell. 

Think opposites.

j

J (joe cool?)

I thought of opposites. but I think I need a little less indirect clue.

Stephen

sent you a pm greyfell

 Does anyone have thoughts on Browndyedhotel's puzzle #1?

what have you done so far on that one?

 Re: browndyedhotel #1

I found the 26, and I revealed the clock. Now what?

the time needs to be exactly correct

when you find the right time you will be shown the way to go

 And where do you go? To the beginning?

Individually, interesting challenges. As a whole, I don't quite get the authors' thinking.

Stephen

Answer to puzzle #3 is below, highlight to read.  Don't highlight if you don't want the answer... if you want a clue, I'm not the right person to ask, because I'm not exactly sure why the solution is correct.

A previous comment said "think opposites"... the address for the next puzzle is /smallwhitelake.html

 So, does anyone know how to run their game?  I mean, the purpose of browndyedhotel puzzles is to eventually bring you to the Hotel, at which point you can read various things by clicking certain areas of the map, view a video displaying a physics engine to a game, post messages in a "chat room" of sorts, etc.  The overall purpose is to distribute a mod to the Half Life 2 game called Ether, which uses the Source Engine, but combines the feel of the Half Life 2 FPS with puzzle-solving through the use of a stick that alters gravitational properties of objects found in your environment... you can cause object to hover in mid-air, to lose all gravity, or return to normal gravity.  I guess somehow one has to use this interaction to progress through the environment.  A demo of this environment interaction can be seen at the Elevator; just press Play and watch the video for a brief demonstration.

My question is, how does one run a Half Life 2 mod?  I've heard of one called "gmod" before but I've never looked into it, and I have no idea what to do.  It might be fun to have another first-person based puzzle game; I know I for one enjoyed the hell out of Portal, even though it was dreadfully short.  Any suggestions?