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The Research Facility (Live)





Okay, so the one little thing I forgot before is that...










...We now have to sit through these 21 puzzles in a row here.










Plus the ones I skipped. Whoops!








So, uh, yeah. That was maaaaaybe a bit of a mistake on my part there.










Mostly I think that's my problem, though, not yours.










So, I suppose I'll just deal with it.










I realise I'm not really saying much about the puzzles here, but, well...










There's not really much to (most) of 'em.







W18 Blocked In





1. If this puzzle seems impossible, don't give up. It can be done. Find a way to shift around the pig purple and green blocks to the left. This will open up a surprisingly large amount of space and allow you to solve the puzzle with ease.

Like this, for example. Boy, this sure is a sliding puzzle. It's not all that easy, but it's not really difficult either.






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1. The finished piece of stained-glass art will display some letters. Now what do those letters spell.

Oh, right, I skipped this one before because it's another one of those "put the stuff in place and it tells you the answer" types.



In this case, it's a bit more subtle but that's not saying much.










Oh, back to more stuff that's just "thing we've seen but with a different graphic."










This one's technically a bit different, but it's still just kinda whatever.










I'm trying to not be too down on these, but it's just...










Let's be real, here. These are just kinda filler-y, because they're meant to be quick and all.







W24 Rearranged Names





1. You can't figure it out no matter how many times you try?

This is a tricky one. The puzzle never said that the colors had to match. If you try to match the color of each L to the rest of the tiles in the name, you'll never solve it.


This is a pretty good one, though. It's actually pretty tough, and it has a fun little trick to it. It's still not perfect or anything, but it's rare that there'll be a sliding puzzle I'd praise.






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And, like, to be fair here: these being filler-y isn't a bad thing at all.










That is kind of literally why they exist. To be bite-sized, quick things to do once a week.













That gives them a worthwhile purpose. Sometimes you just want something quick to do, like that.







But, yeah... I'm just kinda glad to be done with almost all of these now.







W28 Cave Blockade





1. The two square blocks by the exit sure get in the way, don't they? Line those puppies up on the bottom, and you'll be seeing the sun in no time.

Despite this being yet another sliding puzzle, it's... again, just sorta here. There's really not much to it. It's short, sweet and to the point. That's nice of it, I guess.






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I do kinda like this, admittedly, it's a neat trick and there's all sortsa visual clues for it. My favourite is probably the weathervane.






I dunno why they use the sunlight, since that's harder to see. But, hey, whatever works.





This one's also not bad. I like the idea, even if the execution isn't really all that great. Don't really need to think it through much in practice.






I just noted they both made the letters H/I, in the whitespace, if you get two of 'em, so that makes it super obvious.





This one's also pretty cute. It's not hard to notice the trick, but still feel kinda clever for figuring it out.






Well, I did anyway.





Do you know your triangle numbers? Congratulations, you've solved it already.










...Okay, so, somehow I got this wrong the first time I put the answer in. I think it just didn't recognise my normally garbage handwriting and it came out as "6?" instead.






I generally try to make any touchscreen writing look neat..ish... just so its legible to, y'know, people.


W34 Cluttered Case 2





1. Don't let the clutter get the best of you.

As long as you keep creating space and avoid making the same moves over and over, you should be able to work the garnet out the top.


Genuinely, the most interesting thing about this puzzle is that it was never actually released. It's still here on the game cart, so you can get to it if you want, but Level-5 never unlocked it as a regular weekly puzzle.



And, yes, it's meant to be W34 but it displays as W35 here, because the EU/US versions of W27 are both here as well so that adds an extra beforehand.


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The Picture Book



So, uh, let's quickly do these here picture books. The actual puzzle part of all 3 is kind of just there to give you something to do, so we'll skip over it. You're really not missing anything.



Anything in blue (or bold, below) is a sticker that we placed. Only need to put one instance of each, and it fills in all copies of it automatically.




I soon got to a big square with a plum tree in the middle.

Underneath the plum tree, I saw an old man gathering something, so I said "I found some thin that someone dropped in the meadow. Have you seen anyone looking anxious?"



Twiddling his moustache, the old man glanced at the objects I was holding and replied, "Oh, that's where my hat went! Thanks for bringing it back!"



"Here, take this by way of thanks. It fell out of that plum tree."

And with that, the old man handed me a delicious-looking plum.



