Test Your Mental Might With The Escapist's First-Ever Puzzle Adventure!
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But you solved it without actually changing the url after you went through the hole, right? Hence I daresay the last step was not completed.anthony87 said:
Cheatinganthony87 said:
There should be a clear sequence of moves from a certain 5 numbers to a certain game.Likewise, ive tried turnign them into letters, anagraming them, ciphering them. Im stumpedcastlewise said:
It's not "pure simple logic". There was a jump, and there is a step in between that, apparently, everyone is missing, even having solved it and answered the right game.anthony87 said:
So, I must admit I got the game without finishing the puzzle (actually, I think everyone has gotten the game without finishing the puzzle). Some mentioned a descriptor of the protagonist which tipped it off, but I didn't get it for another two hours because my input was "wrong", and then I only got it because someone gave an exact description of the name of the game instead of help solving the puzzles.
Anyway, a bit of help for people stuck at the
because lots of people are giving very confusing information about this stage that has more to do with entering the correct game into the answer page and less about actually solving the puzzle.
Other clues are sufficient (or, really, extremely spoilery) for the rest.
Anyway, a bit of help for people stuck at the
scientists
Ignore everything people are saying about jobs/vocations/punctuation for entering into the URL. They are not trying to solve the puzzle, they are trying to get the name of the game.
Instead, you're looking for a sequence of numbers, which for some reason the Escapist staff has decided is zero-based, though that's absolutely preposterous because, were it zero-based, you'd never get off zero. Don't use punctuation.
Instead, you're looking for a sequence of numbers, which for some reason the Escapist staff has decided is zero-based, though that's absolutely preposterous because, were it zero-based, you'd never get off zero. Don't use punctuation.
Other clues are sufficient (or, really, extremely spoilery) for the rest.
-CarcharotH- said:
Yes, maybe I figured it out a little earlier than I was "supposed" to but I wouldn't go and call it cheating. Besides there's no way I would've gotten past the second step if it wasn't for the help and advice of everyone else here.castlewise said:Cheatinganthony87 said:
About the start of the sequence (which really threw me off too):Azuaron said:
It's not that preposterous. For this sequence you need to have the first 2 numbers, then the recurrence relation gives the rest. There are many possible "starts" to the sequence that work and differ only at the start numbers.
I actually yelled out "ROAAAAAAAAR" when I finally worked out the answer...the bad spelling was cruel and unnecessary. I assumed I had it something wrong somehow when it didn't work the first time no matter how I tried to spell it...but that cheeky space where a hyphen should be screwed me up for over an hour! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyy
an artists rendition:
an artists rendition:
One small and possibly irrelevant thing about the last step. Or maybe relevant.
If you add the numbers in a certain order, there is a lot of doubling going on.
I'll mention it shortly - as soon as I get through all the posts.-CarcharotH- said:Exactly. Lots of corner-cutting going on for day 5.Luhrsen said:Well that explains why I couldn't make that leap. everyone was skipping a couple steps and getting lucky.-CarcharotH- said:
Come on Mods, part of your precious puzzle is already about to slip into oblivion (or something)! Save it! We all got away too easy!
And there it is!
Thank you, community, you rock.
Thank you, mods, for making these great (mind destroying) puzzles.
And thank you, brain, for not caving it completely.
I'm sorry for the rest of you, but I can't give anything without spoiling. I'd help if I could.
Thank you, community, you rock.
Thank you, mods, for making these great (mind destroying) puzzles.
And thank you, brain, for not caving it completely.
I'm sorry for the rest of you, but I can't give anything without spoiling. I'd help if I could.
Muahahahaha. Took 3 university professors to do it but... here is a hint to get from the 5 mysterious numbers on the black background to the final answer:
Come on come on and meet the elements!
Regardless of the level of knowledge required to understand your spoiler, it has nothing to do with the puzzle. If your post was the first I saw, I would have had the answer without doing any single step of the actual puzzle. The point of hints isn't to give people the answer, but to nudge them in the correct direction so they can solve the puzzle as much on their own as possible.havass said:
tl;dr; UR DOIN IT RONG
Somehow worked it out, not sure how though.
Hint:
Hint:
This game has made me terrified of uncooked chickens.