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An escape room challenge in Escape Academy's Spring Term developed by Coin Crew Games. Players must navigate a burning library, solve puzzle mechanisms lik

[Where There’s Smoke

An escape room challenge in Escape Academy's Spring Term developed by Coin Crew Games. Players must navigate a burning library, solve puzzle mechanisms like flipping mini shields spelling out 'THROUGH', and reveal a secret exit.

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"Where There's Smoke" is a Spring Term escape room in Escape Academy developed by Coin Crew Games, and the eleventh room in the game's progression [src-e1ae555f25]. You and Jeb are trapped inside a burning library, and since the front door won't work, you must uncover a secret exit and gather four items to unbar it [src-6bdc604a49]. The room carries a 20-minute time limit and a 3/5 difficulty rating, and escaping it awards the "Stop, Drop, and Solve!" achievement.

Overview

This is a Game Level set in the library, accessed by clicking on Jeb outside the dorm [src-cc415a0c9f]. Feel free to skip the dialogue and start solving immediately once you gain control of your character [src-cc415a0c9f]. The room is broken into several puzzle stations — a book plinth, a wall of mini shields, a directional lock, a numbered chest, a clock door, and an upside-down chest — that ultimately feed into the secret exit.

Reveal the Secret Exit

Head straight ahead to the plinth and read the book, which says: "There's no time to read. If you wish to escape, just flip through." The words "flip through" are bolded, and that is your hint [src-e1ae555f25].

Move ahead and to the right, down the far aisle, and on your left before the end you'll find a set of mini shields reading "WISDOM / THROUGH / EFFORT." Interacting with them turns the action button to "Flip," letting you rotate each shield [src-e1ae555f25]. Flip every letter in the word THROUGH to lower the bookcase and reveal the secret exit [src-6bdc604a49].

The exit door is barred by four slots, each inscribed with a line: "An Escapist forges their own destiny," "An Escapist takes pride in their work," "An Escapist goes above and beyond," and "An Escapist weighs the options" [src-e1ae555f25]. You'll need four items to fill them.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Open the directional lock. Immediately when you gain control, look to your left and enter through that door. A directional lock sits directly in front of you; the answer is right, right, up, left, down, up, left, left. Inside you'll find the hourglass and the crank handle [src-cc415a0c9f]. This sequence accounts for the missing parchment piece from the display case — the tablets show Double Right, Up, Left, and a missing direction [src-e1ae555f25][src-6bdc604a9f].
Grab the first tile. Before leaving the room, go around the corner to a chest with a number lock. The answer is 2257. Open it to find a strange tile — you'll need four in total. The door will crash behind you once you're done inside [src-cc415a0c9f].
Solve the clock door. In the center, interact with the clock door, insert the crank handle in the bottom slot, and use the cranks: middle crank first to bring Roman numeral VI to the bottom, then the right crank for VI on the medium clock, then the left handle for VI on the small clock. This reveals a button to get inside [src-cc415a0c9f].
Open the upside-down chest. Inside, move to the end of the room to find an upside-down chest. Read normally the code is 6989; upside down it appears as 6869. Input it however you prefer to open the chest and grab the tile inside [src-cc415a0c9f].
Collect the remaining tiles and exit. With all four items gathered, slot them into the secret exit door to escape.

Tips

The numbered chest puzzle is built on Latin logic: cogito ergo sum means "I think, therefore I am." The scrolls connect cogito, ergo, and sum to the numbers 2, 5, and 7, and the "think twice" rule means you use cogito's number twice — giving 2257 [src-6bdc604a49].
The room's newspaper, "The Escapist Times," sits on a desk in the corner between the clock and hourglass puzzles if you're collecting editions [src-f825a4961b].
Completing the escape within the time limit without hints contributes toward A+ ratings on escapes [src-f825a4961b].

Rewards

Escaping "Where There's Smoke" unlocks the Stop, Drop, and Solve! achievement [src-f825a4961b]. Finishing quickly and hint-free also counts toward the Honor Roll and Overachiever achievements for earning high grades across ten escapes [src-f825a4961b].

Details

term

Spring Term

developer

Coin Crew Games

timeToComplete

20 Minutes

difficulty

3/5

level_type

Game Level

achievement

Stop, Drop, and Solve!