I guess this is the only puzzly part of the puzzle, or at least the only part that's different... Hopefully people took note of where they found everything... :)
Oh, I had a strange feeling that something could be hidden there, so good for me that I made all the maps on my first 'walkthrough', so I don't even need to do the second one :D
That's lucky! :) If I had to re-wander 1000 giveaways just to draw a map for some unknown reason, after I had already reached the end of the maze... Most likely I'd say screw it and try some other puzzle... :)
I will start with a big thanks! :D
I had very much enjoyed my time in THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™. ;) I think it was really clever and you have wrote it so nicely.
Even though I have made two maps I had to go through the whole martyrium again. :D You know... "hmmm, I should remember where I found it? Why? I am in the middle of the dungeon I will just continue. Then grande finale - Ouch!" XD But it was fun!
Also I can't believe how dumb I am sometimes. XD I don't know why but I thought that you have made all of this out blue or something like that, of course you had a map. XD Really, my brain went on vacation. XD
And I promised you some maps. ;)
First is the tiny one. And it combines two levels of Ziggurat. I had to remade it of course, as there wasn't enhough space. ;)
And other two pics are the final maps for completing the dungeon!
I was expecting to see I'd done some copy+paste error and everyone's maze had some blocks in random places, letters that couldn't be read, etc. Guess we all got lucky this time! :)
Oh, the "?" could have been more legible, I suppose. Maybe a larger one, in a larger maze? I keep not being satisfied with the whole drawing letters thing, but I keep not finding a solution... :(
Well, you can be disappointed by the fact I rushed these final giveaways, and didn't give them a proper description yet. :( I have two weeks to rectify that, but I make no promises...
Oh! The original end of Evangelion was a disoppoinment for many people back then. Remember those days.
The message on the map was really clever. Good thing I recovered my map from that mummy. Otherwise doing all that again?!?! mmm.. maybe when a get bored I will get lost on the SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED MAZE-LIKE FORGOTTEN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA OF DISAPPOINTMENT just for fun.( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙)
Thanks for the long trip, it was, not necesarly fun, but entertaining indeed. If it took us time to travel to the ziggurat, can only imagine what it taked you to construct all this. For all that effort, big thanks! I would add here a copy of that cool renaisance pimp guy doing the finger ponting like saying "you're cool bro!" but was too lazy to search for it, so I will let you with the disappointing instead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ enjoy!😊
Surprised nobody mentioned the music until now... :) Not enough nerds in here, I guess... :)
I prefer the version of Komm, süsser Tod on the Vox album, although it's not important. Wouldn't call that a good album, but I don't think the entire thing sucks. :)
I'm always plagiarising myself in puzzles, so to speak... It's the same idea I had in a "digits of pi" puzzle @ https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/DFIO8/ but maybe this one was easier to notice. I hope. :)
Ahh, yeah, it was a lot of effort, but kinda useless... :) Next time I'll have to automate the whole thing, so I can enjoy everyone else's suffering, instead of sharing it... :)
Wow, this was something! It took forever, but at least I did make a map the first time and didn't have to retrace the maze. Thanks for the fun and for the legendary disappointment! :)
Unfortunately I didn't have enough copies to ensure everyone wins something, so it wouldn't surprise me if a few people won a mountain of stuff, but some other people won nothing at all... :(
I guess as long as everyone's trying to win stuff they'd play, it will all work out somehow... :)
Awesome "puzzle" fiftykyu! I finally solved it after retracing again all the mazes but this time making the maps. It has been a TRUE DISAPPOINTMENT™ to have to redo everything, but it was worth it. Sometimes it can be bad to know about search algorithms :)
Sorry you had to wander through all over again... :( Did you happen to write a script to map everything? Sounds like at least two people did that... :)
I could have made an script but I didn't because I wanted to follow the intended procedure. I applied (again) manually the "depth-first search" algorithm opening tabs in the browser but this time I saved the map information. Also doing a script for the second run wouldn't save me much time since I had already solved the "It's Too Hard" puzzles and the mazes don't have loops.
