- Symbols – How to solve Sodoku. If you’re still stuck, here’s a Sodoku Solver. Just swap the symbols for numbers.
- Squares – Dots and boxes. The logic is simple – keep drawing lines to NOT make 3-sided squares, and keep going until the computer makes a mistake. If you’re forced to do this before the computer, choose an area where it can’t make that many combos.
- Matchsticks – classic matchstick puzzles. My continually updated Matchstick puzzles videos.
- The Shapes – Chinese Tangrams. It’s kind of hard to lose since the game changes the color of the tile when it’s in the right place.
- The Towers – Hanoi tower. Hanoi Tower solver. Just let it know how many rings are in there, and it solves it for you.
- Sequences – Figure out the next symbol in sequence.
black moon – white moon – white square – (black square) - Pawns – English peg solitaire. You can find the solution at the bottom of this page.
- Pipes – pipe dream, but you have to close off all the exits of the pipes, and the ooze doesn’t chase you. Working from entrance to exit and figure out the branches along the way is the best solution.
- Chemicals – Mastermind. Once you know the concept it’s pretty simple.
You can find my graphical walkthrough for the story puzzles here.

July 4, 2007 at 2:22 pm
[...] are also: Hints for the more difficult puzzles as well as individual posts on Matchsticks, Squares, Pipes, and [...]
July 5, 2007 at 12:34 am
Any hints for the slider puzzles? I just hit the one in Chapter 8, and I am completely stumped!
July 5, 2007 at 8:45 am
There are so many of those! And I think they’re randomized too…can’t record them all.
I’ve never had any trouble with them. You just have to picture where you want the blocks to go before you move them. Sometimes you might have to move the “car” block backwards to make room.
July 6, 2007 at 10:05 am
i am at the Tomb where the two skulls are but i only found one and put in the scale.I found the hour glass and map on the wall but it won’t accept my code it says something is missing. what do i need to do to get past this room? please help, been stuck for awhile now.
July 6, 2007 at 11:27 am
amy/ check my walkthrough file.
July 8, 2007 at 10:31 pm
with clocks I cannot find the right place for the small bell it will not stick any where to the cukoo clock. In the demo you strike the cukkoo with the stick and I can not tell what you did with the small bell any help. I got it to stick once on the left side of the clock but I can not locate the area again, time ran out the first time any ideas
July 8, 2007 at 10:41 pm
take the stick, use it on the small bell. Then use the small bell on the cuckoo clock (watch the video!)
July 9, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Any suggestions on doing the “round and round” puzzles? They are driving me CRAZY!!!
July 9, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hey Beth – they drove me nuts too, but I find them more time-consuming than anything else. I end up using all my orbs on them.
July 9, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Thanks I did watch your video but it was too fast to tell what it was doing on my computer. I ddi finsih the game with your help. thanks alot
July 11, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I am stuck in the library and have run outta time 2xs. I been careful with the map coordinates 100xs. There must be some step I am missing. Help!
July 17, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Can anyone help with the runes?
July 17, 2007 at 10:01 pm
j’aimerais avoir de l’aide pour le laboratoire
la pipette et le dessin au debut du jeu comprend pas je fais le premier c’est correct mais pour les autre cane veut pas marcher merci pour votre aide byby
July 17, 2007 at 11:21 pm
help need help figureing out the towers
July 19, 2007 at 12:10 am
thanks for the help finely got it
July 20, 2007 at 12:07 am
At the end of Chapter 10, the circle puzzle, I tried every moved and it didn’t work, please help!
July 20, 2007 at 12:56 am
Anyone needs a screen shot of the pipes – drop me a line
July 20, 2007 at 11:46 am
jj/ i’ve updated the walkthrough to include the circular jigsaw in chapter 10.
July 21, 2007 at 4:33 am
please send me pic of pipes. making me crazy!
thank you thank you!
July 21, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Porty, your pipes screengrab will (probably) be totally useless to DaMomma (or anyone else for that matter) as the puzzle is generated randomly each time you play; so, unless you have, by some amazing coincidence, been working on the same layout, she will not be able to solve it from your picture (unless, of course, you’ve played it that many times that you’ve solved every single possible layout – and I very much doubt that!)
Sarah
July 21, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Hints for pipes:
http://minutegamer.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/walkthrough-azada-pipes/
I did that a while back, and the strategy I posted always worked for me.
July 22, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Help! I don’t understand the chemicals? How do I find out the right order to put the drops on the paper? I keep getting x’s and check marks but I don’t understand what they mean! I love the game so far, but this page just doesn’t seem clear to me. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. Thanks.
July 22, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Judy, chemicals is like the game mastermind. A circle means it belongs in the sequence but not in the right place, and a checkmark means it’s in the sequence as well as being in the right place, and an X means it’s not in there at all.
July 23, 2007 at 7:23 am
Thanks! Why didn’t they tell me that?
July 25, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I am totally stuck on pawns. Can anyone give me some help other than they all should be moved to the center. Have done it a dozen times. Thanks
July 26, 2007 at 8:21 pm
I am in the kitchen and the frig has a book in it and I can’t go any further than that HElp!
