Escape-Room-BIOLOGY

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<basicText>You awake to find yourself in the year 2063, and with a terrible realization. There is a huge problem facing Earth, and you must save the planet.. [[Next]] </basicText>

<basicText>For some time now, sexual reproduction has stopped, and all known life forms are now asexual. Why, we simply do not know. But it happened. And it was fine, for a short period. But as you know, without sex to generate new gene combinations, many species are dying out as the environment changes around them. You have stumbled across some old documents that the famous biology professor Sehoya Cotner made back in her day. She retired years ago, and has long forgotten about these documents and their value. You see, they contain the keys to solve this problem! [[Information about the game]] [[Open the documents]] </basicText>

<basicText> You opened one of the documents and realized it had a defense mechanism to keep people from mistreating it! In fact, its made up of.. of... puzzles? Yes! Puzzles. The documents are locked, and you can unlock them by solving a series of puzzles. But hurry. Dr Cotner also put a time limit on these documents—only somebody who understands the Biodiversity of Reproduction can solve this huge challenge facing Earth. <<if visited() is 1>><<script>> setup.countdown( // Countdown duration (in seconds). 60*60, // Name of passage to evaluate when countdown reaches zero. 'Lost' ); <</script>><</if>>\ You can see a countdown timer running on the left. And the key will be destroyed if the timer runs out, and you don’t figure out these puzzles before that. Good luck. The world is depending on you. First, we have to think about who might survive if this scenario continues. <img class="center-fit" src="DontOpen/asexual_puzzle.png"> <<set $answer to ''>>\ <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> <<if $answer is 'sperm'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Brilliant, we can continue!|Second]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText> <<scrolldown>>

<basicText>This game is made to simulate an "escape room"-game. That means you have to look for codes and hints that can open the virtual locks, letting you escape these virtual escape rooms. This is a group task, and it can really help to discuss each task with each other, and to cooperate to move through the rooms. The solutions are “hidden in plain sight.” This means you may need to think creatively to figure out each code. Since you are sitting on your computer, with internet access, you can use the world of information to learn more about the biodiversity of reproduction as you solve these problems. In fact, the whole game is centered on the Biodiversity of Reproduction. Keep that in mind. [[Back|Next]] </basicText>

<basicText> <a href="DontOpen/Third-puzzle.htm" target="_blank">Open the next puzzle</a>(This will open a new tab) //L _ _ _//   //_ _ _ _ L// <<set $answer to ''>>\ <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> /% trim() removes leading and trailing whitespace, toLowerCase() convert to lower case, replace turns multiple spaces between words into single spaces. you may want to omit some or all of these methods. %/ <<if $answer is 'land snail'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Move on!|Link to third passage]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText>

<basicText> <a href="DontOpen/Second-puzzle.html" target="_blank">Open the third puzzle</a> (This will open a new tab) looks like we have to solve the 4 digit code to find a word that goes here.. <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> /% trim() removes leading and trailing whitespace, toLowerCase() convert to lower case, replace turns multiple spaces between words into single spaces. you may want to omit some or all of these methods. %/ <<if $answer is 'offspring'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Next!|Link to second passage]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText>

<span id="countdown"> The key will be destroyed in $minutes minutes and $seconds seconds</span> <<silently>> <<repeat 1s>> <<set $seconds to $seconds - 1>> <<if $seconds gt 0>> <<replace "#countdown">> The key will be destroyed in $minutes minutes and $seconds seconds<</replace>> <<elseif $minutes gt 0>> <<set $minutes to $minutes - 1>> <<set $seconds to 60>> <<replace "#countdown">> The key will be destroyed in $minutes minutes and $seconds seconds<</replace>> <<elseif $seconds is 0 and $minutes is 0>> <<replace "#countdown">><</replace>> <<goto "Lost">> <<stop>> <<endif>> <</repeat>> <</silently>>

<basicText> We use the term “ploidy” a lot when we talk about reproduction and life cycles. For example, human cells can be diploid or haploid. A human cell that is diploid contains 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. When we say these cells are diploid, or 2n, we are referring to the fact that each homologous pair of chromosomes consists on one maternally derived chromosome (a copy of one that was in the mother's egg) and one paternally derived chromosome (a copy of one that was in the father's sperm). There is no third party involved! [[Flower|Flower Circle]] [[Ferns|Fern Circle]] [[Different species|Species Circle]] hmm... interesting [[But we have to move on!|Sex-Change]] </basicText>

[img[DontOpen/floral_cycle.png]] [[Back|Link to third passage]]

<img src="DontOpen/fern_cycle.png" width="100%"> [[Back|Link to third passage]]

<img src="DontOpen/OtherSpecies_Cycle.png" width="100%"> [[Back|Link to third passage]]

