{"schemaVersion":1,"record":{"key":"mechanic/metroidbrainia--family-06","type":"mechanic","id":"metroidbrainia--family-06","lang":"en","title":"Discovering ways of perceiving","summary":"Players discover how to notice and interpret a previously unclear property of a scene.","updatedAt":"2026-10-22","status":"active","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/metroidbrainia--family-06/","jsonUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/metroidbrainia--family-06.json","markdownUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/metroidbrainia--family-06.md","aliases":[],"tags":["Metroidbrainia","Mechanics catalog"],"sourceIds":["source-f2edfe86ae520f9a"],"sources":[{"id":"source-f2edfe86ae520f9a","title":"Chants of Sennaar","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931770/","verifiedAt":null}],"sections":[{"id":"principle","title":"How it works","body":"What the player is able to notice and interpret changes."},{"id":"variants","title":"Variants","body":"### Variants and applications\n\n<a id=\"family-06-variants\"></a>\n\n- Correct observation point. Disparate elements form a significant figure only from a certain place <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-01\"></a>\n- Recognition of occluded objects. Understanding the structure of the image allows you to notice hidden passages, objects and extensions of structures <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-02\"></a>\n- Reading reflections and shadows. They provide information about objects that cannot be directly seen <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-03\"></a>\n- Changing the channel of perception. A filter, spectrum, lighting or observation mode reveals a different set of properties <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-04\"></a>\n- Negative space. Information is carried by gaps and missing parts, and not by the depicted objects themselves. <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-05\"></a>\n- Reading a sound picture. The pitch, timbre, direction or sequence of sounds encodes a route, state or command <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-06\"></a>\n- Comparison of different feelings. Visual and audio information separately are not sufficient, but together they provide a solution <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-07\"></a>\n- The influence of observation. The state of an object depends on whether it is observed, in what way and under what conditions <a id=\"variant-metroidbrainia-06-08\"></a>"},{"id":"context","title":"Context and limits","body":"In metroidbrainia, progression depends heavily on the player's knowledge: an open rule changes the available actions, routes, or decisions. 91 mechanics in 12 groups, progression techniques, training techniques and edge cases are stored here. For a project, check what knowledge is acquired, how it is derived, what it reveals, and where it is reused. Specific game solutions are not disclosed."}],"relations":[],"placements":[{"catalogId":"metroidbrainia","id":"family-06","title":"Metroidbrainia","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/metroidbrainia/#family-06","categoryIds":["section-1"]}],"supersededBy":[],"attributes":{"preview":{"updatedAt":"2026-10-22","title":"Discovering ways of perceiving","description":"Players discover how to notice and interpret a previously unclear property of a scene.","image":{"src":"images/mechanics/adventure-chants-sennaar-03.webp","width":1440,"height":810,"game":"Chants of Sennaar","sourceUrl":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931770/","originalUrl":"https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1931770/ss_d194cfba045634d86c99aec5ed7ecbf7270cb8a2.1920x1080.jpg?t=1774006124","credit":"Rundisc / Focus Entertainment","rights":"Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.","caption":"Symbols are matched with sketches in a notebook","alt":"Symbols are matched with sketches in a notebook","markers":[{"x":83,"y":47,"label":"Collected symbols to match"},{"x":28,"y":36,"label":"A sketch helps infer the meaning"}]},"tips":["Show how the discovered observation method transfers to other situations."],"examples":[{"title":"Chants of Sennaar","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931770/"}]}},"endsAt":null,"provenance":"Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.","license":"CC-BY-4.0","codeLicense":"MIT","attribution":"gamemechanics.pro contributors","catalogKey":"catalog/metroidbrainia"}}