Aha, yeah, I've heard of fun, but I don't think it's supposed to look like this... :)
I can't remember offhand, but it's possible you didn't miss any dates - think I just counted backwards from the end of the year, one day for each pixel. So whatever day that resulted in was the first day. No hidden meaning or clues or anything. :)
Ahh, there's not much of a story really, and a few things even had to be cut when I belatedly remembered I'd have to make a final itstoohard thing before this giveaway... Measure once, cut twice... :)
And fortunately people were blitzing through the maze so quickly that I added these final giveaways before I'd finished writing the descriptions... Which led to me never finishing them, of course. So what was going to be in here will just stay on my computer and in my head, don't think anyone will miss it... :)
Yeah, maps or a big box of nothing... Sorry about the backtracking...
But what if I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride! :)
Thank you, that looks interesting! I'll make a bookmark for it, trying to catch up on replying again... :)
Hmm, it kinda reminds me of a puzzle idea that died, too... :)
I was working on something with "RPG Maker", you'd wander around the map and pick up clues or whatever. Fortunately I realised that even though you're playing RPG Maker shovelware for a puzzle, you're still playing RPG Maker shovelware... Ain't nobody got time for that! :)
Good luck in here, hope you can find something worth a few points! :)
That was piece of cake!
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I guess this is the only puzzly part of the puzzle, or at least the only part that's different... Hopefully people took note of where they found everything... :)
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Oh, I had a strange feeling that something could be hidden there, so good for me that I made all the maps on my first 'walkthrough', so I don't even need to do the second one :D
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That's lucky! :) If I had to re-wander 1000 giveaways just to draw a map for some unknown reason, after I had already reached the end of the maze... Most likely I'd say screw it and try some other puzzle... :)
Good luck! :)
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I thought graph paper was just a suggestion for people that can't find their way around:/
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Ahh, sorry about that. :) I could have explained things more clearly, but then I could have just told people the answer too. :)
I do feel bad for those people who found the end, only to realise they'd have to re-do everything... Sorry, those people! :)
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Thanks for everything fiftykyu!
Another great event ;)
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Well, great is debatable, big maybe... :) Hope you had fun either way! :)
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Glad that I keep the map.. :3
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Ahh, yes, turns out that was a very good idea. :)
Hmm... I don't know whether to wish people good luck in this part, since most are probably out of points by now... :)
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Thanks for the diversion, Fifty!
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Hope you didn't spend too much time on it... :)
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That's where I may have to disappoint you
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Ahh, guess it fits the theme... :)
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phew .. next time i will draw a correct map directly from the start xD
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Sorry about that...
Good luck! :)
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Cough
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I have to admit, my only disappointment with this game is the fact I only have one gift left for giveaways. :(
Really should have stockpiled dozens of them during one of the many 75% discounts, but I assumed it would continue getting 75% discounts forever... :(
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So, this is it.... the famous disappointment. O.O
I am mesmerized! :3
Also almost sleeping, so I will spam you with messages tommorow, be prepared! XD
Hope you won't mind. ;)
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I will start with a big thanks! :D
I had very much enjoyed my time in THE ZIGGURAT OF DISAPPOINTMENT™. ;) I think it was really clever and you have wrote it so nicely.
Even though I have made two maps I had to go through the whole martyrium again. :D You know... "hmmm, I should remember where I found it? Why? I am in the middle of the dungeon I will just continue. Then grande finale - Ouch!" XD But it was fun!
Also I can't believe how dumb I am sometimes. XD I don't know why but I thought that you have made all of this out blue or something like that, of course you had a map. XD Really, my brain went on vacation. XD
And I promised you some maps. ;)
First is the tiny one. And it combines two levels of Ziggurat. I had to remade it of course, as there wasn't enhough space. ;)
And other two pics are the final maps for completing the dungeon!
Thank you! It was really great fun! :3
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Oh, wow, those are great maps, thank you!
