2.2 was a very special day, Groundhog Day!! I have prepared a special Maru-style puzzle for you, all drawn by me. Enjoy!! And yeah, Maru-style puzzle is an official term from now on, it means a puzzle involving crazy and time-consuming artwork as the major aspect.

Here's the story:

Did you know there are no games about groundhogs in Steam?? Just one DLC. Well, there is this evil groundhog warlock who isn't happy about that. So he's put a curse of groundhoggification on Steam on 2.2. All the characters in Steam games are slowly turning into groundhogs. All is not lost though, it will take one week for the curse to take full effect. This is your chance. To prevent the curse from taking permanent effect you must recognize the games that have already suffered the fate of groundhoggification. Shout out the names (or write them in the puzzle, that should also work) of all of these games to break the curse. You shall be rewarded if you succeed. You have one week, until 9.2.

tl;dr: name the games these groundhoggified (I'm sure that is an official term), characters are from. The games, not the characters themselves.

Here's the puzzle. Go for it, save Steam!!

The usual puzzle rules: no hints (here or in other sites), no answer sharing, no giveaway link sharing. Come on, I've worked on this puzzle for months, the least you can do is follow my rules. I will be giving out hints if I deem it necessary. Some questions have multiple correct answers, if those characters have been in many games.

Hint 1: all the games are available in Steam

Hint 2: there will be no more hints. There are already over 200 solvers so I guess my puzzle was pretty easy for most of you. My next puzzle will be a lot harder and multi-staged (I'm even considering including an "impossible" stage to it, that none of you will be able to solve :P).

Good luck everyone!! Break the groundhog's curse before it's too late!!

SOLUTION (sorry, I forgot to post this D:)

  1. Bastion
  2. Super Meat Boy
  3. Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod
  4. Dungeon Defenders
  5. Cave Story+
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Half-Life
  8. Sequence
  9. Ys I, Ys II, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, Ys Origin
  10. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Skyrim
  11. Devil May Cry 4
  12. King's Bounty: Armored Princess

Thank you for participating in my puzzle. More Maru-style puzzles will be coming in the future!! ^^

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I may not be able to solve it, but the pictures themselves have already made my day. Thanks, mate. You're fab. )

11 years ago
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I'm really glad you enjoyed my puzzle at least in some way. That was really what I was aiming for: to create a fun puzzle which would bring a smile to people's faces even if they aren't able to solve it. Good luck, I might give out hints in the future so you might want to check back here to see if you can solve it later. °u°

11 years ago
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I only got 5,8 and 9 left. Your drawings are darn good.

EDIT: I'll just wait for decent hints in the puzzle. I proven to myself that I still can't solve most puzzles. Pretty close though.

11 years ago
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Thanks for an interesting puzzle. Numbers 1-7 + 10 were really simple, and I feel like I should know 9 but it's not coming to mind. They're all cute, though 12 is kind of disturbing.

11 years ago
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It's sexy, I understand if you feel disturbingly attracted to it. ;P

Just kidding, I could have drawn her into a furry wet dream, but didn't want to. I wanted to make her into an innocent and plump creature, just like all the other groundhogs. Because that is what makes groundhogs so charming, they're so chubby and tubby. <3

11 years ago
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Awesome drawings! How long it took you to draw them all?
I'm stuck at 5, 8, 9 and 12, I'll be back later if I remember some of them or to see if there's any hint. Great job Marumisu :D

11 years ago
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Good luck with the rest of them, I might post more hints later if I feel nice. And about this project, I have been working on this for approximately three months. Each picture took about 3-6 hours, that includes sketching, inking and coloring with PhotoShop. I'm glad people like them, though I must say I personally think I did a pretty sloppy job. Usually my drawings take days to be finished, but with this time constraint I was forced to work quickly. And I have also had my studies to take care of in the middle of drawing. So yeah, it was a lot of work but it was worth it, I have gotten so much positive feedback on this!! ^^

11 years ago
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I'll check this out when I get home. Some really nice drawings there, but I don't want my colleagues getting the wrong idea :S

11 years ago
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Don't want them to know about your secret furry side, is that it?? Hehee... ;)

11 years ago
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Exactly ^^

furissuchaturnon
11 years ago
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Oh my, I bet you're drooling over 12. Such a sexy beast, that one!! Rawr <3

11 years ago
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My favourite furry <3

11 years ago
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Happy Groundhogs day, And this drawings are Awesome.
Kitty's everywhere -

11 years ago
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Only missing Q8 now. Great drawings!

