LOCK Walkthrough

Winner of Creation of the Year 2nd Annual Impys 2021. By PixelGorilla and team.

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Here is a walkthrough with hidden hints for when you get stuck. Click on the Hints/Solutions to reveal.

In order not to spoil the game, please try hard before looking for the hints and solutions.

STAGE 1

1. Arrival.
   Walk up the path. The first lock can be found on the front door.

Hint 1

Find the blue Instruction Manual

Hint 2

Check out the back of the manual

Hint 3

Look for bold letters and numbers

Solution

OPEN (The bold letters starting each line of the numbered list in the order 1,2,3,4)

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2. Entrance way
Find a blue key with a green fob.

Solution

Open the drawer to the left of the door as you walk in

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3. Open green door and turn right into The Gallery

This room contains a LOCK panel. Put in the correct four letter word to light up one of the circles on the green box to the right of the back door.

Hint 1

Find the eyes

Hint 2

You will see words if you stand in the right places

Hint 3

The word you need is the solution to the 4 word clue

Solution

(Song Designed for two) DUET

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4. Turn right into The Kitchen

This room contains a LOCK panel. Put in the correct four letter word to light up one of the circles on the green box to the right of the back door.

Find another blue key with a green fob

Hint 1: Key

Look for fruit

Hint 2: Code

The book of Steganography (Art of Hiding secret data in plain sight) has all the codes

Hint 3: Which Code?

Table:PigPen,Sink: Morse, Cupboards: Braille, Clock: Semaphore

Solution

MOCK Table:M Cupboards:O Sink:C Clock:K

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5. Head out of the kitchen and down the open corridor to the Green door. Open with key

You are now in the Nursery. This room contains a LOCK panel. Put in the correct four letter word to light up one of the circles on the green box to the right of the back door.

Find a blue key with a green fob

Hint: Key

Upturned pot

Hint 1

Find the seed packet

Hint 2

There are 3 sliders to find and set

Hint 3

If A-0 and Z=25, What do the four numbers you can see form?

Solution

BOLD 1 on the flower =B, 14=O , 11=L, 3=D

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6. Pull the switch on the green box to the right of the back door. Go upstairs. Find the blue key with an orange fob

Solution

Its between some books on the shelf in the bookcase to the right of the stairs as you come up.

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7. Go downstairs and open the orange door opposite The Nursery

You are in the Study. There is a LOCK in here. Put in the correct four letter word to unlock the back door.

Find the blue key with the purple fob

Hint: Key

Try opening things

Hint 1

It’s about time

Hint 1

It’s about time

Hint 2

Some clocks are am, some pm

Hint 3

Use the times to get pairs of 2 letters from the dial on the back wall

Solution

Glass roof 00:55 UG

Digital clock on round table 05:30 LY

Clock in box 12:45 DU

Calculator in drawer 15:40 CK

Post it note on desk 17:10 LI

Clock on left wall 19:55 NG

UGLY DUCKLING eg: SWAN

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8. Go outside. Turn right into the maze. Find the blue key with a magenta fob

Solution

From the entrance turn left, first right, first right, first left,right, left, left, the key is on the pedestal

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9. Go upstairs. Open purple door at the top of the stairs

You are in Analytics. There is A LOCK in here. Put in the correct four letter word to turn a light on the door marked EXIT.

Hint 1

The colour of the pedestals matches the chalk

Hint 2

Work out what numbers would make DUCK

Hint 3

Remember when you used to turn calculators upside down to spell words like BOOBS?

Solution

DUCK = 0715 upside down looks like SILO

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10. Go upstairs and open the magenta door.

This is the Bedroom. It contains a winding corridor and a LOCK .Put in the correct four letter word to add a light to the exit door.

Hint 1

Dont miss the note on the floor

Hint 2

Some of the letters are not like the others

Hint 3

Prefix = Word before

Solution

Glitched word is KNOB Prefix that with DOOR

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11. Turn left when out of the Bedroom and open the green door.

This is the Game Room. It contains a LOCK and a blue key with a brown fob. Put in the correct four letter word to add a light to the exit door.

Hint 1: Key

Find the chess board

Hint 2: LOCK

Win the games

Solution

• Hangman missing letter is T
• Winning player is O
• Red counter dropped into 5th column cresting a Y in red
• Winning move by red is to take the black counters in an S shape

Spells the word TOYS

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12. Turn left towards the stairs. Go left and open the Brown door. This is the Map Room. There is a LOCK in here. Put in the four letter word to light the final circle on the exit door.

Hint 1

Find the book and the 2 light switches

Hint 2

The directions of the journey match the large map in the room and will tell you what to do with the LOCK panel letters.

