A torn piece of paper

A paper clip

A cup like thing

And a tape

handle

cupboard kinda thing, beside the door and found a screwdriver. There is a pencil there as well, but I can't seem to reach it

in the book there's a formula, a drawing, then a handle which you use on the panel in the wall, which gives you a screwdriver

I have two of the (supposedly) three torn pieces of paper, and yes, I put the two together. I also have the tape, cup, key, paper clip (bent into a lock pick or sharp point of whatever), screwdriver, and...that's it.

I've extended the screwdriver and can use it to touch the pencil, but it just moves around, can't pick it up

numbers in the cupboard are a math equation, either plus or minus? but i'm HORRIBLE at math and really don't want to logic-it-out.

key?

there's a number on the bottom of the cup

key is under the right cushion on the couch. Pull it up and down until you see something sparkle, then click where the sparkle was.

frenziedly clicking on that red pencil and using every item in my inventory on it, in every position.

If you move the cushions a few times something drops from the right hand side one, seems to be a piece of metal (a key?) with indentations on it

There's a number 8 on the bottom of the cup

It's the hint on the right side of the left cushion that rang the bell for me...but I'm not sure I'm quite right, so I'll hold off.

on the back of safe door where the peencil and screwdriver are

The 2nd room where the lights are off and you have to use the flashlight you find there. I have 8 items.

key and the other piece of paper!!

equation puzzle

if u lift the pillows like a dousin times, u get some kind of key

bit of paper, it's on the inside of the door where the screwdriver and pencil are...just click the right of the screen

the code for the door

third piece of paper

RED PENCIL!

second room

opened the box, got the spanner, taken a photo, used the spanner to take the tap dial off, opened a panel and got a key, and now am struggling with a sliding puzzle (which is activated with the key from inside the panel

slider puzzle is freaking HARD.

solved the slider puzzle and nothing has happened as far as I can see.

found a...thing...over the sink and to the left. It seems to be a circuit box or something. I opened it with the screwdriver and plugged it in, but no change is apparent.

you need to move the tiles so the balls follow a straight path when they bounce

take a look at which edges of each square to see where the balls are bouncing and where they are passing through the edges. The will give you a clue as to where each square should go

the last tile for the puzzle needs to be taken from the front of the tub/sink

not missing a piece?

near the sink, for a black tile.

Notice that wen you think you have it completed, there is one tile missing?

SHEEZ! I must've tried to get that tile at least ten times before. That's a black mark.

tape, wrench, red pencil, a picture of the wall with the clock, a cup with an 8 on the bottom, flashlight, completed maze page, extended screwdriver, bent paperclip, and a clue that LOVE = FUN + ?

is it possible to enter the second room early?
i think i may have done that

the clock has changed some times during the game, but I can't figure out how to change it intentionally.

filling the cup with both hot and cold water, but I had no where to put the water.

When you fill it with hot water there is a clue.

go to the other, dark room, and push the wall where you found the gold key. It's really the back of the safe, and pushes the pencil forward.

I think it shows real-time, so I don't know if it can be changed

Did you consider that maybe there is more tot he picture than meets the eye?

But that doesn't matter. Try running both hot and cold water on the picture.

hot water?!

to solve the puzzle in the second room, take one of the plates from the tub

balls for the slider puzzle?

tile place in the puzzle but i don't see the balls

the key from the panel next to the sink, it goes in the slot next to the puzzle

I have FUN at the top and LOVE at the bottom, and I know there will be a P and an A somewhere in the middle word. P will equal 8 and A will equal 4. I really, really want to know what that second word is, if I did I think I could fill in the rest of the puzzle.

Complete the slider puzzle

You will find the second word if you follow the instructions on the clock picture.

The 2nd word is PAIN, you find it by clicking at the bottom of the clock.

the star = fun? I haven't figured that out yet. I did get that P=8 and A=4, though.

Look at the underside of the box on the wall to the upper left of the sink.

the right side of the left cushion on the couch.

use the bent paperclip in the hole at the bottom of the clock

found by lifting the right hand cushion and clicking by the right hand side of the left cushion

p=8, a=4, n=5 (it's the only letter and number which features twice)

Figured out the equation (fun=735, pain=8425, love=9160), entered it in the code lock, and I got funny music, then the buzz and the big red X. That was unexpected. And now I'm stuck again. Maybe I'll try entering the first code again.

look at the tiles in the sink for the last puzzle tile

the second word from the clock.

clock is a fun way to use a puzzle

in order to change the time in game, you have to change your 'puters tim ;)

735 + 8425 = 9160

Click on the bottom of the clock, and use the bent paper clip on the hole.

click on the right cushion to raise it and then click underneath it right next to the left cushion to see it.