11 years ago
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OMG so cute drawings, gj Marumisu :D
Was worth to wait.

11 years ago
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:O the drawings are pure genius. Did you create those? I'm already picturing a "Game characters as cats" slew of lists all over the internet on shady sites that stole your content :P

11 years ago
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Yeah, these are all drawn by me, it was a couple of months' project. I kinda tried to prevent these from being stolen by including my signature in the pictures. Of course it can easily be removed, but I didn't want to ruin the drawings by putting watercolor signatures all over them. It's okay, art is meant to be distributed, though I would naturally like to be credited for my work. And I'd be flattered if people really considered these worth sharing around the internet. ^~^

11 years ago
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drawings are awesome! good job Maru!)

about the puzzle, dunno 5 and 8.

11 years ago
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5, 9 left. Nice drawings by the way!

11 years ago
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WHOA THAT'S COOL
GJ

11 years ago
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bumped for solved; great puzzle btw

11 years ago
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Great drawings! Sadly there are too many I can't name. 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12

11 years ago
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Really nice drawings! I recognized most of them, but still don't know number 8. Maybe a little hint?

11 years ago
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Thanks for this puzzle! Only 9 left!

11 years ago
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Bump for solved!

11 years ago
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Bump for solved, nice drawings u have there ^^

11 years ago
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While I only got 5/12 this is a really great puzzle! Well done Maru!

11 years ago
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MAN DIS HARD WHEN U DON'T KNOW ONE

SO DON'T NOT KNOW ONE

11 years ago
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DON'T NOT KNOW THREE EITHER.

11 years ago
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Nice one :)

11 years ago
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5, 9 and 11 to go :P Quite enjoyable so far. Thanks!

11 years ago
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lulz nice pics xD

11 years ago
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wow. cool drawings man! im just stuck on 11. great puzzle!

11 years ago
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I am loving your skwee little drawings, especially 7 :3 :D

Only didn't get 9 instantly, it's on the tip of my tongue (fingers, brain?).. I know it but the name won't pop in my head! >:|

11 years ago
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Please edit your comment, the first sentence. I know you mean well, but you're giving a hint for solving my puzzle. :<

11 years ago
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AHHH NOOOO I ALWAYS PRIDE MYSELF ON NOT MAKING FUCKUPS LIKE THAT. HOW COULD I MAKE THAT OVERSIGHT.

SORRY!!!!!

11 years ago
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lolz

11 years ago
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No problem, I'm glad you edited your comment. You do know, giving out the name of a character is a really big hint at the game. Even though he is a pretty well known one, I don't want anyone else giving any hints. That's my privilege. ^^

11 years ago
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Babecakes, I saw your reply and edited my comment immediately, only one person had the time to reply to this thread before I had cut the offending bit out. I even in panic mode just edited the comment and deleted the offending words, then immediately saved the comment, first, before bothering to edit it a second time to add "7". Obviously it was a huge hint. A directly google-able hint. As I said, normally, I never make dumb oversights like that, I was just so distracted by YOUR DAMN SKWEE LITTLE DRAWING STILL STUCK IN MY HEAD! :P

11 years ago
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Bump for solved and

THANK YOU FOR THE AWESOME ART!! :3

11 years ago
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This is the best puzzle ever please make another ;_;
I solved it, finally figured out 8, but site is derpinating at the moment QQ

11 years ago
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Closed 11 years ago by Marumisu.