Make sure to show the intro in your video. And be aware that this game has bugs if you play in open house mode and then try to start a new game without closing the game.
Timing starts on first movement and ends on the last click when you turn left after the mirror cutscene in the attic.
When you use the book to solve a puzzle for you, when it says "The puzzle is solved" just turn away from the book instead of going into it, this generally saves you from watching a cutscene. You can also menu skip out of the book, which should take 8 seconds instead of 10 seconds.
The optional puzzles in the original game are: spiders, heart maze, and cards. (if you're doing 25th annv then you're in the wrong guide, but microscope is optional in that game)
Advanced Route = if you're brave enough to solve the doll room puzzle, this is the route, it saves about 2m30s
- cake
- kitchen cans
- maze
- coffins
- menu warp to the stairs
- queens
- bishops
- Martine's bed
- telescope
- menu warp in the library to see the all guests cutscene
- take the fireplace up
- doll room
- spelling blocks
- knights (use the book, menu skip out of the puzzle)
- take the fireplace
- coins
- chapel
- microscope (use the book)
- menu warp to the gallery
- portrait
- piano (use the book)
- take the fireplace upstairs
- attic door (you gotta go forwards to turn around at the attic door)
- on the house
Basic Route = if you're not brave enough to solve the doll room puzzle
- cake
- kitchen cans
- maze
- coffins
- menu warp to the stairs
- queens
- bishops
- Martine's bed
- telescope
- menu warp in the library to see the all guests cutscene
- take the fireplace up
- coins in Brian Dutton's room
- chapel floor
- microscope (use the book)
- menu warp to the gallery
- portrait
- piano (use the book)
- take the fireplace upstairs
- spelling blocks
- knights in the bathroom (use the book, menu skip out of the puzzle)
- take the fireplace upstairs
- doll room picture of the house (use the book, menu skip out of the puzzle)
- take the fireplace upstairs
- attic door (you gotta go forwards to turn around at the attic door)
- on the house
notes on puzzles
quick cake by quickbrownfox42 
quick cans by quickbrownfox42 (see his guide for details) Exchange:
- Shy - bY
- gyPsy - trYst
- gypSy - mY
- sLyly - sprYly
- Tryst - cryPt
- trySt - cRypt then put the B, C, G, H, and M in the proper places the rest should be fairly easy
grate puzzle: if you number the grates in reading order, 1-6 click 5632 1456 3256 3254 1256 32
maze:
- 5th right
- straight
- right
- right
- right
- left
- right
- straight
- right
- left
coffins: if an odd number of the coffins in positions 1/3/5/7/9 (odd positions) are open, then you need to click the middle coffin (coffin #5)
queens - starting from the left do 4 6 8 (skip) 7 Then start from the right and do (going left) 531 (skip) 2
portrait https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wbGH1imdW0roVyR-g57fd1pGAzqzyhKsEro7jefe90w/edit?usp=sharing
spelling blocks:
- Column 1: down one.
- Column 3: up one.
- Row 1: right one.
- Row 3: left one.
- Column 1: down one.
- Column 3: up one.
- Row 1: right one.
- Row 3: left one.
quick knives by quickbrownfox42 Number the points of the star 1-10 starting with 1 at the top point (where the first knife is missing) and trace the perimeter of the star clockwise (approximate) --------1
---9--10--2--3
-----8-----4 --------6 ----7-------5
To solve the puzzle without a 'which way' prompt, click 4 7 5 10 3 1 7 9
reading order version of the knives
--------1
---2--3--4--5
-----6-----7 --------8 ----9-------10
7 9 10 3 5 1 9 2
google drive folder with my save games, splits, and other stuff https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TS9ed-eHOInQmLPAZ4jiiD-mAoa9MoB6?usp=sharing