Tape
complete maze puzzle (use red pencil and it will color the path)
extended screwdriver
cup (add hot water and a "P" appears)
wrench
bent paper clip
flashlight
picture (hold it in the hot water to reveal a clue)
red pencil (from room two, use the extended screwdriver to push the wall where the hole with the gold key is, this will push the pencil to the front of the safe)
tap valve (remove it with the wrench, you can switch it between cold and hot water this way, the thing above the sink is a water heater)

635 on the top row, 8425 on the second, 9160 in the bottom

"complete maze puzzle (use red pencil and it will color the path)"
Well that's silly. You can't get the pencil until after you've already gotten the maze code and used it to get into the second room!

The 2 and 3 are interchangeable

The diagram in the book means.

The diagram never made any sense to me, but still I was able to solve the puzzle.

I also don't understand what use is the red pencil. You can use it to color the maze, but only AFTER you've been in the 2nd room so you've already solved the maze yourself... and it doesn't make sense.

How is that wrong? I got the same answer, and I see that several other people have. If there's another answer that works, then the game makers really suck for not allowing this one and for not making that clearer.
I mean, we know from the game that P=8 and A=4. N must equal 5, and L must equal 9, because that's the only way it works out. And 735 + 8425 does equal 9160.

Switching the 2 and 3 yeilds the same sum. Try putting it in the code panel.

Music, a failure-type beep, and a big red X

You probably need to use cold water on the clock picture first.

After using the red pencil on it, try putting it in the blue book.

It's not "LOVE."

You can put the colored, taped together piece of paper in the last page of the book, then turn the page to show that F = 7. Too bad it's obvious that F = 7.

it _doesn't_ show the big X

Hmm. When you enter 9160 on the keypad, you get the big red X on the door.

So the door is closed, right? What do you need to do to that door to get out?

the pencil - totally redundant, the only thing you can use it for (getting the door code), you have to do before you get it

the diagram in the book...did anyone work out what that was for?

the last tile for the slider puzzle...only found it because of someone pointing it out on here, and even then i had to click loads of black tiles before i found the right one

I can't get to the part where you use the clip on the clock as minmay said I should be able to, so I don't have the second word per se.
For the actual code to get out, make sure you aren't missing any clues, especially obvious ones (like the actuall word to get out with)

I think the diagram in the book was a map to the removable tile in room 2.

First of all, let's look around the room.

Now close the book and look at the papers over the desk.

Notice the painting (it will be important later!) and turn left.

Click the right pillow until something shiny falls down. Check behind the sofa to get a KEY.

Check that white panel. There's no handle!

Check the PIECES OF PAPER at your inventory.

FUN goes on top and PAIN goes on bottom, myself. Not that it really matters since you get the same sum either way.

use the filled-in maze with the book to find out that F=7. Although the puzzlemaker apparently didn't realize that bit of information's unnecessary to solve it, since you can find that out just from P, A, and N.

you don't need the numbers of love to OPEN the door

P = 8

a big red X on the door

Click the drawer, and take out the roll of tape.

Turn Right, open the cupboard on the wall. Move the number magnets to reveal a small scrap of paper. Take the paper.

While we're here, let's look for something else. Click on the back cushions of the couch - you'll see they move up and down. Do this a few times, and you will suddenly notice something shiny drop down from the right cushion. Click on the bottom of the couch where the wall is exposed (with the cushion up), and you will get a silver key.

Turn Right again, and notice the picture on the wall. Love = (Star) + (Tear)? Hmmm...Maybe that's a clue...

Turn Right again, standing in front of the desk.

Click on the small stack of papers at the top of the desk to reveal another scrap of paper.

Click on the small red paperclip at the top of one of the pieces of paper.

Now, using your items panel on the right, click on the Paperclip, and click the "About" button.

It shows you the paperclip in detail. Click near the top of it (or around it in a few places), and it will open up into a handy tool for opening stuck DVD ROM drives...or something else...

Click on the cup on the desk. Take it into inventory. Now, click on the cup in inventory, and click About. Click near the bottom of the cup, and you will see a number 8. I wonder what that's for?

