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Aquaria => Gameplay => Topic started by: radio ratio on January 04, 2009, 06:50:49 am

Title: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: radio ratio on January 04, 2009, 06:50:49 am

(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5716/secretmessagegy7.png)

Does anyone know what this says? It appeared at the end of the whatchamacallit.

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it j
Post by: ewierl on January 04, 2009, 08:47:36 am

Aquarian is a very simple cipher, not hard to figure out if you take the time to write it down whenever it shows up, with a note about the context.  Very skilled amateurs can figure out ciphers that have no word breaks and no clues, this one is straight letter-for-letter, one set only.  The availability of known words "Mithalas" and "Home" give a big leg up.

This is actually an easy one; it's potentially a clue like "Home".  The only trick is that dots (which you've drawn as O) are spaces.

And what would it say at the end of a game, two three-letter words?  THE END

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Chibi on January 04, 2009, 09:02:02 am

Only problem? His word has more than six letters. Don't have time to solve it, but here's (http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5195/keypa7.png?s=1) a good place to start.  :)

[EDIT]: Ewierl, you are absolutely correct.  :)

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Xiagan on January 04, 2009, 10:38:53 am

Quote from: Chibi on January 04, 2009, 09:02:02 am

Only problem? His word has more than six letters. Don't have time to solve it, but here's (http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5195/keypa7.png?s=1) a good place to start.  :)

It's not a problem, because the circles are only placeholders. Ewierl is right. ;)

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Chibi on January 04, 2009, 05:16:22 pm

Oh, okay. In that case, very astute observation ewierl.  :-[  ;D

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Danger Mouse on January 04, 2009, 06:56:08 pm

By the time I had saw that in the game I had known exactly what it said, and it's placement in the game makes it very obvious... (well at least to me.) :)

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Chibi on January 04, 2009, 07:00:27 pm

I was confused by radio ratio's "watchamacallit." It was obvious to me too - due to the same letters at the end of the first word and at the beginning of the second, as well as the timing.

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Danger Mouse on January 04, 2009, 07:04:58 pm

Yeah, Chibi at first glance I saw that too and was my first clue... second being of course the placement and timing of the message.

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: radio ratio on January 07, 2009, 06:27:01 am

That makes sense. Still, I wonder why they said "The End" right after "To be continued"? That is sort of contradictory.

Title: Re: Message in Aquarian or some kind of secret code (Is it a spoiler? Or is it just
Post by: Danger Mouse on January 07, 2009, 06:42:10 am

Because it is still the end of this episode.