Adventure Escape Mysteries – Death Dodgers
By: Haiku Games
Haiku Games is back with a new Adventure Escape game, and this time you’re playing as Marcus, who accepts an invitation to beta test an exclusive new augmented reality game called “Death Dodgers.” But the game is more than it appears to be. Help Marcus claim victory in a mysterious augmented reality game with dangerously high stakes! This walkthrough guide should help you if you get stuck on any of the puzzles in Death Dodgers. Feel free to ask for extra help in the comments section.
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Walkthrough:
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6
Chapter 1:
You can watch my video for Chapter 1 or continue below for my step-by-step guide:
1. Tap through the cutscene where you learn about Marcus’s friend(?) dying and where his other friend invites him to play an augmented reality (AR) game called Death Dodgers. He also ignores his mom’s texts and calls and then installs the game. The first task is to get to Nicky’s Pizza to check in with your admin. He’s wearing a mask and a white hoodie. He calls out to you but the ladder is stuck and he can’t get down to you. Let’s figure out how to help him. First, talk to the admin in the green hoodie. He says he can’t help you. So grab the broken bottle and then use it to cut the twine wrapped around the newspapers. Also grab the key after.
2. Use the key to unlock the panel and then pull the lever down. Notice the phone number on the pizza place lights up, but four numbers blink out. Note down those four numbers — 5284 and then enter them on the locked dumpster to open it.
3. A cat jumps out of the dumpster with a subway card in its mouth. We’ll deal with that later. For now, grab the broken umbrella from the dumpster.
4. Use the broken umbrella to pull down the ladder. Then talk to the white admin and follow his instructions to see what you need to do to make it through Day 1. You need to pet the statue of the service dog Layla in Evergrand Park before your opponent Ryan does. But he has a car and you don’t!
5. Head down into the subway station and try to go through using your phone. It won’t let you and the woman nearby explains why. The game jammed your digital wallet so you can’t use it. She hacks her way in but leaves you behind so you still need to find another way to pay for the subway.
6. Notice the photos on the wall and also the map for the F line. There’s also a locked newsstand with a star that matches the one on the photos and map. Use the map together with the photos to figure out the code for the lock. First, note down each of the stops shown in the photos — Cowan Street, Evergreen Park, City Hall, Schafer Center, and Scott St. Then note down the lettered subway lines that stop at each of those locations. You end up with FANCY. Enter that to unlock the newsstand.
7. Take the tuna and the bubble gum from the newsstand.
8. Go back up to street level and look at the drain. There’s some money stuck down there. Place the twine down and attach the gum in order to grab the five dollar bill.
9. Next, use the tuna with the cat. He’ll come down but then run off again with the subway card. Chase after him down the alley.
10. Now you have to solve the Cat Puzzle by chasing the cat into the box. Press a button on the edge of the screen to make Marcus whistle. The cat will run in the opposite direction. If the cat runs into an orange wheeled garbage can, it will it will push it in the direction it was running. I made a video of it below. The directions to whistle are: LEFT, DOWN, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, RIGHT, DOWN.
11. Now you should have the subway card. Head back down to the subway station and try to use the subway card on the turnstile. There’s no money on it. So insert the card into the ticket machine and then add the five dollar bill. Now you have a paid subway card. Use it to get through the turnstile.
12. Now we’re at Evergrand Park and can see the statue in the water, along with our opponent, Ryan. We have to figure out how to get to the statue! First, open the picnic basket by the sleeping guy and take the toothpick. Next, look at the gazebo in the distance to see a bride and photographer waiting for the groom. Pick up the balloon.
13. Go back to the sleeping guy. He’s the groom and you need to wake him up. Try tapping on him. It doesn’t work. So instead, place the balloon near his head and then use the toothpick to pop it. Once he’s gone, lift the picnic blanket and take the quarter.
14. Go back to the gazebo. After everyone leaves, open the trunk and get the rake and hedge clippers. Also, notice the pink face with hearts for eyes.
15. Go back and use the rake on the leaves and the hedge clippers on the vines around the statue base. Take the quarter and notice two more graffiti faces, one orange with sunglasses and one blue with its tongue sticking out.
16. Put the two quarters in the tower viewer so you can use it. Then move it around until you see another smilie face. It’s on a billboard and is green with X’s for eyes. There’s also some graffiti of colored dots with black lines connecting them.
17. Go back and look at the padlock on the chain holding the paddleboat to the dock. Use the four faces you saw together with the dots graffiti to figure out how to place the tokens. It should look like the photo below.
18. Now we have to solve the Boat Race Puzzle. Reach the statue at the center of the pond before ryguy99 does. Select a glowing tile around Marcus to move him onto that space. If Marcus moves onto a current, he’ll continue to move along it. After Marcus moves, ryguy99 will move one space along the path of red arrows. ryguy99 is not affected by the current. I made a video for you.
And that’s the end of Chapter 1! Click here to continue to Chapter 2 or choose a chapter below.
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6