Perplex
Perplex is another free online riddle game by Ellie and Edgar. There are 31 levels to complete, some easy and some a bit harder. When you think you have the solution to a level, submit it to the answer box. The answer must be written without spaces between words. Further instructions are given in the game. Good luck and have fun! [Created and Subbed by Ellie and Edgar]Note: Please don't post answers to any levels in any forums. Hints only! Teamwork is appreciated!
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647 comments:
@Edgard, tack, now it has all become quite simple, indeed. I was led completely wrong by 1d = 'all' or 'lot' :)
I am still confused on 18...is there anyway to send private messages to someone to show what I have to see if I am on the right track?
@Dee Cee
Check your G+ for a a private message
Anyone have any clue what kind of code is being used on 20? This is just...strange. o_O
I got a hint by using an EXIF viewer, but no idea what to do next...
I'm getting no help from the exif... :[
to find out the code on 20, I suggest you do what I did: edit the picture in paint, cut out only one square and make a new picutre of it, then go for google images. You will find the code that way
Finally found similar pics and know the colours now, but stuck again...
I tried that with 3 different squares, and all I got was a bevy of useless images...no website hits whatsoever! D:
To quote Charlie Brown just after missing the football,
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!
Thought the O's might give me sth. in Braille, but doesn't work - I might be overthinking already?
@xaq: try to seach for the first row, that should work as well...
RE: lvl 20
Once you have found the correct code, the next step is to do as the pic name says.
Ah, okay, NOW I've got the code....gugh, what a hassle that was to find. :[
Anyway, on to the next step...
Ummm...okay, either I reached level 21 and it's not labeled, or I hit an egg.
Either way, I think it's pretty clear what kind of code this is, but when I loaded it into a program designed to read that code, it said it was invalid.
*scratches head* Huh...
Still no idea after finding the colours...
Oh...guess checking the SC might have helped.
@sasbabe: The colors aren't as important as the name of the cipher.
I knew, I was overthinking. I did try the name before, but without the middle part...
I think I might be overthinking the egg on 21...I found the cipher for the image that showed up, and the omniglot page on it suggested it can be used for binary.
Did that, converted the result to hex, and got 6 digits...which, since the primary riddle references colors, I converted to RGB color.
I ended up with a shade of lavender (sidenote: "lavender" isn't the answer)...so yeah, like I said, I think I'm overthinking it. *sweatdrop*
@xaq, I posted this before at 10/15/12 8:57 AM:
"for 20:
24 [colors] from main page, 24 bars in egg (one each [to be combined])
= 24 characters (letters) total.
Find the correct alphabet (pic name should help)."
You are at the correct place, but looking at the wrong abc.
Now I'm on the real 21, and again as perplexed as can be ;o.
Convert who or what ... maybe some lunch will help
According to the picname and the colours the correct alphabet should be h...!? But then there's something I don't see...
A better match would be c...?
@kenning, idk if you are familiar with this page, but it is often of a big help:
http://home.paulschou.net/tools/xlate/
@sasbabe, try to google the pic name with the info from source.
Now this looks like what I was searching for - ty Ellie!
(searched like that before - but maybe in pics only *grmpf*)
@kenning: If you convert it right - Ellie posted a good site - you get some letters that might remind you of something!? Google it and you find a cipher for it.
(I had to convert one of the letters into another one to match it, but maybe you'll find an exact decoding table).
Good morning again, everyone.
*checks where he left off with 20, looks at the notes he left himself, and about 6 minutes later...* Ahh, there we go. Off to 21, then! (Good way to start the day, I think.)
Finally finished! Thanks Ellie and Edgar for a great riddle. It was entertaining and challenging with many clever ideas.
Congrats, Donas!
Anyway, think I goofed somewhere on 21...I ran the stuff on the page through the converters Ellie linked to, saw an answer that looked like a (3-letter acronym) sequence, found a decoder for THAT on Purple Hell, ran it...
And now I've got a handful of complete gobbledegook. O_o;
@xaq, you're walking the right road on 21... except the solver on PH doesn't work. I'm not sure what that solver does, or why it doesn't work.
Anyway, try to google for a translator rather than a decoder.
