"So Far" step-by-step solution2 by pjg
Grassland 1 point included.
For game release 5. Serial number 960619
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The brief solution overview

1) Theatre: get the box and then enter the shadow behind the cabinet.

2) Road: Enter the chimney shadow.

3) Rodeo: Go to the alley and enter the shadow.

4) Grasslands: Get the jar and fill it with water.
  Try to put something on the "ground" to get the 1 point.
  Get the knife and then head SE until you reach the shadow.
  Return to the chimney road.

5) Road: Open the gate by oiling the west hatch, getting the 3 pods,
  oiling the east hatch and east wheel and then pushing the west pillar.

6) Dome: Pull the cord, Touch the flower. Move the blocks close together.

7) Castle: Pull the lever. Enter the balcony shadow.

8) Iceland: Get the blanket. Pour water in the cliff crack. Enter cave.
  Enter shadow in cave.

9) Sand Dome: Enter shadow on west side.

10) Flying in mist: Never move downhill (attraction). Move uphill
   (resistance) either north or south and then move uphill
   (resistance) either east or west. Enter ring of darkness.

11) Sand Dome: get the sphere. Return to the Rodeo.

12) Rodeo: get the fire square from the center of the mall.
   get the orange saddle from the show area. Cut the passive
   beast's tether. Put the saddle on the violet animal. Ride violet
   and then remove the harness strap.

13) Shady Park: Enter the pole shadow.

14) Dark noisy area: Follow the plooping sound. This will allow a new
   direction to travel in. Follow the thud sound. To get rid of the
   killer chord, "Sing to Box". Go to the glass noise area. Enter
   the silent area.

15) Cramped area: crush your remaining pod into the jar. Light the trickle.
   Thick/wide pipe moves you "right" 1 square. Thin/narrow
   pipe moves you "left" 1 square. Hit the pipes to move R, L, L, L,
   R, R, R, R. Ask for the thick pipe. Move R.

16) Shape plane: Ignore the shapes. Go south. X brown. Move brown.
   The brown will always show 2 possible changes. Pick the direction
   that will make it smooth and then light colored. Enter the ring
   of brightness. Answer No.

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(You start during a theatre performance)
z.z.z.z.z.z
z.z.z.z.z.z
(we might as well watch this first of three shows)
W, W, S, S, S, W
Listen. g. g. x sky.
X shrubs
N, N, W
Open cabinet. Get box.
Look behind the cabinet.
Enter shadow.

N
X chimney
Get brick then drop it
(we don't need the brick)
Enter shadow
X bales
Get hay
Drop wisp
(we don't need the hay)
W, SW, E, S
E
Again
(keep trying until you enter the alley)
Enter shadow
U
save (game)

z.z.z.z.z
z.z.z.z.z
(we might as well watch this second of three shows)
D
X tree
X shadow
(tree shadow extends eastward forever)
S, W, N, N, N
Get jar
S, S, S
Put jar in water
N, N, N
save (game)

Get all but spear
(the last object referenced should be "ground by the man")
Search it
(the "it" pronoun should refer to the ground)
Put jar on it
(and there's your 1 point)
(actually, any object will do)

(smell rod)
Get knife
SE, SE, SE
Enter shadow
(we are finished with the grasslands)
X statue
Get chip
W
Wait
again
(wait until someone drops a square)
Get square
X chip
X square
(the small chip is a hint to break
off the corner of the square)
Drop chip
N
Look under the bush
Get ring then drop it
(we don't need the ring)
W

Wait
Again
(wait for the cleaning people to enter the arena)
N
Get orange
S
Drop knife, square, box, orange
NE, E
(we will come back later)
Enter shadow

W
Search mound
Drop scrap
(we don't need it)
X vine
Get pod
(notice the oil)
E, N
save (game)

W
X pillar
Crush pod on hatch
Open hatch
(don't go in yet!)
Look in hatch
Enter
U
X vine
Get pods
D. Exit. E, E
X pillar
Crush pod on hatch
Open hatch
Enter
U
X wheel
Crush pod on wheel
D. Exit. W, W
Push pillar
E
save (game)

N, N, NW, W
Open hatch
Enter depression
Pull cord. G. G
(the depression appears to be a kind of broken cleaning shower)
Exit depression
X plant
Touch plant
Inhale vapor
(the plant protects us from the radiation)
W
Move left. G. G. G. G
E
Close hatch

E, NE
Pull lever
E
save (game)

Enter shadow, S
Get blanket then wear it
(for fun, wait around and see what happens with the pole)
X prints
W, NW
(we don't need the key)
S
X crack
(for fun, wait and see wait happens to the jar)
Pour water in crack
(we could also have used melted snow)
Crush pod into jar
N, SE, SW
Wait
Again
(until the cliff cracks)

W, W, W
(we can't do anything with the form in the ice)
Enter shadow
Remove blanket
(don't touch the bars)
Get sand then drop it
(we don't need the sand)
NW
X sky
Enter shadow
save (game)

(for this puzzle you must always move "uphill/resistance"
first, move North or South in the resistance direction.
second, keep going that direction until you encounter
   an attraction. Then , back up one move
third, move East or West in the resistance direction
   until you can't move anymore.
fourth, Wait. A ring of darkness will appear.
   Enter the ring. Go down)

(A sample move sequence might be:)
N. Again
(until attraction). S
W. Again
(until you can't move)
Wait. Again
(until ring appears)
Enter ring.
Look
D

(we are now back in the sand ring)
Get sphere
X sky
SE
Wear blanket
Enter shadow
(the sphere changes every time we enter a shadow)
E, E, E, NE, NE
Enter shadow
Drop blanket
save (game)

W, S, S, S, S, S
Enter shadow
W

Wait
Again
(wait for the show to start)
z.z.z.z.z
z.z.z.z.z
(we might as well watch this third and final show)
(for fun you can wear your ring and Wave Hand with the crowd)
(for fun "sing")

(notice which animal jumps the highest)
SW
save (game)

Get knife, square, box, orange
Cut tether with knife
Drop knife
S
Put orange on violet
Ride violet
X violet harness
Get violet harness
(for fun, try riding all three animals)
z. z. z. z.
(you will fall off in the park)
W. X pedestal
X construction. E
(the endgame mentions this instrument)
X pole
Enter shadow
save (game)

(don't light the oil jar yet)
W, N
Follow sound
Follow plooping
S
(the NE direction should now be available)
S, E, S, SW
Follow sound
Follow thud
NE
(the chord should be painfully loud now)
Sing to box
Drop box
N, W, N, NE, E, S, SE
Enter silence
save (game)

Break square
Light trickle
(think of hitting the thick pipe as moving right
and hitting the thin pipe as moving left)
Get all
Drop square, chip
Hit thick
Get all. Hit thin. Hit thin
Get all. Hit thin
Get all. Hit thick. Hit thick. Hit thick. Hit thick
Get thick
X boy
Ask boy for thick
Get thick
Offer thick to boy
Hit thick
Drop jar
Enter shadow
save (game)

(ignore the shapes)
I. X brown. S
(Push sphere)
(Get sphere)
Move brown
(travel in the "regular" direction)
Move brown
(travel in the "shallow" direction)
Move brown
(travel in the "faint" direction")
Move brown
(travel in the "pale" direction)
Move tan
(travel in the "paler" direction)

Enter ring
(white cube should enter the ring)
Enter ring
save (game)

(don't try to drop and then push the sphere here)
Answer no
Afterword

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See the grassland section for the 1 point.

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