Trace Walkthrough

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Trace is a Room Escape game where you find yourself trapped in a strange alien planet, and must solve the hidden puzzles to escape!

[@supercolorbomb]

Hi, I am the developer of this game. This video features a bug with the star in the tube that has since been fixed. to retrieve the star from the tube, you need to use the magnet, which you can get by going to the monkey on the computer and pressing the climb button. Thanks!

[@natasharodriguez9114]

Absolutely incredible! Total time played 2h 13m 21s and 5712 clicks 😂 Some of them were rage clicks to be completely honest. Everything was so smart and the computer games were so creative. Especially the tank! 10/10 so much fun❤

[@supercolorbomb]

@@natasharodriguez9114 Thank you~!

[@gencivlgameplay]

Desk drawer code x. O. X. O. U and find magnet

[@phangirlable]

This has to be the most beautiful, complex and amazing free escape game I have ever played and I've played a lot! Thank you so much for creating this stunning game. I can't even imagine how much work must have gone into this.

[@patrickmorrisey7840]

@@gencivlgameplay is there a clue to this pattern that i missed

[@jordi5489]

I almost beat it without explanation but the math part was a bit hard, that puzzle with the metal part was really smart and took me a while to understand. 10/10 game

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

what do the symbols in the math game mean? i never saw a way to translate the symbols

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

i dont get the math part! 9-4+3x2=1?? i just dont get it

[@louvenn]

@@Goldenretriever-k8mu gotta make the numbers equal the one on the far right on each row

[@louvenn]

@@Goldenretriever-k8mthe D is division the 3 lines is subtraction the wavy line is addition and the one with a triangle shape is multiplication the swirly is equal (=)

[@musicwithfurries6226]

How do I get the star out of the glass tube thingy next to the table?

[@uni8514]

The heart puzzle just. Did not make any sense to me I kept staring at it

[@marketarcos786]

Nice game. Would have been cool if you added voiced explanations in the walkthrough cos I'm not sure all the puzzles resolutions make clear sense to anyone. But I would say that's the reason why there can't be a perfect escape game.. Devs spend so much time on them, trying to make them complicated and tricky that some things that seem obvious or logical to them, cos well they know the answer, won't for other people nor make sense, even when they get the answer, no matter how smart or imaginative you can be, since you're not in the dev mind.

[@rainofrest7778]

right

[@Kale6196]

This game wasn’t that convoluted or far fetched. All of it makes sense if you just think about it.

[@rainofrest7778]

@@Kale6196 the heart puzzle doesnt if you arent too familair with mazes

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

@@Kale6196 i dont get the math part, with the symbols, when you plug it in, does the swirl mean equals or somethin

[@OhWell0]

Thank you so much for this walkthrough. The end credits said it took me 4 hours, lol. Really enjoyed the art style and the mathemagician mini game. The outdoors were genuinely unnerving with the constant howling of the wind. Well done!

[@tsoul1333]

I couldn't figure out how you got to that 4 digit combination. but after looking at the solution I figured it out. to me the lines were just lines, where I live we use 2 dots instead of lines.

[@ShadowViper6432]

the star wont come out of the tube

[@vreshti]

Idk how this man took the star i used the monkey camera (and continued from there) to get the star out of the tube

[@naveenmenon8285]

I can't get the giraffe neck to move so nicely like in this video. It just keeps spinning like crazy and I can't get it to stop where I want.

[@marketarcos786]

Click on different parts of the neck to break it oat that juncture... if you click again it cgoes in the opposite direction...

[@dontobi1736]

Oh my. By watching this video I learned that we skipped _a lot_ of puzzles on our way. We took a very close look at the 8 lights on the pyramid, and they experimented with the launch date till we got the planets to align right. Took maybe 10 minutes to get the year, hahaha.

[@Storm-mt1ky]

bro it wont let me pull the last star out with the action figure

[@Biggy_Cheezz]

How did he know where to put the stars?

[@rayenaimran1717]

im still trying to figure that out😭😭😭

[@cplsyx]

@@rayenaimran1717 You have to have a star in each colour. Then it tests to make sure there are no stars too close together. Then finally it checks that no stars are in the same rows and columns as others.