Close off the cup. Now, Click on the blue book. It opens for you. Click on the first page, and voila! It turns. Hmmm...P does not equal 0. Maybe you should write that down...

Click on the page again, the page turns, and there is a box diagram. Hmm...looks like a bunch of tiles. Starting at the top left, over one, and down two. We should remember that.

Click on the page again, and it will reveal a hollow in the book. Click on the item in the hollow - it looks like a handle!

Exit back to the main screen, then turn Right again.

Click on the white panel on the wall (the big one). You'll notice two holes. Hmmm...what would fit in here? Aaaah, I get it! The Handle! Click on the handle from your inventory, and click on the door. You can now open the door.

Open the door, and get the Screwdriver.

Click on the Screwdriver in your inventory, and click "about."

Click on the handle...Hmmm, it moves the screwdriver around. Wonder what the button at the back of the screwdriver does? Push it and find out...

Close the new "expanded" screwdriver, and click to the right of the open safe (with the pencil in it) - meaning the back door of the safe. Here you find the last scrap of paper!

Click on the Paper in your inventory, and click About. Then, click on the Tape in your inventory, and click on the Paper.

Follow the maze from the bottom to the top, noting the numbers you come across.

For you lazy folks, the code is 5941.

Enter that code into the panel beside the door, and voila, the door opens!

You are facing a shelving unit. Click to the right of the skull on the bottom shelf to get the flashlight.

Click on the Flashlight in inventory, click About, and click the switch for the flashlight to turn it on. This should make things easier!

OK, now we should open the brown box on the shelf. Click on the Silver key from inventory, and click on the brown box.

Take the spanner (wrench) from the box.

Now, click on the picture frame on the top shelf of the unit. You will get a picture from the previous room. We'll come back to this.

Move to the Right. Looks like we're in some sort of kitchen area. There are all kinds of tiles on the wall...

Following the instructions from the book in the previous room, start in the top left corner of the tiles. Move two tiles over, and two tiles down. Should be a black tile. Click it, and you'll take it into inventory.

OK, now take the wrench you have, and use it on the tap over the sink (you'll notice only one handle exists). This will remove the handle and put it in your inventory.

Above you is a white object on the wall. Also, there's an outlet here. Isn't that odd?

Click near the bottom of the white object, and you will see the bottom of it. There is a panel on the left side. Use the screwdriver to open the panel, and a cord drops down.

Back up, and plug the cord into the wall.

Now, take the handle from your inventory, and place it on the left hand stub coming from the wall. Turn the tap, and voila! Hot Water!

You should fill your cup with the hot water, and then look at your cup.

Now you see the letter P. With the number 8 on the bottom of the cup, that would seem to indicate P=8.

Hmm...Wonder what would happen if I ran that picture under the hot water?

Running the picture under the hot water reveals that "A=(the clock)" - but what time is it on the clock? Right, 4pm. So A=4.

Take your wrench, remove the handle from the tap, and place it back on the cold water nub. Turn the water on, and place the picture under the cold running water.

You will now see an arrow pointing to the underside of the clock. Must mean something...

OK, staying where you are, look over to the right wall, where you will see a panel that is a slightly different shade of gray. Click it a few times to open it...and you will see a golden glimmer appear.

Click near the golden glimmer to reveal a golden key. Take the key.

Now, turn to the right, and you will see a dark panel to the right of the door (which locked behind you). Click on the panel.

Put the gold key into the lock, and you will start to see balls moving around.

Place the black tile you picked up in the panel above the key. Now all that remains is for you to solve the sliding puzzle...

For this, you truly are on your own. All I can suggest is, notice where the balls are hitting the edges of the tiles - this should tell you where each tile belongs. Move them around until you get them in place, then slide the tile you placed in the slot above the key into the main puzzle, and you will open the door!

OK, now we're getting close to the end. Let's solve the puzzle that was on the "Love" picture on the wall.

Go over to the clock, and click near the bottom of it. You will see a small hole to the left.

Click on the paper clip, then click on the hole. It will release a door, and something will fall out.

Back up, and look at the wall. You will see that the Teardrop equals PAIN

Go back over to the couch. Lift up the right cushion, then with it in the air, click to the right of the left cushion. You'll see that "STAR equals FUN"

Now we can go solve our equation. Opening the brown cupboard on the wall, you will notice number magnets, and you will see small boxes. Clicking on a box cycles through the alphabet.

