a small-town history museum curator examining a baffling donated object
Something was donated to my museum this morning and I cannot figure out what to do with it. I have worked here for twenty-two years. I have catalogued farm equipment, Civil War relics, old photographs. Whatever this is, I have never seen anything like it. I am sitting here with it on my desk right now.
This is a Nature-Science puzzle of medium difficulty with one hidden answer. Players had up to 5 questions to ask the constrained voice before having to commit to an answer.
Nature-Science puzzles ask the player to identify something from the natural world or a scientific concept, often through the perceptions of a non-human voice or an observer who lacks the technical vocabulary.
Distribution across all production attempts.
Every 5Qs puzzle is built around a constrained voice. The voice knows the answer but can only communicate within a specific perspective — a doorman new to the city, a dog who only thinks in smell and crunch, an empty lot that has never been occupied before. The voice will not name the answer outright. The fun is figuring out what to ask so that the lens reveals enough for you to put a name on what the voice is describing.