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Mystery-o-matic.com random murder generator is open-source

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Re: Mystery-o-matic.com random murder generator is open-source

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Post by 8organicbits »

galapago wrote: post #20
shlip wrote: post #19

Fun fact about mystery-o-matic.com, and I suspect the HTML page generated with linked software : with JS disabled, you are able to see all clues "for free". When you don't know what the UI ought to look like, you just read them before realizing you're not supposed to.

This is correct, JS should be enabled to play :). The alternative is using a server to get clues which I want to avoid (the website is a single, static html). This enabled to play offline as well.

You can probably hide those with a `display: none` via CSS and remove it with Javascript. People with poor connections may fail to load the JS, or see the clues until JS finally loads.

Re: Mystery-o-matic.com random murder generator is open-source

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Post by galapago »

8organicbits wrote: post #21
galapago wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is correct, JS should be enabled to play :). The alternative is using a server to get clues which I want to avoid (the website is a single, static html). This enabled to play offline as well.

You can probably hide those with a `display: none` via CSS and remove it with Javascript. People with poor connections may fail to load the JS, or see the clues until JS finally loads.

Good catch, thanks a lot!

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Post by rmccue »

galapago wrote: post #2

I'm the main developer behind mystery-o-matic, happy to take questions and feedback regarding its engine here!

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but there's definitely some sort of bug - I entered what I was certain was the correct info and got the "incorrect" phrase. Rechecked about 100% times using all clues and still the same. Switched to a different browser and entered the same answers and... it said correct.

Might be because I clicked through to either the sleuth-o-meter or the how to play and then hit back? I also filled in the example table on the how-to-play.

(Also, glad I'm not going crazy!)

Re: Mystery-o-matic.com random murder generator is open-source

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Post by galapago »

rmccue wrote: post #23
galapago wrote: post #2

I'm the main developer behind mystery-o-matic, happy to take questions and feedback regarding its engine here!

I'm not sure exactly what happened, but there's definitely some sort of bug - I entered what I was certain was the correct info and got the "incorrect" phrase. Rechecked about 100% times using all clues and still the same. Switched to a different browser and entered the same answers and... it said correct. Might be because I clicked through to either the sleuth-o-meter or the how to play and then hit back? I also fil…

I suspect there is a bug in the selector. I need to investigate. Thanks for the report!

Re: Mystery-o-matic.com random murder generator is open-source

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Post by breadchris »

I have been running a murder mystery competition where you solve cyber security challenges for the past 7 years[1]. We come up with a story and then build an evidence graph for competitors to traverse. Challenges can be as simple as a Caesar cipher, or more involved like analyzing a clone of Twitter for clues. The challenge infrastructure is all defined with configs and gets deployed automatically to kubes. It is all open source too if you want to check it out[2].

[1] https://mcpshsf.com/ [2] https://github.com/xctf-io/chalgen

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Post by GlassOwAter »

galapago wrote: post #14
LVB wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain a bit more how Ethereum fits in “for obtaining a random mystery prompt and its solution”?

Ethereum as a platform is not really used, but Solidity smart contracts simulated inside a testing tool. Check my explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38422232

Would it fairly easily port to a blockchain? And would you be interested in bringing it to Evmos?

Re: Mystery-o-matic.com random murder generator is open-source

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Post by galapago »

GlassOwAter wrote: post #27
galapago wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ethereum as a platform is not really used, but Solidity smart contracts simulated inside a testing tool. Check my explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38422232

Would it fairly easily port to a blockchain? And would you be interested in bringing it to Evmos?

Depends on what you want exactly, but I think it should be straightforward. Please use the contact form so we can continue this conversation: https://forms.gle/dvA4Wr8LiuHFmDZN7
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