Put the word FUN at the top, PAIN in the middle, and LOVE at the bottom.

Now, to figure out the numbers. See if you can do it based on the clues you have already, or click the next spoiler to reveal it.

FUN = 735; PAIN = 8425; LOVE = 9160

So, it should be as easy as entering 9160 at the Door Control, right? Try it!

Ooops. That didn't work. Let's see...what is it we want to do. We want the door to...OPEN.

Enter the code for OPEN - 1805

You win the game!

Getting the first items - the sofa

Getting the first items - the desk

Getting the first items - the safe

Opening the door

The second room - the shelves

The second room - the sink

The second room - the sliding puzzle

Getting the last clues

Solving the final puzzle

Starting out, you'll probably notice two things; The panel missing a handle, and a keycode beside a door.

Now, on the right side, of this screen, you'll see a blue drawer. Click on it to open it, and you'll find some tape inside.

Turn left, and you'll see a desk and a clock on the wall. There's a cup on the desk to take. You'll also see some papers you can examine closer.

You can move the papers around by clicking on them. The middle piece of paper has a scrap of a maze attached with a paperclip. You can take both of these.

Now, look at the blue book on a shelf on the desk. You'll see some "hints" as you click each page inside. Keep going until you find a handle inside the book. It should be noted that, near as I can tell, the clues in the book really aren't that helpful and should be disregarded.

Turn left again, and you'll see a big picture. It displays some kind of code; LOVE = (star) + (drop)

Turn left again to face the couch, and a cabinet on the wall. Open the cabinet to see a bunch of numbered tiles, and some smaller squares that, when clicked, cycle through the alphabet. Feel free to move the numbers around and spread them out, so you know what you're dealing with.

If you do, you'll find another piece of the maze. You can attach then two pieces by using the tape on the close-up of them.

Going back to the couch, you might notice you can click on the cushions to life them. Clicking on the right one repeatedly (4 or 5 times) will eventually drop a shiny object, which you can pick up off the couch. It appears to be some kind of key.

With the right couch cushion still lifted, click NEAR the right side of the left cushion (not the cushion itself), and you'll see a clue - (star)=FUN

Turn left one more time, and now we're at the starting screen. But this time, you have a handle and a panel in need of one.

Use the handle on the panel and open it up. Inside, you'll see a screwdriver, and a red pencil that you can't see to reach. If only you hand a longer arm!

Maybe something in your inventory can help?

That screwdriver could be useful, if only it were longer.

Examine the screwdriver and click on its handle to change the view. Click on the circle on the bottom, and it will extend. Now, it can REACH the pencil, but you still can't GET the pencil. Darn.

While you're here though, you might want to click on the inside of the panel door we just opened. You'll find the last piece of the maze here. Tape them all together, and have fun!

Getting from start to finish is easy enough. Did you notice your path crossed 4 numbers? Where could a 4-digit number come in handy?

This is a code for the door. Enter it (5941) to open the door. You've escape!

Wait, this isn't right. Now you're trapped in ANOTHER room, and this one is pitch black. Too bad you have no way to see.

Guess you'll just have to feel around in a dark.

Click enough times in the dark (about 5), and you'll find a flashlight. Examine it and click the switch to turn it on. You do NOT need the flashlight active in your inventory for it to work.

Now, let's look at the junk on these shelves. Can't do anything with the bottom shelf. Or the middle shelf.

Click the picture frame to receive a picture. That room looks familiar, doesn't it?

On the second shelf, you'll see a locked box. If only you had a key-like object to open it with!

After using the silver key on the lockbox, you'll find a wrench inside. Take it, and now let's look elsewhere in the room.

Turn left, and you'll see the closed door, and a panel on the right. Nothing we can do yet, so turn left again.

Looks like a sink. On the right, you'll see a panel on the wall. Click it a few times to open it, and find a gold key inside.

Now, think about where we are, in relation to the other room. This wall with the panel shares a wall with the other panel, with an unobtainable red pencil.

Click the open panel to look isde of it, then use your extended screwdriver to push the back wall further back.

Now, back to this sink. You'll see two faucets, but only one handle. Turn it to run the cold water... But why?

That picture you're carrying around has been sitting in a dusty old room. Maybe you should try washing it off under the tap?

Note an arrow points to the clock.

I wonder if the hot water will do anything. Too bad we don't have an extra handle to try it.

