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wow i wonder who voted to destroy the discord server what a shame

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Thanks for this cursed creation!

I have a question though.

Fubhyqa'g gur H va HAVGR or checyr/benatr? Guvf bar guerj zr bss sbe ntrf, raqrq hc ybbxvat hc gur fbyhgvba sebz gur ivqrb yvaxrq va nabgure pbzzrag fb V pbhyq haqrefgnaq vg.

Gur jnl V jnf ernqvat vg jnf nf sbyybjf:

terra ba H zrnaf gurer vf n H va gur fybg vg jnf sbhaq va v.r. fybg 1

checyr ba gur fnzr H zrnaf gurer ner gjb Hf.

lryybj G/V zrnaf gubfr gjb yrggref ner va qvssrerag fybgf

Benatr Q pbzovarq jvgu terl R zrnaf fybg 4 vf P

lryybj/benatr F ba fybg 5 zrnaf E/G ba nabgure fybg. fubhyq or fnzr pngpu nf gur lryybj G.

Hasbeghangryl gur nobir nffhzcgvbaf juvpu zhfg or jebat zrna gur yrggref va gur jbeq ner H, H, G, P, V, naq ab fhpu jbeq rkvfgf.

Edit: I just saw the explanation to that one on the PDF and that is some nytimes Connections level contrivance and I hate it.


Edit 2: V whfg ernyvfrq chec/benatr jbhyq or jebat gbb. Whfg benatr. Onq fhttrfgvba ba zl cneg. V fgvyy guvax "j = qbhoyr h" vf gbb pbagevirq, gubhtu. 

vg vf vaqrrq pbagevirq, ohg v crefbanyyl unq na “nun” zbzrag (nf jryy nf n “unun” zbzrag) jvgu gur qbhoyr H chmmyr. v jnf whfg guvaxvat “vzntvar vs gur wbxr vf nobhg qbhoyr H” naq gura svtherq vg bhg sebz gurer. ohg vg vf fgvyy pbagevirq.

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This was brilliant. It was a delight to divine the logic at each step, and even more fun to get to use it again and again. One of the more fun mini-puzzle hunts I've done. Great work, koo_koo.

FYI, I came here after I posted Playcebo's "12 Word Searches" (also on itch.io) to the National Puzzler's League Slack, and another puzzler posted this in response. Folks might like to try that word search puzzle series too.

Mike Selinker

Thanks Slik! I'm overjoyed to have my game compared to 12 Word Searches :)

Solid. What's your NPL nom?

Messaged you on Discord for a lil privacy :)

Done with the first two parts (in the icely version, but downloaded this too, and I see it applies here too), and now going through and trying to thoroughly figure out how everything applies.

rot13:
Fubhyqa'g gur y va ovoyr or lryybj/benatr? Vg'f abg qbvat nalguvat ryfr, naq abguvat ryfr va gung jbeq vf ersreevat gb gur z.

or am I missing something?

Yup! You're right (and unfortunately not the first to catch it). I'll update it eventually, but I'm working on more cursed garbage right now (priorities) (I like parentheses).

Ok, well I loved it! Kinda glad I used icely's built-in hints to steer me away from doing too much nonsense with the third part. Like, I do feel like that was gettable without it, especially since I'm a big puzzle fan and that's totally the kind of thing I've seen, but I just didn't know what kind of puzzle creator you are. I look forward to future creations!

Yep, I love puzzle hunts!

I've made some cryptic crosswords if that's your cup of tea? I'll be burnt out on cursed PDFs for a lil while lol

Yay puzzle hunts, that makes sense. I'm not a big cryptic person, but that's cool!

Shouldn't the i in third be yellow? Or am I misunderstanding how it works?

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It should not! The P/O accounts for it.

https://youtu.be/ZulDTObbSyo

its a speedrun. spoiler alert. chess battle advanced

LOL I LOVE THIS

Could someone give me a hint on HOIST

or the color red in general, since the puzzle before didn't really help

Look only at red :)

thanks

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smots gaming.
great game

rot13:

urer ner nyy gur vapbapvfgrapvrf v pbhyq svaq:

FCVPL pbhyq or fbyirq nf FUVGB (n ubg fcvpr)

CNVAG pbhyq or fbyirq nf CEVAG

FUVGB znxrf IRVAF or rvgure FRVAF, FCVAF be FCVRF

CEVAG znxrf CVMMN orpbzr CVNCN (n glcr bs svfu)

ERSRE pbhyq or fbyirq nf FRSRE (n eryvtvbhf obbx) 

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Thanks for playing!

Erq zrnaf n flabalz. V guvax FUVGB pbhyq jbex vs vg jrer E/L ohg vg qbrfa'g ernyyl jbex urer vzb.

CNVAG unf E/O pyhvat gur CNVA ovg fb V guvax gung'f gur bayl fbyhgvba gurer.

FRSRE qbrf abg frrz gb or n fgnaqnybar jbeq ba nal znwbe jbeqyvfgf (be n jbeq, crevbq, ba frireny).

Speaking of inconsistencies, there are actually quite a few tiles lacking color in part 3, though. So I do plan on fixing those :( 

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Va gur ABOYR/GUVEQ gurerf n juvgr V, juvpu zrnaf gung gurerf ab V va gur nafjre ohg gur nafjre qbrf unir na V juvpu vf na vapbafvfgrapl

No, that I is accounted for by the P/O tile.

Ahh yeah it makes sense

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actually decoded lol

is the d development or is it just to show that cba is a verb

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um the cba is inspired by ice and i put the ’d there for absolutely no reason lolllllllllllllllllllllllll

I just can not figure out red. I did notice they never come alone so it must be something with the reds together but I just don't know what.

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i found the rules at the bottom. but in chapter 3 in the
BW W G W Y
W W OY OB OY
OY W (OB) BW OY 
puzzle seems to be 2 solutions, veins and teins which means: "a monetary unit of Kazakhstan, worth one-hundredth of a tenge. plural." it is a bit obscure but a word nonetheless.

Thanks for playing! 

I used quinapalus.com/qat.html and Merriam Webster for checking words and that showed up in neither of them.

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Very fun puzzles!

also in chapter 3 there's an error/miscolour. 

[BW|W|G|W|W]

[W|W|OY|OB|OY]

[OY|W|OB|BW|PY]

Was printed as 

[BW|W|G|W|W]

[W|W|OY|OB|OY]

[OY|W|O|BW|PY]

*B=blue|W=white|G=green|Y=yellow|O=orange

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Thanks, good catch! I deleted the orange in the Google slides and there was an OB under it, so I guess it snuck in there somehow while I was copy and pasting :T

Lovely username by the way!