This walkthrough is accurate for version 2.1.0. Here is what changed:

Last Updated: April 30, 2026 (UPD – Latest Patch & Content)

After crawling through the vents, you arrive in a flooded nursery. The music box puzzle has been completely reworked in the UPD version.

You’ll see a control panel with four colored buttons: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow. Below them, a screen shows a sequence of blinking lights.

Solution (new algorithm):

After entering the correct sequence, a hidden compartment opens with a USB drive. Do not insert it into the tower’s port – that triggers a bad ending. Instead, take it to the library computer in Chapter 5.

Before diving into the walkthrough, let's cover the essentials that the VDateGames version of Maddison expects you to know:

To trigger the Time Loop Ending, you need all 12. Here are the hardest ones:

The Clock Tower sequence is why most players search for an updated walkthrough. The developer added a randomized element in the latest patch.

This chapter received a major overhaul in the latest vdategames maddison walkthrough upd patch. The old solution (entering 1974) no longer works.