So use the wrench on the cold water handle (after turning the water off), to take it. Then place it on the other faucet and turn it on. Hmm, it's cold too. Turn it back off for now.

We need to get the hot water running, but how? You'll see an electrical socket (No, you can't, and shouldn't want to, put the paperclip in it). Look up, and you'll see a box. Click the underside and you'll see a panel. Looks kind of like another keyhole, doesn't it?

Your key doesn't work though. Maybe you have another object that could reach up there and open it?

Use the screwdriver to open the panel and let a wire drop out. Going back, you'll see it's actually a plug, and you can plug it into the socket.

Now try the water again. Mmm, steamy. Let's give the photo another rinse, shall we?

A=Clock? Not exactly. What time is the clock showing?

A=4. While we're at it, take a closer look at that cup you've been carrying. The underside has an 8 on it.

Well, I think we could all use a warm drink right now in this cold, dark room.

Use the cup on the hot water. Now a P is on the side, and an 8 on the bottom. Safe to assume that P = 8, don't you think?

Now let's take a look at those tiles. There's a sort of pattern to them, no? See anything out of place?

From the top left, count 3 tiles down and 3 tiles right and click it. You'll get a tile.

Let's mix things up and turn RIGHT this time, back to the door. Click the panel. Hmm, looks like it could use a key.

Use the gold key to turn on the sliding puzzle. If you're like me, you HATE sliding puzzles, and this one is even more annoying. Watch the bouncing balls. You'll see them sometimes bounce off the side of a tile instead of passing through. This is your hint on which tiles are part of which edges of the puzzle. Unfortunately, the layout is randomized, so I can't give a solution. You just have to keep fiddling around with it until it appears the picture is right (the balls move fluidly from one tile to the next)

Now, the puzzle's complete, but nothing happened. Maybe you need to fill in that last tile. But where would you find an extra black tile?

Put the black tile in the far left spot, then click it again to place it in the puzzle and complete it. Now the lights are on, and the door is open again.

Leave the room and you'll be facing the "love" picture. Turn right. Now, what was that picture pointing at?

Click near the bottom of the click, and you'll see a hole. Hmm, what could you use to get in there?

Examine the paperclip in your inventory, and click near the top curve to straighten it out. Now use it on the hole, and something drops out of the clock. Pull back to discover it's another hint: (drop) = PAIN

Turn right, and open the panel again to find the red pencil much closer and easy to grab. Now you can use it to... draw... things?

Maybe you'd like to try that maze out again.

Use the pencil on the maze to fill out the proper path. But we already solved this puzzle! You couldn't get the pencil until after you did! What could it mean?

Turn left, back to the desk. Open up the blue book, and flip through the pages until you get to the hole you found the handle in. Flip the pages one more time.

Place the maze into the book, and flip back 1 page. F=7

So now we know that P=8, F=7, and A=4. Believe it or not, we have everything we need to finish this game now.

Turn left two time and open the cabinet with the numbered tiles. This is just a reference item to help you sold the rest of the game. We know that LOVE = FUN + PAIN, and this puzzle is laid out like a math equation.

Fill out the squares with letters so it looks like this:
-FUN
PAIN
LOVE
(FUN+PAIN=LOVE)

Now, we know that F=7, so take the 7 tile, and place it next to the F. Do the same for the P and A.

We only know 3 numbers, but it's enough to start doing some math. 7+84=91. Therefore, L=9 and O=1, right? Place the tiles next to their letters.

Each letter corresponds to a number. Now, we have two Ns in this equation, and two 5s. So, logically, N=5, right? And 5+5=10, which means that E=0

You have a 1 to carry over from the previous math problem Remember this. Now you have a 2, a 3, and a 6. 2+3=5, add the 1, and it's 6. It doesn't matter which letter is 2 and which is 3, just that V=6. The equation is 735(or 725)+8425(or 8235)=9160

Another 4-digit code. I wonder where that can go...

Pull back from the cabinet and turn left, and click the keypad. Enter your new code, and...

Wait, this isn't right at all! Now we have the door blocked with a red X! I want the door to open!

You can put in the old code from the maze to get back to that room, but what good does that do? We need an exit out of this place. We need the exit door to OPEN!

Wait, "open" is 4 letters...

And we have numbers that correspond to the four letters...

