Lost Kingdom of Parentheses

Lost Kingdom of Parentheses
Accessible	After collecting 24 Starites
Doors to	Abian Sea Front
Starites	x 2
Shards	x 10

The Lost Kingdom of Parentheses an underwater ruined city inspired by "Atlantis" and inhabited by numerous sea creatures. There are 2 full Starite missions and 10 Starite Shards.

The Lost Kingdom of Parenthesis is also usable as a playground in the mobile version of Scribblenauts Unlimited, being a part of the Fantastic Realms Pack that can be purchased from the shop.

NPCs and objects present: Treasure Hunter, Ruby Large Immovable Pillar, Diamond Large Immovable Pillar, Large Immovable Titanite Pillar, Skull, Basilosaurus, Locked Ark of the Covenant, Wraith, Huge Boulder, Swimming Pilot, Air Tank, Snorkeler (Mask), Huge Ruby, Immovable Petrified Hermit Crab, Immovable Petrified Mermaid, Immovable Petrified Parrotfish, Steamy Broken Waterproof Escape Pod, Alien, Submarine (Boat), Oceanographer, Sea Goat, Pineapple, Tiki Mask, Rock, Sinking Large Sponge, Musical Squid, Friendly Starfish, Sleepy Cthulhu, Huge Diamond, Aquatic Cerulean Admiral, Poseidon, Rusty Throne, Huge Titanite.

Starites

Unsunken City Discover what drained the ocean!
Problem	Hints	Possible Solution
The city has been drained by the League of Mad Scientists! Distract the scientist with a creature from legends!	Show me something supernatural. Show me something for beyond our world. I would love to see an alien.	Create a merlion for the cryptozoologist.
The nuclear physicist is tired of studying uranium! Show her a new element to research!	Show me a new element. I wonder what other elements are on the periodic table? Gold is an element, but I can't find any down here.	Give asbestos to the nuclear physicist.
The roboticist cannot find any clean bedding for their robot hamster! Give the hamster cage some new bedding!	My hamster cage needs new bedding. My hamster likes small metal objects. It wants to sleep in a bed of bolts.	Give a washer (hardware) to the roboticist.
The Starite is open for the taking! This seems too easy!	This Starite is begging to be grabbed. Nothing bad can happen from grabbing a Starite. Pick me up.	Ignore the security camera and get Starite. This one has to be explicitly picked up.
Oh no! This is an imposter Starite and the gate locked! This door only opens for mad scientist! Dress Maxwell up with two objects to fool the camera!	I only open for mad scientists. Doctors wear special coats in the lab. Doctors wear goggles to protect their eyes!	Put on rubber gloves and a cape.
Being a mad scientist is also about what is on the inside! Apply an adjective to Maxwell to make him think like a mad scientist!	Make me think like a mad scientist. I don't see a mad scientist, only a regular one. Mad scientists are a mix of crazy and brilliant.	Make yourself sinister.
The disguise has fooled the gates! Now it is time to destroy the drain!	Break the drain. Use a tool to destroy the drain. A hammer can be a very destructive device.	Use a nightstick to attack the drain.
The mad scientist was actually a robot set to self destruct! Find a way to contain the blast!	Find a way to control the blast. Use the lever to seal the explosion. Sometimes it is best to pull the lever.	Activate the red switch.

Sea Goats Gruff Help the goats get past the sea troll!
Problem	Hints	Possible Solution
The sea troll hungers for something remote, feed it something that tastes like each goat!	Feed the troll to complete this goal. Feed him a fruit so I can scoot. That troll looks scary, try feeding him a berry.	Give the troll pie so the kid can slip by.
The berry allowed this fruit goat to pass, now he grazes on luscious greed grass! The second goat approaches, ready to eat, feed the sea troll a supplementary treat!	Give him food that tastes like me, in hope that he will let me be. It's not my fault that I taste like salt. A salt lick should do the trick.	A root beer float will help the next goat.
Twice that goats were allowed to slip by! Now it's time for the last goat to try! The sea troll desires a fiery flavor, give it something spicy to savor!	Here's some advice, feed him food with spice! The troll seems keen on spicy cuisine! Trolls never veto a spicy burrito.	Feed him some curry to end in a hurry.