Oh, and big Congrats @shahar and Donas for reaching the end!!
OH! Oh yes, much better, thank you Ellie!
...And off to 22, then. Okay...was kinda expecting another egg there, but not gonna complain. Allons-y!
Okay, finished the titular part of the puzzle on 21, got all the names and quotes from it...*scratches head* I'm guessing I need a 6-letter word here, but I'm not seeing how to come up with it.
Anyway, for anyone who gets to that first part and gets stuck: Start at F5, end at E7.
@xaq, I suppose you mean 22? You did the hard part... and are not bad at guessing :) I suggest you use the first things that come into your mind as password.
@xag, same probleme here.
Tried to find anagrams of the initials (first n., surn. and together) no success so far.
@Ellie: Err, yeah, 22...sorry, spent so long on 21 yesterday (and started off with it today) that i got confused.
My bad, everyone! Relegate my previous hint to puzzle 22!
Another hint on 22: Apparently who said it isn't as important as what they said...then, it's off to another egg.
Yes, nice figures. Let's see what to do with them...
Hm... I assume that the numbers somehow correspond with field on a chess board, but I don't recognize any pattern yet.
Stuck on 20...have done as Shahar said, but still can't find the code. Any other pushes?
@Dee Cee Sent you another PM. Isolating one symbol is the best way to locate what you need. Can also search for this exact phrase "Five simple symbols" (must be in quotes) and look at any images that show up that way too.
ok...got the egg, but now trying to put the egg with colors...really confusing
Level 20
Did you notice the Egg image name? Apply the information learned from the level image to the egg image and find the translation at Omniglot
For lvl 22 egg. There are 64 continous steps on the board. Follow the same path again, that you walked to get the egg. Count, and collect letters where the egg tells you to.
Thanks for the hints on 22, Ellie...on to 23.
And on to 24 now! ...And might I say, ew.
Okay, just looked at the source code on 24 for a clue, and I have one question...
What kind of gobbledegook is that supposed to be?
Umm...never mind. I appear to have found out how to crack that monstrosity out of sheer dumb luck.
On to 25...somehow. O_o;;;
Oh joy, another game I've never been much good at. :[ Found the egg off the hint in the sc, but...yeah, I'm getting nowhere. :[
*backstage cheering up*
You can do this!! c'mon!
Okay, I was able to do some deductive reasoning, narrowed down the possibilities from a few dozen thousand to about...20?...sorted it out by which ones seemed most likely...wound up being #3 on my list.
So now, on to.......oh bleep. D:
Retracting that bleep, actually...I just had a brainstorm on how to make solving these a lot easier.
*cracks knuckles* Let's see if I can get to 26 before I call it a night.
Totally stuck on 24... Tried to change Url, tried to find anything on the text - found... nothing!?
HA! My method for cracking #25 worked! On to #26! ...tomorrow, anyway.
@sasbabe: If you found the hint in the source code (which is admittedly almost impossible to miss), you just need to decode it.
You might give this site a shot:
www.decodebase64.com
(yeah, I know, that kinda gives away what code it's in...)
There's an option listed on the site that should help a lot more than anything Purple Hell has available.
Anyway, see you guys tomorrow. I'm out for the night.
@xaq and @sasbabe... my curiosity made me go to www.decodebase64.com, but that page is directed to another page that has nothing to do with solving this.
I suppose the page you found is:
http://decodebase64.com/
Great solving in lvl 25!
Well, I thought about this code at first, but didn't find anything to decode... I'll have a look again - ty!
Stuck again, 23 this time.
Not sure what to look for on o....... colour of 6 squares in some language? Roman/Latin is no choice...
lol - got it ;-)
@Kenning: Its a "constructed language"...
Now in 26, yet no idea what to do - count on thead :)
I'm lagging well behind, but plodding along and am surprised I've got this far :)
I'm on lvl 20. So far I found the first code and got the egg.
Saw Edgar's post re combining 24 from main page with 24 from egg to get 24 letters.
Found a code on omniglot that seemed to work and make perfect sense to me.
My answer didn't work (:
Am I looking for a 24 ch answer?
@Cee: yep, combine 24 from main with the 24 from egg, convert what you get into 24 ch.
