When you arrive at your home base in Cancun, you are given a task in a particular Mayan region. For example, one of the assignments is to reconstruct a code from images carved in stones that were part of a Mayan ruin. The clues require visiting other ruin sites in search of specific artifacts. To help you on your journey, you are given a helmet with several tools in the visor. The tools include a map, a camera, a compass, a device that helps you analyze the item you come across, and a special feature tool that gives information on your successes.
Specific tasks come in the form of electronic mail.
You travel by bicycle to the various sites just as the original MayaQuest team did, and you can control the speed of your bike as it winds around dirt roads and over obstacles. Or, if you choose, you can put your bike on automatic pilot. My students easily manipulated their way around the Mayan sites, and they especially liked the ability to control their own speed. The Adventure Game is for the serious player. It is like the Explore Game except that you are given a time limit as you try to solve the fictional puzzles that lead you to Mayan treasures.