SoulStorm ARG - Spirit of 1029 - Photo 2

[Xavier]

The Pigpen code is upside down... first two words spell "KNOW YOUR", working on the rest as we speak.

EDIT:

The BabelStone Pigpen code reads:

KNOW YOUR CODES
KEEP THEM CLOSE
YOU WILL NEED THEM

[PenguinX45654]

I had a theory that it could be a 2-dimensional barcode but when looking those up they look like QR codes, nothing on the scale of this....

[Xavier]

Could the cube be morse code horizontally and vertically? For example:



Edit: Looking more closely, the dashes seem to vary in length which more or less rules out it being morse code... However with code running vertical and horizontal maybe there are just some "artifacts"... Or maybe tap code/some other form of dots/dashes code? hmmmm....

I think those might be barcodes, try stretching the two bars you extracted and decoding them here:
https://online-barcode-reader.inliteresearch.com/

[GreenAnhinga]

The barcode from the newsletter says:

I ran what you quoted
(Ivzw gsv mfnyvih pmld gsv gifgs)
through a cryptogram solver and got

READ THE NUMBERS KNOW THE TRUTH

Edit: Could very well be something else but I didn't find sense in the other results

[Xavier]

I ran what you quoted
(Ivzw gsv mfnyvih pmld gsv gifgs)
through a cryptogram solver and got

READ THE NUMBERS KNOW THE TRUTH

Edit: Could very well be something else but I didn't find sense in the other results

Sounds like something they would say yeah...

What cryptogram solver did you use?

[mattb150]

I think those might be barcodes, try stretching the two bars you extracted and decoding them here:
https://online-barcode-reader.inliteresearch.com/

Doesn't seem to be cooperating, I think you could totally be right though... Stretching the isolated line vertically gives something like this:



Which sure does look like a barcode, but sure does not want to scan any way I'm trying... Just for reference, that stretched bit is from the vertical line I pulled out.

[GreenAnhinga]

Sounds like something they would say yeah...

What cryptogram solver did you use?

It certainly does. I used http://quipqiup.com

On a side note. I'm not posting too much or anything like that am I?

[Xavier]

Nah you can post as much as you want as long as your posts are relevant and interesting.

Do you guys think they used the same trick for the arrows?
http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/qu...←↓

[mattb150]

The morse is all one message chopped up into parts (notice the slashes cut off etc), here it is aligned:



Edit: Decodes to aprox DASHDOTDOTDOT DOT DASH DOT DOTDOTDOT DOT DOTDOTDOT DASH DETSHDASHDASH DOTDASHDOT DASHDASH, -... . - . ... . ... - --- .-. --, BETHESTORM - Same decoding as GreenAnhingam posted earlier.

[Xavier]

Yes GreenAnhinga deciphered it previously but it's good to see the full picture

Morse code translates to

DASHDOTDOTDOT DOT DASH DOTDOTDOTDOT DOT DOTDOTDOT DASH DASHDASHDASHDASH DOTDASHDOT DASHDASH

Or

-... . - .... . ... - --- .-. --

Or

BETHESTORM

[GreenAnhinga]

Nah you can post as much as you want as long as your posts are relevant and interesting.

Do you guys think they used the same trick for the arrows?
http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/qu...←↓

I don't know. There seems to be more than just up down left right etc. It could be numbers on a clock? But even then I don't know..

Yes GreenAnhinga deciphered it previously but it's good to see the full picture

Sorry I wasn't able to provide a photo of it all rearranged. I'm doing all this from my phone.

[Gunnr]

Couldn't figure it out its incomplete..




I got: /dott/dash/tt?dase
so far

Yes GreenAnhinga deciphered it previously but it's good to see the full picture

Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenAnhinga View Post
Morse code translates to

DASHDOTDOTDOT DOT DASH DOTDOTDOTDOT DOT DOTDOTDOT DASH DASHDASHDASHDASH DOTDASHDOT DASHDASH

Or

-... . - .... . ... - --- .-. --

Or

BETHESTORM



Edit Oh good you got it =P

[GreenAnhinga]

Sorry but I gotta throw in the proverbial towel. It's 3:30am and I gotta get up soon. Good luck everyone! I'm really really glad I was actually able to help.

[citizenerased]

The barcode reads "findawayshowthetruth". It reads top to bottom so I took one vertical row and rotated it 90 degrees counter clockwise and stretched it and adjusted contrast to make it more readable. Similar to the newsletter.

[Vince]

3 hours in and you guys have already worked out a majority of it! Impressive stuff!

So we still need to work out the Arrows on the left hand side, and the large square of squares?


Maybe the arrows are for degrees ranging from 0-360?


Also, would people like me to compile a collage of everything you guys have worked out thus far?

[mattb150]

Attached a "so far" image. Seems all that's left are the arrows. I wonder if we're missing something big from before? All the decodings seem to be catch phrases as opposed to new URLs or files.

[Crashpunk]

By the time I uploaded a video telling folks about the ARG, you guys already solve most of it.

I tip my hat to you good sirs and madams

[OWI_Pete]

By the time I uploaded a video telling folks about the ARG, you guys already solve most of it.

I tip my hat to you good sirs and madams

love it dude, thanks for helping to spread the word!

[MOVIELORD101]

Tweeted the info to Oddworld Inhabitants on Twitter. They liked my tweets. Looks like we're on the right track!

[Vanilla ✜]

I'm glad I managed to work out the morse code one alone before coming to this forum, also not sure if someone already mentioned this already, it's a small detail but the Dump Dots below all the social media stuff on the bottom right says "Spread our message" nothing too big but still.

[mattb150]

The barcode reads "findawayshowthetruth". It reads top to bottom so I took one vertical row and rotated it 90 degrees counter clockwise and stretched it and adjusted contrast to make it more readable. Similar to the newsletter.

Do you think there could be two barcodes in there, one hidden in the vertical line and one in the horizontal? I've been trying to get the same result as you got on the vertical one but it's being tricky. Would you want to try your technique on a horizontal line to see if you can get one to read from there, too?

[Kalhiki]

"Know your codes" scares me. I hope someone has all this stuff written down somewhere.

[Vince]

I measured the angles of the arrows and found:


290
220
270
280
160
110
180
310
140
310

Respectively.

Edit:


310
320
210
330
310
320

I also attempted to do the 'possible horizontal barcode' but didn't get any results. Then again, I haven't tried the known barcode, so it could be my method that is wrong.

Edit: I tried the known barcode and didn't get any results either - my method is bad.

[HOMINIX]

Great idea Vince, I don't think any of us had thought to check their angles

[Xavier]

"Know your codes" scares me. I hope someone has all this stuff written down somewhere.

I got you covered:

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

Still need to update the latest findings tho.

[Connell]

Well shit. The one day I'm super busy this week it kicks off.. won't be able to get involved really until Saturday earliest, good luck guys. I have a window now to catch up so I'll read through :P my first thought was the pigpen might be upside down Xav, because of that picture in the last phase that had it flipped, glad to see you got it :P keep going everyone

[GlitterPanther]

Found this online, think the arrows refer to how far we need to shift

[GlitterPanther]

Yes GreenAnhinga deciphered it previously but it's good to see the full picture

I now wonder if I was onto something last time, remember I found BETH hidden in the text? Never thought it could translate to B THE

[GlitterPanther]

Also ED has specifically 1,029 followers on twitter ATM

[Xavier]

GlitterPanther please don't double or triple post. Use the edit button instead.