[@hotpotato5587]

I beat the game in 2 hours (1st play through) and I was so mad that the jigsaw puzzle depicting the main room was only useful to reveal the place to cut the couch. In a game where you’re expected to recognize every little detail as a clue, I noticed the it had the same portrait of the button code EXCEPT THE LAST TWO PICTURES WERE SWAPPED. I went crazy trying to find what I was missing because it never worked ;-;

[@ROCalRBLX]

yall talking about the math but what abt the heart/arrow puzzle???

[@trikotrika3968]

After inserting the two battery in the projector, look up to the ceiling. You see a heart with a left arrow. Go to the puzzle and start by the left green arrow. This green arrow go to a red heart so now you are inside this red heart, it will "eject" you on his left side so now you are in a black heart (top bottom left). Change black heart arrow to go in an other red heart. This second one red heart will also eject you on his left side to antother black heart. Continue until you joined the right side green arrow. This is very simple when you will understand.

[@oranilla_6029]

How do you do the troll part with the star I can’t do it

[@quag12356]

Same

[@SSergey_Ivanov]

What is the logic 15:36 ?

[@unoslogic173]

after putting the two batteries in, a light arrow is flashed on the heart on the roof. The heart is pointing to the left-hand side when looking at it the right way. Basically, had to take a picture and draw out the path for the maze, figuring out which direction the heart would go.

[@TommyExacustides]

I’M STUCK ON GETTING THE STAR WITH THE ZOMBIE

[@Imabluemonkeyvr]

I don’t understand how to get the star out 18:32

[@shubharoy007]

@@Imabluemonkeyvr use magnet 🧲, open the drawer in sequence XOXOU you will get magnet

[@yara_stretching]

The safe code was cool that I actually fugured it out by myself! It was division!

[@AbsurdlyEvil113]

Same lol

[@meitong2922]

Where play

[@meitong2922]

Where play

[@rebeccagrant7061]

I'm still confused by the logic at 19.24 7:09 has different symbols than 19:24. Only the second symbol is the same at both time stamps. I thought maybe the line of symbols above the answer at 7:09, but that is not correct either. Please help explain. Thanks

[@hammud8453]

you had to count the amount of knobs above the symbols (in the tower), then you had to go back and count the knobs till you get to the correct symbol. IF THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, just try to draw all of the symbols onto the blank knobs and plug in the symbols where it's boxed

[@yuh5019]

Unlike at 7:09, the moving tiles are fixed in place at 19:24. You have to look at the whole long sheet of tiles at 7:09 to determine what the correct symbol is at 19:24. For example, the first symbol at 19:24 is fixed in place 3 tiles above the bottom. At the 7:09 puzzle, the symbol that is 3 tiles above the bottom is that funky V. So the first symbol at 19:24 is the funky V The second symbol at 19:24 is fixed 4 tiles from the bottom. At the 7:09 puzzle, the symbol that is 4 tiles above the bottom is that funky S. So the second symbol at 19:24 is the funky S

[@rebeccagrant7061]

​@Hammu :D thank you so much. I'm not sure why I couldn't see that before. It makes so much more sense now that I know the answer! I really appreciate the time you spent explaining! Much appreciated.

[@rebeccagrant7061]

​@graham thank you so much. I'm not sure why I couldn't see that before. It makes so much more sense now that I know the answer! I really appreciate the time you spent explaining! Much appreciated.

[@tonim2686]

brooo THXXXXXXXXXX

[@Summer.12Girl]

After playing through a couple of times, my high score was 11 minutes, 566 clicks. That was by eliminating almost everything, which was everything outside and a couple other puzzles, like in the bathroom you only needed to do the pumpkin combination.

[@Jabberwocky7890]

What is the logic behind the symbol puzzle at 19:24?

[@gabrielschippa9331]

If you look at the puzzle at 7:09, you have to put the characters that would be in those positions (see the view at 19:20)

[@rebeccagrant7061]

I'm still confused by this. 7:09 has different symbols than 19:24. Only the second symbol is the same at both time stamps. I thought maybe the line of symbols above the answer at 7:09, but that is not correct either. Please help explain. Thanks

[@LazyVibinCat]

@@rebeccagrant7061same, pls explain if u found the answer

[@nekoloons4844]

@@rebeccagrant7061 i know im late but see how (for example), there are 4 boxes above the first button etc etc? If you find the 5th symbol on the OG puzzle, thats the answer. For the 2nd box, it's the 4th symbol (three boxes above), for the 3rd it's the second (one box above), so on so for

[@colorguardnuggy91]

I got stuck in the second room thank you so much!!

