Hello SteamGifters,

Few days ago it was 2SolveMe 2nd anniversary, so to celebrate I decided to create a small challenging puzzle.

Actually I didn't create the cipher myself, my friend who isn't on SteamGifts did. He really loved TomasMacMordain cipher puzzles, so he decided to help me to create one similar for this special occasion.

Award: Victoria 3 (plus 5 other giveaways).

Because it's a challenging one, I will add hints as time passes.

Puzzle:

if 'Hello world' is 'mmloow  ~ll'
and 
'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789 ,.!@#$%^&*()'
is
'ccgeggoikkomoo qsswuww y{zaCCGEGGOIKKOMOO_QSSWUWW_Y[z01337577?99,./ac'% ~.*)i'

what "2Solve.Me" equals to?

Puzzle Link

Hint 0: It's not proper cipher, I am sorry, just cipher like puzzle. You can look at the SG puzzle guide or past TomasMacMordain puzzles, it's in similar fashion.
Hint 1: Left side and right side have the same number of characters (including empty space), so the answer would have the same number of characters as "2Solve.Me"
Hint 2: "SeeSharp" is "wew{isrs"
Hint 3: Think in binary!
Hint 4: It's not a proper cipher, you cannot decode the solution back to the original string.
Hint 5: Why did the programmer go broke? -Because he lost his bitwise savings! ;)

Edit: Initial passed code had bad spacing (because markdown removed it for some reason), fixed


Answer: so~woomw

twchiu solved it first, and gave simples explanation so I will re-post it here:

  1. Convert the character to ASCII code in binary.
  2. Use "OR" operation(0 OR 0 = 0, otherwise 1) with the next character.
    • The last character pair with the first one.
    • If the result is non-printable, turn it into a normal space.
  3. You have the answer!

C# Code:

string input = "2Solve.Me";
string output = "";
for (int i = 0; i < input.Length; ++i) {
   output += (char) (input[i] | input[(i + 1) % input.Length]);
}
Console.WriteLine(output);      
1 week ago*

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Well I got as far as writing it all down on a piece of paper and staring at until realizing that I'm not smart enough to figure this out without hints if I am able to solve it! (I did throw some 4 different strings of gibberish at it and it nada)

edit: oooh, okay, now all the strings have equal amount of characters now, that makes more sense (I think).
edit2: ah well, tried a couple more guesses and nada. I never could do Tomas's puzzles.

1 week ago*
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Thanks for keeping the puzzle threads alive!

I will try my luck with this one. But for now have a big bump!

1 week ago
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Thank you for creating 2solve.me and Thank you for the puzzle, even if I'm stumped

1 week ago
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Bump for solved :D
The spacing confused me a bit, but it worked out after you fixed the issue.

1 week ago*
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my brain is hurting, need a vacation now

1 week ago
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Happy anniversary for 2SolveMe and thank you for your work!

1 week ago
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Clearly it equals "Send Help" :P

I haven't the slightest, but bump.

1 week ago
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"Send Help" equals to "wondhmm|s"
;)

1 week ago
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Wond hmm javascript. :P

1 week ago
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can you decode an encrypted message, or is it a one way only transformation?

1 week ago
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It's not proper cipher, I am sorry, just cipher like puzzle. You can look at the SG puzzle guide or past TomasMacMordain puzzles, it's in similar fashion.

1 week ago
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So it's a one way transformation?

1 week ago
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Solved. Bump!

1 week ago
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my brain is not big enough for this one of my many options is 7Uqoyg/og how close am I?

1 week ago
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bump for my brain hurts

1 week ago
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Iv tried a lot of things, still dont get it yet.

I was never here to attempt Tomas' puzzles, holy do they ever seen complicated. I'll keep trying but i don't have much faith i can get this one made in inspiration..

1 week ago
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bump for solved!

1 week ago
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gosh darn, these hints still aren't helping and i have only so many pieces of papers to keep writing this down in. wondhmm|s :(

1 week ago
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bump for skip

1 week ago
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Is it solvable without knowing of/looking at Tomas' puzzles?

1 week ago
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Solved bump!

1 week ago
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Bump for finally solved

6 days ago
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Bump for solved!

6 days ago
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Bump for solved

6 days ago
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bump for solved, insane one

6 days ago
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Hint 5 (including a joke as well) added.
Sorry there is only 1 day left, I should have made it to last longer (the giveaways), wasn't expecting to be this hard.

4 days ago
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Oop, got it. I was on the right track but wasn't thinking like that

4 days ago
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Bump for solved thanks to hint 5!

4 days ago
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Bump

4 days ago
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Bump for solved

4 days ago
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