Thanks for the tip. But so far it wasn't that helpful. Some misdirects are really frustrating. Level 4 is a nice curveball. Level 5 had me rewatching the wrong source material. But it's fun. Great work you did there.
Reminds me of those 80s adventure games that always had one hard puzzle and when you finally found out the answer was really annoyed by how random and insignificant it was.
I'm currently down the rabbit hole of reading about (ROT13) uggcf://zrqvhz.pbz/@wnzrfeboregf_96602/genafsbezref-hx-gur-pbzvp-gung-arneyl-purngrq-qrngu-9np69r7578q2
It happens :) I spent 1.5 days on level 23. And now stuck on level 35 for 2 days. Sometimes things are really very simple, but we complicate them. Sometimes we make mistake while typing the answer, like I did on level 26. That extra space in my answer took my whole day.
the name of who? thats what im asking myself, maybe the author of the link, maybe someone in the text. I'm probably not on the right track and I cant find anything online that could help me, except this forum, but if it'll take a day, i will take a day
Yeah, I spent a lot of time banging my head against the wall of Zork, and in the end felt it was a "guess what I'm thinking" pastime that was not worth my time.
A good adventure game is hard to make difficult and satisfying I think. I remember having a lot of trouble with monkey island puzzles until I figured out the game “logic”. But once you do, all the clues are there and it’s great.
If I need to know about random facts or topics or whatever, that’s not hard. That’s just annoying or the author is trying to prove how much smarter they are than you.
First few were easy here's the solution. Haven't got time for this so here's a dump of what I have so far.
(SPOILER ALERT)
1: Update URL to be whiterabbit
2: "TMA-2", name of monolith in 2001 A Space Odyssey
3: "palladium", convert decimals in picture to ASCII
4: change URL to /right/brain
5: Something to do with "The Usual Suspects" probably
5: "Keyser Söze", logo is from Usual Suspects
6: "descartes", Ceaser cyper
7: "lucifer", lyrics from Symphony of the Devil
8: "bletchley park", images translate to w3w location
9: "conrad", reference to the movie "The Game"
10: "pineappowl", send "Hi" email to 3.243F6A8885DD3B903D0F@gmail.com
11: "ambidextrous", the image file name contains planets "susaturnortmarsxedvenusibma" planets removed and reversed
12: "playback", novel by chandler
Any tips for level 26? I've been playing around with the idea that the three numbers represent coordinates but without much luck. Also, the 'inverse' thing is throwing me off.
is it writing a message in signal, telegram or something like that if yes which one to frank underwood for the underwood machine plus the tap tap tap. :( I'm confuse. also I was thinking about the famous writers that own a underwood machine
What are the words for 8? I can only come up with guard.icicles.ballet or ballerina, neither of which points to Bletchley Park. Additionally, none of the words at Bletchley Park seem to match the photos.
Very fun! I remember doing a similar one back in the day. This time I started 1-2 levels out of curiosity and actually ended up completing version one lol.
10 was difficult in a different way than the prior puzzles, and honestly was a little chilling once I figured it out. Good luck, I'm sure you can get it!
vg'f abg pyrne jung gur nqqerff vf, be jung gb fraq... (V'z thrffvat whfg "uv" sebz gur HEY...? Be gb qb jvgu gur urk pbybef bs gur qrfnghengrq vzntr..?)
Edit: oh, hah. Got it. I somehow missed trying the right thing. I had gotten very close before, I just needed to add in the other hint.
(Spoiler warnings possibly, although I haven't solved anything...)
I am stuck there too. I'm almost certain it requires sending an email to a gmail address, but I'm not sure what that address is. I've already tried:
No response:
3.243f6a8885a@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of pi to 11 digits)
3.243f6a8885a3@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of pi to 12 digits)
182d4454fb210940@gmail.com (IEEE double precision representation of pi, little endian)
Address not found:
3.14159265359@gmail.com
pi@gmail.com
ea2e4454fb210940@gmail.com (IEEE double precision representation of 3.14159265359, little endian)
3.243f6a88876@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of 3.14159265359, no rounding)
3.243f6a88877@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of 3.14159265359, rounding)
332E3134313539323635333539@gmail.com (ASCII string 3.14159265359 in hexadecimal form)
7069@gmail.com ('p' and 'i' ascii codes to hex)
But I'm starting to think maybe my idea of using the hexadecimal representation of pi is a red herring. I also hope I'm not hitting gmail's spam filters.
rot13 hint, pretty involved hint that doesn't literally say the answer but is one step away
lbh ner ba gur evtug genpx gung vg vaibyirf fraqvat na rznvy, Cv (fcrpvsvpnyyl gur cerpvfvba bs Cv cebivqrq), naq urknqrpvzny ahzoref. lbh ner hasbeghangryl qbvat gur rapbqvat vapbeerpgyl, V jbhyq gel qbvat vg gur jnl n crefba jub qbrfa'g xabj nalguvat nobhg ahzoref, onfrf, sybngvat cbvag, rgp jbhyq qb vg. vg'f abg n "pyrire" fbyhgvba.
