Interesting game! Though I didn't understand how to solve the puzzle pictured below.
y- 89 o-79 u-85 its ascii values ..... a-65 , b-66 , c-67 ......
a-65 r - 82 e-69 awesome - 65 , 87 , 69 , 83 , 79 , 77 , 69 ....... (You Could Have Calculated from the hints only)