As I strolled on through the meadow, I bumped into a girl and I said, "I found this boot and I'm looking for the person who dropped it."



The girl hesitated for a moment before replying in a timid voice, "I can't help you, but there's a white cottage just up ahead. Try asking over there."

I gave my thanks and hurried on.



It seemed likely that the boot might belong to someone in the cottage, so I walked over to it and knocked on the door. A kindly lady opened it and said, "Hello there! Can I help you?"

Peeking inside, I couldn't help but notice that there was a tasty-looking banana on the kitchen table.



"I found this boot and I'm looking for its owner", I replied.

"Oh, yes! That boot belongs to my grandson," said the lady. "Thank you ever so much!"

Then she handed me the banana from the table as a reward.



We do need to complete each book in turn, so we can't touch book 3 before completing book 2. But to get to book 2 we need to complete book 1 first. Which we just did, so...



Actually, complete aside, but I think this one is the hardest of the three. There's three pairs that you have to get correctly matched up and in the right order but the hints for all three pairs are just "a person" and "a drink". This is as tedious and awful as it sounds.






After seeing Auntie Lil off, I noticed that a raincoat had been left behind on the counter.

"Oh no!" I thought. "I don't even know where Auntie Lil has gone. I forgot to ask!"



A little while later, an old man arrived, the first customer of the day.

"What awful rain! I'll have a coffee, please. Make it piping hot", said the customer, taking a window seat. I looked outside and saw that it had indeed started raining.



The door flew open once again, and I could hear the sound of the rain on the pavement as the next person came in.

"Brrr, it's just as they forecasted. That rain has chilled me to the bone. I'll have a tea please."

With that, the boy walked over to the corner seat.



Auntie Lil wasn't back yet, so I set to work making a hot coffee for the first customer and the tea that the customer in the corner had ordered.

"Oh no!" I thought. "I can't find the milk!"



The door opened again and someone stepped inside.

"Thank goodness! That must be Auntie Lil", I thought.

But when I turned around, I saw that it was actually an adventurer, a regular at the cafe, who came to sit at the counter as usual.



"Oof, I'm tired. But look at this mushroom I found! Lucky or what?! What was that? Oh, right, my order. I'll have a cocoa, please."

The adventurer leaned over, placed the mushroom on the counter and said, "Isn't it a beauty?"



"It certainly is. However, I'm afraid I can't make you a cocoa. There's no milk, you see", I said, deciding I had to be upfront.



Overhearing my apology, the mustachioed old man by the window said, "Oh, but I don't like plain coffee! One needs a dash of milk to make it palatable."



The boy sitting in the corner piped up, "Proper English tea can't be served without milk".

Then the adventurer by the counter joined in, glaring from behind steamed up glasses. "This is unbelievable! I came all the way here to enjoy a nice cup of cocoa!"

I was getting very flustered!



Just then, the door opened again, and in stepped Auntie Lil.

"Lots of customers today, eh? I'm glad you all came in here out of the rain."

I was very relieved to see Auntie Lil's pointy hat.



"I can't find the milk!", I cried. "I've looked everywhere!"

Auntie Lil's eyes went as round as saucers.

"What are you talking about?! Didn't you hear me when I told you I was going out to get more milk?"







I do like how all the stickers for the final book are related to Curious Village. It makes it feel a bit more nostalgic, and kinda cute in a way.



According to the baron, a valuable statue had recently disappeared from the mantelpiece.

As I was inspecting the scene, the young master whispered to me from the doorway, "Not many people come and go from the house. Someone who lives here must have hidden it."

He asked me to follow him to the study, where he'd tell me the whole story.



However, when we got to the study, there was already someone there.

"There you are, you little rascal!", said the cook. "Where- Oh! I see we have a guest. We'll talk later then." With that, the cook hurried out.

"Who was that?" I asked the boy.

"Can't you tell from his hat?", he replied. "I wonder what he wanted."



From across the room, we heard a small meow.

"Oh!" I exclaimed. "We're not alone!"

"That's right. My cat is the queen of the house!" said the boy. "Oh drat! It's time for me to study with my tutor now. He's the one with the small moustache."



I decided to investigate the dining room. Upon entering, I seemed to startle the gardener, causing him to drop the watch he was carrying. "O-oh! Y-you must be a guest. Please don't sneak up on me like that!"



