To be honest, I didn't even try. I'm focusing on the train of madness for now. :P
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Perhaps now that group discussion's opened up you want to take part a bit more? ;)
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If nobody has been able to solve it yet, I highly doubt I will amount to anything. :) And I'm not interested in the game, so this is time I should be spending on the train of madness. :P
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I tried some things that made perfect sense, but the result did not make sense.
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If none have solved it before the weekend, I'll let people discuss it as a group and perhaps solve it together. :) Although I am interested in what method you've been trying. Feel free to PM me. ;)
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Added Besiege, lvl 1, as a GA at the end of the puzzle, perhaps that will create some more interest.
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Group discussion is now open.
Group Puzzle Rules:
You may openly discuss your ideas on how to go ahead and solve this, but once you've solved it, you can't share the solution. Feel free to ask questions, but be warned that I may not answer.
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Deadline for first to solve bonus is up. Now I can drop some hints to get people to the GA.
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HINT 1: Each of m3rc and chour has posted something correct in regards to the puzzle.
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At least now you don't have that other puzzle to solve! ;)
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Oh my, not even with a good game like Besiege as a price am I able to get any attention to this puzzle.
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Looks like maybe some sort of mathematical cipher? Believe me, Besiege is a juicy prize to work for. I'll probably chip away at it but I'm not sure I've got what it takes to figure it out. I dove into puzzles this week and being a newbie I'm a bit burnt out already.
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At least, even as a newbie, you're not at much disadvantage since I haven't seen a cipher like this used here before. As can be seen by the lack of people able to solve it. :P Time to think outside of the box for everyone. :)
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I'm pretty sure I know how to decode it, but with the information I found on internet - the result doesn't make much sence. And honestly I CBA to count that much manually :P But have a free bump :)
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Well ... can't speak for others, but the prize was definitely not the problem ... but when I first read this puzzle, it took me all of 2 seconds to react with "yeah, I'm intrigued, but this will take time, and ... nope, not now". ... but I do have an idea, and I will return when I have some time to try it out. For now, have the bump I "owe" you since that first visit :P
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Oh, I just realized my idea doesn't fit after all ... so scratch that, I'm clueless ... There's is way too much open space outside the box :P
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Well, I'll open it up for a group discussion during the weekend. I know at least someone's been thinking along the right lines at least.
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Oh my, can't let the thread drop too far. Self bump... because noone wants to brofist me. :(
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Bump for some findings, trying to construct a readable content.
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Colour me intrigued! Was just gonna check the thread before opening up a group discussion, but I'll have to wait to see if someone can solve it on their own.
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Ok, Group stuff.
I immediately thought I recognized the cipher. The "I declare my independence!" pointed me towards the Declaration of Independence, which is a part of some movie plots and the text used in the Beale Cipher.
The Beale Cipher uses numbers to point at words in the Declaration, from those words you use the first letter to create a message.
Here is an encoder/decoder and the text of the Declaration
It got me nowhere and from what Nordhbane has said it seems to be the right direction but still pretty far off track :P
What got my attention next is the repetition in the numbers. It looks very artificial.
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As I already mentioned to m3rc in a private message, the Beale Cipher is not what's being used, but it's not a bad guess.
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I also tried fiddling with Declaration based on the Beale Cipher but took words (first number) and letters (second number). Some variations were quite promising but (762) word is too short to get 6,7,8 letter.
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HINT 1: Each of m3rc and chour has posted something correct in regards to the puzzle.
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I thought this might be some sort of enigma code, but I can't wrap my head around it, I guess that's it for me, nice puzzle tho, gl to everyone else.
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The giveaway has ended but the puzzle still stands.
So, I've got other wild ideas.
Like there are 80 pairs, which (if these pairs are "word+letter") make 40 "somethings".
And when I see 40 "somethings" it's usually 8bits 5 times (binary ascii code for giveaway code).
Which can be constructed for example with "0" for vowels, "1" for consonants.
As far as I remember the giveaway was added later, so probably this is not the case.
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Seeing as I could actually reuse the puzzle exactly as it is, and just add new GA's to it, I will not reveal the secret. I can change it if I want though using the same method, it's rather fluid in its design and easily managable. I think it's a good and hard puzzle that could very well serve as a final puzzle in a longer puzzle train. You are free to try and crack it though, and I encourage you to do it. :)
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I want to declare my independence from puzzles by stating that I'm not at all addicted to them. For that reason I've created a puzzle.
For the first person to solve the code I will create a wallpaper,to the best of my abilities using 2D or 3D, based on a subject of the winners choosing. For example, Yorick and Braum from League of Legends was two requests I got a while ago and I created 1 UP and Tardis for my brother.Deadline for First to Solve bonus: Sunday 29 november.Group Puzzle Rules:
You may openly discuss your ideas on how to go ahead and solve this, but once you've solved it, you can't share the solution. Feel free to ask questions, but be warned that I may not answer.
Reward: 1xBesiege
Puzzle:
229 1 229 2 229 3 300 1 300 2 62 1 62 2 363 1 363 2 363 3 762 6 762 7 762 8 1136 1 1136 2 1136 3 635 1 635 2 635 3 46 3 231 5 231 6
561 4 561 5 561 6 205 4 205 5 584 3 426 1 557 1 742 2 753 4 754 5 17 2 17 3 17 4 255 3 255 4 530 2 54 1
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