Enigma vs CHRONOS I

SOLVE PUZZLES TO BUILD LITERACY Transform your literacy skills with engaging, puzzle-solving gameplay. Learn to recognize letters, build words, and read and write sentences by deciphering the ancient language of Atlantis. PRACTICE EVERYDAY SKILLS Play fun, timed mini-games that test your reading skills in everyday situations, from figuring out a bus schedule to paying the correct amount of cash when you go shopping. PLAY IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH Whether you are a native English speaker looking to boost your literacy skills or a Spanish speaker learning to read English, we support you with instructions delivered in your native language. VISIT REAL-WORLD LOCATIONS Visit real locations in Peru. UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF ATLANTIS Seek out hidden ancient relics and energize the mysterious crystals that power Atlantis. As you learn more, you can dig deeper into the history of the once great civilization. WHY WE MADE THIS GAME In the United States alone, 32 million adults cannot read, including almost 20% of high-school graduates. Reading is a key skill in today’s modern, fast-paced, and dynamic lifestyle. Programs targeting our adult learner population are few and far between. Engima: Essentials I presents a new approach to learning, combining university developed and tested teaching methods with the game development expertise of industry professionals and a premier game development university program. We focus on how adults learn to read and respect their sensibilities and character, while still making a game suitable for all ages.

An escape room played entirely through a terminal. You are locked in an isolation chamber with one console and a 60 minute purge timer. The way out runs through fifty years of computing: a 1977 PDP-11 running Unix v6, an Apple II dialing a bulletin board at 300 baud in 1983, Usenet the week the Morris worm hit in 1988, the early web in 1995, a Windows 2000 server still in service in 2008, and a 2015 Linux box. Every era is a hacking puzzle built from the tools of its day, and what you take from one machine is what gets you into the next. Every command you type belongs to that machine and that time. If you have ever used ed in anger, you will feel at home. If you have not, the machines will teach you. Seven layers. Four endings. Roughly an hour, and the timer is real. **WHAT THIS IS NOT** No accounts. No signup. No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing is collected about you, and the game does not need a network connection once installed. Put your phone in airplane mode and it plays exactly the same. **BUILT FOR THE PHONE** A dedicated key bar puts arrows, Tab, and copy and paste within reach, so a real terminal is usable with your thumbs. Machine responses have haptic feedback. If you get interrupted, the game picks up where you left off. 60 minutes. One console. Get out.