July 30, 2007 at 2:41 pm
please help out on the round and round
August 1, 2007 at 1:51 am
hi guys i m stuck in the library, can anyone help me
August 1, 2007 at 9:21 am
Gamey/ check my graphical walkthrough.
August 6, 2007 at 9:30 pm
help..I can’t figure out the puzzle at the end of Chap 4………..any pics anywhere?
August 10, 2007 at 12:14 am
I need help with balancig act, i can’t find wich code I have to translate. I ve already open the wall.. help please
August 11, 2007 at 11:12 am
I love this game but am stuck on the sliders. Any tips on the sliders puzzle?
August 14, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Does anyone know to get more orbs?
August 15, 2007 at 11:04 am
On the puzzle by numbers, every time I try to add or subtract to get the number the numbrs stay lit up and dont do anything else. Is anyone else having that problem or know how to fix it?
August 15, 2007 at 11:08 am
Mari/ I think someone answered this in the walkthrough file, but the gist of it is that you need to use more than one number. So 7+1=8 won’t work, but 6+1+1=8 would.
August 15, 2007 at 11:08 am
Nevermind I found it…lol duh
August 19, 2007 at 11:51 am
PLEASE HELP! I’m in the 2nd. room of chapter 4. I have everything on the wall. I put the fire jar in the stove and the paper on top of the stove but I can’t get the pins to go in the voodo doll.
I haven’t used the other 2 jars. What do I do with them?
August 19, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Aria/ Check my Azada walkthrough.
August 20, 2007 at 11:11 am
Hi guys, any way around the robot? If not where do you get the ORBS? Can I use one of them to get past it? HELP!!!
August 20, 2007 at 11:12 am
Hey Sally, Where do I get your walkthrough?
Thanks
August 20, 2007 at 12:37 pm
The post above links to a graphical walkthrough.
August 20, 2007 at 3:09 pm
It may sound stupid but i cant get the butterfly puzzle to work. It says match the butterflies from each set, but i can’t get to the other set. WWhat am i doing wrong
August 20, 2007 at 3:13 pm
nvm i got it. I just took the directions too literally
August 20, 2007 at 5:05 pm
How do you get more orbs?
August 27, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I have seen your walkthrough, (video), and tried to do the step by step, and yet I have the same problem just like another person that wrote in. I copied and pasted her question, because it’s just exactly like the problem that I am having. Like she was in the room with me.
“i am at the Tomb where the two skulls are but i only found one and put in the scale.I found the hour glass and map on the wall but it won’t accept my code it says something is missing. what do i need to do to get past this room? please help, been stuck for awhile now.
Thanks.
August 28, 2007 at 2:29 am
I am at the end of Chpt 3 with the circle puzzle and not sure what to do with it. Clock has stopped running,not sure why. Any suggestions?
September 12, 2007 at 9:54 am
Hey Sally – Do you have any hints, walkthroughs or spoilers for Safecracker?
Thanks
September 13, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Elaine/
Safecracker…hmmm. I believe you can find one at gameboomers. Most adventure games (the serious big ones) walkthroughs can be found there.
AHA!
http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcSs/safecracker_solutions.htm
September 13, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I am stuck in Chapter 7 – puzzle by number – i don’t see any clues for the numbers I need? Help
September 15, 2007 at 10:23 am
I need help with the rings puzzle. I hate these kinds of puzzles. Thanks so much.
September 28, 2007 at 8:26 pm
I’m stuck in the Balancing Act. Don’t know how to work the codes. You mentioned about a video for the balancing act. Can you tell me how to get the video or how to resolve this puzzler.
September 28, 2007 at 9:38 pm
hi nessa/ click on “graphical walkthrough” in the above post to get to it.
October 13, 2007 at 9:40 am
Like Elaine & Amy, I am having the same problem with the Tomb puzzle.
Has anybody solved this glitch yet???
November 24, 2007 at 4:13 pm
How is the symbols puzzle solved? The reason I’m asking is because I tried the Sudoku solver link at the top of the page, and the internet would not show the page. Please email me the answer if at all possible.
Thank you very much.
January 25, 2008 at 9:10 am
Sally, you have saved my sanity (what little I may have had) and my self-respect; I have made it through to Chapter 6 (about to run out of time). I think I’ll be able to at least get through that chapter after another 1 or 2 tries. Thanks! I really thought that Chapter 4 was going to be the end of me; now maybe I’ll eventually get through to the end of this diabolical “addiction”.
February 4, 2008 at 12:27 am
Please help me with the pawns. I have tried numerous times and I am stuck.
February 4, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Hi! This is the most wonderful website; sorry, I just needed to say that. WOW! Ok, I was Googling Azada hints because not only am I stuck on Ch. 3 (sympbols and robot, sigh), but my 86 yr. old Mother has made it to Ch. 4. She called me today and is frustrated over ’round and round’. Is there any way you could help? Your hints are amazing and the photos precise and clear. Thank you so much.
