Useful links
đź“Š Our spreadsheet
Puzzle-making tools
Puzzle sources
Canonically ordered lists
Ways to Hide a Letter
3D Printing Resources
Panopto Videos
Spreadsheet magic
Pattern-matching tools
Contact
Mr. Weisz, instructor
[email protected]
Elsa Cukierman, TA
[email protected]
Class info
Wednesdays
12:30-15:20 CT
Crerar 134
Syllabus
TMPD Syllabus
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Class #8: Nov 20
Journal
- How did class go today?
- How are you feeling about the final project? Any questions or concerns?
- What are you doing during the week off for Thanksgiving break?
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions in Canvas
- Come to our next class with a playtest-able first draft of your final project
- Plan for about 45 minutes of game content
- Each team will have about an hour to playtest + debrief
Class #7: Nov 13
Deck
Journal
- How did class go today?
- Is there a skill (e.g. 3D printing, electronics, audio editing) you’d like to learn and use in your final project?
- What's your favorite bit of trivia?
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions in Canvas
- Reg Walkaround revisions
- Create a shell-less meta
- Write up and submit 3 ideas for your final project (due Sun Nov 12)
Class #5: Oct 30
Journal
- How did class go today?
- How might you use the skills you gained in this class, after class is over?
- What’s a website you visit or app you use that I’ve probably never been to?
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions are in Canvas
- Walkaround puzzle
- Board game revisions
- Cryptics
- Read about cryptics, solve a cryptic
- Write 4 cryptic clues in your group
- Submit all outstanding homework
Class #4: Oct 23
Links
Journal
- How did class go today?
- Anything we haven’t covered yet that you want to make sure we do?
- What’s one of your favorite books?
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions are in Canvas
- Read about logic
- Board Game project
- Draft due Wednesday in class
- Revised mini audio adventure and showcase
- Indicate times that work for your team on Doodle puzzle by Sunday night
Class #3: Oct 16
Deck and handouts/other materials
Pintopia_Press.pdf
Mini audio escape game - script and doc sample.pdf
Dependency chart on Miro
Journal
- How did class go today?
- What's your main concern about making puzzles?
- What's something I don't know about you yet? A hobby, talent, passion, etc.
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions are in Canvas
- Objects puzzle revisions and playtest notes
- Solve Pintopia Press
- Listen to this episode (s3e7: In-convenience Store) of Escape this Podcast
- Audiovisual "escape room"
- Outline of story and your plan to satisfy the requirements by Friday
- Ready to run for another team by class time on Wednesday
Class #2: Oct 9
Deck and handouts
Imprtnt.pdf
TMPD 2.pdf
TMPD 2.pdf
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions are in Canvas
Solve (in group)
Make (in group)
- Week 1 puzzle revisions w/ flavor text and playtest notes
- Physical things puzzle
Journal questions
- How was the pacing of today vs. first week?
- Something you know about puzzles that you didn’t know two weeks ago.
- What’s one question you have from class today?
Class #1: Oct 2
Deck and handouts
TMPD 1.pdf
Handouts from class
Horoscopes.pdf
Horoscopes solution.pdf
Links
- OneLook (dictionary pattern matching)
- Nutrimatic (pattern matching based on Wikipedia’s corpus)
Homework
👉 Longer descriptions are in Canvas
Solve (in group)
Make (in group)
- 20 things you find on campus that can be turned into a puzzle.
- 10 lists that are canonically numbered 1-26
- Alphabet mapping + hidden ordering puzzle, using one of your 10 lists.
Read & watch