Thanks so much for this. I was also beating my head against the wall over-nerding the correct idea. This gave me what I needed and didn't really add any spoilers beyond the ones contained in the post above.
I have been trying to find a game just like this from the mid 2000s for years now. I think it was called something like Qwyzle? I recall the format of the game being identical to this, of individual html pages and there were Facebook groups of working out of the 100 clues.
I recall GEB (Gödel Escher Bach) playing a key part in a lot of the puzzles?
A big part of my early internet experience sadly lost
Maybe you are thinking of zahada? It is as you describe, individual HTML pages solved by typing the correct answer into the address bar. It involved a lot of lateral thinking. Sometimes a bit unfair, but it was great fun trying to work this out over several sessions with a friend!
vg'f gur ybtb, gur snivpba, V fgvyy qba'g haqrefgnaq jung erirefr/vairefr zrnaf va guvf pbagrkg :( gunaxf sbe gur uvagf fb sne gubhtu, zl ubcrf ner hc!
Svefg cubgb vf Yrk Yhgube sebz Fhcrezna, frpbaq bar vf Znegva Furra sebz Onqynaqf. V'z gelvat gb svaq n pbaarpgvba orgjrra gurfr gjb, ohg abg fher lrg. Uvag fnvq gb svaq n pbairefngvba. Gur bayl guvat V sbhaq fb sne vf na npgbe gung cynlrq Yrk, Trar Unpxzna, fgneerq va n zbivr gur Pbairefngvba. V gevrq jngpuvat gur fprar ng 55:14, ohg qvqa'g frr nalguvat gung pbhyq or gur nafjre. Fgvyy ybbxvat sbe gur pbaarpgvba orgjrra gur gjb. Nal uvagf?
V guvax v sbhaq gur evtug erpbeqvat (unf zvpunry gnyxvat nobhg yhgube) ohg gur ahzoref qba'g frrz gb cbvag gb gur evtug pyhr jbeq - v gevrq erirefvat gur ahzoref, nyfb abg...
v guvax vg'f gur evtug bar - qba'g jnag gb trg gbb fcrpvsvp, ohg vg'f wnzrf fcrnxvat gb zvpunry, naq gura ur fcrnxf jvgu n pbzcbfre. vs gung'f abg vg, nal uvagf gb svaq gur evtug bar?
Thoughts: The URL is suspicious, may require changing the URL. The solution likely requires combining the boolean operators, but not sure how. I'm especially unclear how to use the words in the URL. "true", "false", "0", "1" etc. don't work so it has to be something more than simply evaluating a boolean expression.
Any more help nuts for this one? Kinda stuck :( rot13: Gevrq hfvat gur HEY va fbzr xabja pbzcerffbef yvxr gvalhey be ovgyl. Gvalhey sbejneqf gb n qvfnoyrq JQ qvfp cntr, ohg V pna'g frr guvf pbhyq or vg. Sebz gur nafjref nobir vg frrzf gung fubhyq or fbzrguvat fvzvyne. Orsber gur HEY V gevrq gb purpx fbzr ovoyr cnffntrf, nf gur HEY fgnegf jvgu 7 naq gur 7gu yvar vf n Ovoyr cnffntr, ohg rirelguvat V gevrq snvyrq. :(
fb nyy v xabj sbe abj vf gung vgf eryngrq gb cevzr, vf n ahzrevp nafjre naq gung gurer vf 333 nf n pyhr naq pbhag zr va va gur HEY, v nyfb purpxrq gur jrofvgr zragvbaarq orsber
I am guessing to send email but I couldn’t get my address right. I’ve tried using the given Pi precision as username and got the idea of domain name from the image. And I got the text to send from the url.
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 336 ms ] thread> there are levels about movies, music, books, poetry, code breaking, and hunting for things online.
..it's really frustrating not even knowing if you are even on the right path.
