Hello, you lovely people.

Having failed at thinking up a properly Christmas-themed giveaway, I'm presenting you an Improperly Christmasy Puzzley Thingy (ICPT). A short and simple one (ends on 20.12, in case you've missed that part).

  1. The 'Hey, I heard that somewhere!' part of the ICPT: http://itstoohard.com/puzzle/dwXjCBe7. Incidentally, the music that you hear in the clips has nothing to do with the questions. It's only the music you see that does. Honest.

  2. The 'Hey, I saw that somewhere!' part of the ICPT: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18493821/Imperative.knytt.bin. If you're not sure what to do with this one, look for hints in the file name.

Always go for the festive door!


Answers

Q1 - Peter Auty (the song is 'Walking in the Air' written by Howard Blake for 'The Snowman', a lovely 1982 animated film).

Q2 - Franz Xaver Gruber (the carol is 'Silent Night').

Besides the semi-obvious visual hints in the form of crude drawings (pardon my lack of artistic abilities), there were also hints hidden in YouTube tags. To see those, you had to view the page source and look for the 'keywords' block. The first video's keywords were Yksi, Joulu, and Lumiukko ('One', 'Christmas', 'Snowman'). The second video's keywords were Kaksi, Joulu, Juhlayö ('Two', 'Christmas', 'Festive night'). There were also a bunch of videos in Finnish in the related videos as part of the hint, but they soon disappeared somewhere. (

As for the 'Hey, I saw that somewhere!' part of the ICPT, it's a custom level for Knytt Stories. Fire up the game, walk through the level, take the red exit - you'll end up on a screen with the giveaway code.

12 years ago*

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Is that a linux executable? (occasionally linux executables will end in .bin, or for sfx bash scripts)

12 years ago
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As much as I love myself some occasional AHW (Albino humping worm) game, nope that's not the hint you're looking for.

And it's not a Mac binary either, so there's no AHW round two. Sorry. )

12 years ago
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The first part is way too hard.

12 years ago
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Look for visual clues. There are at least two hints in each YouTube entry. )

12 years ago
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I was wrong.

12 years ago
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Thank you, very fun puzzles :)

12 years ago
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i did enter the composer it turns out wrong >.> is there particular naming?

12 years ago
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Sorry, but I have to ask. Are you sure you're entering the composer of the piece that is shown to be played, and not the composer of the piece that is heard?

12 years ago
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Always go for the festive door!

Haha, that will teach me!

12 years ago
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It's a bit too late for yolk-coloured harvest festivities, aye. )

12 years ago
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This puzzle deserves a festive Yuletide bump.

12 years ago
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I've always liked the sound of that word. Yuuuule. Yumm.

12 years ago
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Hmm..next time say it's for contributors only. I am fairly new, so my contribution is 0 so far :P. In any case enjoyed puzzle 2 since 1st one was a no-no for me :]

12 years ago
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Aw, sorries. I kind of assumed it was common knowledge that you could see the contributor requirement for private giveaways on creators' profile pages.

Still, there's more than a week to catch up. )

12 years ago
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Going along nicely so far. Hop in!

12 years ago
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Bump for solving both puzzles! =D

Thanks for the giveaways!

12 years ago
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6 days to go, 2 games to win. )

12 years ago
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Figured out Q2 of P1

Q1 is giving me some troubles though. (never played piano)

EDIT: first one solved.

12 years ago
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Away with the troubles then! )

12 years ago
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Bump! :D

Note to self: listen to more chrimbo carols :D ( Q1 doesn't sound familiar ... )

Nvm, got it!

12 years ago
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Good job on those sounds in your head, mate. )

12 years ago
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both solved

12 years ago
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Puzzle 2 solved - thank you! It was such a great idea! ^^

12 years ago
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Ta. )

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4 days left. Time to start dusting off those unmatched musical skills of yours!

12 years ago
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Oh man, I'm not a musical person at all... Good luck to you all tho!

12 years ago
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Bah, you just haven't had the chance to release the Stockhausen in you. )

Maybe a sudden keyword or two could speed up the magic. wink-wink

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2 days left. Tune in!

12 years ago
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Just 8 hours to go. But shhhh, no more announcements to follow.

12 years ago
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Im pretty 100% sure at q2 but it doesn't work

12 years ago
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I actually entered quite a lot of various combinations of last/first names of that chap, as well as a couple of spelling variants. Should be causing you no trouble. (

Hit me on Steam if you can't make it past Q2, there's still time.

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the answer to the second question of first quiz is not "Freddie Mercury's even gayer cousin". anyway this is a pretty ridiculous puzzle, supposed to follow the fingers well harldy anyone knows piano that well but gl to those that do....

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Well, it was worth a try. )

12 years ago
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haha :)

12 years ago
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Can you send me the songs playing in Chrimbo 1 and 2? The names not anything related to the answers to the questions.

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The names of the songs that are playing in those videos are 'Fossils (from The Carnival of Animals)' by Saint-Saens and 'When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe' by Divine Comedy.

As for the songs that are being played, I'll post them here once the giveaway is over.

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are you also playing with left hand?

12 years ago
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Not in these videos, no. I figured that those who'd use online pianos to solve the quiz (and specifically use the mouse to play on those online pianos) might get a little bit upset if I were. Both songs are melody-heavy anyway, so using your left hand to play a tambourine is as fine as stroking a cat, really.

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Closed 12 years ago by Svipur.