@Kenning: also counting...
Just because I'm always looking at the places as well - we are supposed to deal with the date (year) only, right?
@sasbabe Thanks.
Hmmmmm.............that's what I did, and I got a 6 word sentence (24 ch) that made sense and seemed appropriate. I've tried keying it in (no spaces) a number of times - it doesn't work - boo hoo!!
I have no clue what to try next. My poor pea brain hurts :)
@Cee: sorry, the sentence is not the answer - there's still googling needed for the answer!
SORRY!!!
@sasbabe Thanks again - knowing that helps.
Now I get it!
I misunderstood the clues & thought the actual answer had to be 24chs - derrrrrrrrrr!
@sasbabe: Had a great idea for Russell:
2+ 1+8+ 1+9+5+7+ 7+9 = 49 (as in example)
Doesn't work for Spallanzani, though :(
@Kenning: nice try ;-)
Just converted sth. that resulted in the word "AAAHAA" *LOL*
For lvl 26, it seems wikipedia contradicts itself. In Italian and Spanish versions Lazzaro Spallanzani gets another number than in the English version.
That example is changed now in source. Please, refresh to see the new person there.
@Kenning, it's interesting that you tried to solve it the way you did, because I know several others that tried similar things. The correct way is somehow simpler than that. Only consider days.
Been banging my head against 26 for a little bit this morning. Thought I had a breakthrough, tried it, realized it didn't work...then realized after refreshing this page from last night that I'd tried the exact same thing Keening did. Guess that method still doesn't work. XP
Well, at any rate, this got my brain jumpstarted for classes this morning. (Who knew riddles and college were such a good combination?) Give this one another crack after lunch. See y'all then!
I am stuck on Level 24. The website Ellie mentioned does not work for me in either IE or Chrome. A big shove would be appreciated.
@LinG, maybe this one works for you?
http://toastedspam.com/decode64.cgi
Thanks Ellie but that website didn't seem to work either. I'd really hate to give up now that the end is in site :-)
@LinG, I'm sorry to hear that! I think you need to install Java for it to work. If that's not the problem, or if you don't wish to install Java, please send a message, using the Contact-form in the riddle-game. That way I will get your address and can send you the picture.
@lvl. 26: way easier *rofl
Oh, that part was indeed ridiculously easy.
But now I wonder what to do with those large figures I have...
Thank you Ellie. I finally got the image. My java was up to date but I was highlighting a couple of invalid characters. This riddle is definately expanding my brain... In a good Way! LOL
Had a brainstorm while at class on 26, just wanted to confirm:
Would Eva Hart = 45?
@xaq: yesss!!!
@Kelling: convert it and go one step further...
Okay, got the figures (with two possible answers on Hell due to something about the year he died...), but I think I might be converting wrong. I wound up with 7 letters, including no or 1 vowel depending on which way I go with Hell...
Either way, I can't form a word out of this. Fairly sure I'm on the wrong track.
Alright - got the first idea of 27, but have to go to bed now. Meet you there tomorrow!
@xaq: go one step further... and gn8!
..Yeah, I'm getting nowhere. The only thing I could think of with "go one step further" was to go up one letter in the alphabet with what I'd gotten. That left me with a 7-letter word that, apparently, wasn't the answer. :[
@xaq, leave PH out of this and try http://home.paulschou.net/tools/xlate/
Okay, just to make sure I'm at least on the right track here...
The information I got from solving the puzzle: is that ASCII code, or something else?
Yep, insert into dec and pick the text.
*double-checks the results he came up with just in case* ...
...
...
Okay, so apparently I was off on a few of my results somehow. No wonder I wasn't getting anywhere!
Right then, on to 27 with a huge dose of embarassment. ^_^;
Anyone any ideas for 27?
I'm trying to decode the hint Ellie left Donas on page 2:
"you need to convert numbers to c***** and c***** to l*****s."
The hint itself seems clear to me, the way doesn't, yet.
First conversion successful...
kenning convert again then visit the alphabet place
29 been counting but getting gibberish no idea what I'm doing here
For 29, if you know what to use to count, the length matters.