February 5, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Hi Jude, Thanks for the nice remarks. Unfortunately, round and round is the one puzzle I used all my “skips” on.
When you click on a square, it rotates the 8 squares in a circle pattern. If you play with a it a bit you’d start to notice a pattern. The key is just to move the color blocks into the color squares. I managed to pass the first few but it was just too annoying by the end of the game – very time consuming! Good luck with this one.
February 5, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Sally, thank you so much. I started to mail you personally because of all the ‘cheat-sheets’ I’ve found on Google, your site is the best. I LOVE everything about it; you are obviously very talented, and I think it’s really kind of you to offer so many detailed hints. The pics where you circle the location of objects is invaluable. I’m REALLY enjoying your site and everythig on it, so I truly thank you. I appreciate your reply so much, especially as most of the Azada cries for help (lol) are dated way before mine. Thanks for all of the inevitable hard work and for the personal touch you’ve given this page. Keep it up….we all need you!
March 14, 2008 at 6:33 am
Free online color coded sudoku puzzle solver with timer, pencil, graph, hints, multiple difficulty level etc at http://www.sudoku-solver.net/
March 14, 2008 at 10:13 am
Okay, I’ve just finished the boat puzzle one and finished that piece of the portrait. It showed me where to find the next part of magic or whatever in a series of pictures with the little drawers or books or whatever coming out until they were all out. I’ve found that thing and clicked on it, but it’s not working. Keep in mind, I’m on a mac, so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but I just want it to be done so I can continue. Can you help me?
March 24, 2008 at 6:27 pm
What is the combination for The Machine in Chapter 8. Any help will be appreciated alot.
Thanks
Maggie
May 3, 2008 at 1:50 pm
i cant figure out how to do the pawns thing on level 8 or 9 im not sure u have to get onnly 2 left over
June 17, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I am in the Library and have all my objects. I have used the coordinates 3x and they still don’t work for me, and I really think they are right. I mean, the last one was a -6 and when I got that, I clicked and nothing happened. So I got the other one say maybe 27S, found it and clicked on it and again nothing happened. What more should I be doing?
Can you advise. Please. : )
June 25, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Need help with the clocks. I have 1- wakeup
2- solder
3-cuckoo(sp)
4-cuckoo(sp)
Can’t seem to understand what to do. Thank you, Bill.
June 26, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Any advice on the sliders? What exactly are you supposed to do/what is the object of the puzzle?
July 6, 2008 at 1:32 am
Dana, the object is to get the light block through the hole at the side. Move the darker puzzles up/down or across as indicated by their arrows.
August 10, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Ok I feel like a real retard. I am up to Chapter 3. I have had no trouble doing all the puzzles. But now I am back in the parlor and told to find the magic to unlock the next puzzle…the only things that sparkle are the desk itmes (the puzzle is locked) and the Picture (you have revealed parts) How do I get into Chapter 3?
August 10, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Nevermind I found a aparkle on the carpet.
August 13, 2008 at 6:40 am
I’m stuck on sequences (sorry, couldnt find any posts about this as I watch the Olympic gymnastics at the same time)…. I an figure out the sequences, just not how to work the mechanism to put them in place… What’s with the pace in the middle, or am I missing something?
Any clues?
August 14, 2008 at 1:20 pm
HELP!
I’m on chapter 9 and the only puzzle I can’t get is the Pawns where you need two at the end. I know it says “Clear the corners first and work everything toward the middle” I’ve done that and still wind up with at least three every time!
Obi Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope!
September 8, 2008 at 3:49 am
i hateeeee the pipes!!!!!!! it s been a year since i bought this darn game and never ended it….its either the pipes or the game with the coloured boxes
few hints and helps…..wont be getting the next one for sure
September 8, 2008 at 4:00 am
oh yes and the pawns too !!!! hate them
September 8, 2008 at 5:08 am
forgot to thank you for your site sally….
)) nice work
and now ive realised that the worst is the round and round!!!!!! almost finished but i ve no “skips” left….Skps are too few here …there are some annoying mini puzzles…thanks again
September 18, 2008 at 10:39 am
I don’t understand how to find answers to particular questions. The questions & answers here are in no kind of order & I don’t see the answers to some of the questions. How do I find these answers? I would like to know how to get more orbs in the game. I’ve seen the question asked several times but never saw an answer.
October 13, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I’m stuck in chapter four; the matchstick puzzle where you have to change the fish from facing left, to right. I could easily accomplish this in three moves BUT the game won’t let me move the sticks where they need to be. I read solution to the puzzle on the ‘Swimming Fish 2′ page, from here, but it doesn’t work…
HELP??
October 30, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Need a pawns (2 left) diagram and how do you get more orbs?
November 2, 2008 at 11:02 am
Okay, I’m feeling really stupid and frustrated. I haven’t had a lot of problems with the puzzles, but I can’t find the “magic” to unlock the next set. (I think it must be Chapter 4.) I found the carpet sparkle last time, but now can’t find anything that isn’t locked puzzles or painting. Help?
May 21, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I’m at the end of the 3rd level and cant get the circles to unlock to the next level. What am I misssing