Importing Stories from Mythric
Passing game info through M3 into Drawbridge
Written By Daniel Gleaves
Last updated 2 months ago
Mythric (M3)
Mythric Mystery Master is used to control games. It connects to devices inside the game room such as a PLC or a DMX controller (for lights). It also manages the states of the game (idle, running, prologue, etc.) and breaks down the game flow into a list of objectives, with typed hints appropriate for each objective. Drawbridge does not replace any of this Mythric functionality, it adds to it. Drawbridge must be able to communicate with your Mythric installation.
To communicate with Mythric, enter the IP address of your Mythric Server in Drawbridge, following these instructions:
Mythric IP Address
Open the Drawbridge Settings page from the bottom of the sidebar. Under the “General Settings” tab, enter your venue’s Mythric IP Address into the field labeled “M3 IP” and press “Save”. Once connected, Drawbridge pulls all existing stories, hints, and game information from Mythric in seconds (you may need to refresh the page).
The Overview screen will be populated with the stories from Mythric, and all of your hints and objectives from Mythric will be preserved and displayed.
Some things will not transfer automatically from Mythric. You will need to set these manually, and they are detailed below:
GM Hint Chimes
Select a story name tab from the sidebar on the “Settings” page. On this page, upload an alert chime for this game to use. We recommend custom alert sounds for each game so it is easy to identify who needs help just from the sound.
Sample alert sounds can be found here! The cog icon for each game can also be uploaded by clicking on the icon to the left of the story name, and example cogs can be found here.
Objectives
Under the Objectives tab, objectives names are displayed as they have been received from Mythric. Input the expected duration for each objective. This impacts the functionality of the Ahead/Behind timer. You can also choose an objective that, when completed by players, will notify Hosts that a group is nearing the end of their game (the Game’s card turns Blue). Text in the “Task” field will be displayed at the top of the Gamemaster screen to help remind gamemasters what players should be working on. These task descriptions also help reduce training time for new Gamemasters.
More info on the “Objectives” tab
Common and Global Hints
Some hints are not puzzle specific, but general announcements to players (“Please don’t touch the pipes!”). Enter hints like these into the “Common Hints” tab for that game. Common hints are readily available in the “Custom Hint” pop up, where a single click can select one of these common hints to send.
“Global Hints” offer the same capability and appear in the same place, but they will apply to every game.
Devices
Drawbridge allows you to create mappings from objectives to devices found within the room to create a device dashboard on the gamemaster screen. This ensures that you know exactly what each group is doing by indicating what state objective-related devices are in.
Events
Drawbridge allows you to map Events in Mythric to show up in the title bar of specific objectives. The event’s button will be accessible right beside objective it completes!