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The heist kicks off with a familiar friend, Sophia, who is in yet another familiar predicament, with agents closing in on her.  She needs your help to get inside a vault, before the enemy agents track her down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zp-bCfTkgo

The MacHeist App is a multi-stage puzzle app for IOS devices.  Once you have launched the app you are greeted by a phone call from Sophia instructing you that you must solve the puzzle in order to crack the safe and gain access.  The puzzles get progressively more difficult but they can be completed in any order you choose; though you do need to pass each difficulty level to gain access to subsequently more difficult puzzles.

- ]To pass level 1 and short circuit the laser defense grid, you need to complete 9 puzzles.  This unlocks the "Energy Efficient" achievement.

- To pass level 2 and short circuit the security cameras, you need to complete 15 more, 24 total, puzzles.  This unlocks the "Disappearing Act" achievement.

- To pass level 3, and short circuit and raise the electrical bars, you need to complete 11 more, 35 total, puzzles.  This unlocks the "Grounded" and "Open Sesame" achievement.

- To pass level 4, you need to complete all of the puzzles on each of the 15 difficulty levels. 

You do NOT need to complete every puzzle on every difficulty level to gan access to the vault, additionally you can keep playing the puzzles after you have gained access to the vault.  However by completing every puzzle on every difficulty level, you will continue to be rewarded.

As you bypass each of the locks, you will get a motivational call from Sophia encouraging you to hurry up an defeat the security systems faster.  When she calls, first press *Answer* to answer the call

Sophia Call by MagicToaster, on Flickr

then press *speaker* to put her on speakerphone.

Sophia Speaker by MagicToaster, on Flickr

**WORK IN PROGRESS still uploading the tens of pictures of the completed puzzles etc.  please be patient more information is on its way.**

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The goal of this game is to get a blue circuit board out of he grid through the hole on the right side. However, the wooden blocks obstruct the path.

Because documenting each move in order would take way too much space and time, for the purposes of this walkthrough, I will link to a video showing how to solve the puzzle and post a picture of the final configuration so you can understand where you are trying to get each of the blocks so you can extract the chip.

1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4bvNZTKBs

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2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chvXehVLIPg

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3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4O6KbGHoA

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4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpbodVsXec

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5  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7BficHJ-Hw

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6  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D94NvRRm6kw

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7  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxNv-oZnts8

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8  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxGa5J6Ueo

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9  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZP9p13hEBQ

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10  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZGGOxKBcXg

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11  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUTWVa4gOs

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12  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eq6JT-pdrg

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13  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzXUkWdnj-k

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14  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7s7l3s83-4

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15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWoiZThT3a8

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The "Runes Puzzles" are similar to Sudoku in that you are provided a sectioned off grid and must place each tile into the grid resulting in each color being contained in its own section, and each row and column (diagonals do not matter) having only one of each symbol in them.  When placing tiles on the board, if you make an invalid placement, the location you tried to place it will glow white, as will the tiles that are causing the rejection.

The easiest way to attack this puzzle it by start with one color section and fill it in first, then work your way on to the next color.  There are always some tiles that are "give-mes", in that there is only one place they can be placed on the board.  Getting those in early will make it easier.  The solutions for each of the different stages are as follows:

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Rune Level 1 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 2 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 3 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

4

Rune Level 4 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 5 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 6 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 7 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 8 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 9 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rue Level 10 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 11 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 12 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 13 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 14 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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Rune Level 15 by MagicToaster, on Flickr

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To solve the"Block Puzzle", tap the screen to move the robot to that location, when just moving the robot, you can move as many squares as you like.  To move a block tap next to the robot to move the robot adjacent to the block, then tap the block once; when pushing a block, you can only move 11 square at a time.  The robot will push the block in the opposite direction.

NOTE:  The robot can only PUSH blocks, so make sure you have planned out what you are doing before pushing a block against the side of the puzzle as you will not be able to PULL it off the side.

1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ojeLP2DuA

2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-DvXsns_zA

3  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJsOokKNHH8

4  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7-ga0N6-0

5  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkq-dlLhJ3w

6  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmo-3kdhekU

7  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHaItX0dGI

8  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KXmmIXufTQ

9  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMsuiX8g1QM

10  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgZM6dMZ94

11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amKD1418YFs

12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uQJMXcBGA

13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alMvxIz87MI

14  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUXm__mESZo

15  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVeBK__Au5U

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To complete the "Circuit Puzzles" you must connect the like colored point by sliding the wire tiles to create a like colored line between the two nodes.  The general approach you want to follow when trying to solve these puzzles it to start by moving the pieces into the general area where they need to end up before trying to get them in the right order.  Work on a specific 2X2 section and then move on.

