Difference between revisions of "Template-Event"

Latest revision as of 18:17, 29 March 2012

Status

::Revise::

Location

Name and Address:

Parking:

Bathroom:

Food:

GC PoC: (415) 475-8463, lab@trenchwood.com

Site PoC: (only to be contacted in emergency or if directed to by GC HQ)

Type

Mandatory Puzzle

Plot Setup

Props

How To Give To Teams

SUBJECT: Project: Password
FROM: lab@trenchwood.com

Research Project Title: Password
Objective: Find password to Doctor When's Brain-O-Matic 9000 supercomputer
Location: Doctor When's childhood home, 632 Cole Street, San Francisco
Upon Completion: Call lab on speakerphone and ask to speak with Prof. Chronos
Parking: Street, some metered; nearby lot at 801 Stanyan Street
Need To Park: Yes
Personnel Required: All members of your group should go into Wesley's home--you may need every set of eyes to find clues leading to his password
Bathrooms At Location: One
Food At Location: Restaurants and cafes around the corner, especially on Haight Street

Notes: After you visit Doctor When's home is a good time to have lunch

Props

Plot Point to Convey

Short Description

Open Time Period

Saturday, 10:20 AM till all teams (16 for Game 1, 17 for Game 2) have picked up (estimated 3:55 PM)

Staff Instructions

Your Role:

What To Wear:

What Your Character Knows:

Puzzles At This Site:

Where To Get Materials:

Setup Instructions:

Call GC when you arrive (so we know you are setting up)
Set up props
Call GC when you are ready for teams

Handout Instructions:

Discretely keep a running count of the number of teams who have picked up...so that you know when to close down the site.

When a team arrives say words to the effect of,

PLAYERS:

Blah.

Hints: Teams have been instructed to call GC; if you familiarize yourself with the attached hints feel free to assist

Answers: Teams have been instructed to phone in their answer to the Institute. If they try to give you the answer, remind them to follow instructions.

Site Close Down:

Thank the host
Call GC
Return your name badge(s) and lanyard to GC HQ at the end of your shift

Other Instructions:

Stay in character.
Except ... if a team says "time out," break character and help them.

Detailed Description

Puzzle Answer

Puzzle Solution

Budget

Credits

Manager

Trisha and Wei-Hwa

Hints

Ask teams what they have done, probing details if necessary (often this will get a team unstuck by themselves).

?

Response to Correct Answer

To Do

Other Notes

Difference between revisions of "Template-Event"