@27, no idea which software to use for the 2nd conversion from c. to l. hexdec. gives no results.
nvm thanks donas
@kenning, omniglot again. Search for c**** a******t.
Got it, ty. Now 28...
and finished thanks for the riddle very innovative and thanks to donas for the last levels
Am I supposed to find more than one egg on 28 (a)? Or should the 7 "things" I found there br enough to solve 28b?
Okay, now I -think- I know what the c**** clue was, but...I'm not seeing how those numbers translate into it at all. The example given in the sc isn't making any sense along these lines. D:
Took a break from 27, came back, tried again...
Still not seeing how those numbers translate to the c**** a*******. Are we supposed to be using the same one we used a few puzzles back, or a different one?
@sasbabe, the 7 "things" are enough. Maybe pic-name tells you what to get from them?
@xaq, it's a different one, but from the same site. I told above: @kenning, omniglot again. Search for c**** a******t. Google those words together with the site name and you should find it. Once you have the a******t, you will see what you need to convert the numbers to.
If it's the one that has those two words mashed together as one word for its name, I've been looking at that one since last night trying to piece together how those numbers go together with it. (The one I'm looking at lists the example given in the sc as 175 13 102.)
Either I'm looking in the wrong spot, or I'm just plain not seeing the connection here.
Yes @xaq, that's the one!
To get to 175 13 102 etc from the numbers, you need to first go through hex. Try to start here: http://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal-converter.html
Then: hex->rgb.
Re@Ellie: Not sure whether we're talking about the same pic - the egg of 28 is solved, I am at 28 b.
So I've got the 7 things wich are in special positions and I thought it would be a great idea to sort the grid of 28b the same way!? But after that I have no clue what to do with the grid or the name of pic 28b. The name could convert it into one single number, but that doesn't help...
However, I think sorting the grid is wrong, because there are 3 more columns/rows!? In that case: Do the things of 28 (a) still matter, or is it just the new pic with the new name?
Sry for that long post ;-)
...Oh. Okay. Yeah, now I see where I'm going.
*stops banging head against wall* Thanks Ellie. I had the idea that I had to convert to hex first, but I was trying the converter you posted earlier...apparently text converts to hex differently than decimal does.
Heh, -whoops.-
Anyway, back to solving.
...And after all that, #27 falls in a flash. Wow I feel ridiculous now.
Anyway, on to 28.
@xaq, yay!!
@sasbabe, sorry, I didn't understand where you were.
The 7 colored things from 28a matters in the 28b grid. Use them with what you get from pic name (3 3 20 12 4 - basic conversion - google if you dont recognize it).
Thanks for the clues to sasbabe, Ellie. On to 29! :D
...Okay, 29 is officially intimidating me. O_o;
Okay, I'm lost again... I don't recognize the kind of code used in 29 at all. (Which makes the hint in the sc a bit unusable at the moment, I guess.)
Could I get a nudge on 25.
@LinG: If you haven't found the egg yet, check the source code. What's it say you need?
OMG! I was looking for something way more obscure. LOL
Glad I could help.
Now then...any chance someone can give me a nudge on 29? I still haven't gotten anywhere on it...
RE: lvl 29
Pic name suggests a visit to the past...
Yeah, my first impression was to try the same trick I did with 24, but apparently that stuff in the image has a few symbols in it that don't work for that cipher.
Been trying to think of what else I could do, with no success.
@xaq, have you kept a record of previous answers?
ty Ellie, was completely overthinking - 29 now ;-)
Edgar: Unfortunately, no.
...
Aww crap, I'm gonna have to play through everything again, aren't I? D:
@xaq, no if you can just go back in your browser. If not, it might be possible your caché remembers the entries in the answer box.
Backing up wasn't an option (I accidentally closed things out on level 18 the other day), but you were right about the cache..I was able to go through all the levels again in about 4 minutes.
Now to see if I can figure out what to do with this list of words.
Okay, this is too funny...on a hunch I tried punching in a URL to another frame that went along the same lines as the answers to levels 10 and 18, and got a rather funny egg telling me not to cheat...
And typing this out struck me with an idea!
