330 ×10,000 years ago
The Stone Workshop
A stone, struck with purpose. A tool begins to extend the reach of the body.
Strike once
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Fifteen workshops, ten of them challenges to complete with your own hands.
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100 ×10,000 years ago
The Hearth
Dusk falls, but the fire stays. Tending a flame extends the human day.
Tend the hearth
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1.2 ×10,000 years ago
The First Farm
Keep seeds for another season. Fields, stores and settlements give life new roots.
Next season
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3500 BC
Writing workshop
Leave goods and quantities in clay. Complete three orders and give memory a durable form.
Record on tablet
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1200 BC
Iron workshop
Fire, bellows and a well-timed blow. Turn resistant material into a tool.
Strike the billet
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1440
Printing workshop
Set the type, spread the ink and pull the wooden press. Turn one page into many.
Pull the press
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1610
The observatory
Turn the telescope and bring distant light into focus.
Observe target
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1769
The steam workshop
Steam drives the piston. Load resists the wheel. Find their balance.
Test stability
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1822
The Difference Engine Workshop
When calculation first took shape. Step in among the brass and gears, and with one turn, compute the next line of the future.
Turn once
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1879
The electric workshop
Contacts, a switch and a filament form a complete path.
Test circuit
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1903
The Flight Workshop
Timber, fabric and wind. Balance the forces before leaving the ground.
Test flight
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1947
The Logic Laboratory
Two inputs, one decision. Put logic into switches and wires you can touch.
Test circuit
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1969
The Orbital Docking Lab
Approach in orbital silence. Align position and attitude before every advance.
Advance approach
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1991
The Packet Workshop
Messages travel through the night. Route around broken links and reassemble the fragments.
Send and reassemble
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2026
The Agent Studio
Code on the desk, the world beyond the windows. Let the next creation begin here.
Advance task
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