MOTAS
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In MOTAS, the adventurer has to solve puzzles and riddles to unlock the doors to the mystery of time and space.
Features
- Online Graphic Adventure Game
- Point & Click interface
- 13 levels
- Moderated Game Chat Rooms
- Multiple Languages available
History
MOTAS was created in November 2001. At that time MOTAS was hosted on a free webserver and the game featured only one room (level) at that time. In February 2002 a counter was added. At that time the game only had 2 levels (that number includes the guestbook/end level). As of May 2006, MOTAS has 13 levels plus the guestbook/end level.
Gameplay
The player clicks on objects in the rooms to find items. For example, in the first room, the player is given a key under the pillow. The key is then used to open the cupboard, not the door. The cupboard yields a screwdriver, which can be used to unscrew the painting. The player must often find creative uses for the items found.The Levels
Level 1 takes place in a bedroom that is not yours.Level 2 takes place in two connected rooms with a computer and keycode to open the next door.
Level 3 takes place in two connected rooms with a mechanism under a bridge and a rat that follows a maze. This level also contains a poster with a link to a website that has hints in case it's too difficult for you.
Level 4 takes place in three connected rooms with a fire, a laser-cutting machine and a thermostat. The narration for this room points out that there are no windows in these rooms- a point that is explained later.
Level 5 take place in two connected rooms, one of which contains a movable cabinet and box which can obscure a door, a wall panel or both, but not neither. The other room contains a panel featuring a series of odd-one-out puzzles.
Level 6 takes place in four connected rooms on two floors. The basement is accessible through a puzzle. This level contains a defiance of the laws of physics with two painting of spheres that swap picture frames.
Level 7, the largest level in the game, is made up of 13 connected rooms. The player must find three wheels to activate the teleportation machine at the end. In this level, it is implied that the player is an escaped clone.
Level 8 is a Christmas-themed series of rooms with the highlight being a room-sized chess board. In the end of this level, the player is followed by a figure in a space suit, the first example of some kind of plot.
Level 9 is situated in a space station (as a crack in the main hallway opens directly to outer space). The puzzles include a computer and a series of doors.
Level 10 features a radial slide puzzle.
Level 11 involves a game of pool. The bookshelves contain notes referring to a cloning experiment.
Level 12 takes place in "Area 51", a series of rooms with two floors. The lower floor contains a long hallway filled with lasers which the player must deactivate.
Level 13 finally takes the player to the outdoors, where there is a well and the final door. To be able to unlock the door, the player must solve a puzzle involving colors and the cardinal directions...
Related games
MOTAS was the first online adventure game that confronted the user waking up in a strange bedroom, without knowing how he or she got there and a locked door. This setting became known as "Escape the room" sub genre of adventure games.The game MOTAS inspired the creation of other online Flash adventure games that became popular and names in their own right - for example, the "Crimson Room" series by Takagi, "Milki-W" by Wortel Drie, "Cybee's Adventure" by Nick Damme, "Escape: The Room" and many many more.
Unlike the Crimson Room, which has often been criticized for placing items in difficult-to-find angles, MOTAS does not have this problem. All items in MOTAS can be found by clicking at the right object, and the allowed margin of error allowed in the position of the clicker is quite large.
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