Difference between revisions of "1.08 Send Me Back"

Revision as of 23:26, 18 January 2012

Order

1.07

Status

::MOCKUP::

Location Status

Done deal

GC Point of Contact

Allen

Location Notes

Park outside Letterman Digital Arts Center in Presidio

Type

Mandatory Puzzle

Plot Setup

With the players' help, Prof. Chronus has repaired and re-calibrated the time machine, and thus can lock in on Doctor When -- both to view him through the View-O-Scope and to send him somewhere else by projecting a "return time wormhole portal archway."

Props

Short silent movie of Doctor When pantomiming his desired new destination. But the movie is chopped up into pieces that the players need to put back into the right order. (Provided on DVD, with Javascript application)

Plot Point to Convey

The View-O-Scope can be focused into sort of a "live feed."
The Doctor may have caused the beginning of the universe (not vital the players pick up on this one)
The "portable tachyon detector" lets the traveler know when the View-O-Scope is focused on him/her.
The Doctor doesn't want to be returned to 2012 quite yet...he wants to go to "Paine Memorial" (whatever that is) at 2:00 PM on May 31, 1986 first.
The Doctor is in some danger from the Big Bang.
The Big Bang also causes signal interference.

Short Description

Garbled silent video message from Doctor When instructing where to send him.

Detailed Description

The video is presented through a Javascript app that allows players to rearrange the pieces and play back the sequence. Once the video is reconstructed, Doctor When's pantomime must be interpreted into a message.

How To Give To Teams

Lab Assistant at site tells team (script, p. 15),

Welcome! From this location you can tune in to live feed from the Temporal View-O-Scope. Just use the program that the Long Now mechanics gave you and enter access code XXXX. See me when you're done with the live feed.

After they see the video, the Lab Assistant tells them (script, p. 15),

I saw the remote feed, too. We have to help Doctor When fix the timeline! You need to decode his final message. Then call Prof. Chronos on your speakerphone.

Puzzle Answer

SEND ME TO PAINE MEMORIAL MAY 31 1986 2:00

Puzzle Solution

Prototype was playtested. Test video presented in 15 segments, each about 2 seconds long. Playback starts at segment 1, then proceeds smoothly to segment 2, and so on. Initial sequence is scrambled, and players must swap segments until they are in the right order.

Revised design proposals include: divide the video spatially into a grid; run each clip in a loop, but each synced to a different starting offset.

Budget

Credits

Sean: prototype

Manager

Sean

Hints

Response to Correct Answer

The team calls in to the Institute:

PROF. CHRONOS (O.C.)

Hello again. Are you on a speakerphone...can your whole group hear?

VISITOR 1

Yes, we are. The Doctor wants us to "SEND ME TO PAINE MEMORIAL MAY 31 1986 2:00," whatever "Paine Memorial" is.

PROF. CHRONOS (O.C.)

"Paine Memorial" was the name of our high school. I just can't imagine what he would want back there. I guess it has something to do with fixing the timeline. But what an odd date--that was the date of our science fair.

IF GOING TO NEXT MANDATORY (LOCATE THE LETTER)

PROF. CHRONOS (O.C., CONT'D.)

All right...the machine has opened a portal for him just before we lost contact and is sending him back to school!

Enter code YYYY in the View-O-Scope remote access program and then we can see if it worked. I'll hang up now and watch myself. When you're done call the Institute and speak with any lab assistant.

Then the team views the next video.

IF GOING TO AN OPTIONAL PUZZLE

I'll set the time machine to opening a portal for him just before we lost contact and then send him back to school! This will take a little work. So I have a task for you in the meantime. Hee, I'll have you speak to a lab assistant who will give you further instructions.

Role 3 should be next

To Do

Sean to determine final message & pantomime encoding.
Filming on next shoot date, probably 1/29/2012.
Christian to get footage to Sean.
Sean to create Javascript & to edit appropriately.
Sean to get bundle to Dan for inclusion in disk.

Other Notes

Wei-Hwa has a copy of the prototype to tinker with it, also.

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 IF GOING TO AN OPTIONAL PUZZLE
-: I'll set the time machine to opening a portal for him just before we lost contact and then send him back to school! This will take a little work. So I have a task for you in the meantime.
+: I'll set the time machine to opening a portal for him just before we lost contact and then send him back to school! This will take a little work. So I have a task for you in the meantime. Hee, I'll have you speak to a lab assistant who will give you further instructions.
 Role 3 should be next