Season MM what kind of puzzle solver are you?

[Halisi Valentine]

I am going to start to build Season MM soon, but before I do I need to know your limits. Tell me what kind of puzzle you would be comfortable solving on your own. On a scale of 1 being the easiest to solve, and 10 being the hardest to solve. I'll example 1, 5, & 10 difficulties below.

Difficulty 1 puzzle noob:
In this room there is a locked box, it requires a 3 digit passcode. The numbers are hidden in this room. Each number will be 2 digits the passcode only accepts one digit numbers in each slot. Your have 15 minutes to solve this puzzle.

Difficulty 5 Average "should have common sense" person:
In this room is a locked box, it requires a 5 digit passcode. The numbers are hidden in mini puzzles throughout the room. There are 3 hidden numbers, each is 3 digits. The passcode is the digital root of each, turn these numbers into a 3 digit number. For example 9-5-7 becomes 957. Then add the digital root of that 9+5=14, 1+4=5, 5+7=12, 1+2=3. Stop at the last 2 digit number and that's your passcode 95712. You have 30 minutes to complete this puzzle.

Difficulty 10 ∞(infinite) hardships
In this room there is a locked box, it requires a 10 digit passcode. The numbers will be hidden values related to objects in this room. You will not find any actual numbers. For example a toy snake would be 2, or a toy ball could mean 0, it won't be impossible though. There will be list hidden in the room that makes searching for the number easier. This pass code uses a hit/dodge system. If you get a number right you get a dodge, if you get a number right and get it in the right spot you get a hit. You have 5 attempts at this puzzle before it resets the number. Inside the safe is a puzzle box that you must slide the pieces into place in order to solve. I will make the description of the box clear and concise, and give you a hint for it. Inside this box is a key that will allow you to escape. You have 1 hour to solve this puzzle.


Just make a post with a number you are comfortable with, posting here will not require you to join the season.

[The City [EclipseZwolf]]

I like the idea of having more difficult puzzles, but I think in general you want to keep the puzzles around difficulty 5 unless you remove the time limit. The higher difficulty puzzles will likely end up being impossible because many players can't just spend an hour on a puzzle they stumble upon. Suggestions to work around it are to label rooms with a puzzle and state the difficulty and estimated time so that we don't get the player running around for five minutes grabbing everything failing the puzzle for everyone.

I can see myself being comfortable solving puzzles with a difficulty of 6 alone in the time limit.

[Halisi Valentine]

The time limits are not continuous, if you need to leave I will pause the timer. Also those time limits are not final and only apply to certain rooms. The higher difficulty puzzles are only for those who want that kind of challenge. I understand your concern and appreciate your feedback.