"Does that watch belong to you?", I asked.

"N-no. It belongs to the young master. I found it while working in the garden, so I thought I'd return it to him", he said.

"So why did you come to the dining room?"

"The young master has a voracious appetite. He's often in here looking for snacks."



I walked back through the hall to the big garden behind the house. There, I encountered the tutor.

Holding out a trowel, he said, "I'm looking for the owner of this. It belongs to the gardener, the one in the blue trousers."



Just then, the maid came out into the garden and spotted me. "Ah, there you are!", she said. "The master's looking for you." "I see", I replied.

She turned to the tutor. "And as for you, it's time for the young master's lesson."

A look of panic flitted across his face. "Oh, my word, is it that time already?!"



"Meow", went the cat again.

"Bad pussycat! Your paws are all muddy! Have you been out in the garden again?" sighed the maid. She turned to me, and added, "The family doesn't know, but she likes to dig holes in the garden and bury shiny things."



On the ground, next to the trail of muddy pawprints lay a silver fork.

"What's this, then?" This must belong to the cook. When we saw him in the study, he seemed to be looking for something he'd lost", I thought to myself.



I asked the baron for details of the missing statue.

"Was it shiny?"

"Oh yes. It was a little statue of a goddess. Really magnificent silverwork."

"I see... I think I understand what's happened here", I said.

"My word! Really? Jolly good!"



The baron gathered everyone in the hall and I explained the situation.

"After the statue went missing, the gardener found something in the garden, which made him think that the young master must be up to his usual mischief.

What he found was the young master's watch, buried in a freshly dug hole."



"The tutor also suspected some mischief. He found mud in the study, near the young master's desk and realised that something was not quite right. So he went out into the garden to look for evidence.

Had he looked a little more closely, however, he would have realised that the mud had actually come from the cat's pawprints."



"The cook also knew something strange was a foot. However, it wasn't the statue that was worrying him, but rather the disappearance of a silver fork.

He thought it had been taken by the young master as a joke. He's always hanging around the dining room, after all."



"You're all awful! You mean everyone suspected me?!

I didn't hide the statue, I didn't use the trowel to dig any holes and I didn't take the fork without telling anyone either!", said the young master, angrily.



"Actually, everyone was trying to cover for you."

The young master looked around and sighed, "Hmm... Well, I suppose so."

The baron looked down kindly and said, "Nobody here did anything wrong."

"That's right", I said. "The real culprit is over there."







There we go, that's all of these unlocked now.

More London Streets (Live)



As per usual, we've got 3 from the minigames and the fourth is just from finishing the story.

Unfortuately, out of the 15 puzzles here (including the final three)... 9 of them are sliding puzzles, or require rearranging something or other. So, uh, yeah. That's something.






1. Don't let the fact that this is a number problem confuse you.

You should be able to figure out the answer using basic arithmetic if you can figure out what to look for.


Oh, yeah, um.. despite this technically being post-game now, none of these are flagged as very difficult. There's no 99 Picarat puzzles this time around.





1. Don't forget about the Memo function! You can use it to draw in the shapes.

2. The most important thing is how you use key piece 2.

That's not to say they're necessarily easy (this one in particular messes with me, personally, and I find it a right nightmare).





1. It's impossible?

Well, the conditions are all true, so there's no funny business going on there. Be flexible in your thinking and see if you can figure it out.


2. You need to reverse your thinking!





1. The five ropes would simply create six sections if you weren't allowed to cross them.

But you're allowed to cross the ropes, so you can create a lot more spaces.


2. If you stretch a rope across the patch of dirt from top to bottom and another from left to right, they'll cross in the middle and divide and patch into four different sections. And that's using just two of your five ropes!





1. For starters, what do you know for sure? Well, you know that the answer time ends in seven and the top time is multiplied by three, so the number that goes in box D must end in seven when multiplied by three! There's only one that will work. It's an odd number.

2. Nine times three ends in seven. So the nine goes in box D.

Two times three is six, so what does that tell you about what number goes in box A?






1. Are you trying to reproduce the entire calendar page on a piece of paper?

You could find the answer that way, but there might be an easier method...


2. This is a calendar page, so there is a specific order to the way the numbers are arranged. If you can find a pattern between the numbers next to each other and above and below one another, you might discover a very unique way to solve this puzzle.