Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise is a compelling adventure game from Yak & co. The first episode in a continuing series, it has you trying to track down and capture evil spy, Ruby La Rouge, by infiltrating her secret lair. Gamezebo’s Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise guide will help you decipher the many puzzles within, and get one step closer to finding Ruby La Rouge.
General Tips
- When a cutscene pops up, you can always skip the dialogue by hitting the fast forward button in the right hand corner.
- Remember to stop and smell the roses. You don’t have to just follow this walkthrough – poke around and tap on objects to learn more about them.
- Not everything has to be done in a specific order. Be flexible and experiment.
- The downward arrow in the top left hand corner takes you back to your previous location. It’s easier than using two fingers to swipe backwards.
- Want to rewatch a cutscene? Go into the pause menu and options to do so are there.
Walkthrough:
- Approach the front of the house.
- To unlock the front door, tap on the flowerpot to find a key.
- Pick up the key and use it on the panel to the left of the door.
- The correct sequence of buttons to tap is highlighted in the screenshot.
- Look at the vase on the coffee table.
- Open the top and hit the secret button.
- Go to the control panel to the right, and collect the handle on the shelf.
- Press the buttons on the bottom right hand corner until all the lights shut off.
- Head into the back room, before going upstairs to the library.
- Knock over the lamp and check out the books behind it.
- Pick up the uncovered magnet.
- Go back a couple of steps to the entry lobby with the fish tank.
- Look at the fish tank to see a key.
- Put the magnet on the glass over the key, then move the magnet to guide the key out via the filtration system.
- Open the filter and take the key.
- Go upstairs to a new area, and unlock the door with that key.
- Open the nearby drawer to get Wedge 1.
- Go in the right door into the bathroom.
- Run the shower and wait a moment to see a clock face appear on the glass. It shows 3.00.
- Open the cabinet, take note of the symbol on the shampoo bottle, and take Wedge 2.
- Move the pots on the left aside, and flick the switch to activate a safe room.
- Take the telescope.
- Flick the switch again and leave.
- Go through the left door to Ruby’s study.
- Look at the clock and move the hands to change the time to 3.00.
- Take the diamond from the resulting secret compartment.
- Take a look at the gramophone to the left. Take a record from the shelf and place it on top of the player.
- Use the handle from your inventory, and spin it until the meter goes red.
- Pick up the screwdriver that flies out.
- Look at the contents of the desk. Most notably, the symbol on the note under the blueprints.
- Leave the room and go through the back to enter Ruby’s bedroom.
- Go upstairs to her loft.
- Look at the chair.
- Push the cushion aside to pick up Wedge 3.
- Look at the table and move the plant to pick up a Cube.
- Move the plant pots hanging from the ceiling according to the screenshot. They now match with the lobby arrangement.
- Pick up the resulting Wedge 4.
- Place the telescope on the tripod that’s now in the room.
- Backtrack to the entrance lobby.
- Look at the control panel again.
- Place your newly acquired Cube in the hole on the right.
- Rearrange the colors of the cubes so they go red, white, orange, blue, yellow.
- Take Wedge 5 which has just appeared.
- Head into the living room in the back.
- Look at the alarm on the door and use the screwdriver to open it.
- Use the diamond to reflect the beams, unlocking both the front and back doors.
- Go outside.
- Pick up the glass on the table, and knock the table over.
- Take Wedge 6 from under the chair.
- Open the pool filter on the deck, and tip your glass in there.
- Move to the right, to the next part of the pool.
- Look at the plant, and take the keycard from under its leaves.
- Go back a little to take a look at the pipe on the left of the same room.
- Spin the handle clockwise until it comes off. Pick it up.
- Go back inside the house.
- Go out the front door, right back to where you started.
- Investigate the area to the right, and place the handle on the pipe.
- Spin it clockwise to switch off the water.
- Go all the way back to the second pool area.
- Press the button that can now be seen in the pool.
- Take Wedge 7 from the nearby panel.
- Tap the top middle button on the panel twice, followed by the middle button once.
- Go into the garage.
- Open all the cupboard doors. Take the oil can, two corks, and plunger.
- Use the oil can on the trapdoor in the garage. Open it to grab Wedge 8.
- Go back to the pool room.
- Put the corks into the left and center pump holes.
- Go all the way back to the front of the house, and to the right hand area.
- Spin the handle counterclockwise to turn the water back on.
- Head back to the second pool area, and grab the fish bone in the water.
- Go to Ruby’s bedroom and give the fish bone to the cat.
- Take the lens from the chair and head upstairs to Ruby’s loft.
- Place the lens on the telescope and look through it.
- Zoom in a little to see the number 1771 on the lighthouse.
- Go back to the bathroom, and turn on the tap.
- Use the plunger to uncover a key, and grab it.
- Go to the living room. Check out the coffee table.
- Press the buttons – top right, top left, bottom right, bottom left, to see a keyhole.
- Use the triangular key to unlock the panel.
- Draw the three different patterns on the board. They appear for a moment, so just copy the patterns.
- Take Wedge 9 from the opened panel. Notice the symbol on the drawer.
- Go way back to the front of the house and the area with pipes.
- Look at the electrical box and pay attention to the symbol.
- Use the keycard in the machine here, to open the glass panel.
- Spin the four dials to match the symbols shown in the screenshot.
- Take Wedge 10, as well as the key.
- Go back to the garage and use the key on the toolbox.
- Pick up the hammer, lightbulb, key, and Wedge 11.
- Backtrack to the electrical box outside, and use the key.
- Take the yellow fuse and return to the garage, to place it in the fusebox.
- You need to move the yellow block to the connector on the right hand side of the screen.
- The screenshot gives you an indication of what you’re aiming for. Focus on getting the two tall fuses to the bottom, and work around there.
- Head back to the pool and grab Wedge 12 from the filtration system.
- Go to Ruby’s bedroom, and you’ll find a box at the foot of her bed.
- Put all the wedges in the slots, and grab the ruby from it.
- Go to the entrance lobby, and use the ruby in the bull’s eye socket. Take the pianola roll from there.
- Go to the library and place the roll in the piano.
- Repeat the three songs that are played to you. Look at the diagram above and follow this order: BCE, BCEEGH, BCEEGHHGFCB
- Take the hacking tool from the secret compartment.
- Go downstairs to the living room.
- Use the glass of water on the fireplace.
- Take the tile.
- Look at the painting on the wall, and move it to reveal a safe.
- Move the inner wheel until the dot is on the left by the arrow, then do the same with the outer wheel, before finishing with the middle one.
- Put the tile in the gap.
- Move the tiles so they look like this screenshot.
- Hit the glass window until it breaks.
- Use the code 7667 on the key panel. The panel is broken, so it’ll show as 1771 – like the number on the lighthouse.
- Move the dials so that all the arrows point at each other.
- Start with the far left dial, then the bottom one, middle, and far right one.
- Use the hacking tool on the resulting panel.
- Starting from the left, tap on it when the white number is in the middle section. Repeat for all the lines.
- Pick up the C4 and press the button.
- Go back to the front door.
- Smash the bulb with the hammer.
- Pick up the item that falls out.
- Go to the library now.
- Remove the cushion from the seat, and put the new item in the slot.
- Take the phone.
- Go to the pool where the locked trap door is.
- Place the explosives on it and put the phone on top.
- Go back to the study and look at the phone.
- Tap the speaker button, before entering the number for the C4 phone – 921981.
- Go through the secret door to finish the game.