Solution

Following the instructions in the book create a journey on the map that matches the description. This gives you instructions to move the cursor on the LOCK.East is right, West is left, North is up and South is down. You will probably need to write them down. They are:

• East to the lighthouse E x2
• North to small island N x3
• East to the beach E x4
• North to jungle clearing N x5
• West to the rock W x1
• North to ruins N x3
• East to village E x1
• North to chapel N x1
• East to river E x5
• South on river S x4
• West on river W x2
• South on river S x2
• East on river E x2
• South on river S x3
• East on river E x1
• South to Temple S x2

The solution is APEX

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13. Walk to the exit door. It is now open. Find a book. Solve the wall puzzle.

Hint 1

Do the colours of the tiles look familiar? Also, what else comes in groups of four?

Solution

Each row represents a room and the floor in that room. The blue highlighted squares represent a letter in the LOCK clue for each room

• Chess floor: Game Room 1 and 3 = T Y
• Green floor: Map Room 2 and 3 = P E
• Purple floor:Bedroom 1 and 2 = D and O
• Red and White floor:Study 2 and 4 W and N
• Brown floor:Nursery 1 and 3 = B and L
• White floor:Gallery 2 and 3 =U and E
• Blue hexagon floor:Analysis 3 and 4 = L and O
• Turquoise floor:Kitchen 3 and 4 = C and K

Solution is TYPE DOWN BLUE LOCK (enter this into the LOCK on the front door)

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STAGE 2

14. You are now in the cave. Find the blue leaflet. You now need to solve all eight rooms again with different words. All the methods you used before will be used again for each room but with clues found outside of it. Start with Analytics.

Analytics Room Clues

Hint 1

Remember what you did before.Coloured pedestals matched the coloured chalk on the maths problems. Can you find more pedestals?

Solution 1

Green Pedestals TREE, ROSE, STAR, SALT,GLOBE

Solution 2

You need find to find out what letters spell out SHOT. 8437 is ROSE, 5877 is TREE, 3568 is STAR and 3615 is SALT and 21497 is GLOBE which gives you all the letters in SHOT apart from the H. 1=L 2=G 3=S 4=O 5=T 6=A 7=E 8=R 9=B. Only number left is 0. The code word is SHOE or 3045

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Study Clues

Hint 1

You need to find 5 clocks or representations of clocks

Solution

• Kitchen Clock: 07:00 NE
• Cake Clock 10:20 XT</li
• Maze Clock 14:35 IN
• Exit Room Mechanism 17:10 LI
• Game Room Dartboard 19:00 NE

NEXT IN LINE

Answer: HEIR

Collect the silver key

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Gallery Clues

(You need to have completed Analytics first)

Hint 1

You need to find some more eyes and look for words in the environment

Solution

• 1 eye was revealed when you solved Analytics. Press R2 look up and see ENDS
• 2 eyes are in the purple painting by back door. Look through the stairs to see WITH
• 3 eyes are in the owls in the map room. Look at the white railings to see PUNCH
• 4 eyes at the cave. Look at the boat and the dock see LINE

Answer is JOKE. Collect the silver key.

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Kitchen Clues

(You need to have completed Gallery first)

Hint 1

You need to find objects outside the kitchen that spell out some of the secret code letters from the book in the kitchen

Hint 2

Use the key from the gallery in the stove

Hint 3

Locations, Garden, Roof, Upstairs, Cave

Solution

• Over the white picket fence in the garden you will see a pattern of stones and a bush Braille= Letter A
• Book on the bookcase on the upstairs landing NATO= Letter R
• Smoke from the chimney spells out Morse= Letter M
• Structure above door in cave spells out Semaphore=Letter Y

Solution: ARMY

Take the gold key

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Bedroom Clues

Hint 1

Read the half destroyed note in the cave (with purple writing). What do these objects have in common? Can you find some more?

Hint 2

The glitching objects are:

• POTION bottle in the cave
• LETTER in the entryway
• BIRD painting in corridor outside the gallery
• NEST in tree in the maze
• BUG painting in the Map Room

Solution

The word that goes before all the clues is LOVE

Take the silver key

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Game Room Clues

(You need have solved Bedroom first)

Hint 1

Use the silver key in the chess board in the cave

Hint 1

You need to win each of the chess games as the white player. White goes first.

Solution

The winning moves spell out these letters

• CAVE: Movement of Queen makes an S
• MAIN ROOM: Movement of Castles makes a T
• UPSTAIRS LANDING: Castle, Queen, Bishop makes an A
• MAZE: Movement of Bishop, Queen and Castle makes a K

Solution word is TASK

Take the purple cube

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Nursery

Hint 1

There is a flower outside the nursery

Hint 2

The Nursery puzzle is all about changing settings. Think OUTSIDE THE BOX

Solution

Put the key in the Analytics window lock. Change the game settings to that on the seed packet. Press touchpad. Change Brightness to 15 (you will see the correct symbol appear in the sky) Run Velocity to 12 (You will see the correct amount of water on the waterfall) Music to 0. The flower will open with a number 17. So the code you need is in the order on the seed packet 17,0,12,15 RAMP. Take the gold key

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Map Room

Hint 1

You need new map directions. Can you find a Treasure Map?

