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INDIE GAME / PLAY GUIDE

The Spirit and the Mouse: four northern residents, lamps, pizza, painter and quiche

Released: all 137 lightbulbs and the northern/western/GA-DX main route covered · Updated 2026-10-13

Listen at each resident's window or shop and activate the corresponding Box. The four northern jobs report to separate Boxes; supplying power at another home's box does not complete them.

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Painter Eugene and Kihack's three notes

Check ground, wall grilles, beams and wires at their different heights. Conversations that start requests and conversations during a break have separate conditions.

Place/characterAction/conditionChecks and cautions
Start the requestEugene's window conversation→left wooden grille→rooftop mesh→far wire to the Box.Activate for 50 Energy.
Note 1Speak to Kihack left of the Box, then inspect the note immediately left of them.Read and record the clue.
Note 2Follow the wall right of the Box→through the fence gap→travel by wire→through the nearby fence→up another wire.Note on the upper wall.
Note 3Take the wire from the table before the pizza shop→grille→shock open the mesh→grille beyond the wooden passage.Read the wall note.
Report to KihackCheck all three notes and enter 7548.Separate from the lamp-shop code.

Light the pharmacy letters

Check ground, wall grilles, beams and wires at their different heights. Conversations that start requests and conversations during a break have separate conditions.

Place/characterAction/conditionChecks and cautions
Reach the signClimb the grille through the stone-wall gap left of the pharmacy and reach Kiboss at the sign's edge.Pharmacy in front of the painter's house.
InputShock in order E→C→M→P→R→M→H.Use the same M twice.
If it will not flashSave, restart and check the request state.A response from early PS5 sources, not a guarantee the bug occurs in every current version.
CompletionReturn to Eugene's Box and supply power→window conversation→collect Happiness.Also collect northern lightbulb reward N29.

Lamp-shop wires and ghosts

Check ground, wall grilles, beams and wires at their different heights. Conversations that start requests and conversations during a break have separate conditions.

Place/characterAction/conditionChecks and cautions
Storefront conversationHear Juliette and Julien's conversation and go behind the shop from the left. Climb the wire near boxes and bins.Reach the Box through wooden platforms and grilles. 30 Energy.
KiseniorFollow the wire right of the Box to the wooden platform. Speak to the character, trace wires and inspect the second box from the left.First answer: 9998.
Second wiring routeSpeak at Kisenior's new location→inspect box 1001 at the wooden grille behind/right→follow wires toward the mesh.Answer: 3225.
Third wiring routeSpeak on the lower level→inspect boxes on wires marked red, green and yellow.Answer: 0285. Keep the leading zero.
KicryReach the character using the grille at the front-left of Eugene's house. Take the nearby wire to the opposite roof.Begin the ghost's job.
Move the roofShock the device opposite to lower the roof→return by wire→shock the device on this side.Kicry descends.
CompletionSupply the lamp-shop Box→storefront conversation→collect Happiness.Also check lightbulb reward N33.

Pizza shop: two rescues and prices

Check ground, wall grilles, beams and wires at their different heights. Conversations that start requests and conversations during a break have separate conditions.

Place/characterAction/conditionChecks and cautions
Lisa's conversationListen at the storefront and take the left wire to the rooftop Box. If inaccessible, climb from the wire at the table behind/left.Give 50 Energy.
Rescue KicoldSpeak to Kicold hanging from the wooden post behind the Box. Shock the lower wagon along its rails.Place it directly beneath Kicold.
Catch the fallReturn above and shock Kicold.Let Kicold fall into the wagon for rescue.
Rescue KiclumsyEnter the drain before the shop. Enter from below to move the ball up, from above to move it down, then from the right to move it left.Do not reverse the ball order.
Get Kiclumsy out of the drainShock Kiclumsy once the passage connects.Confirm Kiclumsy is outside.
Kiscribe price 1Speak to Kiscribe at the menu case near the drain→read the receipt on the terrace table.Margarita costs 8.65.
Price 2Descend between Kicold's wooden posts to the lower table and read the other receipt.Avocado And Banana costs 6.45.
CompletionSupply the pizza-shop Box→check Lisa→collect Happiness.Also check lightbulb reward N39.

Paul's quiche, fishing and four trash bins

Check ground, wall grilles, beams and wires at their different heights. Conversations that start requests and conversations during a break have separate conditions.

Place/characterAction/conditionChecks and cautions
From the house to the BoxWindow conversation→right wooden platforms→shock a droppable object→grille→open mesh and continue.Activate for 30 Energy.
KidiveTravel electrically down the mesh southeast behind the Box and reach the character beside the tree.Read the required types and quantities on screen, then shock the parts to hand them over.
KigleanSpeak at the bridge center, open bins and shock scattered trash back inside.Finish each bin's cleanup.
Trash 1Before the bridge on Paul's side.Open→return trash.
Trash 2Near the stairs beyond trash 1.Same action.
Trash 3Immediately left after descending trash 2's stairs.Descend to the lower level.
Trash 4Outside the lamp shop.Finish the fourth and report back.
Completion and the next areaSupply Paul's Box→window→Happiness→Lumion in the south.N45 lightbulb reward. Enter the residential area through the western door in the southern square.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Q1 Northern town Boxes do not respond. ▼
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Activate the painter's for 50, lamp shop's for 30, pizza shop's for 50 and Paul's for 30 Energy. Finish their individual requests and return to the same Box. Collect Happiness and each Box's lightbulb reward separately too.

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