“Memorize this picture!”: How FindMaster Times Its Two Memory Modes

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This time no question comes first. Instead a banner appears: Memorize this picture! Both FindMaster modes that rely on memory, Memory Match and Remember the Order, work out the viewing time and the clock separately. I pulled the formulas straight from the source.

Memory Match: memorize it, then find what changed

A picture is shown first. When the memorizing time runs out, it swaps to a version with a few things changed, and you tap the changes. There are 2 to 4 answers.

Real game screen: the Memorize this picture! banner over a shelf of desk items

While you memorize, the clock is stopped and taps do nothing.

The memorizing time runs from 6.5 s down to 3.5 s (shorter as difficulty rises), plus 0.4 s per answer. At the lowest difficulty with 2 answers that is 6.5 + 0.8 = 7.3 s. At the highest difficulty with 4 answers it is 3.5 + 1.6 = 5.1 s.

Remember the Order: learn the numbers, tap in the same order

Objects get the numbers 1, 2, 3. Memorize that order, and once the numbers vanish you tap in the same order. The count is 3, 4 or 5 depending on difficulty.

Real game screen: numbers 1, 2 and 3 on objects on a table, with the Remember the numbers' order! banner

The numbers show only while you memorize.

Mode	Memorizing time formula	Example
Memory Match	lerp(6.5, 3.5, difficulty) + 0.4 x answers	Easy, 2 answers: 7.3 s / Hard, 4 answers: 5.1 s
Remember the Order	lerp(5.5, 3.5, difficulty) + 0.8 x count	Easy, 3 items: 7.9 s / Hard, 5 items: 7.5 s

In Remember the Order the time grows with the count, so easy and hard end up almost the same. What gets harder is not the time but how many things you have to hold.

The clock stays stopped while you memorize

During the memorizing time the clock does not run and input is locked. The clock starts after memorizing ends and the picture changes. The memorizing time is added to the clock separately, so memorizing never eats into your solving time.

These two modes unlock at level 2 (Memory Match) and level 3 (Remember the Order).