--- key: mechanic/puzzle--family-cooperation type: mechanic id: puzzle--family-cooperation lang: en title: Cooperative information tasks summary: >- Participants divide knowledge and actions, sharing information their partners cannot access. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/puzzle--family-cooperation/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/puzzle--family-cooperation.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/puzzle--family-cooperation.md aliases: - Cooperative information puzzles tags: - Puzzles - Mechanics catalog sourceIds: - source-3217e8fcb703381f - source-909400af9fbfca32 sources: - id: source-3217e8fcb703381f title: 'Steel Crate Games: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes' url: 'https://keeptalkinggame.com/' verifiedAt: null - id: source-909400af9fbfca32 title: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/341800/' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: puzzle id: family-cooperation title: Puzzles url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/puzzle/#family-cooperation' categoryIds: - section-1 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Cooperative information puzzles description: >- Participants divide knowledge and actions, sharing information their partners cannot access. image: src: images/mechanics/adventure-keep-talking-00.webp width: 1440 height: 810 game: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/341800/' originalUrl: >- https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/341800/ss_55f22f9996c327c281d241ed09d43c74337d7e30.1920x1080.jpg?t=1699020889 credit: Steel Crate Games rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: The defuser sees modules that must be described to an expert alt: The defuser sees modules that must be described to an expert markers: - x: 51 'y': 50 label: Modules require exchanging precise information tips: - Create useful differences in knowledge and a clear way to discuss them. examples: - title: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/341800/' 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/puzzle --- # Cooperative information tasks id: puzzle--family-cooperation type: mechanic key: mechanic/puzzle--family-cooperation lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/puzzle--family-cooperation/ Participants divide knowledge and actions, sharing information their partners cannot access. ## At a glance ![The defuser sees modules that must be described to an expert](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/adventure-keep-talking-00.webp) [Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes](https://store.steampowered.com/app/341800/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. Modules require exchanging precise information - Create useful differences in knowledge and a clear way to discuss them. - [Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes](https://store.steampowered.com/app/341800/) ## How it works Distribute knowledge and actions among participants. ## Variants ### Variants and applications - Separated information. Definition: Exchange descriptions when everyone sees only part of the conditions. Conditional example: One reads the instructions, the other sees the device. - Divided control. Definition: Combine actions when different participants control different parts of the system. Conditional example: One changes the power supply, the other connects the contacts. - Restoration as described. Definition: Convey the structure in words so that the other participant reproduces it. Conditional example: Describe a layout invisible to the partner. - General conclusion from personal facts. Definition: Get an answer that no participant can deduce from their information. Conditional example: Collect a code from intersecting evidence. - Concerted joint action. Definition: To fulfill different conditions in one time interval. Conditional example: To keep two regulators in the target ranges. - Creation of a communication protocol. Definition: Come up with a way to transmit data through a limited channel. Conditional example: Transmit a route with three types of signals. - Transferring tasks between roles. Definition: Prepare a state that allows the next participant to complete his part. Conditional example: Pass an object through a sequence of different work areas. - Checking the solution in parts. Definition: Compare local checks of participants to confirm the overall configuration. Conditional example: Each checks its own set of constraints of the overall design. ## Context and limits A wide catalog of mechanics for digital puzzles, paper logic problems and physical puzzles. Each position contains an action or rule and a conditional example of application. ## Connected materials ## Sources and 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. - [Steel Crate Games: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes](https://keeptalkinggame.com/) (id: source-3217e8fcb703381f) - [Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes](https://store.steampowered.com/app/341800/) (id: source-909400af9fbfca32) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors