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Hints and Bug Reports [avoid major spoilers] Sticky

A topic by Playcebo created Oct 08, 2023 Views: 1,997 Replies: 18
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Developer (5 edits)

Confused about what to do next? Found a possible error? You can post about it here.

If your post has late-game spoilers, use rot13 code or post it in the Spoiler Zone instead.

I don't really get it as a whole I guess. I feel like I'm supposed to just make my own rules as I go and tell myself I solved it?

Apparently I am not ready for this type of puzzle, or just not the audience.

Developer (1 edit)

Fair enough! I know rule-deduction games aren't for everyone. 

That being said: Don't worry about accidentally cheating by doing a puzzle wrong. By the time you reach puzzle 12, you have enough information to deduce whether a puzzle has been correctly solved, and fix it if needed. And you'll need to do this before you can approach puzzle 12.

To be more specific: (https://rot13.no/) Gurer vf whfg bar frg bs ehyrf hfrq sbe nyy chmmyrf. Bapr lbh ernpu gur raq bs gur obbx, lbhe tbny vf gb svther bhg gubfr ehyrf fb gung rnpu chmmyr pna or fbyirq cebcreyl naq pbzcyrgryl. Lbh jvyy xabj jura n chmmyr vf pbeerpg.

hi i'm having a lot of fun with this so far, i believe i've solved everything except for 12 and 2, however i am also still missing the thing in 11 that's supposed to help me with 2 and i can't seem to find it
for parity here's what i got in 11: mbqvnp pbbxvr zbagu ahzreny yrsgbiref pngrtbel

Developer

Ah yes, that is intentionally one of the toughest parts. Everything is correct so far. You may want to solve 2 before 11.

For more of a hint: Chmmyr 6 grnpurf na vzcbegnag ehyr.

ROT13:

jung qbrf "yrathn qr tngb" unir gb qb jvgu sbeghar naq bngzrny naq rpyvcfr v qbag trg vg

Developer (1 edit)

Small Hint 1: An hour ago, I updated puzzle #1 to replace "Eclipse" with "Rosette". (edit: Because "Eclipse" was not helpful/accurate.)

Small Hint 2: Skip puzzle #1 until after [rot13] lbh unir qbar chmmyr ryrira.

Developer (2 edits)

Small Hint 3: You are allowed to use the Wikipedia search bar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Big Hint: Some other words I could have used (but did not) include ["Guhzocevag", "Pubpbyngr Puvc", naq "Qvtrfgvir"].

oh. i finally get it. thanks lol

v arire xarj gurfr glcrf bs sbbqf

Hi! Recently had a couple people try this, and they really liked it! One of them noticed that the color of the title of the first puzzle wasn't blue, and thought it might've been some sort of hint; totally missed this when playing through this myself, which was quite funny...

Developer(+1)

Wow, good catch! That was totally unintentional, but it seems to have been that way since before v1.0. I'll fix it in the next update.

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Thank you! :D When I was solving it myself I simply had to do it in one sitting, really an incredible experience start-to-end ^^

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Extremely minor nitpick with the new version (I'm planning to run it with other people, this won't stop me though ;p): there's two Ds in puzzle 12 that are interchangeable. I don't remember this happening anywhere else in the puzzles, and it's not like any rule is against that, but if that matters to you, it's there.

Developer(+1)

It's intentional, the goal was to make that part easy (no wrong answer) since one D is mostly covered. Though I can see how it could be unwanted. (Puzzle 2 has a similar ambiguity with RA___ that I tried to avoid but can't.)

Ah, okay :) Thank you!

Hey there, we are having so much fun with this puzzle. This is the first time I’m doing something of that sort and I’m not gonna lie, this is tough !

I’m having an issue with the last puzzle… we found everything BUT the last word.. any hint ? Thanks :)

Developer (2 edits)

Ah, yes, lots of folks have had trouble there.

Hint 0: There's no need for guesswork, this one's a logic puzzle.

Hint 1:  Remember the <rot13> pngrtbel bs chmmyr 12. </rot13>

Hint 2: Make sure you understand the <rot13> uvagf ng gur obggbz pbearef </rot13>.

Hint 3: <rot 13> Gurer ner 2 "jbeqf" yrsg... </rot13>

Big Hint: <rot12> ...ngf ftqk mdq ftq emyq. </rot12>

Thank you for the hints. However, I'm still having issue with the bottom part of the puzzle.

V unir sbhaq "lbh unir jba" fcryyrq onpxjneq va gur hccre frpgvba bs gur chmmyr.

Ohg V'z hanoyr gb svaq gur jbeq 12 bs chmmyr 12. V qb unir gur ynfg yrggre Z orpnhfr bs gur obggbz uvag "z15" naq gur svefg yrggre N.

Fb V'z gelvat gb svaq n 'jbeq' fgnegvat jvgu N i raqvat jvgu Z, ohg gur erznvavat yrggref bs gur chmmyr ynpx n Z, znlor vg'f uvqqra ohg V ubarfgyl qba'g xabj jung gb qb urer.

Anyway, it was fun, my SO joined me after I did half of it and we enjoyed it. Thanks again !

Developer (1 edit)

Ah, that explains it. It's actually n15 not m15, and there's slightly more to the leftovers. You can logically deduce n15 from the hints above. Note: Unlike all the other words, n15 is, technically, (rot13) tvoorevfu.