Hint 2

Look in the cave. The starting word should look similar to how the starting word looked in round 1

Solution

The map is in the cave. Copy down the instructions to get to the key in the maze. Your starting word is LEAF with the cursor on L. Follow these directions N, W, W, N, N,N, N, N, E, S, E, S, E, N, N, N, N

The word is LIFE

Collect the key

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The Gold Keys

For when you have collected all 3 keys.

Hint 1

Put the 3 keys in the cave panel on the left wall.Pick up the red key

Hint 2

Open the box in the EXIT room. The wall will change.

Solution 1: Exit Room Puzzle 2

The Exit room puzzle is as follows

• Chess floor: Game Room TASK 1 and 3 = T S
• Green floor: Map Room LIFE 2 and 3 = I F
• Purple floor:Bedroom LOVE 1 and 2 = L and O
• Red and White floor:Study HEIR 2 and 4 E and R
• Brown floor:Nursery RAMP 1 and 3 = R and M
• White floor:Gallery JOKE 2 and 3 =O and K
• Blue hexagon floor:Analysis SHOE 3 and 4 = O and E
• Turquoise floor:Kitchen ARMY 3 and 4 = M and Y

Read down and get TILE ROOMS FORM KEY

Solution 2 Word Puzzle in Cave

The shape of the floors are letters. Look at them from the door

Solution 3: Word puzzle in Cave

• Chess floor: Letter O
• Green floor: Letter R
• Purple floor:Letter G
• Red and White floor: Letter A
• Brown floor: Letter N
• White floor:Letter I
• Blue hexagon floor:Letter Z
• Turquoise floor: Letter E

Word is ORGANIZE

Put that into the word panel is should light up words

Answer: Start Hides Final Lock. Boat name is key

Hint: Secret Lock

Go back to the very start

Solution: Secret Lock

Press Touchpad and R3 to get back to the menu . Press left on the D-Pad. The title is a LOCK. put in the boats four letter name TIDE. The water will recede from the island revealing a path.

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STAGE 3: The Book

Contents Page

Hint 1

There’s a new path

Hint 2

These are cryptic clues in a treasure hunt for the other pages

Solution

• Chapter 1 – The aeroplane in the Map Room
• Chapter 2 – A pawn on the chair in the maze
• Chapter 3 – The Starfish on the path
• Chapter 4 – You found that purple cube already
• Chapter 5 – The apple in the tree seen above the Study skylight

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Chapter 1

Hint 1

Think like a crossword clue. And where have you seen something similar to “in dangered”

Solution

Solve the anagrams and find the hidden letters in the drawing

• AMRRUADELOPR = ARMUR LEOPARD = H
• AAGNNORTU = ORANGUTAN = U
• AONSUEGIRT = SUNDA TIGER = S
• AALOS = SAOLA = T
• ALOPRABER = POLAR BEAR = L
• AAMNRSTUAEEHLNPT = SUMATRAN ELEPHANT = E

Hidden word is HUSTLE

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Chapter 2

Hint 1

Seek the authors of your fate. What do authors make?

Solution

The number is the letter in the authors names, .

• Escape by August Ferdinand F
• Game & Puzzle Design by 800pixelgorilla I
• My Journey by Sir Reginald Goodweather E
• Endangered Species by Keldbjones N
• A Blank Book by Nobody D
• Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare H
• Music and Theme by Slayassassin73 S
• Steganography by Johannes Trithemius I

Slight rearrangement gets you FIENDISH.

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Chapter 3

Hint

The wordsearch clues have already been found by you, and then you have to make them plural. Which one isnt there?

Solution

All the LOCK clues inside the house can be found but one.The word missing from the wordsearch is LOVES

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Chapter 4

Hint 1

Coloured borders? Where have you seen objects with coloured borders?

Hint 2

You need to find connecting words like you did for the glitched objects but one is before and one is after the word

Solution

The pictures are as follows white/black

• Red PHONE/FUEL Answer CELL Letter C
• Blue STAR/BED Answer ROCK Letter O
• Yellow BELL/FIRE Answer ALARM Letter R
• Green LOCK/MOUSE Answer PAD Letter P
• Purple CAR/RING Answer SIDE Letter S
• Orange CANDY/FISH Answer EYE Letter E
• Black WAVE/SHELL Answer SHOCK Letter S

Answer is Corpses

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The Final Lock

Hint

You havent finished with the word panel in the cave yet

Solution 1

Put the words HUSTLE,FIENDISH,LOVES and CORPSES into the word panel.

You get ALL CHAPTER ANSWERS ARE AN A GRAMS

• HUSTLE = SLEUTH Gold letter L
• FIENDISH = FINISHED Gold letter I
• LOVES = SOLVE Gold letter E
• CORPSES = PROCESS Gold letter S

Final lock clue for the start page is LIES. Anagram of which is……really? You want the final clue handed to you? Shame on you.

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