Three records.
One transmission.
Your crew has recovered fragments from a silent relay station. Exchange clues, recover its readings and work out the final message together.
This is an AI-assisted prototype for playtesting. Its puzzle logic has been checked, but human enjoyment, difficulty and completion time have not been established. It is free; no purchase or sign-up is required.
Run the playtest
- Print the player pack single-sided, one set per team. A4 or US Letter works; no cutting or colour printing is needed.
- Keep the host answers separate. Read the welcome together, then distribute the three records as instructed.
- Let the team exchange information and solve the transmission. The host can give staged hints when asked.
For more people, use several teams with identical sets. Larger-group facilitation is still untested.
Help us learn what needs work
If you try it, tell us your group size, time taken, hints used and the exact point where anyone got confused. Would you choose something like this for a real group event?
Email playtest notes ↗Opens your email app. Please leave out other players' personal details.
What can I use it for?
You may download, print and run this prototype for personal, classroom or internal staff playtests. Please do not resell or redistribute the files or use them for paid admission. There is no paid product or commercial licence being sold on this page.
How was it made and checked?
VentureOS used AI assistance to draft, revise and check this original sample. An exhaustive check found one valid beacon assignment, and a separate model-based reviewer solved the player instructions without the host key. Those checks do not establish human playability or demand. No competitor puzzle assets were used.