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superb game, very fun. Like others have said, a native english speaker to do copyediting would help you guys a lot, as the broken english is pretty distracting in an all text game. But that's a minor flaw in a great effort.
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Spoiler Warning: At some point in the game it mentions needing something from an edition of a Newspaper. The info ISN'T IN THE GAME on that puzzle; you have to actually look at the archives on the website. [That should be enough of a hint to unstuck people on that one.] Fast forward button on that puzzle: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1961/08/13/page/23
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To the fellow requesting an English editor: I work in IT. I can confirm that this English is far better and easier to understand than a great deal of documentation you'll come across IRL.
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If you do a sequel get a copy editor who is familiar with English. The broken English distracted from what was otherwise a very enjoyable game. 4/5, but only because of the English difficulties.
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Who else thought the answer to Eric Poor's hint was "primary".. jeez, spent ages thinking what it could be before I got it
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Walkthrough: Square brackets indicate passwords. Round brackets indicate what to type next. (login) [brucedayton] (login) [allomoto] (login) [m3g4pa55word] (unlock) [03/18/34] (ssh danielrich) [half0099way] (ssh CCM_02) [00admin] (switch security) (switch link) (switch power richardmills) (exit) (ssh RichardMills) [1littleduck] (cat introduction.mp3) [iamlya] (level3) (login) [admiral] (ssh peterobrian) (unlock) [harps] (ssh marcjohan) (power) [deadbeef] (ssh annienods) (power) [way] (ssh ericpoor) (power) [redblueyellow] (ssh stevedoor) (power) [science] (ssh lukemike) (power) [nonsense] Actually you don’t have to type in the introduction.mp3 username and password, but I was scared the dev would patch the bug. Also, I made this walkthrough because I couldn't find any text based walkthroughs, so please + so others can see this.
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The password for the airlock. HOLY COW!!! I kept thinking "Surely not..." What a clever way to make it hard and easy at the same time. Lots of fun. And the Level3 computers. Good thing I only needed 5. I could NOT figure out the password for the "ASCII"= one. I'm sure everyone else breezed through that part. Oh well. I finished. Wonderful game. I can't wait for Part 2.
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The fact that we have to actually look up a real page of a real newspaper to get a password? Genius. (By the way, the password for the airlock level is admiral)
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Just wanted to help you out a little bit with the grammar on the title screen. It should read:
"This puzzle game can be quite difficult and you may FIND yourself stuck ON things you HAVEN'T MASTERED yet. Use your head and your computer to find the answers."
Excellent game, 5/5 I love the creativity and the difficulty curve is spot on.
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Hmm, I beat this game on the 11th (after the save update), but when I started playing today to get the badge, it started me over again and doesn't seem to remember that I've already won it.
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What is it with everyone sending each other their passwords? For a secret organization they are surprisingly lax on security.
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The runes at the end point to a website mu.database.studiocime.com, which gives a date 11/24/14 at 8:00am, possible the next release of the series? :D
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The letters at the end of the game are backwards medieval futhark (nordic runes; source: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/runic.htm). It reads: mu database studiosime som. Don't ask me what that means exactly, tho...
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I like the hacker angle, I am looking forward to episode 2. It was rather difficult I had to look for help to understand the paper, but once I found out that it literally has you utilize a web browser to find information (VERY CREATIVE) I was able to piece the rest of it together. Very Well Constructed!
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The runes at the very end appear to be standard medieval norse runes, which you can easily see a chart in the 'Runes' artical on wikipedia.
The text appears to read:
mu:database:studiosime:som
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Best flash puzzle game I've ever played! What game makes you look up and archived newspaper advertisement? Genius! Also, portal reference? haha
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The Code at the end points you to the website mu(DOT)database(DOT)studiocime(DOT)com and has 11/24/14, realease of next episode? PLEASE
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Wow, amazing game! Please, for part 2 (if you make it) put in more parts that require outside resources! It makes me feel like a real hacker.