I'm currently down the rabbit hole of reading about (ROT13) uggcf://zrqvhz.pbz/@wnzrfeboregf_96602/genafsbezref-hx-gur-pbzvp-gung-arneyl-purngrq-qrngu-9np69r7578q2
I also considered colors...
What a wild goose chase I sent myself on.
edit : also the fact that I complicate every thing*
edit 2 : yeah I complicated it
final edit : if I cant make level 23, I should just stop, take a break or smt like that
update : still trying to make a link between the clue and prime
If I need to know about random facts or topics or whatever, that’s not hard. That’s just annoying or the author is trying to prove how much smarter they are than you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notpron
(From four tet's spotify profile: https://open.spotify.com/user/k_hebden)
Unfortunately the playlist will not load for me so I can't check it.
17: Thames voice hapless most - those words where different then in the orginal poem
18: nietzsche - image is binary code
19: heart of darkness - name of the source book
21: try, try again.
22: remember level 10?
Revisit level 10 for some ideas where to look.
http://www.mcgov.co.uk/zahada.html
Level 10 has got me quite stuck though! I think I have an idea what needs to be done, but I'm stuck on trial and error with the exact details.
That said, there's something deliberate that I know is a hint and doesn't figure into my thinking... I don't yet know what it means.
Frustrating, but fun :).
vg vaqrrq vaibyirf fraqvat na rznvy, gur fcrpvsvp vzntr vf eryrinag
vg'f abg pyrne jung gur nqqerff vf, be jung gb fraq... (V'z thrffvat whfg "uv" sebz gur HEY...? Be gb qb jvgu gur urk pbybef bs gur qrfnghengrq vzntr..?)
Edit: oh, hah. Got it. I somehow missed trying the right thing. I had gotten very close before, I just needed to add in the other hint.
I am stuck there too. I'm almost certain it requires sending an email to a gmail address, but I'm not sure what that address is. I've already tried:
No response:
3.243f6a8885a@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of pi to 11 digits)
3.243f6a8885a3@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of pi to 12 digits)
182d4454fb210940@gmail.com (IEEE double precision representation of pi, little endian)
Address not found:
3.14159265359@gmail.com
pi@gmail.com
ea2e4454fb210940@gmail.com (IEEE double precision representation of 3.14159265359, little endian)
3.243f6a88876@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of 3.14159265359, no rounding)
3.243f6a88877@gmail.com (hexadecimal representation of 3.14159265359, rounding)
332E3134313539323635333539@gmail.com (ASCII string 3.14159265359 in hexadecimal form)
7069@gmail.com ('p' and 'i' ascii codes to hex)
But I'm starting to think maybe my idea of using the hexadecimal representation of pi is a red herring. I also hope I'm not hitting gmail's spam filters.
lbh ner ba gur evtug genpx gung vg vaibyirf fraqvat na rznvy, Cv (fcrpvsvpnyyl gur cerpvfvba bs Cv cebivqrq), naq urknqrpvzny ahzoref. lbh ner hasbeghangryl qbvat gur rapbqvat vapbeerpgyl, V jbhyq gel qbvat vg gur jnl n crefba jub qbrfa'g xabj nalguvat nobhg ahzoref, onfrf, sybngvat cbvag, rgp jbhyq qb vg. vg'f abg n "pyrire" fbyhgvba.
I recall GEB (Gödel Escher Bach) playing a key part in a lot of the puzzles?
A big part of my early internet experience sadly lost
http://www.mcgov.co.uk/zahada.html
There were also some similar games/clones that never quite hit the spot for me.
Gur erfcbafr sbe "uryc" unf punatrq sebz "jvyq jbbq" gb "lbh whfg arrq gb qvt ba guvf bar".
V unir ab pyhr jung V nz fhccbfrq gb or qvttvat sbe.
na rkgen f vf gur evtug glcr bs yvax, ohg gur jebat ery ngvbafuvc
Trying "Boolean" gives you "yes".
Images 1 and 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_nonimplication Equivalent to P AND NOT Q
Image 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_disjunction Equivalent to P OR Q
Image 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_conjunction Equivalent to P AND Q
Thoughts: The URL is suspicious, may require changing the URL. The solution likely requires combining the boolean operators, but not sure how. I'm especially unclear how to use the words in the URL. "true", "false", "0", "1" etc. don't work so it has to be something more than simply evaluating a boolean expression.
I am guessing to send email but I couldn’t get my address right. I’ve tried using the given Pi precision as username and got the idea of domain name from the image. And I got the text to send from the url.
What have I missed?
If not: Ybbx sbe pbzzhavpngvba syntf.