SoulStorm ARG - Piece 6

[Acaeris]

Also, are we looking for a hexcode answer to what the '?' is, or are we looking for something to tag on to ABEFACE1?

[Connell]

Also, are we looking for a hexcode answer to what the '?' is, or are we looking for something to tag on to ABEFACE1?

Both. The first digit of the HEX code for ?????? will be the last digit needed to tag onto ABEFACE1. The most likely digit for it to be is a variation of the "501029" square top right, because of the pattern of the rest in that area.

moving pictures… find it…

— ed (@edmudokon) April 15, 2016

Any of the twitching GIFS? Moving pictures... maybe it is a .apng? Any ideas guys?

[Manco]

moving pictures… find it…

— ed (@edmudokon) April 15, 2016

Seems we’re looking for a GIF or video?

[Acaeris]

www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

I had been trying various combinations of it and filetype just in case and found that just as the tweet showed up

[Connell]

I don't get why we were looking for that triangle? Is there a HEX code called .MP4?

But still, nice find Acaeris!

[Acaeris]

Morse code in a single frame in the video:

(I think it says "I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE" but would need someone else to confirm)

Also, there are numbers on some other frames but I have to dash off now so can't screenshot them.

[Manco]

OK, first off that stare is unsettling.

Second, there’s a frame of morse code:



I can’t quite get the last word – it looks like:

.. / -.-. .- -. / .... . .-.. .--. / -.-- --- ..- / -.- -. --- .-- / - .... . / - . .- - .

Which is

I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE TEATE

[Connell]

Morse code in a single frame in the video:

(I think it says "I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE" but would need someone else to confirm)

Literally just found that, how did you de-code it so quickly?! Haha. Nice work again

[Varrok]

www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

I had been trying various combinations of it and filetype just in case and found that just as the tweet showed up

Hey, if it isn't our favorite Oddworld character!

"I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE"

Dating sim returns!

[Manco]

(I think it says "I CAN HELP YOU KNOW THE DATE" but would need someone else to confirm)

I don’t think DATE is correct – DATE is -.. .- - . while this code only has -..--. (one period short).

[Acaeris]

Literally just found that, how did you de-code it so quickly?! Haha. Nice work again

I found the frame early and just used an online decoder.

@Manco
I think there is an extra dot in the last section, very faint in the video:
.. / -.-. .- -. / .... . .-.. .--. / -.-- --- ..- / -.- -. --- .-- / - .... . / -.. .- - .

[Connell]

Anyone knows of any programmes to analyse each frame individually? I'm frame stepping VLC but it's taking so long.

[Manco]

I found the frame early and just used an online decoder.

@Manco
I think there is an extra dot in the last section, very faint in the video:
.. / -.-. .- -. / .... . .-.. .--. / -.-- --- ..- / -.- -. --- .-- / - .... . / -.. .- - .

Oh yeah, I see it now – had to stretch the video to fill my monitor to see it.

[Dank_Meme]

www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/abeface1.mp4

I had been trying various combinations of it and filetype just in case and found that just as the tweet showed up

i tried everything after abeface1, but i dodn't remember mp4

[Manco]

So, question – is the message “I can help you [to] know the date” or “I can help[,] you know the date”?

[Connell]

I saw what I believe is a sideways 5 on one frame below his face, or potentially just a misleading squiggle... VLC keeps freezing when I frame step though so if anyone else wants to look through the rest go for it.

i tried everything after abeface1, but i dodn't remember mp4

I'm still confused as to the relevance of the ?????? triangle to the puzzle. I hope they reveal it in some way, but we had ABEFACE1 and then Ed basically told us .mp4 was the way to go. Unless this video has clues to the puzzle and that's how we truly solve it?

[Dank_Meme]

also the abeface1.mp4 is now on default on http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/

Edit: piece 6 code DDTH

[Connell]

The puzzle is unlocked:



I feel like that was quite an odd way for it to end, I have quite a few questions. But hey, we did it guys! Well done everyone

E: Dank_Meme is a speedy editor.

[Dank_Meme]

I'm still confused as to the relevance of the ?????? triangle to the puzzle. I hope they reveal it in some way, but we had ABEFACE1 and then Ed basically told us .mp4 was the way to go. Unless this video has clues to the puzzle and that's how we truly solve it?

I guess the ??? is a way of telling us that we need to find the filetype. But if it was a number after we still would have needed to know what to do with it.

[Manco]

If Piece 6 is now solved, then I wonder what the message meant? “I can help you know the date” – is solving the ARG going to reveal the release date of Soulstorm?

[Connell]

If Piece 6 is now solved, then I wonder what the message meant? “I can help you know the date” – is solving the ARG going to reveal the release date of Soulstorm?

