Puzzle Giveaway: SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition [SOLUTION]

Looks like interesting! ;)

(Thanks for the info, I've added an imgur alternative. Also, if nobody finds it in a few days, I might post some hints. :-))

I wouldn't see it that way. ;-) Solving a harder puzzle isn't something you are doing for me, in return for a "better" game. Economically speaking, I wouldn't get any utility from it. On the other hand, your incentive, apart from possibly having fun with a challenging puzzle, is less competition in the actual giveaway, regardless of the price of the game. ;-)

The giveaway address contains 5 characters. Each "x" in "http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx" must be replaced with the actual character (which may, or may not be "x" ;-)).

If nobody is successful, I may post a longer coded message, where you would be able to tell if you are on the right track or not. (That's the problem with giveaway addresses -- they're nonsensical, so you don't know until you try them.) But that would mean more drawing for me, and I'm lazy. So I'll wait and see if anyone solves it before I do this. O:-)

4x8 grid is quite confusing.

• 4 columns mean it's not a column per character.
• 32 cells is not enough to store all the possible characters.
• 32bits (4bytes) is not enough for 5 characters as well.
• summing the values as in a 4x8 grid doesn't form logical numbers (not ascii that's for sure)

In other words, i'm lost :(

for me it looks like binary code that u can change to ascii when u decode it. got it at school but forgot how to encode this kind of stuff (note: its only my personal thinking. Dont know if its right or not)

how did u do that?? could u tell me?

You don't know the question.
When you find out the question, you will understand the answer.

Pudding morse code. Perfect for ordering dessert.