Starite Shards

Name	Description	Possible Solution	Completed Description
Rock Bottom!	Help! I'm trapped under this rock!	Use a jackhammer to break the boulder.	You helped me out from under the rock!
Poseidon's New Groove!	Give me something to help rule the sea!	Give a trident to Poseidon.	You gave me something to rule the sea!
Restore the City!	Break the curse by returning the stones to their pillars.	Find the Ruby, Diamond and Titanite gems in the level and put them on their respective pillars. Once you have a gem, swim above the pillar and let go of it to place it. The Ruby is in the bottom left of the level under a huge boulder. Use a jackhammer to break the boulder and reach it. The Diamond is tucked away in the bottom right corner of the level. Nothing is guarding it. The Titanite is to the right of the pillars, past a basilosaurus. Use a minigun to take it out, or go the long way around.	You restored the pillars and uncursed the merpeople!
Piece of Your World!/ Piece From Your World	Give me some gizmo from the world above the sea.	(Finish Restore the City!) Give a doohickey to the mermaid.	You gave me a thing-a-ma-bob to add to my collection!
We Must Go Deeper!	My submarine is too large to explore any further!	Make the submarine mini.	You helped my submarine explore the depths!
What Have You Done?!	Cthulhu slept in! Wake him from his slumber!	Pet Cthulhu.	Cthulhu is not a morning person!
Aliens Don't Float!	I can't swim! Help me get to the surface!	Give a life vest to the alien.	You helped me reach the surface!
The Lost Ark!	The Ark of the Covenant must be around here! Bring it to me!	Swim down to the left of the treasure hunter to find the Ark of the Covenant. Pick it up and give it to him.	You brought me the Ark! I wonder what's inside?
Sailor's Judgement!	Give me something to convince Poseidon that I lived a good life!	Give either wings or bat wings to the admiral for differing results.	You helped me pass on!
Hermit's Home!	I've outgrown my old residence! Give me a larger place to live.	(Finish Restore the City!) Give a mansion to the hermit crab.	You gave me a new home!

Trivia

• Parentheses are curved punctuation marks that are used to surround text that clarify the main point (such as this text here that uses them). They can also be used to denote text that is "optional" and not important to the main idea.
• None of Maxwell's brothers are unlocked here.
• The Shard Piece of Your World! is a reference to Disney's The Little Mermaid.
  • The nearby Hermit Crab and Parrotfish may also be parodies of Ariel's companions Sebastian and Flounder.
  • The shard was renamed to "Piece from Your World! in the Mega Pack.
• The shard Sailors Judgement! has differing outcomes based on whether the sailor is deemed to have lived a good or bad life, which is influenced by what item the sailor is given.
• The shard What Have You Done?! can be completed by simply petting Cthulhu.
• The Starite Shard The Lost Ark! refers to the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. You can spawn an Ark of the Covenant, but the treasure hunter won't be interested in it. He needs specifically the ark found in the level.
• The mission Sea Goats Gruff is based on the fairy tale Three Billy Goats Gruff.
  • The mission's prompts and hints are all said in rhyme, mimicking a fairy tale. This is also frequently seen in Storybook Keep.
• The mission Unsunken City has a multiple things of note.
  • The League of Mad Scientists seen in this mission reappears in Syntax Station's mission Space Station Infiltration!.
  • Despite looking for a replacement for uranium to study, the nuclear physicist will accept more uranium as an answer.
  • One of the hints is "I only open for mad scientists." The word "I" is used, even though the hint is given by the security camera and not the door that opens.
  • The player's character provides the hints at one point in the mission.
  • Once the player triggers the trap and gets locked in the room with the fake Starite, they can open the door by placing two engineers near the red switch, who will flick it off and on again.
    • Doing this is useless though, as the objectives still need to be completed in order. Attempting to destroy the drain early will fail the level.
• There is a rock, a tiki mask, and a pineapple on the seafloor, and attempting to use them will spawn a starfish, a musical squid, and a sponge respectively. This is a reference to the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants, with the objects representing the houses of Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, and SpongeBob himself.
  • Humorously, the musical squid often eats the starfish, which isn't a reference to a show, but is just a normal behavior of the squid.

Gallery

The level geometry.