Vessel Blue/Walkthrough

The Beginning

When you load up the game and hit 'play' , you are immediately tasked with these 3 things:

• Find out what happened to Stanley Sterling

• What is VBA-024?

• Try to research it with the command program on the computer

The game will be about learning these things, but it will mainly be about fixing the consequences of knowing them rather than working through the barriers to learn them.

Click your computer to zoom in, and press the big power button. You should 'LOG IN' as 'FILLOW' , or, the last log-in. Your computer will then start up, but you will get a warning. Apparently your device has made a fatal error? It will only take a few seconds to fix before you are really up and running. However, if you try to open any programs other than 'Notes' or 'Recycle Bin' it displays another Error message; you need to be connected to the Main Network. Open the Recycle Bin, you will find a deleted file, click on that. This will tell you where the password to the Main Network is. Right click to exit out of the computer.

Examine the clock on your desk, located to the right of your computer. Spin it around with your mouse, and you should find the code 'A5B2C7' on the back, bottom-left corner. Remember this code. Right click to exit, and enter the computer interface again. Go through MENU > SETTINGS > NETWORK CONNECTION to open up the Network Connection page. Enter in the code with the three drop-down menus. If you forgot, the code is 'A5B2C7' . When you're done, hit CONNECT. Yay! Now you're connected to the Main Network. Close that tab and open Command. It says you need a code to search for VBA-024. You can try typing it in, but it won't work. Close out of your PC and open the left-hand drawer. Read the User-Manual carefully (click it to interact) as I will be addressing this Manual several times throughout this walkthrough by these names: User-Manual, Vessel Blue Handbook, or Handbook.

The Handbook should inform you of the codes on Page 4: Command. Turns out you need to type in a/ or 1/ before your search. Open your computer. Type in 'a/VBA-024' letter for letter, and hit enter. It should open Vessel Blue's anomaly records. Open VBA-024.png first. This will trigger Jumpkin's Arrival.

About: Jumpkin Box

Jumpkin Box's name will be shortened to just 'Jumpkin' in this walkthrough. I will go through his jumpscare mechanics spoiler-free.

You will want to check behind you about every 20 seconds, that's how often he shows up. His time does not restart or fluctuate based on how often you check, but he will not show up if you are actively looking, even if you have your flashlight off. He has two arrival places: he leans from the corners of the two hallways behind you, and he will alternate between the two. I'd say he takes about 5-10 seconds to jumpscare past the original 20 second time.

He does not have any audio cues. You could, hypothetically, count to 20 via the ticking of the clock to mark each time he shows up, but you're better off guessing.

If you are actively looking in his next arrival spot at the time he was supposed to arrive, he will only show up after you look away.

After Jumpkin's Arrival

VBA-024.png will show a picture of Jumpkin, then the screen will glitch and the power will go out. If you want, though, you can exit the computer and turn on the lamp. The computer will then turn on with a message: 'He's lurking now. Use your light when it's close.' Press F and flash Jumpkin, and make sure to heed the information provided with About: Jumpkin Box.

Close the tab. Open email839.png. This will open an angry email from the protagonist, (which is or isn't you, I'm not sure,) Calvin, demanding who put pictures of VBA-024 in the anomaly records.. Which begs the question, why does it matter?

Open message.txt. This should provide the Vessel Blue news site by 'vesselblue.com/news' . Open Explorer, but before you type the news address in, read the newspaper on screen. It gives information about a missing hiker, Max S., and how his mysterious disappearance also included neatly folded clothes. Type in the search address, and click 08/06/1992 New Command Prompt [updated] Click to See Article This will open a short news article from Calvin, explaining a new command prompt for pictures using p/VBA-XXX. Go back and and click 01/06/1982 Log-in Formatting Click to See Article This will open another short news article from Calvin, detailing the new log-in formatting. Apparently, for Calvin, anyway, the new username is this: fillow.calvin . This will come in handy later. Open Command and search p/VBA-024.

Open email830.png, which will open an article detailing info about Jumpkin. Apparently, whenever someone sees his head, he tries to pursue them in any way he can.. who could've thought? Also, Jumpkin has a connection to the Sterling Incident. What's the Sterling Incident? Open explorer_resources.png, and keep this tab open, as it is important. Exit out of the computer and look for the file to the left of you in a metal paper holder. This is the Sterling Case. The case tells of the missing person Stanley Sterling and the strange phenomenon of neatly folded clothes. Sound familiar? Yes, the newspaper in Explorer is the same occurrence, and is even inwardly mentioned in the Additional Notes section of the Sterling Case. What could this all mean?

Search e/63u5 in the Explorer. This will open an email explaining that Jumpkin is some sort of sentient computer virus.

Search e/909x. This is an article explaining that Jumpkin can and will use power outlets to power himself