Lockmantle: Escape Room

A point-and-click escape room with a story: get out of a clockmaker's study, a greenhouse, an observatory and her clock tower by searching, combining items and cracking 37 interlocking puzzles, guided by the letters she left behind. Three-step hints, best escape time saved. Free, no ads, no tracking; mouse, touch or keyboard.

Four locked rooms stand between you and the dawn: a clockmaker's study, a greenhouse, an observatory under a dome and the clock tower. Master Edda Vale built every lock to teach; her letters, one after each room, lead you to the great clock she never finished. Search everything, combine what you find and work out what each room's machines want from you.

The puzzles interlock: a key from under the rug opens a drawer, the drawer holds half of a cipher wheel, the other half hides in the grandfather clock, which only opens at the hour shown on a portrait.

• Four rooms, 37 puzzles: hidden items, a cipher wheel, a clock to set, a valve sequence, a telescope, a star chart, a gear train and a bell that rings a code
• A story with a payoff: the clockmaker's letters after each room and a finale when her great clock strikes
• Inventory with combining: eight slots; join a disc and a ring, a cane and a hook, an arm and a grip
• Three escalating hints per puzzle: a nudge, a pointer, then the answer; each hint adds 30 seconds
• Time is the score: your best escape time is saved, and progress is kept between rooms
• Keyboard or touch: Tab cycles hotspots, Enter uses, 1-8 pick items; every control is a large tap target

Code and text written with AI assistance; checked by PN Scripts with automated tests. Every shape is drawn and every sound synthesised by code; there are no AI-generated image or audio files.

Controls

• Mouse / tap: search a hotspot, use a control
• Tap an item, then a hotspot: use it; tap an item, then another item: combine
• Tab / arrow keys: cycle hotspots, Enter / Space: use
• 1-8: select an inventory item, H: hint, Backspace: leave a close-up
• P / Esc: pause, M: sound

Made by PN Scripts.