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Cube Escape: Case 23 is the fifth game in the Cube Escape series, released in July of 2015. In
Case
Case 23
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ANIME this game, you assume the role of detective Dale Vandermeer. As the player, you need to
investigate the mysterious death of the Woman. Collect all the evidence and discover the
gateway to Rusty Lake.

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Contents

TV 1. Characters

2. Locations
3. Walkthrough
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3.1. Chapter 1/4: The Murder Scene Free / Premium

3.2. Chapter 2/4: The Investigation Official Link (https://www.r

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3.3. Chapter 3/4: The Chapel
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Characters Armor Games (https://arm
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Robert Hill
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Dale Vandermeer
Mr. Crow Google Play (https://play.

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The Woman tails?id=air.com.RustyLak

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Locations
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It was the strangest scene I had ever seen in my long career as a homicide detective. The first
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time I stepped into that room, I knew there was something more than just a dead body.
Video Walkthrough (http
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ANIME The Murder Scene

Victim
Focus on the victim.
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Unzip her dress and receive the paper.
Click her hair twice.

TV
Click on her mouth until the bug is let out and scurries away.
Click the bug until it leaves the screen.
Defocus.

VIDEO Click the doorway.

Go right twice.

Couch/Phone
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Lift the right-hand cushions to receive the paper.
Click the bug until it leaves the screen.
START A Focus on the parrot picture.
WIKI
Tear off the part that reads "Psittacus" to receive "psittacus" on paper.
Defocus, then go right.

Bookshelf/Desk
Focus on the cactus.
Click the plant label to receive "cactus" on label.
Defocus, then focus on the photo.
Click on the nameplate to receive "arles" on label.
Defocus, then focus on the doll.
Expand each doll out, including the last one. You'll be swapping objects:

Drag the rose to the first doll, then close and reopen.
Drag the fish bones to the fourth doll, then close and reopen.
Drag the blood drop to the third doll, then close and reopen.
Drag the egg to the second doll, then close and reopen.

Receive the key, then defocus.

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door and receive a jar of flies.
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 Focus on the fishbowl.
Drop a fly in the fishbowl.

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When the finger pushes it out, use the algae to move it to the fish's mouth.
Get the key, then defocus.
Focus on the desk.
Use the key on the desk and get the folder.
HOME Click on the folder in your inventory.
Click the artist's name to receive "lacus fleo" on label.
Defocus out, then go left.
GAMES
Couch/Phone
Focus on the table with the phone.
ANIME Get the cigar.
Focus on the crossword puzzle.
Put the labels in the correct boxes.
MOVIES Tear out the boxed word to get "fate" on paper.
Defocus, then go right.

TV Bookshelf/Desk
Focus on the books.
Lift all 16 books.
VIDEO
Each next book you pick up must contain a symbol or color that the previous one did.
One solution of many, left to right: 15-7-16-1-4-10-2-8-3-5-14-13-11-12-6-9.

WIKIS Click the shelf with the up arrow, then pull down the panel.
Defocus, then look at the ceiling.

START A Ceiling
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Click the bug through every room, including the ceiling, until it returns to the bookshelf/desk room.

Bookshelf/Desk
Click the bug until it's hiding behind the desk, then focus on the desk.
Click the iron, then the bug, then drop the iron on the bug.
Lift the iron and get the key.
Defocus, then use the key on the left-hand cabinet door to retrieve another paper.
Go left.

Couch/Phone
Focus on the corkboard.
Put the three papers on the board to fit with the fourth already there.
Click the folder in your inventory.
Open the folder.
Use the cigar to burn the places that the papers advised: cube, hand, left eye, and the house in the background.

Symbols, in order: circle with dot, upside-down triangle, empty target, square.
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 Defocus out, then go right.

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Focus on the books.
Spin the dials to match the symbols above, and get the number: 024355
Defocus, then go left.

Couch/Phone
HOME
Focus on the desk, then the phone.
Click the handset.
GAMES Dial: 024355

V: Hello?

ANIME
D: Hello, this is detective Dale Vandermeer
V: Yes
D: Is this Rusty Lake?

MOVIES V: Say the word...

D: I don't know the word...

TV When the voice says to say the word, click on the paper that says "fate".

D: Fate?
V: I am sorry
VIDEO
V: Your place is already taken

WIKIS
Defocus, then go right twice.

Victim

START A Click the woman's mouth.

WIKI
Continue clicking her until she disappears.
Look at the ceiling to get: 1421
Return to the Bookshelf/Desk room.

Bookshelf/Desk
Focus on the safe.
Enter: 1421
Receive the evidence, then click on it in your inventory.
Open the folder and click.

Chapter 2/4: The Investigation

For months, I could not think about anything else than the events that happened after I found the dead woman. What is Rusty Lake?
I collected all the information I could find and locked myself into my office, trying to learn more about Rusty Lake and this mysterious
woman.
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 Summer, 1972
My Office
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Focus on the blinds.
Open the right-hand blinds, then defocus.
Open the cabinet door and get the coffee.
Go right.
HOME

Filing
Focus on the filing cabinet.
GAMES
Open each drawer to receive the coffee filter, razor, and map.
Defocus, then go right.

