Guide to all 7 puzzle mechanics

Every puzzle in Vdopa is built from these mechanics. The deeper you go into the mansion, the more they combine, until a single puzzle can have four steps. Read each guide to learn how to think about it and how to solve it faster.

Glass alignment

How to solve glass-alignment puzzles, Vdopa's first mechanism. Drag glass until its strokes join the wall and the code appears, even with many sheets and decoys.

First appears in puzzle 1

Rotating rings

How to solve rotating-ring puzzles in Vdopa. Turn nested rings until the letters line up, with tips on counting notches and telling rings apart.

First appears in puzzle 2

Sliding tiles

How to solve Vdopa's sliding-tile puzzles from 2x2 to 4x4, with the row-by-row strategy that works on every board size.

First appears in puzzle 4

Symbol sequence

Memory techniques for Vdopa's symbol-sequence puzzles, from chunking and naming to using the replay button, as sequences grow longer and faster.

First appears in puzzle 6

Hidden objects

How to find the hidden eyes in Vdopa quickly, scanning the board in zones and telling real eyes from decoy eyes without a pupil.

First appears in puzzle 9

Mirror

How to solve Vdopa's mirror puzzles: select the mirrored sheet, flip it the right way round, then align it, plus how to spot reversed letters.

First appears in puzzle 14

Light and shadow

How to solve Vdopa's light-and-shadow puzzles, where the shadow moves opposite to the lamp and faster, with a one-axis-at-a-time technique.

First appears in puzzle 19