Because denoting every single move will take up too much space, the following are the configurations you are attempting to achieve for each puzzle:

1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEyq2c-1UwQ

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2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5eOaayaSVI

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3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PXxImTOxI

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4  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFnpEaIm1o

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5  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDBZy33NdQ

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6  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM-tYSaj0sE

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7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQcnUGYos9I

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8  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6j8s53iHj4

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9  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-aHRrhPcJk

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10  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd1gUAMvj6U

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11  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi1DuH8XF2E

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12  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gtg0X4jH7o

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13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQiZz2AzAXE

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14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD0wOOQpXQY

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15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXid0dSZNIs

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Once you have defeated all of the security systems,

Vault Defeated by MagicToaster, on Flickr

you will be able to cut your way into the vault:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeGsVD4tlc4

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Vault Breached by MagicToaster, on Flickr

There you will be rewarded with something shiny and earn yourself the Open Sesame achievement.

Vault Contents by MagicToaster, on Flickr

A copy of Eets for Mac and Windows.

Eets Prize by MagicToaster, on Flickr

The activation code will be emailed to you and placed in your loot. 

Email Message by MagicToaster, on Flickr

Shortly after claiming your prize, Sophia makes one final call to you and says she wants to see your face.  Press the Accept button to activate a Facetime call with Sophia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW8vwYfCpyk - w/out audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkOXCN6TW70 - raw video of Sophia w/audio

Sophia FaceTime by MagicToaster, on Flickr

It is now that Sophia, standing in front of the Apple store in New York City, reveals you are merely a pawn in a game and that this was a ruse to get you to help her gain access to the vault so she could go after her real target, a microchip.

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Sophia terminates the call and the Backstabbed achievement is automatically unlocked.

Backstabbed by MagicToaster, on Flickr

and it is here that the mission ends, or has it just begun?

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
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If you complete all of the puzzles on every difficulty level, you will continue to be rewarded.  First you are awarded with the OCD Certificate of Completion.

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Completed by MagicToaster, on Flickr

Additionally, you are awarded a $.99 credit towards the next MacHeist bundle (to offset the cost of the app).  This is emailed to you and added to your loot.

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Additionally, completing the entire game earns you the "5 Finger Discount" achievement,

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and of course, the "3 Laws Mastery" achievement.

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AND IF YOU ACT NOW YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
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Achievements by MagicToaster, on Flickr

There are 19 achievements for the game that you can unlock and they are as follows:

Energy Efficient       - Short circuited the lasers (pass level 1)
Disappearing Act     - Short circuited the cameras (pass level 2)
Grounded                  - Short circuited the electrical bars  (pass level 3)
Open Sesame           - Raised bars and entered the safe  (pass level 4)
Payday                        - Collected your reward for cracking the safe
One of Us                  - Logged in as a MacHeist agent
Backstabbed             - Et tu, Brute?  (Get backstabbed by Sophia)
Extraction Mystery   - Reverse-engineer sets of scrambled blocks to extract 15 chips
Zen Mastery               - Optimize feng shui in all 15 sand gardens
3 Laws Mastery         - Complete 15 maintenance jobs without your robot turning on you
Electrician Mastery   - Untangle and connect all 15 sets of electrical wiring
OCD                            - Complete all levels
Quick Fingers            - Solved a puzzle within 3 seconds (thanks, rail16!)
Jack of All Trades     - Solved at least 3 puzzles of each puzzle type
Master of None         - Reset a puzzle at least 10 times before solving it
Convoluted               - Solved a puzzle with over 100 moves
Regular                      - If you are one, you'll unlock this - To earn this achievement, play the game 3 days in a row, beat at least 1 puzzle each day.
Night Owl                 - Solved 3 puzzles between midnight and 5AM
5 Finger Discount   - Collected your second reward (By completing ALL puzzles on all difficulty levels you receive a second reward)

Some of the puzzles you will want to retry so that you can get the achievement easier (Master of None, Quick Fingers, Night Owl).  You can redo a puzzle even after you have successfully completed it.

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The activation code is an activation code for Steam, an online software store similar to the iTunes/Mac App Stores.  In order to get the software you will need to download and install Steam.  You will want to install Steam on the computer you want the software installed on as you will not be provided an installer file.  After installing and launching Steam:

Launch Steam and click the Library > Games menu at the top of the window
Choose “Activate a product on Steam”
Follow the instructions onscreen.

AFTER THOUGHTS
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- Yes, you can decline the phone calls from Sophia.  ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGO7Kw0drL8 )
- Yes, you can hang up on Sophia while she is talking.
- ALL of the phone calls are available here:  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL46E981C78193D6D0
- Neither of these outcomes affect the gameplay or what happens and she does not appear to be aware that you refused her call/hung up on her.
- The runes in level 13 are from Space Invaders.

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Did you figure out the free app at the end?

Edit:  It appears that the app is both OS X and Windows compatible by looking at the image on the home page.

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Nice, I'm digging the rune puzzle, the different symbols make for a nice take on classic sudoku.

sorry i am working to get all the images up asap but its taking a while to upload them all and to sort them out cause i didnt do the puzzles in order…

Also for those that are having problems with the redemption code:

http://macheist.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 25#p395925

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Just finished the game!

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Whats the free app at the end?

Look 5 posts above yours

Woo, finished the game. Took me longer than expected, but was still doable. Does anyone know whether you get bonus software if you complete every puzzle available?

