Anyone else finding more walkthroughs than "hints"

[King Link]

As a game Chinatown Detective Agency seems good. I really like the clever idea to use googling to search for data, and reminds me of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego with a clever twist.

Only problem is I've just past the Stamp puzzle, and... well twice already I did a google search and came up with a walkthrough for the game or a "hint" that spelled out the puzzle, rather than random information across the web.

Like the game is a clever concept of course, but I can only imagine as this game gets more popular almost every search result is going to get flooded with walkthrough and guides.
Hopefully porn or other bad actors don't step in as well, but just running head first into a guide really kills the immersion. Anyone else having the same experience?

[LorenRose13]

I am having a huge struggle with the Kids birthday pin code. I put in what I clearly think is correct based on ddmmyy but it still won't let me do this. Trying to find anyone who can help with this!!!

[Dave Mongoose]

I've been using "-chinatown" along with my search terms - it removes any result with that word in it, which hopefully eliminates a lot of walkthrough results.

[BrawnyFanta]

Originally posted by Dave Mongoose:

I've been using "-chinatown" along with my search terms - it removes any result with that word in it, which hopefully eliminates a lot of walkthrough results.

This is a good idea, hopefully me replying this way will help it stick in my mind :)

[King Link]

That's a good suggestion Dave, Pretty smart.

[Zinzun]

Where can I find a walkthrough? Because I found a partial one but I need one for all the cases.

[erin_mars]

I came here specifically to make the same observation. The game says to go to the web for answers, which is fine in theory, but it's almost impossible to avoid game spoilers and/or walkthroughs in the search results which really detracts from the game.

Of course, this is of no fault of the developers; but at the same time it seems like something that should have been easy to anticipate.

[moshiwakeda]

You have to use -chinatown

I haven't run into issues, except for one thing I stumbled upon a forum post from someone who was playing the game.

Other than that, some things are misleading. Looking up the origins of a particular artifact, I found the real world articles that detailed exactly where it was excavated. But apparently that country was not considered the correct answer by the game. Instead, the answer was the country of the origin of the culture with which the artifact is associated.
Fair enough, but the game clearly specified that it should be the origin of the artifact itself.

I guess you could argue, that the location where it was discovered is not necessarily the location where the artifact was created. So if you look at it that way, it still makes sense

I really like this game mechanic so far