I was expecting to see I'd done some copy+paste error and everyone's maze had some blocks in random places, letters that couldn't be read, etc. Guess we all got lucky this time! :)
Oh, the "?" could have been more legible, I suppose. Maybe a larger one, in a larger maze? I keep not being satisfied with the whole drawing letters thing, but I keep not finding a solution... :(
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Thank you, I am glad you like them. :3
You did it perfectly! ;)
Hmm, I didn't have a problem with recognizing the "?" or the letters. I think you are overthinking it too much. XD It works and looks fine, really! ;)
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Well, you can be disappointed by the fact I rushed these final giveaways, and didn't give them a proper description yet. :( I have two weeks to rectify that, but I make no promises...
Preparing for spam... :)
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Hmmm, yes, that could be right.... but I think I will go easy on you and I forgive you! XD
I think I can live without description, really. ;D
I am trying my best! :D
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Oh! The original end of Evangelion was a disoppoinment for many people back then. Remember those days.
The message on the map was really clever. Good thing I recovered my map from that mummy. Otherwise doing all that again?!?! mmm.. maybe when a get bored I will get lost on the SADISTICALLY OVERSIZED MAZE-LIKE FORGOTTEN UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA OF DISAPPOINTMENT just for fun.( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙)
Thanks for the long trip, it was, not necesarly fun, but entertaining indeed. If it took us time to travel to the ziggurat, can only imagine what it taked you to construct all this. For all that effort, big thanks! I would add here a copy of that cool renaisance pimp guy doing the finger ponting like saying "you're cool bro!" but was too lazy to search for it, so I will let you with the disappointing instead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ enjoy!😊
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Surprised nobody mentioned the music until now... :) Not enough nerds in here, I guess... :)
I prefer the version of Komm, süsser Tod on the Vox album, although it's not important. Wouldn't call that a good album, but I don't think the entire thing sucks. :)
I'm always plagiarising myself in puzzles, so to speak... It's the same idea I had in a "digits of pi" puzzle @ https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/DFIO8/ but maybe this one was easier to notice. I hope. :)
Ahh, yeah, it was a lot of effort, but kinda useless... :) Next time I'll have to automate the whole thing, so I can enjoy everyone else's suffering, instead of sharing it... :)
Thank you! :) Good luck! :)
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Great work, really disappointing and fun, thanks for the thousand giveaways!
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Glad I was able to disappoint so many people! :) Hope you found something worth trying for! :)
Good luck! :)
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Glad Excel has a file recovery feature as I only saved the last file. Not entering this particular one but thanks for all the other giveaways
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Oho, that was lucky! I wouldn't want to redo a puzzle like this...
Good luck in the other giveaways! :)
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Yep. Puzzle was easy. Been expecting and preparing for this. Thank god this part looks linear. :D
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Yeah, there's nothing else to solve, just click on the next giveaway until you run out of giveaways... :)
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I'm still waiting for the promised disappointment... 😅
Thank you all the work you put in (and all the myriad gibs of course!), this was the most fun I've ever had with spreadsheets! 😁
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Think I mentioned that my disappointment with this particular giveaway is in only having one gift left... :(
Thank you too! :) Hopefully sending out all the games won't take a month... :)
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The TRUE END, at last!
That last map was insane XD
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Aha, congratulations! :)
Although... Hmm... This maze doesn't exactly look like fun when you show a picture like that... :) Fortunately nobody out there can see it... :)
Hope you find something worth entering in here, good luck if so! :)
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Thank you fiftykyu. :)
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No problem, glad you found it! :) Hope you find something to enter in here, too... :)
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Wow, this was something! It took forever, but at least I did make a map the first time and didn't have to retrace the maze. Thanks for the fun and for the legendary disappointment! :)
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Good decision to make the map! :) Hope it doesn't feel like a huge waste of time... :)
Good luck in here, if you find anything to try for... :)
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That was sooooooo hard!!!!!
I loved it. It very was solvable with hard work.