Yup and it's Steam based so hopefully it uses Steam Cloud to sync your position between machines.

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Also got my loot after ~3 hours of puzzling.

Does anyone know if there are more loot to obtain, if all puzzles are solved?

darn backstabber.....

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wil someone just do a walkthrouh how to beat it ive tried 4 4 hours and i suck so.....

this is being updated constantly… i have about 400 pictures i am in uploading as you sit there and try…  keep refreshing as the posts are being edited constantly…  this is going to take time for me to complete...

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Just wanted to say thanks for putting this together, markbett. I'm having a really hard time doing the color based puzzles, and am feeling too OCD to let them go.

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I know you're working your butt off to show the solutions and I admire the work you're doing.

But with the rune puzzles aside, showing the end solution doesn't help. Folks need to see the steps to get to the solution. Which block/slider to move that will allow you to have the final solution.

Good luck.

i understand what you are saying and somewhat agree but each of the other puzzles are about 20-40 steps and there are 15 of each so for at least right now, that is what i am going to put up…. i might put up more later I just dont know

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Just finished the heist....damn! Some of them are a bit tough...and for some reason, I can't unlock that "Regular" achievement, whatever it is...

Got my loot & that nice Certificate of Completion with it's future discount...I'm a happy camper

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Stuck on level 15 in "maintenance" (robot block moving) any help? ... never mind, I figured it out

I love that I'm so colorblind I still screw up some of these even with the solution in front of me.

-Aaron

For Level 15 of maintenance the blocks are lit up in this order: bottom right, bottom left, middle left, middle right, top left, top right.

Here are some screen shots I took of it if it helps: www [dot] flickr [dot] com/photos/qsheets/sets/72157626801173484/

(Sorry for bad URL ... Darn restrictions on low posters)

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I competed all puzzles...
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All completed

Certificate on my root

MacHeist

how do you log in w/ the app to get "One of Us - Logged in as a MacHeist agent"?

get some

You should be asked to log in after you've opened all the four locks.

Think Purple.

qsheets: Thanks so much, that was practically the only puzzle I was completely stuck on!

markbett: Any chance of a credit for the Achievements information given that you've copy and pasted it from the list I wrote in another thread, right down to the "(thanks, rail16!)"?

Finished the blocks and tooks screens for 11-15 as they weren't above in the post

11 - i.imgur.com/N777G.png
12 - i.imgur.com/EiQtn.png
13 - i.imgur.com/lKeiR.png
14 - i.imgur.com/UBkTI.png
15 - i.imgur.com/tu2XE.png

didn't know if I could embed them

edit: nope, cause I'm a noob, won't let me. feel free to embed them if you can - free bandwidth from imgur

get some

Great game! Solved all puzzles except the electrical wiring puzzle level 12. Anyone have a screenshot of the what it's suppose to look like?

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Yay I was going to buy the app to solve the heist but then I saw what you get after beating the game. Now I am not going to buy it because  game you win is complete crap. a $10 value...OMG. Really it's a $9 dollar value.

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Agreed, but I couldn't wait.
If that's all "The Heist" is about MacHeist is dead.

/sigh:

got the blues.

Thanks! This was the only robot level I couldn't solve.

Willing to give up a hint or solution then?  This is the one and only puzzle in the whole app that I just cannot solve.

EDIT: Posted this before I saw the Flickr pictures.  THANK YOU!  I figure I would have got it eventually, but I stayed up till 4 AM last night until my iPod ran out of batteries and still hadn't solved it.  It's more complicated than I thought -- I was trying to engage some sort of "deck shuffle" pattern sending the top blocks to the bottom and vice versa.

So what moves did you start with to get behind the blocks?

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Wire Puzzle 12 Solution (trickier because the empty space is in the middle):

Zen Garden Number 15:

thx

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Thanks a lot! Makes solving this easier!

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Playing this whilst travelling to work on the London Underground was weird when I had to 'take a call'

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Man..I want to talk to Sophia again!

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Some of these wooden-block sliding games are frustrating me no end. I'm gonna need an idiots guide step-by-step walkthrough before long lol I enjoyed the robot game, did those quite quickly - probably says something about my mind that I can do one kind of game without trouble and really struggle with the others :-\

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You're very welcome! I'm glad the pictures helped.

Before I solved it, I probably spent 2 hours dwelling on this one puzzle. I kept trying to do the middle row last and then tried doing it left to right which failed miserably... but solving it is a major relief once you figure out how to.

All I'm getting is referred back to your post instead of seeing the pics, do I need to join to see them?

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The photos are on Flickr, here: flickr.com/photos/qsheets/sets/72157626801173484/

I have no problem with the sliding blocks or the sudoku ones, but the wires puzzles are a little bit of a mystery to me, even when I end up solving them.  I think my short term memory is the problem   The robot ones are half and half - toughest but I can work them out logically.

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The wire ones you have to piece together before you start sliding the tiles and putting them in place... almost like the old computer game TetraVex. Match the colours and number of outputs on the sides of each tile.