Today 16.09.22 my Steam account becomes 10-years-old. So I decided to create some puzzles and giveaways. 10 games for 10 years. Yay!!

Since itstoohard is dead and I'm too lazy to create something creative, I reuse my old ideas or just stole them from someone else. What can you do, ban me? Hehe.

All puzzles are simple. I mean for real. But it's the community puzzle so feel free to give any hints to each other.

The prizes are in the image. Giveaways will end 26.09.2022. All of them are 1st level. Almost all keys are region free, but if they are suddenly not - sorry.

Just to be clear: you can give each other any hints/clues/ways for a solution other than direct answers or links.

People asked for solutions, so here they are:

  1. In the description of the picture below. Just move your mouse over it - UhEvG
  2. In the source code of the page in the description - GR0nn. Btw, ABBA code is the baconian cipher and it's a red herring.
  3. Just copy URL and do not click it - 1du3t.
  4. It's in a picture of the Jigidi puzzle. You don't even need to solve it. If you can't see the code just make screenshot, open it in Paint and use the bucket tool - kCIF3.
  5. 5 rows with 8 squares each. Binary. Shades of gray are 0. Colours are 1. DVdzy.
  6. In the end of the picture if you open it as a text file - Xfwb3. Dots are the braille alphabet. It's the red herring too.
  7. Zipjpg. If you open it as an archive you can find the clue for the online steganography tool which deciphers the image - qAHZi.
  8. The laugh is binary. A is 0, H is 1. GsLBF.
  9. The Morse code gives an URL for another online steganography tool which deciphers the WAV file - O2YQe.
  10. Just a quiz. All of the above puzzles are steganography one way or another. L7UQA

P.S. Some person pointed out to me that steganography isn't a cryptography. Well, you're an old boring person, that's who you are.

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2 years ago*

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Stuck with shades of gray
Bumpo nevertheless

2 years ago
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You and me both.
One more bump.

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I have no idea where or what the puzzle to get to the giveaways are

But thank you nonetheless

2 years ago
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lol same. read the post like 3 times to see where the puzzle is 😂. I guess that's the hardest puzzle.

2 years ago
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Image is the key.

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Made it to the last cart, had a lot of fun. Happy cakeday and thanks for the event.

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you sir is a very smart guy, I can't get past shades of gray.

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The shades of grey was the most challenging one for me, but only because it has a lot of misleading clues.

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Could you, almighty puzzler, maybe give a tiny clue to all of us stuck at this stage?

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Just don't overthink. The puzzle isn't that hard as it might look.

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Dude it can't be, I already tried everything, I give up.

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I'm stuck at the same place. Have you had any luck?

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some with, some without

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Nope, nothing so far.
Yep, decipherer's hint right there finally nudged me to where the solution lies.

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Can you please say, i need photoshop to solve this?

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No, you don't need Photoshop to solve it.

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Bump!

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Bump for solved stuck at #7. Happy cakeday! :)

Edit: Solved for real this time! Thank you!

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Username almost checks out. Did you read the comments?

2 years ago
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Nevermind, I stumbled upon the solution :) For some reason I thought it was hidden in the previous puzzle, instead it was easier than I thought! I just got to the (true) end. Thank you! :)

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Username checks out! Congratulations! :)

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im stuck at 7 right now. could you give a hint pls?
i understood the haha hint
and i get a string with ?. but whats next?

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What's in a HA? one is one, the other...

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like i said... i understood the haha using the same method from #4 and i got a 5 letter string. but whats next?

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just do /giveaway/12345/ — if the string is correct, it should work

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well...it doesnt... soooo... where did i go wrong? x.x

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nevermind... >_>
for what ever reason the tool i used had inverted lower case and capitals activated

now i got it
thanks you, you helped me

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You're welcome, I'm glad you made it! :)

2 years ago
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Happy 10 year anniversary!
Can anyone help me how to solve these puzzles. Never done before, thanks.

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Bump for solved!

2 years ago
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First of all, even if a bit late, happy cakeday ^_^
Saw this thread yesterday night and went to sleep a little too late ..but that's a good sign :D

..the bad thing is that I'm stuck! listened to the hint but I can't do anything with the result ^^;
well,there's still a week left :fingerscrossed:

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Came back to it with a fresh mind and noticed immediately what I couldn't yesterday ^^;

Here's another solver's bump! :D

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Stuck at #4, no clue what to do with that !
Solved, now I'm stuck on the last cart...
Done !

Bump !

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Oh the almighty solver of these puzzles, can u pls give me a tiny hint for cart 4 (shades of grey)

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There's already a lot of clues on this one.
One that can help is "pay attention to the number of rows and columns". And re-read the description of the puzzle.

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in the comments ... read the second comment on the second page
this one helped me

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Thank you :D

now for #5, hope it isnt that hard

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Managed to finally make my way to the final cart, so take your bump and go in peace!

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Happy Cake Day :)

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Happy cakeday!

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Bump!

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Thank you so much for all of the puzzles, I really had fun!
If I didn't overthink one of them I would be probably a bit faster with solving, but I made it in the end anyway^^

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Solved #4 only to be stuck again at #5. Escollo, you're a master puzzler.

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And a liar (he said he only reused his own or stole from someone else! ha!) ;)

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stuck in Cart #7 bumf & Happy cakeday!

Edit: DECIDED.

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im stuck at 7 right now. could you give a hint pls?
i understood the haha hint
and i get a string with ?. but whats next?

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You are moving in the right direction. The key is hidden on the surface. If it's too difficult, then relax and come back to the solution a little later. Sometimes it is better to discard all difficult paths and return to the source.

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figured it out
thanks

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Bump!

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Bump!
Happy cakeday and thanks for the puzzles! It's was fun to doing them :)

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Still stuck bump!

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Happy cakeday and solved bump!

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Bump for rats...

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Bump for the end.

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I'm so happy I managed to solve all the puzzles, thank you for the ride, it was delightful!

Here's a bump, good sir.

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Bump

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Happy factory day!
Bump for solved, nice puzzles as usual, thank you.

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Any clue for the #7 ? I got the obvious thing but no idea what to do with it or if this is relevant

edit : Yeah I'm stupid i'm at cart #5 not #7

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that's mean

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Believe it or not, that was a hint for cart #7 :(

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It is, but I'm still trying to get my head around it.
Thanks anyway. Hopefully it'll click at some point.

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It's really not a good one, pointing and mocking someone who has tried dozens of things with your "hint" already is just redundant and cruel.

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I really can't be more explicit without spoiling the whole puzzle for cart #7...

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Thanks for your blacklist, by the way.

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lol did you actually get blacklisted for that?
hilarious that someone could be so offended by a pretty good hint

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Bump for solved !

That was really fun!

Happy anniversary!

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