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{{Infobox puzzle
{{Infobox puzzle
|title = Gallery of Tomorrow
|title = <!-- Puzzle title, defaults to subpage name, but be sure to include in case of slashes or weird formatting -->
|hunt =
|hunt = <!-- Hunt name, defaults to page parent. Do not link with [[]]; it'll automatically do so -->
|round = Spaceopolis
|round = Spaceopolis
|image = <!-- Should start with File: -->
|image = File:Gallery of Tomorrow.png
|image_width = <!-- include "px", defaults to 200px -->
|image_width = 200px
|image_caption =
|image_caption =
|author =
|author = Jan Chong, Doug Zongker
|solves =
|solves =
|guesses = <!-- total (correct and incorrect) -->
|guesses = <!-- total (correct and incorrect) -->
|link = <!-- puzzle link, these should all be plain URLs -->
|link = https://puzzles.mit.edu/2020/puzzle/gallery_of_tomorrow/
|solution_link = https://puzzles.mit.edu/2020/puzzle/gallery_of_tomorrow/solution/
|solution_link =
|checker_link =
|checker_link =
|stats_link =
|stats_link =
}}
}}
'''Gallery of Tomorrow''' is a [INSERT PUZZLE TYPE] puzzle from the {{l|Spaceopolis}} round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2020|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. It [INSERT BRIEF DESCRIPTION]
'''Gallery of Tomorrow''' is a image ID puzzle from the {{l|Spaceopolis}} round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2020|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. It was initially presented as an interactive, multiplayer game involving a slideshow of MS-Paint drawings.


==Solve Path==
[INSERT SOLVE PATH]

[INSERT PICTURE]
==Puzzle Elements==
==Puzzle Elements==


[[TEAMWORK TIME]] - The first official ''TEAMWORK TIME'' puzzle, although it no longer retains the label on the hunt site. Teams had a shared instance of the live puzzle, and had to collaboratively...
* [INSERT ELEMENTS]

[[Image ID]] - ...identify the badly-drawn images that were presented to them via...

[[Slideshow]] - ...a rather speedy (and looping) slideshow, although the archived version presents the images statically.

[[Subanswer Checking]] - As soon as someone correctly ID'd one of the images, the server would accept it and no further submissions would be needed.

{{spoilers|text= Fine Art - [[Paintings]] - Each of the images is a recreation of a (relatively) famous painting, the names of which needed to be entered into the submission box while the correct image was on screen.}}

{{spoilers|text=
[[Intentionally Bad Art]] - As previously mentioned, all of the images were created (or at least looked to be created) in Paint, and thus were pretty rough to look at. This was further enforced by submissions of correct artwork having "Bad" appended to the title.}}

{{spoilers|text= [[Initialization]] - Once all of the paintings were identified, solvers could look at the first letters of the original paintings (ignoring leading articles), which gave the final answer.}}

{{#spoiler:show=Final Answer|'''FINGERPAINTS'''}}

Revision as of 22:39, 6 May 2022

Gallery of Tomorrow
MIT Mystery Hunt 2020
Spaceopolis
Author(s)Jan Chong, Doug Zongker
Links
PuzzleLink
SolutionLink

Gallery of Tomorrow is a image ID puzzle from the Spaceopolis round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt. It was initially presented as an interactive, multiplayer game involving a slideshow of MS-Paint drawings.

Puzzle Elements

TEAMWORK TIME - The first official TEAMWORK TIME puzzle, although it no longer retains the label on the hunt site. Teams had a shared instance of the live puzzle, and had to collaboratively...

Image ID - ...identify the badly-drawn images that were presented to them via...

Slideshow - ...a rather speedy (and looping) slideshow, although the archived version presents the images statically.

Subanswer Checking - As soon as someone correctly ID'd one of the images, the server would accept it and no further submissions would be needed.

Click to revealFine Art - Paintings - Each of the images is a recreation of a (relatively) famous painting, the names of which needed to be entered into the submission box while the correct image was on screen.

Click to revealIntentionally Bad Art - As previously mentioned, all of the images were created (or at least looked to be created) in Paint, and thus were pretty rough to look at. This was further enforced by submissions of correct artwork having "Bad" appended to the title.

Click to revealInitialization - Once all of the paintings were identified, solvers could look at the first letters of the original paintings (ignoring leading articles), which gave the final answer.