Hey,

so someone just sent me this link.
I don't really know what to do with it, so I figured some of you might have more luck.

All I know is that it will apparently be available until January 6th.
Good Luck!

Solution:

  • Click on the link above.
  • Type in "steamgifts" (without the ") using your keyboard or the onscreen one. #1
  • Type in "help" or "?" to get a list of commands. #2
  • Type in "list".
  • Type in "download manual" and click on "open manual".
  • Type in "time" an copy the date and time. #3
  • Encode the date and time to Base64. #4
  • Type in "ev MjA3Ny0xMS0yOSAyMzoxNzoxMQ==" and click on "yes".
  • Type in "ls".
  • Type in "open promotions.txt" and copy the Base64 string.
  • Type in "giveaway dXAgdXAgZG93biBkb3duIGxlZnQgcmlnaHQgbGVmdCByaWdodCBiIGE=" and click on the giveaway link. (https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/iD0Of/)
  • Click on "login screen" on the "open promotions.txt" output or go back to https://puzzle.reluctantsnake.de/.
  • Decode "dXAgdXAgZG93biBkb3duIGxlZnQgcmlnaHQgbGVmdCByaWdodCBiIGE=". #4
  • Type in "up up down down left right left right b a" at the "login" page. (use the arrow keys) #5
  • Add the "NVuzC" from the background image to a giveaway link. (https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/NVuzC/)

#1 A hint is the steamgifts logo above the onscreen keyboard and after a while the "s" key starts blinking. You can also look at the page source and find the solution in the obuscated javascript file "main.js".
#2 "help" is just a common CLI command. Knowing that will help you, but you can get that information if you google "CLI". For example on the Wikipedia article for "Command-line interface".
#3 The solution for the admin password is in the manual: "default admin password: current server time encoded in base64"
#4 You can use any Base64 en-/decoder online or type in "download base64util" and use that one.
#5 You can get to that giveaway by just trying the Konami Code right away.

Anything else were just red herrings. :)

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Excellent puzzle! Here's a bump :3

1 year ago
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Bump for solved :3

1 year ago
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Bump for solved :)

1 year ago
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bump

1 year ago
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That has to be one of the coolest puzzles I've had the pleasure of solving on Steamgifts! It was lots of fun and not too long or challenging. Thank you!

1 year ago
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Great puzzle, even though the giveaway game was not my type of a game to enter, but I had a lot of fun honestly.
Really nicely made, not too hard, but at the same time not easy, a good balance.
Reminds me a lot of a Hacker Evolution game.

1 year ago
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Great puzzle, had to cheat a little to find the CLI.

$ proton run steam.exe

1 year ago
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Finally solved, thanks for the challenge and giveaways.

1 year ago
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Still don't even know how to start.

I can see there is only some parts of the keyboard I can use. I have looked at the most common CLI commands, but still nothing

1 year ago
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Bump for fun puzzle :D

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Bump

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Less than a week left bump

1 year ago
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So long without a bump. Can anyone fix it!? 😾

1 year ago
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Thanks for the bump Andy! I Almost forgot about this,
Very nice puzzle, thanks Snake!

1 year ago
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Late to the party, but bump for solved!

1 year ago
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Just ran into this. Looking at the keyboard and have no idea what to do. Poked around the site and still no clue. We'll see if I figure it out in a day or just wait for the (hopefully posted) solutions.

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Bump for a fun puzzle after a long while!

1 year ago
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I only solved one. or the other one, I'll come and see the solution next time.
Bump for fun puzzle!

1 year ago
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This was great. A lot of fun. Thanks.

1 year ago
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Almost missed this, this was fun :)

1 year ago
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Clever; I like how each game is related to the method to get there.

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Final day bump.

1 year ago
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~2 hours remaining

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bump!

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1 year ago
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3ph8ee3ye, thank you! I just noticed that, 3 years passed and it's been like a few days..

1 year ago
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Hmm, I got a certain five letter code on an image next to the keyboard that seemed really promising but I'm getting a "Page not found" on SG :( Is there an additional step?

EDIT: Oops, I was missing a "/" at the end! Got it now, thanks for hosting this puzzle!

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