Latest revision as of 18:17, 29 March 2012

Contents

Status

Location

Type

Plot Setup

Props

How To Give To Teams

Props

Plot Point to Convey

Short Description

Open Time Period

Staff Instructions

Detailed Description

Puzzle Answer

Puzzle Solution

Budget

Credits

Manager

Hints

Response to Correct Answer

To Do

Other Notes

Navigation menu

Views

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 ==Location==
-'''Status''':
+'''Name and Address''':
-'''GC PoC''': (650) 395-8463, lab@trenchwood.com
-'''Site PoC''':
 '''Parking''':
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 '''Food''':
+'''GC PoC''': (415) 475-8463, lab@trenchwood.com
+'''Site PoC''': (only to be contacted in emergency or if directed to by GC HQ)
 ==Type==
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 ==Plot Setup==
+==Props==
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   FROM: lab@trenchwood.com
- Research Project Title: Password
+<poem style="border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; background-color: #f9f9f9; padding: 1em;">
- Objective: Find password to Doctor When's Brain-O-Matic 9000 supercomputer
+Research Project Title: Password
- Location:  Doctor When's childhood home, 632 Cole Street, San Francisco
+Objective: Find password to Doctor When's Brain-O-Matic 9000 supercomputer
- Upon Completion: Call lab on speakerphone and ask to speak with Prof. Chronos
+Location:  Doctor When's childhood home, 632 Cole Street, San Francisco
- Parking:  Street, some metered; nearby lot at 801 Stanyan Street
+Upon Completion: Call lab on speakerphone and ask to speak with Prof. Chronos
- Need To Park: Yes
+Parking:  Street, some metered; nearby lot at 801 Stanyan Street
- Bathrooms At Location:  One
+Need To Park: Yes
- Food At Location:  Restaurants and cafes around the corner, especially on Haight Street
+Personnel Required: All members of your group should go into Wesley's home--you may need every set of eyes to find clues leading to his password
- Notes:
+Bathrooms At Location:  One
- * All members of your group should go into Wesley's home--you may need every set of eyes to find clues leading to his password
+Food At Location:  Restaurants and cafes around the corner, especially on Haight Street
-  * After you visit Doctor When's home is a good time to have lunch
+Notes:  <u>After</u> you visit Doctor When's home is a good time to have lunch
+</poem>
 ==Props==
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 ==Open Time Period==
-Saturday, 10:20 AM to 15:55 (3:55 PM)
+Saturday, 10:20 AM till all teams (16 for Game 1, 17 for Game 2) have picked up (estimated 3:55 PM)
 ==Staff Instructions==
 '''Your Role''':
+'''What To Wear''':
+'''What Your Character Knows''':
+'''Puzzles At This Site''':
+'''Where To Get Materials''':
 '''Setup Instructions''':
@@ Line 64: / Line 75: @@
 * Call GC when you are ready for teams
-'''Handout Script''':
+'''Handout Instructions''':
+Discretely keep a running count of the number of teams who have picked up...so that you know when to close down the site.
+When a team arrives say words to the effect of,
 PLAYERS:
 {{quote|
-Pardon us. We were sent by Doctor When's laboratory. He misplaced some information and they thought perhaps it was here.
+Blah.
 }}
-'''Hints''': Teams have been instructed to call GC; it would be out of character for Mr. When to give hints (besides, they're unlikely to be solving at the actual location)
+'''Hints''': Teams have been instructed to call GC; if you familiarize yourself with the attached hints feel free to assist
-'''Answers''': Teams have been instructed to email their answer to the Institute.
+'''Answers''': Teams have been instructed to phone in their answer to the Institute. If they try to give you the answer, remind them to follow instructions.
 '''Site Close Down''':
 * Thank the host
 * Call GC
+* Return your name badge(s) and lanyard to GC HQ at the end of your shift
 '''Other Instructions''':
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 ==Puzzle Solution==
-The story has only 3 outcomes:  conclusion 1, conclusion 2, or a "try again" page that sends you back to the beginning.
-The "try again page" (16) actually describes the sequence of layers you will encounter in the course of solving this puzzle.  They are called out below as GUIDING SPIRIT quotes.
- GUIDING SPIRIT #1:  "You shouldn't be here. This is not the right path for you. You must start on the right path."
-Starting from page 1, follow all right-hand choices at bottom of each page. All of them lead to a right-hand (odd-numbered) page, to further reinforce the right-ness, and it ends up at a conclusion (p31) instead of the "try again" page.  Initial letters on this path spell a message:
-23 7 19 21 17 9 25 29 5 27 11 3 15 31
- PAGE NUMBERS INDEX
-For reference, the story on this path flows as follows:
-*    straight to castle
-*    accept princess quest to slay dragon
-*    encounter troll bridge
