The Logic LeagueDigital Escape Room
The Starlight Carnival at dusk โ€” Magnifico the magician flourishing his wand before the glowing Ferris wheel

CARNIVAL OF CLUES

A digital escape room ยท The Logic League
Eight booths. Eight locks. Eight missing Prize Stars.

๐Ÿ“œ Magnifico's note, found pinned to the prize vault: "One last game before the gates open at sundown. Solve my eight booths, detectivesโ€ฆ if you can!"
The Starlight Carnival at dusk โ€” Magnifico the magician flourishing his wand before the glowing Ferris wheel
The Mission

Tonight, the Carnival Needs Detectives!

๐ŸŽฉ Magnifico the Magnificent
Opening night at the Starlight Carnival! The Ferris wheel is lit, the popcorn is popping, and the Ringmaster has polished the Golden Star prizes for tonight's champion players. But โ€” disaster! Magnifico the Magnificent, the carnival's mischievous magician, has waved his wand and hidden eight Prize Stars in booths all over the midway. Then he locked the Ringmaster's prize vault with one final code and vanished in a puff of purple smoke, leaving only a note: "One last game before the gates open at sundown. Solve my eight booths, detectivesโ€ฆ if you can!" Your team's mission: visit every booth, solve its puzzle, and recover all 8 Prize Stars. Each star carries a number โ€” keep them safe! You will need every star at the vault.
Rosa waving from the Starlight Carnival ticket booth
Booth 1 of 8 ยท Lock 1

Ticket Booth

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Rosa, the ticket seller
The ticket seller, Rosa, waves your team over. "Magnifico bought tickets for the whole carnival crew this morning," she says, "and he paid with one big bill. He told me the change I gave him is the secret โ€” 'the vault loves tidy numbers,' he said. Count the change carefully, detectives. Its digits, in cents, are the code for my booth's lock โ€” and the first Prize Star!
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ The Crew's Ticket Order
Adult ticket$12.50 ร— 3
Child ticket$8.75 ร— 2
โญ Group-bundle discount$6.25 off
๐Ÿ’ต Magnifico paid with one $100 bill
๐Ÿ”’ The lock wants the change, in cents (digits only โ€” like 250 for $2.50).
Ticket Booth Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 1 of 8
๐Ÿช™ Rosa's Coin Drawer
Magnifico paid with one $100 bill. Count out his change by hand โ€” tap the bills and coins down into the tray.
The tray is empty โ€” tap the money above to start counting.
In the tray: $0.00 ยท 0ยข
Rings flying over rows of colored bottles at the ring toss booth
Booth 2 of 8 ยท Lock 2

Ring Toss

๐Ÿงข Old Gus, the ring-toss keeper
At the Ring Toss, old Gus racks the bottles back up. "Magnifico played twenty-four perfect tosses," he grumbles, gesturing at the scoreboard, "then he says to me: 'Gus, the star goes to the color that caught exactly one quarter of all the rings that landed.' One quarter, detectives. One color. Choose carefully โ€” his lock wants the color's name.
โ˜… Gus's Scoreboard โ˜…
โ€” rings that landed โ€”
RED9
BLUE6
GREEN5
YELLOW4
Ring Toss Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 2 of 8
The great painted prize wheel of the Starlight Carnival, its number plaques catching the light
Booth 3 of 8 ยท Lock 3

Prize Wheel

๐ŸŽฉ Magnifico's note, pinned to the wheel
The Prize Wheel spins lazily in the breeze. Its number panels read 4 ยท 7 ยท 14 ยท 17 ยท 34 ยท ? ยท ? โ€” the last two panels have been unscrewed and hidden! A sticky note from Magnifico flutters on the axle: "My wheel always follows its rule. Find the two missing numbers, put them together, and the lock is yours."
4
7
14
17
34
?
?
brass
tray
74
44
37
68
Prize Wheel Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 3 of 8
Inside the funhouse, where a grand oval mirror glows between swirling painted walls
Booth 4 of 8 ยท Lock 4

Funhouse Mirrors

๐ŸŽฉ Magnifico's voice, echoing from the rafters
The Funhouse door creaks open. Inside, a grand mirror glows โ€” and in the mirror, strange backwards writing shimmers above the fourth Prize Star. Magnifico's voice echoes from the rafters: "Everything in my funhouse is exactly as it seemsโ€ฆ in a mirror. Read what the mirror is truly saying!"
MIDWAY
Funhouse Mirrors Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 4 of 8
A pyramid of milk bottles on the carnival counter, chalk labels tied to their necks
Booth 5 of 8 ยท Lock 5

Milk Bottle Toss

๐Ÿฅ› The Booth Keeper
Three milk bottles stand on the Milk Bottle Toss counter, each chalked with its own math expression. The booth keeper grins: "Magnifico says a champion knocks them down in order, left to right, and the lock wants the bottles' values in that same order, one after the other. Mind your order of operations, detectives โ€” multiplication and division before addition and subtraction!
Milk Bottle Toss Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 5 of 8
Madame Zara in her fortune tent, a glowing crystal ball on the table before her
Booth 6 of 8 ยท Lock 6

