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The 7th Guest Hints
Stauf Puzzle (Painting Gallery)
1 of 8: I know you may not like Stauf but you really should follow the advice that he gives you in the voice-overs.
2 of 8: You need to make Stauf look normal. For those who don't think Stauf is ever normal, at least try to turn all of his skin to flesh color.
3 of 8: Look for a pattern as to how his skin changes when you click on a single square.
4 of 8: It changes color, from flesh to red to green and back to flesh.
5 of 8: There's really a simple pattern that you'll find if you just watch closely.
6 of 8: Whenever you click on one of the four corners, that square and the three squares close to it (in the shape of a larger square) change colors.
7 of 8: If you click on an edge that's not a corner, all three squares on that edge change to the next color.
8 of 8: And if you click on the center square, all squares except for the corners change color (the ones that do change are in the shape of a "+").