It's likely to either be the release date, or maybe the Abe face reveal date? It's tricky - that GI interview that Lorne did I posted this morning, he says that they have a 2 year window for release but they can't say more than that. I do think it's quite soon for them to have a solid release date, especially after their trials and tribulations with N'n'T, but you never know.

This makes me think it would probably be the Abe Face reveal, but then I feel like that is going to be the reward for either the ARG, or 23K followers on Twitter.

I do think it means he is going to help us to know the date, rather than asking us.

[Manco]

Well the face reveal is when the bar fills up from enough Twitter followers, so it’s unlikely they’d be able to define a date for that. That only leaves the possibility of either the release date, or another date for something else.

[Acaeris]

Regarding the question mark, it is outside the shape and seems to form the end of the "Is Abe dead?" Section

[Connell]

Regarding the question mark, it is outside the shape and seems to form the end of the "Is Abe dead?" Section

I think you might have the answer there - the ?????? was a distraction! The true answer to the whole Witness puzzle section was within the shape and was solely ABEFACE1, so I suppose we just had to get the MP4 part. and the "15/IS ABE DEAD ??????" was probably meant to make us realise that the "?" wasn't related to ABEFACE1, and was it's own phrase.

[Michael]

Well the face reveal is when the bar fills up from enough Twitter followers, so it’s unlikely they’d be able to define a date for that. That only leaves the possibility of either the release date, or another date for something else.

Agreed, the Soulstorm page says they'll reveal his face with enough followers. It'd be a bit of a cop out to have some hidden extra requirement for that reveal as well. Having to solve the ARG just to get a reveal we were already promised with specific conditions would be a disservice to potentially many people who followed on twitter just to contribute towards the face reveal.

There might not be a definite release date yet, as Lorne said in the GameInformer interview, but I'm sure plenty of development work has been created by this point (case in point- the new Abe model).

I'd say it's likely we'll get a steady trickle of character revamp models for the marketing campaign- similar to what they did for Munch HD. Perhaps the ARG will reveal the updated model for another character?

[OddsomeOddy]

I checked http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/ again. Did anything change?

W̨͚̬̮Ì–h͎͍̼̪̻ȩ͙͙̜̘Ì–̺rÃ’‰ÃŒÂ³ÃšÃŒ™ÃŒÂ«Ã“ÃŒ™ÃŒže͉Í”̱ ÃŒ˜ÃŒŸÃ… ̦̻̹͢a͏̥̪Ì*̻͖Ì ̦MÃŒ–̲Í–Ì» ̮͍̤̰̗̣͟ị̦̮̝́?̴̦̦̝̯

[Connell]

I checked http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/ again. Did anything change?

W̨͚̬̮Ì–h͎͍̼̪̻ȩ͙͙̜̘Ì–̺rÃ’‰ÃŒÂ³ÃšÃŒ™ÃŒÂ«Ã“ÃŒ™ÃŒže͉Í”̱ ÃŒ˜ÃŒŸÃ… ̦̻̹͢a͏̥̪Ì*̻͖Ì ̦MÃŒ–̲Í–Ì» ̮͍̤̰̗̣͟ị̦̮̝́?̴̦̦̝̯

Nope, still comes out in text as:

W̨͚̬̮̖h͎͍̼̪̻ȩ͙͙̜̘̖̺r҉̳͚̙̫͓̙̞e͉͔̱̘̟ͅ ̦̻̹͢a͏̥̪*̻͖ ̦M̖̲͖̻ ̮͍̤̰̗̣͟ị̦̮̝́?̴̦̦̝̯


https://software.hixie.ch/utilities/...r/utf8-decoder

EDIT: Also just noticed that the "Abe's face reveal" of the Soulstorm site now has a variation of the ABEFACE1 video on it: http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ab...itchingbox.mp4 Nothing noticeably different there apart from that it's cropped to the box.

[Dank_Meme]

I checked http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/ again. Did anything change?

W̨͚̬̮̖h͎͍̼̪̻ȩ͙͙̜̘̖̺r҉̳͚̙̫Í⠀œÃŒâ„¢ÃŒÅ¾e͉͔̱̘̟ͅ ̦̻̹͢a͏̥̪Ì*̻͖Ì ̦M̖̲͖̻ ̮͍̤̰̗̣͟ị̦̮̝́?̴̦̦̝̯

this has been posted on page 4 i think and it now says
W̨͚̬̮̖h͎͍̼̪̻ȩ͙͙̜̘̖̺r҉̳͚̙̫͓̙̞e͉͔̱̘̟ͅ ̦̻̹͢a͏̥̪̭̻͖̠̦M̖̲͖̻ ̮͍̤̰̗̣͟ị̦̮̝́?̴̦̦̝̯

[Xavier]

Compiled our journey for piece 6 in the wiki:

http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Soulstorm_ARG

I need to clean it up a bit but my lunch time is over