<basicText> <img src="DontOpen/clockCircle.png" width="100%"> <<set $answer to ''>>\ <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> /% trim() removes leading and trailing whitespace, toLowerCase() convert to lower case, replace turns multiple spaces between words into single spaces. you may want to omit some or all of these methods. %/ <<if $answer is 'diploid' or $answer is '2n'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Next!|Ploydi]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText>

<basicText> <<set $first to 0>> <<set $second to 0>> <<set $third to 0>> <<set $fourth to 0>> <div class = "header"><span id="code"> Code: $first $second $third $fourth </span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<if $first is 2 and $second is 1 and $third is 1 and $fourth is 3>> <<replace '#code'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#code'>>\ [[Next!|Relationship]]\ <</replace>> <<else>> <<replace '#code'>>\ Incorrect.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </div> <img src="DontOpen/ClownFish.jpg" width="50%"> Clown Fish <div class="threecolumn"> <<link [img[DontOpen/egg_switch.png]]>> <<set $first to 1>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/clown_switch.png]]>> <<set $first to 2>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/no_switch.png]]>> <<set $first to 3>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> </div> <img src="DontOpen/turtle.jpg" width="50%"> Sea Turtle <div class="threecolumn"> <<link [img[DontOpen/egg_switch.png]]>> <<set $second to 1>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/turtle_switch.png]]>> <<set $second to 2>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/no_switch.png]]>> <<set $second to 3>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> </div> <img src="DontOpen/beardedDragon.jpg" width="50%"> Bearded Dragon <div class="threecolumn"> <<link [img[DontOpen/egg_switch.png]]>> <<set $third to 1>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/beardy_switch.png]]>> <<set $third to 2>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/no_switch.png]]>> <<set $third to 3>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> </div> <img src="DontOpen/bee.jpg" width="50%"> Bee <div class="threecolumn"> <<link [img[DontOpen/egg_switch.png]]>> <<set $fourth to 1>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/bee_switch.png]]>> <<set $fourth to 2>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> <<link [img[DontOpen/no_switch.png]]>> <<set $fourth to 3>> <<replace "#code">> Code: $first $second $third $fourth <</replace>> <</link>> </div> </basicText>

<basicText> <a href="DontOpen/RelationPuzzle.htm" target="_blank">Open the puzzle</a>(This will open a new tab) looks like we have to solve yet another 4 digit code to find the next password.. <<set $answer to ''>>\ <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> /% trim() removes leading and trailing whitespace, toLowerCase() convert to lower case, replace turns multiple spaces between words into single spaces. you may want to omit some or all of these methods. %/ <<if $answer is 'meiosis'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Next!|coordinates]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText>

<basicText> 52.031872, -3.206613 53.524744, -1.630382 <img src="DontOpen/squamata.png" width="40%"> All male snakes and lizards (in the group Squamata) have paired intromittent organs that lie in pouches at the base of the tail. Each is called a hemipenis. These hemipenes are usually held inverted within the animal’s body, but then everted for reproduction via erectile tissue—like that of the human penis. Only one hemipenis is used at a time, and some evidence indicates that males alternate use between copulations. Hemipenes exist in a variety of shapes (and sizes! And colors!), depending on the species. Often the hemipenis bears spines or hooks, to anchor the male within the female, or to scrub out the sperm of rival males (from a prior copulation). <<set $answer to ''>>\ <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> <<if $answer is 'penis'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Next!|WIN]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText>

Something is being sent to you from your computer. It is a coded message that Dr Cotner made sure was only sent to the right people. <img src="DontOpen/crypted.png" width="100%"> <img src="DontOpen/victory.jpg" width="100%"> <text>YOU DID IT!</text> <basicText> Congratulations, you know a lot more about reproduction than most people, and life on Earth—as we know it--can continue. Thank you! </basicText>

<basicText> <a href="DontOpen/First-puzzle.htm" target="_blank">Open the second puzzle</a>(this will open a new tab with the second puzzle you must solve) The answer is hidden in the puzzle <<set $answer to ''>>\ <<textbox '$answer' '' autofocus>> <span id='textbox-reply'></span> <span id='textbox-submit'>\ <<button 'Submit'>> <<set $answer to $answer.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s\s+/g, ' ')>> /% trim() removes leading and trailing whitespace, toLowerCase() convert to lower case, replace turns multiple spaces between words into single spaces. you may want to omit some or all of these methods. %/ <<if $answer is 'fish'>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Correct!\ <</replace>> <<replace '#textbox-submit'>>\ [[Next puzzle|Link to first passage]]\ <</replace>> <<run $('#textbox-answer').attr('readonly', 'true');>> /% prevent the textbox from being edited any further %/ <<else>> <<replace '#textbox-reply'>>\ Incorrect. Please try again.\ <</replace>> <</if>> <</button>>\ </span> </basicText>

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