How to search Lucas' office in Life is Strange Double Exposure

Life is Strange Double Exposure Lucas office
(Image credit: Square Enix)

To find the evidence in Lucas' office in Life is Strange Double Exposure is easier than it sounds. There's a range of things to search out, but you'll need to have a real good look around to get what you need. 

Getting stuck snooping around Lucas' office in the Dead World timeline can be a pain, which is why I'm going to help you speed through this lengthy section and get moving on to the next encounter. 

How to find the Maya Okada evidence

How to find the Maya Okada evidence

(Image credit: Square Enix)

Once you've finished talking to Gwen, Yasmin, and Vinh in the Living World of Life is Strange: Double Exposure you'll be pushed into Lucas' office to pry for information about Maya Okada – the student who mysteriously died some years before. This conversation will be different depending on the choices you've made so far, with Lucas' tone heavily informed by the status of your relationship, and whether you chose to send the restraining order photo to Safi in Double Exposure

Once this conversation is over Max will realize that she needs to snoop through Lucas' office. Head to the nearest Shift point by the cafe to transition over to the Dead World timeline and once you're there, head to Lucas' empty office and enter. There's plenty of things to interact with in here, including one of the Life is Strange Double Exposure polaroid collectibles

Head over to the bottom draw of the filing cabinet and inspect all of the documents inside. This is where Max will find confirmation that Maya, Vinh, and Safi were all classmates, and that Lucas was their tutor – you'll also discover Lucas paid particularly close attention to Maya, in a scene which echoes some of the unfortunate events in the original game.  

Can't find the key in Lucas' office?

If you're struggling to find the key in Lucas' office, you may have encountered a bug we had in our Life is Strange: Double Exposure review. To fix this, you'll need to try reloading from the last save.

Now inspect the photograph on Lucas' desk and rotate the frame until you find a key taped to the bottom of it. With this you'll able to interact with a couple of other areas of the office, but what you're looking for is that golden typewriter. Use the key to unlock the tray and you'll uncover a hidden manuscript, revealing that Lucas plagiarized and profited off of his young student's work. 

With this information you'll now need to take a snapshot of the two manuscripts side-by-side. Once you've completed this, Double Exposure will shift forward into a confrontation between Max and Safi, and there's nothing you can say here that will ease her frustration about Max spreading gossip all around campus regarding Safi's book deal falling through. 

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Josh West
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Josh West is the Editor-in-Chief of 12DOVE. He has over 15 years experience in online and print journalism, and holds a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Feature Writing. Prior to starting his current position, Josh has served as GR+'s Features Editor and Deputy Editor of games™ magazine, and has freelanced for numerous publications including 3D Artist, Edge magazine, iCreate, Metal Hammer, Play, Retro Gamer, and SFX. Additionally, he has appeared on the BBC and ITV to provide expert comment, written for Scholastic books, edited a book for Hachette, and worked as the Assistant Producer of the Future Games Show. In his spare time, Josh likes to play bass guitar and video games. Years ago, he was in a few movies and TV shows that you've definitely seen but will never be able to spot him in.

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