Graphics. It’s nice to admit, the graphics in Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil is much better than that of previous puzzle-packed games by Nevosoft. Picturesque view of the campus you’ll be working in, animated i spy and point-and-click scenes are performed with professionalism and talent. The only thing that seems a little bit shabby are the dialogues that you can click through. But luckily, you can skip them.

Gameplay. Since this is an investigation game, no surprise developers stuffed it with all possible sorts of puzzle games. Needless to say, i spy, point and click, and spot-the-difference levels make for the biggest part of the game.

However, it is to say Nevosoft has included a great variety of mini games, like jigsaw, even arcade games appealing to your reaction, even tangrams. Some of the mini-puzzle games remind the tricky door puzzles at MCF: Ravenhearst. Just look at this one(the point is to regulate position of the suns so they will ricochet and redirect the arrow to hit the apple. Once the arrow hits the apple, a hedgehog will get it).

Hints. Generally speaking, Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil is pretty intuitive, so you shouldn’t have difficult time completing the levels and sorting out your next point-and-click step. However, if you’re stuck on a level, you can use hints(they’re on the top right of the screen). Luckily, you can also earn extra hints by clicking the question marks on the playfield.

Tips and tricks for Laura Jones and the Gates of Good and Evil.

1. When you’re stuck, use hints. But first you’d better look for the hidden clues and clues to use in point-and-click levels yourself as most of them are relatively easy to find. Keep your hints for the last couple of objects on a list:).

2. When playing tangrams, place the biggest pieces of the puzzle first. As a rule,after you correctly place a piece of puzzle, it will change its color.

3. For connection puzzle, you’ve got to establish the connection for the cells so all lamps on the fields will glow:).

4. On hidden object levels some objects may be hidden in the safes, drawers that need to be unlocked by entering a secret code or with a key that you need to find elsewhere on a level.

5. Tip for hidden object and ispy levels: the object you’re looking for will glow as you mouse over them. Don’t hesitate to pick them up.

6. If you’re stuck on mini-puzzle sort of MCF: puzzle door, you can skip it, but in such a case you’ll be offered to play another mini-puzzle(just as tricky:)).

Walkthrough for 17th and 18th levels

So, many of our readers have been asking about the spirit catcher and how it should be assembled. So, the answer is the spirit catcher consists of the following hidden objects that you need to find:

1. Lapis lazuli beads(I guess they’re blue) - and it can be easily found on the scene

2. Hoop(easily found)

3. Feathers (in order to get them, pick a knife on the picture, and cut a pillow on the bed with it. Pick the feathers)

4. Scissors(in a table drawer that can be opened with a key located on the top right).

5. Button(in the drawer).

6. Bell(in the corner of the bookcase).

If you get a message you have no space for keeping all the objects, put what you have into a blueprint lying on the chair.

7. Two feathers - on the bookcase.

8. Pieces of red string - you should cut them with your scissors from a red blanket on a bed.

Put everything into the blueprint, you’ll get a sort of amulet.

Attach it to a chandelier - and you’ve got a fully-functional spirit-catcher:). Good luck!

For the rest of the level you’ll be hunting for all the skulls on the scene. I hope this won’t pose you a big problem:).

Finally, we arrive at the last level - Gate of Good and Evil with six amulets, that symbolize Art, Love, Strength, Will, Talent, and Knowledge.

It would be good to start this level with 6-8 hints available, but even if you’ve got none, search for question marks(i.e. extra hints) on the walls of the gates.

The gate includes 3 halls, and one underground hall.

So, your mission in three halls are to:

1. Place an amulet or two on the huge stones so they really fit(make sure a cutting on a stone matches the silhouette of your amulet).

2. Once you place an amulet, some new devices will become available. If you don’t see them in the current hall, exit it and check back in the rest two of them. Devices found in one hall can be applied in a different hall. See a picture of “fully completed hall”

3. In most cases you’ll be collecting golden masks with different facial expressions. When you find the space for all your amulets and collect all of the masks - go to the underground hall and place them on the stones around the center. Actually, I advice you to pop back the underground every time you find a new mask - to place it there so, you’ll have a space for more useful objects.

4. One of the devices released at the end will be a huge stone drawing that shows you the way you should place golden masks in the underground hall. Put it in the center of the hall. This is how the hall should look in the end:

You’ve saved the Earth from evil spirits. You’re one step to victory!

If you were looking for this sort of info, it (hopefully) means that you have purchased the full version of the game. Thank you for buying it, and supporting developer initiative, no matter where you bought the game. Thank you for helping casual game devs create clean and fun games. I hope you found the answers to all your questions here. If you haven’t - please leave your comments, and I will get back to you ASAP.