[@Fish_milk]

Thank you for creating such a beautiful game, and for this video was perfect for when i needed a little help

[@robloxgameshowsasmr]

I got stuck on the crumpled paper because I didn’t click the paper itself for some reason. It was pretty funny.

[@kenyasmith1995]

Thank you so much, the pumpkin puzzle was driving me crazy!

[@toqabaghoush9767]

why i cant get the last star

[@fishyfish34]

What do I do if I messed up the light part?? I tried doing what you did but since I had already changed some of the things it didn’t work I couldn’t figure out how to reset it and I’m super stuck

[@summerisforblackberrycobbl9972]

Do you still need help? Which light part are you stuck on?

[@sarkiestbb]

I still dont get how u get the star placement :/ but I really enjoyed the game and have been challenging my friends hehe

[@unoslogic173]

I imagine it was a lot like sudoku, there shouldn't be a heart in any of the same rows or columns. Additionally, it shouldn't be within one block of each other (like directly beside it or diagonal) and it should all be in its own colored boxes.

[@marketarcos786]

@@unoslogic173 I'm fairly sure noone escpaed without consulting the walkthrough at some point... There's no real clue about what it is expected there, understanding there could be may different types of games possible for that puzzle. Meaning you have to find what game it its supposed to be before trying to solve it...

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

@@unoslogic173 that was ridiculous, how would anybody just make that up with no clues

[@acojo8205]

@@Goldenretriever-k8m It literally shows you what to do. First get them a distance apart, then it shows you need to get them on separate rows, then it shows you need to get them on separate columns. It's actually a common chess puzzle, but you don't need to know that

[@Lshawn]

18:40 do I hold on to the clicker to drag the star out or just move the guy across the star to get it out the tube?

[@twi03]

you can use the magnet!

[@enginerd108]

@@ayhamsalima589 use the monkey on the computer

[@unoslogic173]

@Ayham Salima go to the drawers and open and close the drawers in X....O...X...O...U pattern.

[@marketarcos786]

@@unoslogic173 Thanks but why?

[@poopypoop1477]

@@marketarcos786 if you use the monkey robot on the computer, and climb up, the light fixture has text that reads as follows: OPEN X OPEN O OPEN X OPEN O OPEN U

[@EYESTRA1N]

can someone explain the star puzzle? i dont understand where the answer was

[@LazyVibinCat]

You have to space them out so that when certain patterns for each star is executed there’s only one star in that pattern) for example: there has to be a star on every color, there can only be one star per row and column, and there can’t be another star within a 1 block radius of another star. 18:57

[@Big_brian123]

I don’t get the heart puzzle part on 15:14 the route just doesn’t make sense to me

[@vreshti]

The heart on the ceiling shows which direction the red hearts will follow so for example ❤= ⬅️

[@unoslogic173]

the clue for the phoniex made no sense to me, where did you even get the code for it? I was stuck there for a long time... thnx for the vid, it helped a lot

[@ioloreynolds7333]

My question too!

[@embarrassingkid5078]

the piano. There’s a clue in the window so u play cabbage face on the piano

[@CoCoarmy2013]

I finished the game after 3909 clicks hehehe. Very bad. With help from this video

[@BatTalez]

im sorry but I cant figure out how to get the star out of the tube in the second room... Ive watched this like 3 times now...

[@gencivlgameplay]

Desk drawer code x. O. X. O. U and find magnet

[@BatTalez]

@@gencivlgameplay omg ty dude 🔥

[@flackshasdreams]

@@gencivlgameplay What? U didn't have the magnet in the video, you just dragged the figure and the star game out

[@curtisclewett5249]

@@flackshasdreams it was a bug

[@MsChin15]

I did not understand the heart and arrow puzzle

[@DDGenes]

Why is that the solution to the heart/arrow puzzle?

[@ROCalRBLX]

thats what im saying bruh

[@sammmmmp1455]

For the part where you enter the password in settings of the computer, it won’t let me type the numbers. I think this is an issue with my device. Sad I won’t be able to finish the game though ;(

[@marketarcos786]

You're sure you number aren't locked on your PC? Yo don't have to click on the PC in the game, just type the code.