ANIME Desk
Focus on the drawers.
Open each drawer to receive the marker, numbers on paper, and a screwdriver.
MOVIES
Defocus, then focus on and take the empty coffee pot.
Put the coffee filter and coffee in the coffee maker.
Defocus and go right.
TV

Sink/Mirror
Pull down the projector screen.
VIDEO
Focus on the mirror.
Use the razor on yourself, get the razor back, then defocus.
Focus on the sink.
WIKIS
Turn on the water until the hair stops moving, then turn off the water.
Click the lump until it turns into a young crow, which you pick up.

START A Fill the coffee pot with water.

WIKI
Defocus, then go right.

Break Room
Focus on the machine.
Get the paper.
Defocus and go right.

Filing
Focus on the vent.
Use the screwdriver on the vent.
Give the young crow to the cat.
Click the cat until the crow is swallowed.
Defocus, then focus on the projector.
Get the paper.
Defocus, then go right.

Desk
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Focus on the coffee maker.
 Put the water in the water holder.
Put the empty coffee pot back in the maker.

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Click to receive a coffee pot with coffee.

Defocus, then focus on the desk.
Pour coffee into the cup, then click the cup to drink the coffee: 247
Defocus out, then focus on the left corkboard.
HOME Take note of the photo arrangement.
Defocus, then focus on the right corkboard.
Put the two pieces of paper on the board:
GAMES
The old "man" "walked" beside the "lake". As he approached the "mill", the time "stopped". The "numbers" appeared
above the lake.

ANIME Defocus, then go right twice.

Break Room
MOVIES Focus on the TV.
Set the numbers to 247.
Click the figure on the screen.
TV Defocus, then focus on the windows.
Click the windows until you retrieve the black cube.
Defocus, then go right.
VIDEO

Filing
Click on the vent and receive the egg.
WIKIS
Defocus and go right.

Desk
START A
WIKI Focus on the typewriter.
Type: MAN
Click the blob on the paper.
Type: WALKED
Type: LAKE
Type: MILL
Type: STOPPED
Type: NUMBERS
Click the blob: 392
Defocus, then go left.

Filing
Focus on the projector.
Put the map on the projector, then turn it on.
Defocus, then go right twice.

Sink/Mirror
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Focus on CHARACTERS
the screen. RUSTY LAKE COMMUNITY
 Select the red marker:

Draw a line from the mill (left) to the hill (right).

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Draw a line from the bridge to the cabin (upper right).

Draw a line from the hill to the chapel.
Circle the intersection of hill-chapel and bridge-cabin, and label that A.
Circle the intersection of mill-hill and bridge-chapel, and label that B.
HOME
Circle the mill and label that C.

Defocus and return to the projector.

GAMES
Filing
Focus on the projector.
ANIME Replace the map with the numbers on paper.
Defocus, then go right twice.

MOVIES
Sink/Mirror
Focus on the screen.
Get the numbers: 746
TV Defocus, then go right.

Break Room
VIDEO Focus on the TV.
Enter the numbers: 746.
Click the screen until her hand emerges.
WIKIS Give her the egg.
Click the screen until she hands you the white cube.
Click the screen again to turn it off.
START A
WIKI Enter the numbers: 392.
Put the white cube in the square on the left.
Put the black cube in the square on the right.
Defocus, then look up.
Turn on the fan.

Chapter 3/4: The Chapel

At last, I was close to Rusty Lake. Although I did not understand what happened, after a deep sleep I found myself on the floor of the
mysterious chapel I knew from the pictures.

Summer, 1972
The Chapel

Stained Glass

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EXPLORE the first puzzle. RUSTY LAKE COMMUNITY
 Rotate the squares until it is fixed.
Focus on the third puzzle.

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Assuming the columns are ABC and the rows are 123, you'll move whatever is in the position below to the blank spot:[1]

A1 A2 A3 B3 B2 B1 C1 C2
B2 B1 A1 A2 A3 B3 C3 C2
B2 B3 A3 A2 A1 B1 B2 A2
HOME A3 B3 B2 A2 A1 B1 B2 B3
A3 A2 B2 B1

As in, you'll click at the B3 position in the grid to move whatever piece is there into the blank spot.
GAMES

Defocus, then focus on the middle picture to get the black cube.
Defocus and go right.
ANIME

Statue
Focus on the base of the statue.
MOVIES
Get the bird's eye.
Make note of the three columns:

TV
1. Cross, stern, wide.
2. Eye, bird, downturned.
3. Gem, calm, wide.

VIDEO
Make note of the numbers: 148
Defocus, then focus on the top of the statue.

WIKIS
Switch the face to column 1, then click the mouth, to get the eye.
Switch the forehead to the eye, then put the eye there.
Switch the face to column 2, then click the mouth, to get the gem.
START A Switch the forehead to the gem, then put the gem there.
WIKI
Switch the face to column 3, then click the mouth, to get the shell.
Defocus and go right twice.

