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key: mechanic/puzzle--family-perspective
type: mechanic
id: puzzle--family-perspective
lang: en
title: Perspective and image
summary: >-
The player changes the result through viewpoint, framing or transitions
between an image and an object.
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- Perspective and images
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- Puzzles
- Mechanics catalog
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title: Gorogoa
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updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Perspective and images
description: >-
The player changes the result through viewpoint, framing or transitions
between an image and an object.
image:
src: images/mechanics/adventure-gorogoa-02.webp
width: 1440
height: 810
crop:
x: 315
'y': 0
width: 810
height: 810
game: Gorogoa
sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/'
originalUrl: >-
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/557600/ss_aa212d776cb3cd25316b3932c218c08f4843f4dd.1920x1080.jpg?t=1729099787
credit: Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive
rights: >-
Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: Rearranging images connects separate objects
alt: Rearranging images connects separate objects
markers:
- x: 64
'y': 22
label: Object at one scale and viewpoint
- x: 36
'y': 76
label: A different image creates a new context
tips:
- Provide stable visual landmarks when changing scale.
examples:
- title: Gorogoa
url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/'
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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
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---
# Perspective and image
id: puzzle--family-perspective
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/puzzle--family-perspective
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/puzzle--family-perspective/
The player changes the result through viewpoint, framing or transitions between an image and an object.
## At a glance
[Gorogoa](https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
1. Object at one scale and viewpoint
2. A different image creates a new context
- Provide stable visual landmarks when changing scale.
- [Gorogoa](https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/)
## How it works
Change the result through point of view, framing and transition between image and object.
## Variants
### Variants and applications
- Collecting images from a point of view. Definition: Find the angle from which the disparate parts form a sign. Conditional example: Combine fragments of a number on different walls.
- Scale through perspective. Definition: Change the size of an object according to the rule of its apparent size when carried. Conditional example: Make a small object a large support. Terms: forced perspective; Superliminal.
- Connection through projection. Definition: Combine elements in an image to create a game transition. Conventional example: Align two separate sections of a bridge from the desired angle.
- The image is part of the world. Definition: Place an image so that its content becomes traversable geometry. Conventional example: Insert a photo of a staircase into a wall.
- State capture by camera. Definition: To store an object or configuration in an image for later use. Conventional example: To photograph a bridge and restore it in another location.
- State from observation. Definition: Control objects whose behavior depends on whether the observer sees them. Conditional example: Allow the mechanism to readjust by turning the camera away.
- Changing the visible overlap. Definition: Hiding or revealing parts of the scene to change the available information or rule. Conventional example: Covering the extra part of the character in front of the reader.
- Rebuilding the scene through a picture. Definition: Change the image and get a corresponding change in space. Conditional example: Rearrange the drawn rooms on the plan.
- Transition between frames. Definition: To carry a character or object across the boundaries of panels and images. Conventional example: To connect doors on adjacent pages.
- External and internal view. Definition: Compare different representations of one object and change them consistently. Conditional example: Rotate the layout from the outside, then go through it from the inside.
## 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.
- [Gorogoa](https://store.steampowered.com/app/557600/) (id: source-1a8e6f9ae2d97889)
CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors