Tag: Life is Strange: Double Exposure

In Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Safi meets her demise on a picturesque hilltop known as "The Observatory," a favorite spot for students and faculty at Caledon University. When Reggie, overwhelmed with anxiety, reveals to Max that he has seen himself at this lookout, she takes it upon herself to investigate the situation further.

Upon reaching the base of the hill, Max encounters a police officer who is obstructing her way. To unravel the mystery of what happened to Safi, Max must find a way to reach the summit. Keep reading for tips on how to get past the cop and make your way to the top.

How to Circumvent the Police Officer

To progress in the game, you’ll need to discover a time-swapping point. Start by moving towards the bench on the right side of the path. When you get close, you’ll hear the familiar buzzing sound and see shimmering particles in the air. Switch to the Living timeline, and this will make the officer vanish from view.

Next, go through the gate and climb the hill until you come across an Art Project that’s in the way. Stand back about six feet from it to trigger the buzzing sound that indicates you can swap timelines again. Once you do this, continue moving up the path.

At the hilltop, you’ll find a police barricade. Max notes that attempting to tamper with it would alert the officers, meaning you can’t proceed this way.

Turn back down the snowy path until the sound of a cell phone buzzing catches your attention. Along with this, you’ll notice the timeline swap sound and see yellow particles. Switch back to the Living World to continue your ascent to the top.

Once you reach the peak, you’ll have to navigate around the barricade to complete your investigation into Safi’s circumstances.

The investigation into the murder of Dead World Safi in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure ultimately brings Detective Alderman to Dead World Moses’ lab. In a moment of urgency, he sends out an S.O.S signal, prompting Max to rush to assist him.

While Alderman is out of earshot, Moses reveals to you that he secretly took Safi’s camera from the crime scene and hid it within his lab. Just as he’s about to disclose its location, Alderman returns. Now, you must devise a plan to stealthily enter the lab and retrieve the camera before Moses faces charges for Safi’s murder.

How to Enter Moses’ Lab

First, you need to find a way into the lab. Since Alderman is present in Dead World, you can’t enter there just yet—this requires a shift to the Living World. Look for a shift point near the janitor’s cart around the corner.

In the Living World, step into the lab and engage with Living World Moses, who’s busy working on a telescope. To progress the conversation, ask if he has any hidden contraband.

Moses will mention an electric kettle he has stashed away. Suddenly, the telescope wobbles, and while he’s holding it up, he requests that you fetch an Allen wrench to stabilize it before revealing where he keeps things in his office.

To find the Allen wrench, shift back to Dead World through the shift point in the lab’s corner, grab it from the table in the center of the room, and return to the Living World to hand it to Moses.

Once he repairs the telescope, he will direct you to a locked cabinet near his desk where he stores his "forbidden kettle."

As he becomes preoccupied with his computer work, take the key he left sitting on the shelf, then shift back to Dead World to unlock the cabinet.

Sadly, when you check, the camera isn’t inside, but you do stumble upon a note reading "Under ‘Safe.’"

While exploring Moses’ lab in either timeline, you can examine and interact with several items to gain insight into his character, including a polaroid collectible located on Carla’s desk in Dead World.

How to Find the "Safe"

Nearby, there’s a poster featuring an anime character that Moses admires, complete with a safe on its head. Inspect the poster, then check the box beneath it. Although the camera isn’t here, doing so prompts Max to suggest inquiry about a safe to Moses.

Return to the Living World and ask if he possesses a safe. He’ll mention a star called Saiph (pronounced like "safe") in the Orion constellation. With this clue, shift back to Dead World and make your way to the loft.

On a bookshelf near the railing, there’s a Star Projector. Max notes that Moses probably used it to paint the mural, meaning Saiph should be projected there.

Align the constellations with the mural, determining where Saiph was positioned on the night he hid the camera.

Once everything is properly aligned, head back downstairs to find Saiph situated in the lower left corner. Max will notice the camera hidden in the vent behind a cart filled with telescope components.

How to Distract the Detective and Secure Safi’s Camera

Before you get the chance to grab the camera, Detective Alderman arrives, gaining entry to the lab. It’s crucial to remain out of sight and create a diversion to snag Safi’s camera.

Fortunately, you’re conveniently positioned right at a shift point. Switch to the Living World and take the loud Hawt Dawg Man ornament from the Christmas tree. Proceed upstairs to the loft and shift back to Dead World. A cutscene unfolds as Max sets the ornament down and activates it.

Before Alderman ascends the stairs, quickly shift to Living World, descend, and then return to Dead World. When you attempt to move the telescope parts, the dolly squeaks, alerting Alderman.

Max expresses her wish that Moses had constructed the telescope in this timeline, causing the telescope parts to illuminate. Follow the on-screen prompts, and Max will use her powers to swap the telescope parts with the actual telescope, effectively concealing you from Alderman’s sight.

While Alderman focuses on the newly manifested telescope, you can swiftly retrieve Safi’s camera from behind the grate, then shift to the Living World, exit Moses’ office, and shift back to Dead World.

In the second chapter of Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Vinh acts quite strangely with his phone. Initially, he panics about it being stolen, but once he retrieves it, he can’t access it and blames it on drinking too much the previous night. It’s all very peculiar.

Fortunately, Max Caulfield has a knack for using her dimension-hopping abilities to tackle even the most trivial of issues. If you’re looking to unlock Vinh’s phone and get closer to unraveling Safi’s murder, this is one of those moments. This guide will walk you through discovering the passcode, whether you do it independently or with Vinh’s assistance.

How to Find Vinh’s Phone Passcode

In the Living World, you will find Vinh in his office in the administration building. When you approach him, he’ll express his inability to unlock his phone, claiming he’s too hungover to remember, which raises suspicion. However, he reveals that the passcode is linked to the year a well-known "magician scientist" passed away.

Next, head to one of the nearby timeline swap spots and jump to the Dead World. There, you’ll find Vinh still in his office, but now he’s lounging on the couch with a drink in hand during the day. Looks like everyone copes with grief differently!

Should You Cash In Vinh’s Favor?

Join Vinh for a drink, and eventually, you’ll have two opportunities to uncover the passcode. If you helped him out by returning a package in the previous chapter, he owes you a favor. You can capitalize on that by straightforwardly asking for the passcode, and he will share it with you.

If you decide to save that favor for future use (or if you didn’t return his package earlier), Vinh will mention the magician scientist’s name — Jack Parsons — but he becomes wary if you ask about the year he died, leaving you to figure out the rest on your own.

Where to Find the Date of Jack Parsons’ Death

Thankfully, you’re close to a library filled with books that may hold the answer. On a shelf directly across from the door near Vinh’s office, to the left of the fireplace and portrait, you’ll find a book on the History of the Occult. Look through it, and you’ll discover that Jack Parsons passed away in 1952.

With this information in hand, jump back to the Living World, and you’ll notice that Vinh is no longer in his office. Fortunately, his phone is just sitting there, waiting to be opened. Select the “Snoop” option, and you’ll have the choice to either examine it or unlock it. Go ahead and choose to unlock it, and voilà! You can now delve into Vinh’s secrets.

In Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, players can explore Max’s new ability to switch between two parallel realities. The Dead World marks the scene of Safi’s murder, while the Living World is where she is still alive.

During your interaction with Safi in the Living World, you uncover that someone vandalized her vehicle by throwing a cow skull through the windshield. To investigate this incident, you’ll need to use Max’s powers to examine the specific skull and determine who might be responsible. This could either point you towards Safi’s murderer or lead you down a road of more mysteries.

How to Examine the Cow Skull

The cow skull that ended up in Safi’s windshield used to hang above the stage at the Snapping Turtle. Since you can’t reach it from the Living World, you need to shift to the Dead World to check it out.

To do this, utilize the shift point near the bathrooms, transport yourself to the Dead World, and head to the stage. Look up at the skull and select the option to inspect it.

Max will express her frustration about being too short and mention seeing a stepladder somewhere. You’ll find the stepladder near the Christmas tree in the Living World. Return there and grab it.

While you’re in the Living World, you can also take the opportunity to listen in on the conversations of some kids outside. Go out onto the patio in the Dead World and activate Pulse to hear that the kids are holding the bathroom key as part of a prank. If you retrieve the key from the Dead World and hang it on the hook in the Living World, it will allow a timid character who’s sitting by the tree to finally use the restroom.

Once you have the stepladder, go back to the Dead World and return to the skull. Max will use the stepladder to reach it, letting you inspect it closely.

As you rotate the skull, look for markings on the back of one of the horns. You’ll find out that the skull bears the signature of Lucas Colmenero, the head of the Literature Department at Caledon.

After you’ve finished your investigation of the skull, make your way back to the Living World to inquire with Amanda about it.