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key: mechanic/point-and-click--family-09
type: mechanic
id: point-and-click--family-09
lang: en
title: Gathering and processing information
summary: >-
  The player records and compares information to turn observations into an
  available solution.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
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aliases:
  - Collecting and processing information
tags:
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  - 'Information, reasoning and social interaction'
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  - id: source-86b980b788f54522
    title: Her Story
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Collecting and processing information
    description: >-
      The player records and compares information to turn observations into an
      available solution.
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      credit: Sam Barlow
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
        Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'A search query, recordings and a user tag'
      alt: 'A search query, recordings and a user tag'
      markers:
        - x: 58
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          label: A query retrieves related recordings
        - x: 44
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          label: The player adds a personal tag
    tips:
      - >-
        Let players compare records and revisit the evidence behind a
        conclusion.
    examples:
      - title: Her Story
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/'
endsAt: null
provenance: >-
  Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked
  sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/point-and-click
---
# Gathering and processing information

id: point-and-click--family-09
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/point-and-click--family-09
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/point-and-click--family-09/

The player records and compares information to turn observations into an available solution.

## At a glance

![A search query, recordings and a user tag](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/adventure-her-story-00.webp)

[Her Story](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. A query retrieves related recordings
2. The player adds a personal tag

- Let players compare records and revisit the evidence behind a conclusion.

- [Her Story](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/)

## How it works

The player records and compares information to turn observations into an available solution.

## Variants

### Variants

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- Documents and images: read notes, letters, diagrams, maps, photos, manuals and archives. <a id="family-09-variant-1"></a>
- Testimony: ask, listen, eavesdrop or use intermediaries. <a id="family-09-variant-2"></a>
- Behavior: discover habits, routes, reactions, relationships and concealed actions. <a id="family-09-variant-3"></a>
- Recording: photograph, mold, record audio, save screens and reexamine. <a id="family-09-variant-4"></a>
- Traces and samples: gather prints, residues, biological samples and evidence. <a id="family-09-variant-5"></a>
- Measurement and analysis: compare composition, distance, time and instrument readings. <a id="family-09-variant-6"></a>
- Reference search: search by name, keyword, properties or combined filters. <a id="family-09-variant-7"></a>
- Source comparison: combine information and assess witness reliability. <a id="family-09-variant-8"></a>

## Context and limits

A working classification with 44 families and 355 variants. Families overlap: one puzzle can combine items, dialogue, deduction and a character schedule. Core actions, progression architecture and assistance are separate layers. Sources identify examples from neighboring adventure genres.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original taxonomy adapted from user-selected design discussions; linked sources support specific examples, not the whole classification.

- [Her Story](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/) (id: source-86b980b788f54522)

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