Energy Time Trek Power Play
Power Play is an “escape room” style game where you must use your cunning and intellect to figure out the puzzles. But these puzzles can be tough to figure out! Most of the puzzles have little to no instructions on how to solve them. It’s up to you and your friends to analyze the puzzle and see if you can figure out what’s going on. Think hard, work together and do your best!
Puzzle #1
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by focusing only on the “direction” words (up, down, left, right) in the note. Students must write down the words and enter them in the order in which they appear in Genghis’ note.
Hints
Hint #1: The answer is written.
Hint #2: Focus on the letter.
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #2
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by realizing that the list of the pairs of numbers are coordinate pairs. The first number in each pair lets you know how many spaces to the right to move on the grid. The second number of the pair lets you know how many spaces up you must move on the grid. At the location of each coordinate pair is a letter. After you find all the letters from all the coordinate pairs, you will find that it spells out the words “rotten eggs.”
Hints
Hint #1: What do those numbers and colors mean?
Hint #2: Green, then red.
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #3
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by associating the shapes in each location name with the times visited. The students should enter the shapes in order from the earliest time to the latest time.
Hints
Hint #1: Those are some important times.
Hint #2: Which is the earliest?
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #4
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by figuring out that the combination of shapes are actually math problems. The students need to count the number of sides on each shape and then use those numbers in the math problems. Then they need to enter the answers into the boxes at the bottom of the page.
Hints
Hint #1: Are these math problems?
Hint #2: Count the number of sides in each shape, then use those numbers in the math problems.
Solution
Combination
Puzzle #5
What players will see:
Explanation
This solution can be found by figuring out that the first letter of the first word of each line of the poem is slightly larger than the rest of the letters. The students need to figure out that e each of the first letters will also be the first letter of one of the available colors. They need to enter the colors in the order in which their first letters appear in the poem.
Hints
Hint #1: Do some of the letters look odd?
Hint #2: The first letter of each line is the first letter of a color.
Solution
Combination
