Canine Cases - Chapter 1 Walkthrough

Welcome to our guide for Chapter 1 of Canine Cases. A puzzle game from the Adventure Escape Mystery collection created by Haiku games.

In this first chapter we met our investigators, Nitro the dog who is able to communicate with Alex the Human who is the daughter of an investigator Mateo Torres who recently died. Nitro and Mateo were a world famous investigation partnership, and now Nitro and Alex are keep to continue in his footsteps.

Canine Cases Walkthrough - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 begins in the impressive office of Mateo Torres where Nitro is waiting for Alex to wake up. Alex arrives and has had a call from Stella Watson a famous model who wants to discuss a case.

You first task is to help Nitro to prepare the room and himself for the meeting. This means tidying up and collecting the items he wears for investigations.

Star: on the picture frame on the right of the windows.

Tap the food containers on the desk to clean them away (after finishing them off) and you will also collect some Chopsticks. Then tap the book on the shelf under the desk to tidy them and also collect a photo.

Next tap a large red chair on the left to tidy up the blanket and collect another Photo.

Now view the mirror above the chair to look at yourself (Nitro) in it. You will also see a photo that shows Nitro with Mateo for you to see the three items he wears, A bandana, a badge and a backpack. Then collect a Pencil.

Now tap to view the desktop. You will see the newspaper stories about Mateo and Nitro.

Move the documents on the right to find a Wheel to collect and then also move the magazine to then see a pad with a pencil mark.

Use the pencil on the pad to shade it and find a hidden clue.

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Next you can view a wooden box on the left of the room to the left of the red chair.

Wooden Box

• The lock can be opened with the clue from the desk.
• Tap on each of the 5 settings on the lock to change the type of animal shown on them.

Solution:

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Collect a Buckle from inside. Then you can add the buckle to the blue backpack on the chair by the desk and collect the Backpack.

Next, use the wheel they you have on the moving ladder on the right wall. This will fix it and then you can move it to the left of the shelves.

Tap at the top of the ladder to collect another Photo and a Key.

Go back to the desktop and now you can use the key to unlock and open the drawer. Collect another Photo.

Next view a table by the ladder on the right to see 1 more photo on it. Add the 4 photos that you have to this.

Photo Puzzle

Now you can tap pairs of the photos to swap their positions.

Arrange the photos in date order from the oldest to the newest. (left to right).

Solution:

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This solved puzzle will now give you a clue for the next. Look at the photos and notice the numbers of items in each.

Now you can view the briefcase on the table to the left. This has a 5 digit code lock.

Solution:

Code:

Collect a Badge from inside.

Next view the mouse hole under the table with the photos. Nitro will talk to Humphrey the mouse. You need to get a slide of pepperoni for Humphrey to get your bandana back.

Tap on the pizza box on the floor to open it and then start a puzzle to locate the pepperoni.

Pizza Puzzle

• Move nitro around the grid to follow the smell.
• Moving over each of the segments of the smell trail it will make the trail swap positions with where he was.
• You need to move all of the trail section together to form a continuous path to complete the puzzle.

Solution:

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Give the Pepperoni to Humphrey and then he will leave. Use the Chopsticks to then collect the Bandana.

Return to the mirror now and while looking in it you can add the bandana, the badge and the backpack to Nitro.

Alex returns and then Stella and her agent arrive for the meeting. You hear the details of the case.

You now head to Stella's Townhouse to investigate.

After talking to Timothy you can look for clues in the room.

First tap on the cat Chanel and you will talk to it. You get some information about a backpack. Then tap on the cat again to find out that it is sitting on something but won't move yet.

Next view the large painting on the left wall and notice the items of jewelry, there are 4 items that have distinct shapes and a different number of each.

Now view the gold box on the coffee table, this has 4 symbols at the top.

Bird Box Puzzle

Tap the 4 symbols in the correct order.

Solution:

Code:

Collect the bird Whistle.

Now open the door on the left of the room and head out onto a balcony.

Tap on the plate on the table to eat the Croissant and then collect the Plate.

Then tap on the flowers on the left side of the window to move then and collect a Wrench. Use the wrench on the blue panel on the right to open it.

Pipes Puzzle

• Tap the silver pipes to rotate them.
• Tap pairs of gold pipes to swap their positions.
• Arrange the pipes to connect the pink sections together and the purple ones together.

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Now the bird bath fountain on the left will work. Use the Whistle on it to make a bird appear.

You now have a conversation between the 3 animals. After this go back inside. Talk to Timothy again.

When Alex is talking to him, collect a key from the chair where the cat was and then tap on a picture on the wall above the table to open it and find a safe.

Use the key on the safe to open it and then you can collect a Pet Passport and a second Plate.

Tap on the table to see the food that is being prepared.

Food Puzzle

• Place the 2 plates that you have on the table and then view the passport to look inside.
  
• There are 3 pages with photos of the cat from different countries. Notice the food on the plates in each one and then recreate these dishes on the plates with each counties flag.

Solution:

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Once done the cat will move inside, you can now go back to the balcony and talk to the bird.

The bird will open the window for you and you can examine the backpack.

Look through all of the clippings and items, you will collect Emily's College ID.

This completes the first chapter of Canine Cases. Move on to Chapter 2