-*    detour to blacksmith
-*    proceed to wizard
-*    detour to grouchy
-*    fight dragon
-*    return and stay with princess
- GUIDING SPIRIT #2:  "The being of light extends its index finger"
-Following the same path, and indexing the text on each page by its page number, yields this sequence of letters:
- PARIGRAPH LENGTHS
- (There was a typo in one playtested draft, to be fixed for game: PARAGRAPH)
- GUIDING SPIRIT #3:  "... the route you have chosen ... look at it with remorse."
-On that same path, each page now represents a letter of morse code.  Short paragraphs are dots, long paragraphs are dashes.  The new message obtained reads:
- L AND R ALTERNATING
- GUIDING SPIRIT #4:  "There is an alternate path.  It does not start out right, but it ends well as well."
-Find a new path starting from page 1, this time choosing the left option (does not start out right), then the right, and alternating thereafter.
-A new, but still consistent, storyline is obtained on this path.  It happens to use all even pages, which is an artifact of construction and not relevant to the solution.  Like the other path, it ends with a happy conclusion (p32) (ends well as well).
-22  28 4  18 24  12 30  26 10  8 20  2 14  6 32
-The new story flow is:
-*  farmer gossip
-*  minotaur
-*  gypsies, stay the night
-*  giant's castle
-*  hide in sheep
-*  find harp, treasure
-*  slay sleeping dragon
-*  rescue princess
-*  chased by giant
-*  bring her to your time
-The first letters of the new path spell a new message:
- PATHS AS SEMAPHORE
- GUIDING SPIRIT #5:  "Are there any symbols or flags ...?"
-The two choices at the bottom of each page on this path represent two cardinal directions.  They may be of the form North + West, or Up + Left.  Sometimes they're explicit in the choice text, sometimes the direction is given in the page body and only indirectly referred to in the choice text.  In one case, some deduction is required to remember which direction was traveled FROM to arrive at this page, and the reverse of that direction matches the "go back" choice.
-Matching the two directions to semaphore flag signal code yields this message:
- XS BECOME BIG DOTS
- GUIDING SPIRIT #6:  "you do not see. You must learn to see the right spots ... completely blinding you."
-There are very few instances of the letter "X" (capital or lowercase) on the pages of this path.  They are to be interpreted as Braille, in the frame of the whole page.  This yields one more message:
- PRIME PAGE ENDINGS
- GUIDING SPIRIT #7:
-There is no guiding spirit hint for the final step.  Starting from the beginning of the book, look at the last letter on all page numbers that are prime.  This is your final message:
-3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31
- BUFFY ROCKS!
 ==Budget==
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 ==Credits==
-* Dwight - concept and prototype.
+*
-* Wei-Hwa - structural revision.
-* Trisha & Erik - narrative writing.
 ==Manager==
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 ==Hints==
+Ask teams what they have done, probing details if necessary (often this will get a team unstuck by themselves).
 ?
 ==Response to Correct Answer==
-Team phones Institute. Answer is verified by lab assistant (p. 10 of script)
-: LAB ASSISTANT (O.C.)
-: Hello.  Trenchwood Institute.  How may I direct your call?
-: VISITOR 1
-: We're the ____ team.  We've cracked the password to the Brain-O-Matic supercomputer.
-: LAB ASSISTANT (O.C.)
-: Excellent!  What is it?
-: VISITOR 1
-: It's _____.
-Use the following lines for an incorrect answer:
-: LAB ASSISTANT (O.C.)
-: Oh, that can't be right.  We tried that one already.  Would you keep working on it and call back later?
-: VISITOR 1
-: Sure thing!
-The call ends.
-Use the following lines for a correct answer:
-: LAB ASSISTANT (O.C.)
-: We haven't tried that one yet...let me patch you though to Prof. Chronos.  But first...are you on speakerphone?
-: VISITOR 1
-: Absolutely.
-: LAB ASSISTANT (O.C.)
-: Excellent.  I'll connect you.
-: PROF. CHRONOS (O.C.)
-: Hello!  I hope you have good news--we really need to access his supercomputer!
-: VISITOR 1
-: The password is "BUFFYROCKS"!
-: PROF. CHRONOS (O.C.)
-: Buffy?  He can't still be thinking  about that stuck-up, conniving, boy-stealing bimbo of a cheerleader from high school, who right now is probably a waitress at an all-night diner in Reno?  Buffy?  I...
-: Keyboard sounds in the background as Prof. Chronos types in the password.
-: PROF. CHRONOS (O.C., CONT'D.)
-: I can't believe it.  I just typed it in and it works!
-: VISITOR 1
-: What can we do now?
-: PROF. CHRONOS (O.C.)
-: Oh, yes, there's so much more we need your help with.  But I have to rush off to an urgent calculation.  I hope you don't mind if I hand you off to one of the lab assistants for your next research assignment.
-Lab assistant sends them to either optional, role-oriented puzzle or Calibration puzzle.
 ==To Do==