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Sorry about that... :) Hope it was worth the trouble... :)
If you find anything to enter in here, good luck! :)
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Loved the puzzle. Thanks. Let's hope I win something :)
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Here's hoping! :)
Unfortunately I didn't have enough copies to ensure everyone wins something, so it wouldn't surprise me if a few people won a mountain of stuff, but some other people won nothing at all... :(
I guess as long as everyone's trying to win stuff they'd play, it will all work out somehow... :)
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Awesome "puzzle" fiftykyu! I finally solved it after retracing again all the mazes but this time making the maps. It has been a TRUE DISAPPOINTMENT™ to have to redo everything, but it was worth it. Sometimes it can be bad to know about search algorithms :)
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Sorry you had to wander through all over again... :( Did you happen to write a script to map everything? Sounds like at least two people did that... :)
Good luck! :)
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I could have made an script but I didn't because I wanted to follow the intended procedure. I applied (again) manually the "depth-first search" algorithm opening tabs in the browser but this time I saved the map information. Also doing a script for the second run wouldn't save me much time since I had already solved the "It's Too Hard" puzzles and the mazes don't have loops.
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Well this was fun ok, bar scribbling down 24^2 locations and for some reason I missed a few Junes so had to try between 6-7 dates..
Cheers!
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Aha, yeah, I've heard of fun, but I don't think it's supposed to look like this... :)
I can't remember offhand, but it's possible you didn't miss any dates - think I just counted backwards from the end of the year, one day for each pixel. So whatever day that resulted in was the first day. No hidden meaning or clues or anything. :)
Good luck if you find anything in here! :)
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Welp. I had to remake the first two puzzles XD
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Ahh, sorry to hear that... Hopefully it won't turn out to be a complete waste of time... :)
Good luck! :)
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You gave me 3 horrid hours of solid desperation and eye burn.
I ll do it again good Sir.
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Ouch, hope you didn't open the box of Chlorine by mistake... :)
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Perhaps...
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I walkthroughed all the mazes twice XD
Maze inside puzzle, awesome!
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I tried everything in my life
Things I like I try 'em twice
Hope it was fun, at least some of the time... :) Good luck! :)
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Yay, I... oh wait, I should probably go back and read the story bits from the ITH... :D
brb!
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Okay, story bits done... can't leave something only half-read, right? :D
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Ahh, there's not much of a story really, and a few things even had to be cut when I belatedly remembered I'd have to make a final itstoohard thing before this giveaway... Measure once, cut twice... :)
And fortunately people were blitzing through the maze so quickly that I added these final giveaways before I'd finished writing the descriptions... Which led to me never finishing them, of course. So what was going to be in here will just stay on my computer and in my head, don't think anyone will miss it... :)
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Awww, well, I liked the bits of story that this had. :) A little off-kilter in a very good way!
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Fortunately I made a map (in Excel) of the last one as suggested, phew!
Then it was not too hard to make two more maps of the earlier parts that I went through without a map.
Kudos on your event, it was quite the ride! :D
(Though I must admit I prefer the maps from my Mansion event. :p
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Yeah, maps or a big box of nothing... Sorry about the backtracking...
But what if I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride! :)
Thank you, that looks interesting! I'll make a bookmark for it, trying to catch up on replying again... :)
Hmm, it kinda reminds me of a puzzle idea that died, too... :)
I was working on something with "RPG Maker", you'd wander around the map and pick up clues or whatever. Fortunately I realised that even though you're playing RPG Maker shovelware for a puzzle, you're still playing RPG Maker shovelware... Ain't nobody got time for that! :)
Good luck in here, hope you can find something worth a few points! :)
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Thanks for
SkyrimDark Souls.Can't believe no one has referenced this meme yet... :^)
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If I'd been clever I would have thrown a Skyrim in here somewhere, but I never won Skyrim so ehhh... Maybe next time... :)
Good luck in here, assuming you have any points left for these! :) There might be one or two non-shovelware games in this part...
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One or two. Riiiight. :D
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