My clock puzzle, titled Time Teasers, is a puzzle where you use posters and clocks around the room to get a four-digit code to enter into a combination lock. The project started with the idea that clocks could help create an interesting puzzle. While brainstorming, I came up with the idea that you could get numbers through subtracting one hand from another. The first time anyone tried to solve it, they had no way of knowing you needed subtraction so I made a math clue and a hand clue to help point them in the right direction. After adding these hints, the puzzle was much more successful. The next step was improving the clues and clocks to make them more accurate and realistic, and we made many prototypes. In its final form, the puzzle works by helping escapees make the connection between subtraction and the clock hands using the math and hand poster. Afterwards, solvers will do the math from subtracting the small hand from the big hand. Next, they will put the numbers in order based on the clock and its order on the four-part puzzle. Finally, they will put this code into a combination lockbox and get the name after opening the box. My puzzle is meaningful because there are a lot of clues and connections the solver can make to help them solve the puzzle and help give them the sense of accomplishment after solving each part of the puzzle.

My clock puzzle, titled Time Teasers, is a puzzle where you use posters and clocks around the room to get a four-digit code to enter into a combination lock. The project started with the idea that clocks could help create an interesting puzzle. While brainstorming, I came up with the idea that you could get numbers through subtracting one hand from another. The first time anyone tried to solve it, they had no way of knowing you needed subtraction so I made a math clue and a hand clue to help point them in the right direction. After adding these hints, the puzzle was much more successful. The next step was improving the clues and clocks to make them more accurate and realistic, and we made many prototypes. In its final form, the puzzle works by helping escapees make the connection between subtraction and the clock hands using the math and hand poster. Afterwards, solvers will do the math from subtracting the small hand from the big hand. Next, they will put the numbers in order based on the clock and its order on the four-part puzzle. Finally, they will put this code into a combination lockbox and get the name after opening the box. My puzzle is meaningful because there are a lot of clues and connections the solver can make to help them solve the puzzle and help give them the sense of accomplishment after solving each part of the puzzle.

Car Track Puzzle is a puzzle designed for an escape room where you input a code you get from a cypher on a poster, releasing a car down a track that flips flags that spell a name. The keypad works using an Arduino and 4 buttons labeled 6, 7, 8, and 5. The code for the Arduino uses an array to tell if the buttons are correctly pressed. For the track, the car starts at the top in a box with a flap attached to a servo. when the code is entered, the flap opens, releasing the car down the track. The flag flipping mechanism uses a lever in the middle of the track attached to the same shaft as the flag. As the car passes over the levers, they flip down into the track, rotating the shaft and lifting the flags. This project is meaningful because it might be chosen to be part of an escape room, and solving the puzzle would give the people in the escape room joy and satisfaction.