Unofficial player guide
Interactive field tool
Choose a region or describe what the room is doing. Start with a nudge; open the full route only when your group is ready.
Puzzle Finder
Names describe landmarks, not rewards. Coordinates are there to confirm a match, not to turn the island into a spreadsheet.
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Solutions stay closed until you ask.
A tall yellow crane with a red button underneath
The switch is not meant to be reached from the ground.
One player can become the missing piece of scaffolding.
Stack one player on the other’s head, then let the upper player press the red button on the underside of the crane.
A telescope-like viewer beside a button
The person at the instrument is pointing, not travelling.
Hold the button and watch where the red light lands.
One player keeps the button held and uses the viewer to direct the other toward the red light. Follow it to the glass box and complete the interaction there.
A blue house, loose symbol pieces and a door that separates the pair
The useful information is inside; the useful objects are outside.
Order matters as much as choosing the right five pieces.
One player enters and is locked in. They describe the five symbols in order while the outside player places the matching pieces in that sequence.
Green scaffolding with controls on opposite sides
The two switches are partners, not alternatives.
Count down together; the gap between presses must be very short.
Put one player at each side and press the two buttons immediately one after the other.
Two separate rooms divided by a turnstile
One room has the answer; the other has the pieces.
Describe each symbol before the placing player touches anything.
The player on the right reads the symbols in order. The player on the left places the five matching pieces, then uses the check control.
A locked room with several buttons and an unusually long timer
The timer is not a joke, and there is no hidden fast-forward.
Make sure every required button is active before settling in.
Get the group inside, press the required buttons and wait for the full five-minute timer to finish.
An obstacle route, switches and a carryable tomato-shaped timer
The first obstacle is teaching you how to move as a pair.
Leapfrog with head-stacking, then keep the timer moving toward its holder.
Use head-stacking and leapfrogging to cross the obstacles and operate the switches. Carry the active tomato timer to the holder at the far end before it expires.
A golden headpiece and a course seen only as blurred colour
The person who can move through the course cannot read it clearly.
The outside player should give short, directional commands.
One player wears the golden headpiece and enters the course. The partner stays outside with the clear view and guides them around the obstacles.
Pose displays inside and selectable pieces outside
Words are less useful here than silhouettes.
Exaggerate each pose and let the outside player choose before moving on.
The inside player acts out each of the five displayed poses. The outside player selects the matching pieces in the same order.
Two rooms with incomplete displays, intercoms and flashing red lights
Each room is missing the information visible in the other.
Use the intercom and count the red flashes carefully.
Put a player in each room. Exchange the missing symbol and red-light-count information through the intercom, place the pieces, then use the check control.
A field of lamps, some carrying red star markings
The marked lamps are warnings, not destinations.
The dangerous positions do not move between attempts.
Identify and mark every lamp showing a red star, then cross without stepping on those positions.
Two viewpoints facing a row of ten lamps with dark silhouettes
Neither player can see the complete count.
Count only the black head silhouettes, then combine the two partial totals.
Split between the two viewpoints, count the black silhouetted heads visible from each side, add the totals and enter the combined number.
Try the object you can see rather than the result you expect.
A gentle rule
A Big Walk puzzle is usually more fun one almost-correct idea before the answer. Open the first hint, give the group another attempt, and leave the complete route for the moment when frustration stops being funny.
Walking as a pair? Read the two-player guide