Fortune Teller

๐Ÿ”ฎ Madame Zara
Madame Zara's striped tent smells of lavender and secrets. On her table, a message glitters in strange symbols โ€” Magnifico's fortune for tonight's detectives. "The symbols hide a message every great team should hear," murmurs Madame Zara. "I can give you a few letters of my symbol keyโ€ฆ the rest, your team must deduce. Type the whole message to claim the star.
๐Ÿ”ฎ Zara's Symbol Message โ€” letters in your key are filled in
โ˜€๏ธC
๐Ÿ‘‘ยท
๐ŸŸR
๐Ÿ”‘ยท
๐Ÿ’ŽO
๐ŸƒS
๐Ÿ”‘ยท
๐ŸŒŠยท
๐Ÿ€Y
๐Ÿ’ŽO
๐Ÿฆ‰ยท
โญE
๐Ÿ””ยท
๐ŸƒS
โญE
โ˜„๏ธยท
โญE
๐ŸŸR
๐Ÿ€Y
๐ŸŒ™ยท
๐Ÿ’ŽO
๐Ÿ’ŽO
๐ŸŸR

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Your Part of the Key

โ˜€๏ธ = Cโญ = E๐Ÿ’Ž = O๐ŸŸ = R๐Ÿƒ = S๐Ÿ€ = Y
Fortune Teller Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 6 of 8
The Ferris wheel turning slowly against the night sky, five riders in its gondolas
Booth 7 of 8 ยท Lock 7

Ferris Wheel

๐ŸŽฉ Magnifico, through a megaphone
High above the midway, the Ferris wheel turns slowly. Five friends โ€” Sam, Tara, Ana, Rocco and Seth โ€” are riding in a row of five seats, numbered 1 to 5 from the left. Magnifico, calling through a megaphone, laughs: "The star goes to the team that can tell me who sits where! Here are your clues, detectives. Get the row right, and the first letters of their names, in seat order, will spell the lock's word!

๐ŸŽก Magnifico's Seating Clues

  1. Ana rides in the middle seat (seat 3).
  2. Tara sits immediately to Ana's left.
  3. Rocco sits immediately to Ana's right.
  4. Sam and Seth take the two end seats โ€” one at each end.
  5. Sam sits right next to Tara.
๐ŸŽก The Boarding Rail โ€” try the seating here!
SEAT 1
SEAT 2
SEAT 3
SEAT 4
SEAT 5
ANA
ROCCO
SAM
SETH
TARA
Tap a name tag, then tap a seat โ€” or drag it. Tap a seated tag to take it back down.
Ferris Wheel Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 7 of 8
The great brass Prize Vault door, its star medallion and wheel handle gleaming
Booth 8 of 8 ยท Lock 8

The Prize Vault

โญ The Prize Vault
At last โ€” the Ringmaster's Prize Vault, gleaming behind the main stage. Seven Prize Stars sparkle in your team's satchel, each stamped with its number. Carved into the vault door, in Magnifico's curly handwriting: "Stars in the order you won them. Multiply the 1st star by the 7th star. Multiply the 2nd star by the 6th star. Add the two products together โ€” and speak the total to set the prizes free!" Behind you, the carnival crowd is gathering. The gates open at sundown. This is it, detectives.

โญ THE VAULT'S RECIPE โ€” CARVED BY MAGNIFICO โญ

Multiply the 1st star by the 7th star Multiply the 2nd star by the 6th star Add the two products.
๐Ÿ” Tap the carving to decipher it, line by lineโ€ฆ
โ˜…
The Prize Vault Lock
Starlight Carnival ยท Booth 8 of 8
The whole carnival celebrating beneath the Ferris wheel as the Prize Vault bursts open in a shower of stars
Case Closed!

๐ŸŽ‰ You Cracked the Carnival!

๐ŸŽฉ Magnifico the Magnificent
With a CLICK and a shower of golden sparks, the Prize Vault swings open! Out steps Magnifico himself, applauding: "Bravo, detectives! Every star found, every lock opened. The prizes are free โ€” and the Starlight Carnival owes tonight to YOU." The Ringmaster hangs the Golden Stars back in the prize window just as the gates open at sundown. Case closed!

๐Ÿ† CERTIFICATE OF DETECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT

Proudly presented to

The Starlight Carnival Detective Team
who recovered all 8 Prize Stars and cracked the vault in Carnival of Clues.

The Logic League ยท Starlight Carnival

๐Ÿ“ Team Notes Page

Jot down codes, clues, and wild ideas. Your notes save automatically on this device. (On a tablet in class? Your teacher also has a printable notes sheet.)