Fifteen ways to make them work for it.
Every format runs in the browser, checks its answer on the server (a melody to repeat excepted, since players must hear it) and works with a keyboard where the mechanic allows it.
What is a challenge lock?- Numeric codeMost usedThe default for anything a player can read as digits: a date, a count, a room number, a result.Learn more →
- NumberA quantity rather than a code: how many sweets are in the jar, what year the bridge opened, how far it is to the lighthouse.Learn more →
- Direction (4 ways)Movement expressed as arrows, with four directions.Learn more →
- Touch patternA shape drawn across nine dots, the way a phone unlock works.Learn more →
- Written answerMost usedA written-answer lock (often called a password lock) asks players to type a word or short phrase that answers a riddle or a clue.Learn more →
- Direction (8 ways)The same idea with diagonals, which doubles the space and lets a sequence trace a recognisable shape rather than a path..Learn more →
- Colour sequenceAn ordered sequence of colours.Learn more →
- SwitchesAn unordered set: some switches up, the rest down.Learn more →
- Username and passwordTwo fields instead of one, which lets you split a secret across two clues or two people.Learn more →
- Ordered switchesThe same switches, but the order counts.Learn more →
- Musical sequenceA melody to listen to, then play back on a piano, or a tune to recognise and name.Learn more →
- Grid 4x4Sixteen cells, of which a handful are right.Learn more →
- Real GPS positionThe player's real position, verified against a coordinate and a radius.Learn more →
- SudokuSolve the grid.
- WordleGuess the five-letter word.