Columns
Focus on the bottom-left quadrant.
Rotate the bottom-left's panels until all lines up to get a key.
Use the key on the locked cabinet.
Put the birds eye in the skull, then click it to get another key.
Defocus, then focus on the bottom-right.
Rotate the bottom-left's panels until all lines up to get a piece.
Put the shell in the top left cabinet to get a can of oil.
In the upper-right, enter: 148
Get another piece.
Defocus, then focus on the top.
Turn the circles until you can move the slider to get a piece.
Turn the pacman pieces to reveal the square and thus a bottle of ink.

Rusty Lake Wiki Use the key

EXPLORE on the locked cabinet.
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 Click the jar to unscrew the lid.
Put the ink in the jar, then click the jar to get a heart.

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Defocus, then focus on the bottom left.

Open the upper left door and slide the sliders to match the green lines.
Place the heart in the bottom right door to get a pair of scissors.
Return to the top.
HOME Open the door with the lines and get another piece.
Defocus, then focus on the bottom-right.
Put the pieces in the bottom-right door, then get the candle.
GAMES Defocus and go left.

Chamber
ANIME Put the black cube in the center.
Click where the black dot is until the door is entirely crumbled away.
Use the candle on the two torches. Note the arrows:
MOVIES
Left, Right, Left, left, Right, Right.

Select the can of oil, then click the torches to follow the arrows.
TV Click the man in the boat.
Click the water for the man to show up.
Focus on the man.
VIDEO
Use the scissors to cut the strings off his mouth.
Click his head.
Click his mouth until the man is a crow.
WIKIS
Click the crow.

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Chapter 4/4: The Cabin
Silently, the old crow and I sailed to a small island in the middle of the lake. Without a word, the crow left me, wondering what to do.
NOTE: This chapter requires speed.

Summer, 1972
The Cabin

Cabinet
Get the three cogs from behind and within the cabinet.
Click the middle of the wall and open the panel.
Click the left of the wall to reveal the outline of an elevator door.
Go right.

Window
Get the cog over the window.
Click the panel next to the window and open it.
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Get the cog from behind the sink.
Open the cabinet doors and get the cog and crowbar.
Get the matches from the box.
Open the panel, top left.

HOME Focus on the gears.

Put the cogs in as follows, from top, to right, around to bottom, leaving the upper right peg empty:

Wheel, star, star, wheel, gear, star.

GAMES

Defocus and go right twice.

ANIME
Cabinet
Use the crowbar on the left elevator door until it is free of planks.

Click above/below the dark line.

MOVIES

Use the matches on the gear in the right panel.

Pull the switch.
TV Open the elevator door and get in.
Press the red button, then the grey one.

VIDEO

Finally, I reached the lake. I could not feel my body any more. The time felt different to me, like I did not only lived that moment, but
WIKIS also my past. All my memories captured in little cubes, floating around the lake.

References
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WIKI
1. HeuristicEightPuzzleApp (http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~gwickler/eightpuzzle-inf.html): An 8-puzzle Java-based solver.

Bugs
The Shell in Chapter 3 is incorrectly labelled "shelf".

Soundtrack
The music used for the menu and transition screens is called "Blue Sizzle (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.ht
ml?isrc=USUAN1100385)".
The music used for Chapter 1 is called "Clean Soul (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN13000
33)".
The music used for Chapter 2 is called "On the Ground (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN14
00030)".
The music used for Chapter 3 is called "Ossuary 6 - Air (https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USU
AN1500048&Search=Search)".

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 The music used for the beginning of Chapter 4 is called "Ambiment (https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc
=USUAN1100630)".
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ee/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100710)".

Trivia
HOME Following the release of the Steam version, the Cube Escape Collection has 72 unlockable achievements.
This game has the first half of the conversation finished in Cube Escape: The Mill.
The fictional painter "Lacus Fleo" is named after Lacus Flevo, a lake which once existed in the Netherlands. The developers are
GAMES based in the Netherlands.
The man in handcuffs behind the window in Dale's Office is Robert Hill, a prime suspect in The Woman's death.
The numbers 171 can be found in the bathroom in Cube Escape: Theatre. Entering these into Dale's TV in Chapter 2 shows
ANIME Robert Hill's mugshot.
In Chapter 2, Dale says, "That's a damn fine cup of coffee!". This is a reference to Twin Peaks, which Rusty Lake (Developer)
was inspired from.
MOVIES The effect used on the voice over the phone is very similar to the one used in Twin Peaks.
The font in the chapters is Deep (https://www.dafont.com/deep.font).
The wallpaper pattern may be from The Shining.
TV
In the Chapel:

The painting used for the flip puzzle is "The Adoration of the Shepherds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bramantino_-_D
e_aanbidding_der_herders.jpg)" by Circle of Bramantino.
VIDEO
The middle painting with the cube is "Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J
acob_Cornelisz._van_Oostsanen_002.jpg)" by Jacob van Oostsanen.
The painting used for the slider puzzle is "Massacre of the Innocents (https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/90402/S
WIKIS
K_C_1363.html)" by Lodovico Mazzolino.

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Title card for Case 23. Introduction to Chapter 1. Introduction to Chapter 2.

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TV Introduction to Chapter 3. Introduction to Chapter 4. End card for Case 23.

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