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Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by nagonago »

y2bd wrote: post #30
nagonago wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(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 precis…

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"…

Thank you so much, finally got it!

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by pjgalbraith »

pjgalbraith wrote: post #14

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

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by nagonago »

pjgalbraith wrote: post #32
pjgalbraith wrote: post #14

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: "playb…

    11: "ambidextrous", remove planets from the filename and reverse
    12: "playback", Raymond Chandler novel missing from the pile

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by joeconway »

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

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by 1propionyl »

y2bd wrote: post #27
nagonago wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it involve sending an email?

rot13 partial spoilers for level 10 vg vaqrrq vaibyirf fraqvat na rznvy, gur fcrpvsvp vzntr vf eryrinag

Yeah, that was my sense. It's just...

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.

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by pjgalbraith »

nagonago wrote: post #33
pjgalbraith wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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: "playb…

11: "ambidextrous", remove planets from the filename and reverse 12: "playback", Raymond Chandler novel missing from the pile

Nice keep em coming!

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by mrstansfield »

joeconway wrote: post #34

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

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Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by nagonago »

pjgalbraith wrote: post #36
nagonago wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

11: "ambidextrous", remove planets from the filename and reverse 12: "playback", Raymond Chandler novel missing from the pile

Nice keep em coming!

Discussion for level 13: I feel like it might have to do something with this four tet playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uzbATYxs9V8YQi5lf89WG

(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.

Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by yaboynoem »

nagonago wrote: post #38
pjgalbraith wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice keep em coming!

Discussion for level 13: I feel like it might have to do something with this four tet playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uzbATYxs9V8YQi5lf89WG (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.

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Re: Hakari – the hardest puzzle game you'll ever play

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Post by [deleted] »

nagonago wrote: post #38
pjgalbraith wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice keep em coming!

Discussion for level 13: I feel like it might have to do something with this four tet playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uzbATYxs9V8YQi5lf89WG (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.

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