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Try the art of deduction like Sherlock Holmes.

One photograph of a stranger's space. Read the clues, deduce who lives there.

Every day brings a new stranger's space. A desk, a room, a portrait. Your job is what Holmes did best: read the room for what it gives away, then name the person who lives there. The AI grades how close you got.

The question changes shape through the week: some days you write, some days you tap the photograph, pick the lie or put events in order. Meet all the case types →

The scene · what you see

A stranger's space arrives.

Example case, a software developer's apartment
Example
◆◆ Medium

The main question

Who lives here, and what does a normal week look like for them?

A magnifier helps you read fine detail. Clothes, objects, posture, lighting.

Your answer · in the day's format

Write it, mark it, match it, or order it.

"A software developer, probably mid-career. The dual monitors and mechanical keyboard suggest a serious setup, the sticky notes hint at active debugging, and the worn dev hoodie reads casual office or remote work."

Specific beats vague. Hedging like "probably" is free.

Or pin the evidence directly on the photo

Click Add pins bottom-right (or the FAB on mobile), then click anywhere on the photograph and write a short note. Pins are an alternative way to tag evidence; they get bundled with your prose but don't give extra points. Use either method, or both.

The verdict · what comes back

The AI grades how close you got.

78

/100

A sharp eye

Main 48/60 · Bonus 32/40 · Penalty −2

Sherlock's note

A confident read, Watson. The dual monitors and the worn dev hoodie did most of the work for you, and you saw it. The mug's joke and the sticky-note ritual escaped your eye, though.

Words the AI recognised
software developermid-careerdebuggingremote work

One game, fifteen modes

READ

Write your deduction in your own words.

MARK

Tap the photo. The image is the answer sheet.

DECIDE

Sharp choices, honest traps.

ORDER

Put time back in its place.

The question changes with the day; the discipline never does. See all fifteen on the Modes page.


After the verdict
  • The Common Room opens. Read what other detectives saw in the same photograph, and tip your hat to the best reading.
  • Your casebook keeps the score. Every solved case lands in the Archive with your marks and your streak.
  • A new file at midnight. No file is opened twice.

What earns what

Main reading

up to 60 pts

Bonus observations

up to 40 pts

Confidently wrong

up to −10 pts


Three things that move the score

  • Name specifics. "Nurse in her 30s" beats "a medical worker."
  • Connect clues. Saying why turns a guess into a deduction.
  • Write in any language. Turkish, English, whatever you think in.