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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That was amazing! Thanks!

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Solution added to the main post.

1 year ago
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Ahhh, never got past the first step. The highlighted keys threw me off. šŸ™‚
Also didn't realize it was the SG logo, I thought it was just an 'O' šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

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Someone else also mentioned that. :D That was unintentional, I just have the WASD and arrow keys red on my keyboard and made it look a bit like that.
I also do wonder how many people actually got that it's the steamgifts logo. The logo isn't really displayed prominently anymore on the site and is pretty simple. (It is still on the brand assets page)

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I thought it was a placeholder for a key, so I first assumed it needed to be a one-key solution. :D
Minds and their weird way of working...

Anyway, great puzzle, Snake, even though I failed miserably. ;)

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As I recall, the ā€sā€ button glowed when the screen was left alone for a bit.
Many of you may have guessed from that.
I immediately thought of it with the logo.šŸ‘€

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saw the solution, but it doesnt mention anything about the second giveaway? but while it was active quite a lot of people said they got one instead of the other. how was that one supposed to be found?

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1.

Type in "giveaway dXAgdXAgZG93biBkb3duIGxlZnQgcmlnaHQgbGVmdCByaWdodCBiIGE=" and click on the giveaway link.

(leads to this giveaway: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/iD0Of/)

2.

Add the "NVuzC" from the background image to a giveaway link. (https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/NVuzC/)

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This^
I've added the link to the solution to make it more clear.

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