Okay, idea I had earlier apparently isn't panning out; anagramming the first letter from each answer up to this level (minus the ones mentioned in the sc) didn't bring up anything. :[
Does that spiral of jumbled code in the image have any meaning, or am I just chasing a red herring there?
Characters in the spiral do have a meaning.
Do not pick anything from the answers, but walk the spiral according to them.
AH, now I see it! Thanks Edgar! (Can't believe I was that close with that random guess, though...)
Anyway, on to 30!
Taking a guess on 30's gimmick...is it themed on a particular old Windows game?
Well, apparently my guess was wrong...a few things on it would have made that impossible anyway.
*scratches head* Another tricky one, it seems.
Well, once again...I'm stumped. Man, you two did a really good job on this...
lol @xaq! The clue to the first egg in lvl 30 is in plain sight! You will know once you see it. Keep staring at the grid...
Only thing jumping out at me is that a couple of the numbers repeated. :[
Focus on letters instead... and read!
Should I be reading in a straight line? A diagonal? Something else entirely?
Seriously, I'm just seeing a huge mess of letters with a few numbers scattered around in them. Nothing's clicking so far. :[
NEVER MIND, FOUND IT.
Boy, you weren't kidding about it being in plain sight...okay, now to try and crack the (first?) egg.
Not quite getting the clue in the sc...
Huh. I tried something on a hunch and wound up with a movie title. Interesting.
Not getting much of anything from it, but interesting.
@xaq, you are doing great!
Now, the egg you have is a 2-way treat...
Yeah, I apparently already found one of the two, as I mentioned. I'm trying to suss out the other...does it involve the grid as well?
Not this time. Grid has served its purpose.
btw xaq, the path you've found has proved to be the more obscure one, so it should be easy to get the other part of the final clue.
Figures. The obscure complex stuff seems to pop out at me no prob, but the obvious stuff slips right under my radar.
I imagine I'm doing more than just some basic math with this, yes?
Correct. After math, give one more step ahead...
Alright. Well, I'll have to pick this up in the morning. I'm zonked.
G'night.
@28,
28a with the seven c........ I can see cLearly, but 28b?
No idea how to get there
I'm with Kenning. No idea on 28b.
Kenning & LinG,
Ellie's comment @10/19/12 6:23 PM can help you both a lot. Post for extra help if needed.
@Kenning & LinG: Try a letter-number conversion on the filename of the image. You should wind up with with 5 letters; Google those.
Thank you Edgar and xaq. I was half way there, I just didn't apply it correctly.
Still not getting anywhere with the egg on 30...does the colon still have any importance for the answer I'm trying to find, or was that just for the one I already found?
@LinG: Glad I could help.
@xaq, from Wiki:
"In many non-Anglophone countries, the colon is used as a division sign: “a divided by b” is written as a : b"
Yeah, I was thinking that, just wanted to confirm. Thanks!
OH! I see what I was doing wrong now! My math was a bit off.
Okay, now I've got a 5-letter word (which took me to another egg!) and a movie title. ...I think I see where to go with this.
YES!! Got it! :D
Alright, onto the grand finale! *sees level 31*
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...
what.
common xaq - nice colours waiting at 31 ;-)
I don't even know where to start with this. O_o;
I think I know the code - but can't see the "pattern" for the source hint!?
I've got no idea even on the code...is it one of the ones mentioned on Purple Hell?
POP - let's see if this works...
When my guess is right, then it is on PH - one of the most common things...
still @28:
As far as I understand, my problem is that I'm still missing '28b'.
I have lv. 28 ('The W....') LLeading me to 28a (7 things). Is there supposed to be third page belonging to 28? If so, what am I to get there?
@Kenning: You should have a 9x9 grid filled with letters - use the name pic (sry - don't remember which pic exactly) to get this egg! And then use "3 3 ..." from source on this grid.
@Kenning: Check the post I made at 11:04.
On a hunch, I tried comparing the image on 31 to the c****A******* cipher on Omniglot.
Now I have a completely random and nonsensical collection of letters...am I going the wrong way?
I must be blind - no letters, no grid.
Got two pages:
1. Solving lv. 27 leads to "Level 28 - The W....", containing a m.. of the w...
name of the pic: 'w...'
