We are hiring: Script Programmer wanted!

[Cranky Old Man]

That problem is not an easy task do to the engine limitations, mostly in what relates to making ropes visible or not, but it is solvable although it's not a puzzle worth the trouble if you check it up to a certain point.

"We're basically looking for Gandalf. Have you seen him?"
It should be noted that it's a common tactic for job interviewers to give impossible tasks to applicants, to see who comes closest to a neat solution, and how people would handle it. If we're not talking about hiring a straight out engine (C++) programmer, then a basic HPL2 script could be made relying on premade animations, or even blackouts and the sounds of a box being pushed. It wouldn't look better than the first Penumbra, but it'd be a solution. I hope they find some boy genius who'll come up with something better, though.