[@yara_stretching]

I almost completed the puzzle in the second room but one piece went off screen! I had to do a new game!

[@tenovee3446]

Thank you veru much

[@Herveline]

Hello, what is the logic behind the heart puzzle! Really couldn’t figure it out 😅

[@poopypoop1477]

if you use the batteries to turn on the light fixture on the desk, it will turn on an arrow projection on the lamp that projects onto the heart on the ceiling. The arrow shows the direction that the red hearts move in the puzzle, and the black hearts move from the round end to the pointy end.

[@LokeshRoy-mm2he]

Ohhh fuck at least Time 2hours, 43minutes, 51seconds No. Of clicks 5590

[@jasmineheistand1425]

i’m confused as to where he got the first code from the 5472 one

[@yara_stretching]

You divide the top numbers by the bottom numbers.

[@indecisive2466]

I just noticed i have to restart the whole thing cause i accidentally picked up the star in the puzzle afterthe 26336 6161 puzzle ;-;

[@Chickenugget1232]

How do you figure out the wizard math symbols??

[@tarasto6772]

My worthless dumbass needed help with half of this game

[@EduardoSilva-vm9jz]

Só eu de Br aqui,, video muito bom vlw

[@Lisa-y9Lisa_60e8]

Let's play the refund game - details and anticipated actions edition

[@TC-Baked]

I dont have the very top left puzzle peice but to the right of that

[@zaydeduscher]

i cant get the star in the tube

[@marketarcos786]

I think there's a few bugs when you quit and get back to the game... I have resolved a puzzle thnaks to a code but now that I come back to the game, the puzzle isn't resolve but the code isn't accessible anymore... Also you lose all your notes and have to go take all the pictures again... but hey, that's a great game!

[@angelajeong1]

wait my jeyboard doesnt have < on my computer

[@summersolstice884]

He;;o to the developers ... very challenging game thank you

[@Steven-i3Steven__f7]

Important information about refunds: what a joy

[@el.goblino107]

i beat the game in 1 hour 2 minutes and 16 seconds

[@baileylee1340]

At 8:32 it won't let me open the box. Is the only thing I need to do is the puzzle behind the hallway picture? Or is there something I'm missing?

[@gencivlgameplay]

08:17 you pressed it?

[@ajwatts1099]

Same it won’t open

[@lvpt84]

This game is so good. Please do a part 2 :) I wouldn't mind paying for your games, they're really good.

[@isaiahdean302]

Do u like click the part with the last star or like hold it cuss idk

[@hankpeterschmidt8626]

This game is a masterpiece.

[@detroitdrycleaning3658]

can someone explain the grid puzzle at 17:47

[@trikotrika3968]

When you press red button, there is a fast pattern, it begin by checking if there is a star in each colors, then checking if each stars are not neighbours and finally if no stars are aligned. So look at the blue and red colours to start, if you put a star in blue colour, you cant put a star on the two left red spots etc...

[@faceless_therian621]

I CANT GET THE FRICKING OGRE THING TO WORK!!!!!

[@jocyorn9633]

27:28 what do the math symbols mean

[@an-g5221]

I'm stuck... It says i can't get to the submarine part because the robot is not in the right position. helpp

[@gencivlgameplay]

20:00 you did that

[@maasnelsonhailey218]

I had solved the division puzzle using the right logic, but spent 20 minutes trying to see what the problem was. Turns out I had inputted a wrong number by accident.

[@sliggs7168]

Wy can’t I get the star out of the tube

[@himng4078]

How to do that ? I need some help 18:38

[@angelajeong1]

cant get the star from the tube

[@ElementalEnterprise]

Umm I know this is not gonna happen to you but when i press the button from the second world after you complete the puzzle behind the painting, the button box doesn’t work when I press it

[@maetaylor6414]

played for the first time… 1 hour & 38 minutes with 1,038 clicks! going for highscore tomorrow!

[@emmastephens3370]

i cannot figure out how to open the box at 8:29

[@gencivlgameplay]

Combine the image 07:34

[@robynpearson1372]

i know right

[@ruqqaya]

Longest and hardest escape room i've done, well done to the developer it's amazing

[@AbsurdlyEvil113]

what is the password for the computer???

