This is my very first puzzle on the forums, really wanted to do this from some time ago.

Its a Cryptography puzzle, yea if you don't know what that is then ITS TOO HARD for you.

Rules:

You can comment your ideas and strategies, but no actual answers, ciphers, or code. If you solved it please do NOT post spoilers!

EDIT: do not share game nor links either.

EDIT2: The giveaway will end on Tuesday 6:00pm (GMT -5)

Hints:

  • Don't bother with internet, books or anything, you wont find this form of coding.

  • I didn't forgot anything at all.

Real Hint 1: The first line is the "Key"

Hint 2: The key is an encoded representation of the alphabet

Important Hint 3: the key is also "part" of the entire message. once you come to the end of the key, keep going into the message.

with this i mean that you should assume that the message needs to be decrypted in order, one character at a time. Basically, the first character in the message starts you off (the A in this case). the next character requires information from the first character to be decrypted, and so on.

Important for solvers: I realized a mistake, when you solve it the second letter should be ¨capital¨ , my bad.

I will place hints as I see fit.

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Well, I tried the one cipher I know and it wasn't right. Cryptography was never my thing anyway. ;)

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Trying to understand that words D:

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It was quite easy, but ym decipher had capitals only and too lazy to type it in small letters.

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OK, wheres the puzzle? What do we crypt?

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"Don't bother with internet, books or anything, you wont find this form of coding."

Then I guess people will need some hints to solve this.

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well thats why im letting people discuss ideas about it. The reason you should not bother searching other parts is because I made this which it means it doesnt exist anywhere else.

I will be posting hints anyway.

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how are we supposed to discuss strategies if we are not allowed to name ciphers?

Well, here's what I tried without success:
1) character shifting
2) there are 5 lines, so I tries some combinations to build a SG link
3) tried some of the 5 char pairs as part of a SG link
4) some basic plain text decryptions with the first line as keyword

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Im just saying do not reveal the actual answer and code, when im letting you discuss strategies i mean it, basically you share your thoughts on it even if it could be a hint for others, im not against it.

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the message must be decrypted in order as normal text (left to right, top to bottom, just like english text).

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Hmm.

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"I didn't forgot anything at all." You "did forgot" grammar. :P

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im not sure if you are serious or just trolling.

even so i lol'd :P

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When is the giveaway due? I'd like to know so I can prioritise on other puzzles if I have time for this one.

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Tuesday 6:00pm (GMT -5) will end the giveaway. will add this info thx

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Cheers.

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How can we decode it if it's ur code.. It will take more than 3 days..

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I see you chose to do exactly the kind of puzzle I said I hate :P

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Is there any hint nearing our location :D Stuck at some point and I'm not very good at this kinds of puzzles.

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WTF. I know only two words with only one letter: a and i. But, Is there any words with two letters and last of them is A or I?

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first you should look at the key, updated the hint.

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that was obviously...

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i know that "Key" means. Just tried to analyze text, since i have no idea that to do with key.

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the key is the complete alphabet.

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Thought I might have to replace someting :D

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So... given a key but no cipher- or plaintext an analysis of the cryptosystem is impossible, is it not?

So we need some kind of ciphertext, since it wouldn't be a puzzle after all with the plaintext given. Since the first line is the key, the rest of the message could be the ciphertext. Assuming the line "Rules:" and everything that follows is not part of the ciphertext that leaves only the second line (and maybe one or two linebreaks). Now the real fun starts :)

Another approach would be using "2oGC3frj" as ciphertext :)

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thats why i said its too hard. . .

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What "first line" is the key? the first of the description? the title?
You should format better this,like the cipher is in the title,plus other things.

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Going to the actual cipher is pretty easy ;)

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Does the first line build from the end of the key, or does it start fresh?

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the code begins after the first a that is the key (everything in parenthesis) , from them on everything is coded

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Pretty simple now, just time consuming :)

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you are the other solver?

i have a mistake on the letters just realized, the second letter should be capital.

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Yeah, thanks for the correction :)

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quick question about the code is it K(space)ygpw or just Kygpw and the font makes it look like a space

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Its with space yes

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another question is will you use real words only? like is wow gonna be in there? becasue if some im done lol.

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only real words yes.

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Got the first entry, so i guess the hints are very clear by now, anyway I may post more hints later on.

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so both K ygpw and couhuct q rnmkfz. if k and q are both isolated ah nevermind apaently there are 3 1 letter words...drat.

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Do the non-letter characters (spaces and punctuation) affect the cipher, or only the letters?

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Also, does only the previous character factor into the cipher, or could it be more than one previous characters?

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only the previous character and also non-letters doesnt affect on anything at all.

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Thanks for the challenge. I've solved the question (solver #3), but didn't find the giveaway yet.

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just continue as you have been doing, also take into account that the second letter should be capital.

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That's what I thought. I just haven't been successful for some reason.

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Bump for solved! Thanks!

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I decoded the text and I'm trying to enter what I think is the answer but it won't accept it. I even tried to code the answer but still no success.

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just must be making a mistake in coding it then.

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Why the yawn would you make a cryptography puzzle and hide the link with a common gimmick... Great way to lose interest.

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well the others that solved the puzzle did not had any problem with it

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It's two different types of puzzle. Hidden link's aren't fun to me, it's too much like work. It's like asking someone to install a new processor, so they could play a train sim. Not everyone knows how to go about both, and both are not always entertaining.

If it were an entire puzzle of hidden link's it makes sense, but tacking it on to any and everything is just... bleh

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its done on almost every puzzle over here, and most ppl on is capable of using those letters, you just have to continue as you been doing.

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Just cause others do it, doesn't make it a good thing. You're just following the trend.

Most people? False... Look around, there's at least 1 post from someone without a clue. And there are others who don't like it for various reasons. Given the number of people who play, compared to a quiz without a hidden link, it's a clear majority that are either not capable, or interested.

It's your choice to use it. I just wanted to say it didn't add anything to this type of puzzle and has limited your audience. Maybe you'll consider not using it, or using it in a way that fits with your future puzzles, Cheers.

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Surely the whole idea of puzzles is to limit the audience? :)

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Closed 11 years ago by Comandos.