Strange Signals
Decode an alien transmission. Based on the real-world Arecibo message, but this message can be solved without outside information using pure logic.
Made for the 2024 Confounding Calendar.
Decode an alien transmission. Based on the real-world Arecibo message, but this message can be solved without outside information using pure logic.
Made for the 2024 Confounding Calendar.
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I think I understand the rule, but I didn't get to an end-of-game screen. I also think that gur ynfg guerr oynaxf pbhyq unir zhygvcyr nafjref, so maybe I'm missing something.
What the hell do the dots mean
apparently there's some logic behind this but im not seeing anything at all
I got it to "unsolved" state
totally lost. is there information outside the image or am I supposed to be just going off of the image itself?
I built the message correctly but have no idea how to move on, any hints?
this is great! i love the theme, and dialing the image into view is very fun. i think i solved it by accident? i had an inkling of an idea for the second half and started filling in as a test, and ended up succeeding without needing to change anything. maybe i got lucky with my guess!
Haven't had time to do the puzzle, but this is what I noticed so far (rot 13).
Svefg, gur nyvra fxhyy fubjf hc ng n 43k43 tevq, vaqvpngvat gung guvf vf ubj vg vf fhccbfrq gb or ivrjrq va n fdhner.
nybat jvgu guvf, gur vzntr'f iregvpny cbfvgvbavat frrzf gb or bss, vagraqvat gb unir n 1 cvkry terra obeqre nebhaq gur ragver guvat ohg vafgrnq fuvsgrq qbja.
Zl svany thrff vf gung gur punenpgref gung fubj hc ner n xvaq bs ahzrevpny flfgrz. N fvatyr qbg vf bar, yvar vf 2, qvntbany vf 3, naq qbjaevtug neebj vf 4.
Guvf yvxryl unf gb qrny jvgu gur ahzore 43, ubj fb V qba'g xabj.
rot13: Vs lbh ghea gur “fuvsg” qvny sbe ybat rabhtu, lbh pna fuvsg gur vzntr iregvpnyyl nf jryy nf ubevmbagnyyl.
I assume yellow=green for marking answers
Correct! Just wanted them to stand apart from the already entered information.
What a cool idea, I loved solving this one! I’m not really sure what the “I can eliminate contradictions” hint refers to, but the math hint was very helpful :)
I think it would probably just mean that if your answer does not line up with the given information then you answer is wrong. I say this without having started the puzzle.
Thank you! That hint is only helpful for one possible way someone could arrive at the solution. rot13: Ryvzvangvat pbagenqvpgbel fgngrzragf nyybjf lbh gb svyy va fbzr oynaxf jvgubhg haqrefgnaqvat gur ehyr. Ohg V svaq gung zber crbcyr guna V rkcrpgrq haqrefgbbq gur ehyr orsber gurl arrqrq gb qb gung.