2. L-link gets me to the same m.. with seven c........ coloured green
name of the pic 'p.....'
Could you please tell me how to get to this 9x9 grid? Thanks a lot...
@xag, thanks for your help, but I have no filename having numbers to convert, only pic 'w...' and pic 'p.....'
@Kenning: OH! Sorry, thought you were at the next step!
For the step you're at, you need to look at each green spot's c*****l c**y.
@Kenning: pic "p....." - what kind of p's could you look for (given what you've got so far)?
Heavens, the cc of N is NOT L. *argh*
Thank you for reminding to re-check. Had checked the ccs already two days ago but granmaa had given me nothing because of that one wrong letter...
@xaq: I thought about that alphabet as well, but to me the colours are too different. I think it's the ciffer with these outlines... But stuck there with 17 numbers and something i can't get to work. So either I'm completely wrong or very close!?
*tries to check PH to see what cipher sasbabe's talking about* Aww man, PH went over their bandwidth! D:
@xaq, this cipher can easily be found on other places, for example http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/
@sasbabe, you are right, it's a very common one.
Try to separate colors, and look at rows.
Okay, that helps a bunch.
Quick question: Do we also need to separate by shape?
It's the shapes what you need, one color at a time.
As for the (very common) code, old Sammy knows...
Ummm...yeah, that didn't clarify anything for me, Edgar. The only guys named Sammy I'm familiar with are musicians.
Anyway, I've got all the colors separated and marked which shapes they were found in...I guess without the right code to decode this, though, I'm not gonna be making any sense of it.
...Actually, never mind, I think I just saw something after remembering a less musically-inclined Sammy.
*facepalms*
On level 30 I have the first egg. I have the movie title but I can not see how the math solution can convert into letters.
Okay, I somehow managed to make a word out of the first row, so I think I'm on the right track...
@LinG: You followed the order of operations, right? If you did, you should end up with a number that you can use the old #-A conversion on.
Got egged, backed up, tried again...
VICTORY!!!
I have done the math several times including cutting and pasting and I come up with a ratio with a 6 and a 9 digit number. If I divide it, I have a decimal starting with zeros. What am I doing wrong?
@LinG: Are you multiplying the stuff to the right of the colon together first? If so, that's probably where you're screwing up. (Same mistake I was making.)
Oh @##&*! I have it now! I'm back on track. Thanks again, xaq and congratulations on your Victory.
You're welcome, and thank you!
BIG Congrats @xaq!! Hopefully Kenning, sasbabe & LinG will join at the end soon as well :)
This is a very challenging riddle, we the authors have been told by the best players nowadays, perfect for the experienced riddler, yet way hard for the starter one... and still you have managed to make it through until the end of the journey. It has been very exciting and thrilling for us to follow you in your struggle, to look at you all finding a way forward from where many have "thrown in the towel."
We have decided to extend the Hall of Fame... to make room to all of you. You truly deserve it.
Cheers!
Heh, I'll be honest, I was seriously considering bombing out around 27 for a while...that one had me going nuts!
Thanks for your help on getting through it, everyone.
...
Now I kinda want to start it all over again and see if I can remember how to get all the answers on my own. XD
I need a little more help on 12... I know what to do, but i think my 5th and 6th one are incorrect. Is it date they were released to the public?
@AlpacaKay, yes. Release dates, please.
Careful on 6th, since film was based on a play.
Thanks Edgar, something is still off with my answers. It is granmaa, correct? because my chosen letters won't make any words. I'll keep double checkin my answers
Feel free to mail what you've got...
On level 31, are "mixed" colours, such as green, treated as an seperate colour or as yellow and blue. My first attempt resulted in way too many vowels.
@LinG, each color in lvl 31 is a separate color. Separate them all, in rows. Maybe you forgot some part of some color if you couldn't make words?
@30, found a clue in the grid, yet no numbers coming to mind about the day mentioned (v...?) lead anywhere. What am I missing?
Good to know I was on the right track ... finally found the end - Ty Ellie and Edgar for this journey ;-)
Well, I still haven't solved 31. I thought it was M***e. Also, there seems to be a very dark blue that is that I easily mix up with the black. Can a specific colour on one line translate into two letters?
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