Focus (Mind Loft)

About Focus (Mind Loft)

Focus is a zoomed-photo guessing game. The day's photo opens as a close crop, and you name it by typing and choosing from the day's list of answers. A wrong name widens the view by one frame; there are six frames in all, and the sixth shows the whole picture for a final guess.

The earlier you name it, the more it pays: frame 1 is worth 6 points and frame 6 is worth 1, while a miss on the full photo scores 0. Ties on the leaderboard break on fewest wrong guesses, then time. Each weekday has its own subject: Space on Sunday, then Landmarks, Animals, Paintings, Machines, faces from the history books, and the world from above on Saturday.

Mind Loft's tip is to read texture rather than colour in the first frame: brushstroke, fur, rivets, brick or the grain of a print tell you what kind of thing you are looking at. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under public-domain or Creative Commons licences, with the author and licence shown on the reveal. A new photo appears at midnight Eastern every day.

How to play Focus (Mind Loft)

1. Open Focus to see the day's subject and press Start.
2. Study the zoomed-in first frame.
3. Type a name and pick it from the list.
4. Each wrong name pulls the camera back a frame; name it as early as you can within six frames.

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Tips

• Check the day's subject first; it narrows the list a lot.
• Look at texture and material before colour.
• Only guess on frame 1 when one name on the list clearly fits; a miss costs you a frame.

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