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[Uberg33k]

[silentdream]

that looks identical to the left side of the blocks we're at..

Though someone on the other forums said something about "sounds like child's play" I knew it had to do with something of course, I couldn't find this... So then the major question now is: how was this one solved?

[SuperSlug]

The Child's Play puzzle wasn't solved. But at least with that one we know we need to end in Indiana.

[tripitaka]

I've given up trying to map the letters to alternate alphabets based on alternating instances of each letter because it just seems a really messy way of mapping. The lack of an obvious double alphabet key is another serious problem.

However, one way of making an elegant (well disguised but conceptually very simple) polyalphabetic cipher would be to map to alternate alphabets (such as a family of 2 or 4 different ROT alphabets for instance) based on the orientation of each letter. One drawback here is that it is not possible to unambiguously assign the orientation for some letters (although if you allow only 2 alphabet options the orientation ambiguity can be resolved).

There are no doubt many other simple systems for assigning to alternative alphabets.

One I tried (without success so far) was allocating to alternative alphabets (obvious ones like ROT) based on whether the orientation is like or unlike the preceeding letter. I suppose the same could be done using the preceeding slug as the reference point.

Another (somewhat simplistic) variation I tried was to assume that letters oriented the same way as the preceeding slug are plain text and letters rotated 90 degrees are caeser-shifted by one letter forward or back, while inverted letters are caeser-shifted by 13. I was pretty sure Grngecko wouldnt choose such obvious parameters and so it proved to be hehe.

I'm still muddling along on this track and just mention the above approaches in case they are of any interest to others who might think a polyalphabetic approach is worth further investigation.

[DrNewcenstein]

"Rot" Room

[silentdream]

I can't recall if the scarface solution was gibberish or not, but most of us got to the page you're at. When your mouse isn't in the middle of the screen, you'll see a bunch of lines of jumbled letters. They're a grey color and hard to see.

[tipsila]

Re: "Rot" Room

[Bilal]

HEY Guys.. I am going to get back into the game... I have been just too busy at work.. I am still at the roaches but lost my notes... i hope to try to catch up soon.....

[Bilal]

[DrNewcenstein]

Thanks for the tip. I started to save the whole page (you get the image as well) because I thought I saw dark blue letters across the screen, but thought "nah, I'm just seeing things"

Mmmm organic spaghetti!

[DrNewcenstein]

Slathered in Mayannaise

[tipsila]

Re: Slathered in Mayannaise

[DrNewcenstein]

Ok, I think I figured out where I'm supposed to be - didn't quite know how Google wanted it formatted (is there an easy online GPS translator/formatter?)

Now to find out what the characters at the end of the two lines mean. I assumed polar directions, but the "definitions" I've found so far don't match the pics he used.

[DrNewcenstein]

[SuperSlug]

That is definitely the wrong place. Is your other culture math correct? That one comes out in what is considered a standard format.