In Escape Academy, players enroll at a school that trains them to become the next best Escapist. As players build their skills, it becomes clear that the game’s characters can’t seem to catch a break. Escape Academy's DLC proves this point. In Escape from Anti-Escape Island, the cast’s summer vacation is interrupted when they crash on an uncharted island. The DLC tasks players with escaping the island.
The Experiment is the fourth part of the Escape Academy’s Escape from Anti-Escape Island DLC. Players find themselves in Doctor Nemeth’s lab. They’ll have to solve several puzzles to defeat Doctor Nemeth and move on. The Experiment has a difficulty rating of five, and it has six puzzles to solve. Players will have thirty minutes to figure them all out.
Decode the Wires
After interacting with Doctor Nemeth, players find themselves in the scientist’s lab. Take a look around to find a lift in front of the player’s start point. Press the button near the entrance and ride it down. This leads players to one of the turret’s control terminals. Accessing it reveals that its power has been cut. Players will have to restore it.
Two wires lead out from the terminal. They’ll be on the floor, and following them leads to two different consoles. The one on the left has a password for players to figure out. The first digit is 2, followed by a series of arrows that correspond to labeled panels on the walls. Start at the panel with a ‘2’ on it, and follow the arrows to find the password: TONIGHT. Repeat the process to find the password for the terminal on the right: FORGIVE. Entering both of these will raise the turret.
Distribute the Widgets
Trying to fire the turret causes it to malfunction. Players can find its Troubleshooting Manual and Maintenance Key in boxes nearby. Use these to access the panel on the back of the turret. Opening it reveals three disks that can be decoded using the Troubleshooting Manual. An image of the solution is below:
The turret should be working now. Access it and shoot Doctor Nemeth's machine.
Tune the Satellite
Head back up the lift, exit, then go to the door on the right. Players can unlock it using the clues on the computers nearby. The solution is below:
Past the door, players will find a room with another lift. Take this down. It leads to another turret control terminal. Restore power to it by turning the colorful dials on the left of the room. Clues for this are on a nearby satellite dish. Players can also use the diagram below:
Fix the Gizmos
Interacting with the turret’s control terminal will cause it to malfunction. Another Troubleshooting Manual will print out. Grab it, then look for the Maintenance Key. It’ll be inside a backpack nearby. Open the turret's access panel and use the Troubleshooting Manual to decode the puzzle. The solution is below:
After solving the puzzle, shoot the turret at Doctor Nemeth's machine.
Sort the Datums
Head back up the lift. There's another locked door on the other side of the player's original starting point. Open it using the combination below:
Go down the lift in the next room. The third turret’s control terminal will also have its power cut. Go to the left of the terminal and find a puzzle with nine colorful dots. Players will need to sort each dot into the column of the same color to raise the turret up.
Reboot the Doodads
Accessing the third turret causes it to malfunction and print out another Troubleshooting Manual. Grab this. Find the Maintenance Key in a blue toolbox, and open the turret's access panel. Use the Troubleshooting Manual and the nearby doodad analyzer to decode the solution:
Afterward, access the turret. Players can solve this escape room by firing at Doctor Nemeth's machine one last time.
Escape Academy is available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.