OPEN=1805

Try putting that into the keypad.

sliding puzzle was random or not

I did it by looking at which tiles are corners. You can tell when the balls bounce off.

extend the screwdriver.

stinks.

finding the pixel to click on the screwdriver? I can't find this elusive "dark spot" mentioned in the walk throughs.

the one on the couch, and the hot water heater. Also, I think there was a bug, because I made the red A show up before I knew that I had to heat the water.

how to find the last puzzle tile piece

Get tape from drawer.

the panel without a handle, and the door with numeric code lock. It (enticingly?) says "OPEN" at the top of the code panel...

Get maze piece from cupboard

Notice that you can spell things (tediously) and the 3x4 arrangement with a line. Also notice that you have 11 digits, with two of #5 and one of everything else.

Move right-hand cushion up and down several times until you see the flash of something falling from it.

Click at the left side of the space under the lifted cushion to see a clue on the edge of the other cushion:

LOVE = star + drop.

cup [Note: this doesn't apply in the "hard" version of the game -- the cup there appears to be stationary.]

maze piece, paperclip

From book, get

and some clues:

Notice there's one page with a squarish hole in it.

handle to safe, get

Notice that you still can't quite reach the pencil.

Examine maze pieces and apply tape.

open the door to a dark room. Enter, and the door locks behind you.

Get

and use the

screwdriver on the bottom of the water heater (up on the wall) to get the power cord. Plug it in.

Click the black tiles on the mosaic-y wall until you get one of them. You'll need it in a bit to get back to the better-lit room.

cold water to the picture to get a clue:

(This step is necessary for a later step to work.)

wrench to switch the faucet handle and get hot water. Use hot water on the

Use hot water on the

wall to the right of the sink several times until you see

(Now you'll be able to get the pencil, once you're back in the other room.)

key on the puzzle thingy by the door to activate it. Solve the sliding puzzle. (Yeah, easier said than done.)

the well-lit room, turn right and click underneath the clock. Use the

applied cold water to the picture to get the blue arrow clue.

open the safe to get the (now easy to reach) pencil. Use it

clues you've found to enter an equation:

A is 4, F is 7, and P is not equal to zero. I don't know if the puzzle is solvable this way.

but it turns out that LOVE doesn't conquer all in this game: you get a doorway with a big red X in it. So the code must be something else. Hint:

OPEN

OPEN

the slider puzzle. I understand that you're supposed to look at where the balls are bouncing and rearrange the pieces so that the balls bounce around freely and all the walls line up with the edges of the puzzle. What I seem to be having trouble with is how to slide the pieces around. Normally, slider puzzles have one empty space which you move an adjoining tile into by clicking on that tile. How do you tell where the empty tile is? And is there anyway to keep the grey tile which shows you what the piece that goes in each square looks like from getting in your way and blocking your view of a tile?

i'm pretty sure i solved the slider puzzle, the balls react normally and the picture looks done, my missing piece is the top right corner, and the gold key is still in

slider puzzle

extend the screwdriver or find the red pencil

pick up the cup and god knows what else

That "gray tile" is the empty space. When the puzzle starts, you should have eight tiles and one empty, gray square. Arrange the tiles correctly so that the empty space is in the top-right, and then insert the tile that you got from the tub.

Work it through as normal and you'll get the usual
F=7 (book clue)
A=4 (picture clue)
N=5 (as there are two N's and two 5's)
And by extension you get
O= 11 (i.e. 1 with the other 1 to add onto the total of the colum to the left whatever that turns out to be)
E=10 (i.e. 0 with the 1 added to the column to the left whatever that turns out to be)
You'll be left with 6 9 3 2 8
Remembering you've got one to add onto the total anyway no matter what it is if you pick two of those at a time to add together you'll soon find that only 2 and 3 work (therefore 5+ that extra 1=6 so V=6) anything else would involve numbers you've already allocated to other letters and doesn't work or logically the two numbers your left with don't fit into the last step below correctly.
That leaves you with 9 and 8 and ofc the only way it can go is for P=8 and L=9 as you have that one in the column already and 1+8=9

Although as I didn't use the P does not equal 0 clue in the book for that I'm not sure if this is the intended way to solve or not even...

What did it for me is I worked with the corner parts were the balls bounced off then went from there. It isn't easy but eventual you should get it

F=7 from the paper maze+pencil+blue book (a hard one indeed!), then A=4 from the photo+cold water+hot water, then N=5 as it's the only one repeated. With that hints alone you can solve the equation