[@IvorPresents]

I still do not get the hearts puzzle, worked two days on it and was stumped. There should be a save button. Each time I had to start over using notes from previous sessions.

[@malakihmeidan9839]

i think there is a resume button that gets you where you left off. I also do not understand the heart puzzle

[@TC-Baked]

There is i think

[@TrustDoesThings]

For some reason, every time i get to the 2nd room with the unicorn part, the unicorn dosent extend its neck, can somebody help?

[@EduardoSilva-vm9jz]

Me ajudou muito tava perdido na segunda parte..

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

aw no the launch date says 1234 and i cant change it! :(

[@SeaguIISoup]

i bruteforced so many of the codes 💀💀💀

[@Valerie_Loves_]

This was so incredibly fun! Anyone know any similar games?

[@mayaramarciacamelodearaujo728]

what is the logic of the heart puzzle?

[@mstudilko]

same question

[@hj995]

the heart puzzle is kinda like a maze, the light projected on the heart on the ceiling shows the direction of the red heart, and u just have to adjust the direction of the arrows to make sure it can go from the entrance to the exit

[@rixjo]

once you put the batteries in, a projector with an arrow turns on. if you look at the ceiling, the heart now has an arrow pointing left on it. that means all the red hearts mean to go left (in whatever orientation they are). hope this helped

[@musicwithfurries6226]

I cant get the star out of the tube, what do i do?

[@ЕленаЧеркасова-щ3т]

Thanks! you helped a lot!

[@kyullian7090]

That first battery didnt spawn for me

[@buushiipotato9763]

How did you figure out the safe code in the first room?

[@cloverstar5404]

You use the numbers on top of the lines, divided by the numbers on the bottom

[@Samthecookieslayer]

Stupid division

[@avery9735]

24:18

[@AverageFurryMetalhead]

Hey for some reason the puzzle pieces won’t connect. Can you help me with that?

[@lvpt84]

some pieces disappear too

[@쿄쿄-f4q]

개 어렵네 ㅠㅠ 재밌었어요

[@Storm-mt1ky]

i did climb but tnow what

[@Storm-mt1ky]

i cant find the magnet

[@kettalyamine6968]

Brooo, please make more of these games, it is too good

[@pawtonsansders985]

ok I always use the walkthrough for the heart puzzle so how do you know what the solution is (the only clue is the arrow on the ceiling heart)

[@JustusChrist]

It's showing you the direction to go to next based off the orientation of the heart. If the heart is straight up and down go left. If the heart is upside down go right. If the heart is tilted to the right go down and tilted to the left go up.

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

i dont understand the math symbol part, when you put in into the thing, does the swirl mean equals?

[@zodiaceng]

Yes

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

can you explain the math path? i dont get how 9-4+3x2=1???

[@bellplanet2164]

Use PEMDAS (parenthood, exponents, multiplication, addition, then subtraction) ! Multiply first (3x2=6), then add (6+4=10), then subtract (10-9=1)

[@Rolex-si3fg]

nevermind got it

[@hi.5695]

ait i have a bug

[@Igotthis3011]

i cannot get that last star piece pls help

[@gencivlgameplay]

Desk drawer code x. O. X. O. U and find magnet

[@Igotthis3011]

@@gencivlgameplay oh shit really

[@giavonna180]

what desk drawer dude I cannot find it

[@gencivlgameplay]

18:33

[@supercolorbomb]

The video showcases an error that has since been fixed. to get the last star, use the monkey on the computer. press the "climb" button and view the code on the lamp. this is the order to open the X O drawers. opening the drawers in this pattern will give you a magnet. use this magnet to retrieve the star.

[@Rolex-si3fg]

@Colorbomb how do I get the magnet the u drawer doesn't open

[@Last-b6b]

Open the drawer under the fish tank in the order x.o.x.o.u then you will get the magnet and you can use it to take the star out where he used the troll

[@v-weirdkid-v]

and it only took me 1 hour 43 minutes and 5 seconds lol

[@rainofrest7778]

how many times u used the walkthrough lol

[@scarlett-bq6oy]

how do you get the straight line for the password?

[@scarlett-bq6oy]

wait its an I lmao

[@invaderzimfanone1901]

ohhhh