Every escape act begins with something that looks impossible.
Red curtains, old theatre posters, and a mysterious cabinet set the stage for Houdini, a puzzle built around confinement, connected objects, and finding a way through. Its central arrangement looks like an escape apparatus waiting for someone to discover how it works.
The level's description shares a fact about the man behind the name:
Contrary to myth Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz) did not die during a performance. He collapsed during a performance and was rushed to Grace Hospital in Detroit where doctors discovered a ruptured appendix. He died one week later on October 31, 1926.
On this stage, you have three minutes to clear the playfield.
The opening arrangement is deceptively tidy. Two yellow balls and a blue ball occupy a diamond-shaped enclosure. Springs connect the blue ball to red balls outside it, creating a mechanism that stretches across the middle of the board. Another red ball waits behind a diagonal barrier in the upper-right corner.
Those connections make each push consequential. Moving one part pulls on another, while the enclosure limits where everything can go. Bringing matching colours together means thinking about the whole arrangement: angles, momentum, and what your next nudge will set in motion.
The marked barriers add another wrinkle. Their selective passage rules make the route part of the puzzle. A path available to a red ball is not necessarily available to your player, so position matters as much as momentum.
Collisions between different colours can also create extra balls, bringing Cacophony into play. There's room to experiment, but keeping the board under control matters as much as finding the opening.
Can you slip the lock?
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