SoulStorm ARG

[Connell]

Nope, but it does seem that the lines line up with the message from OWI – they all start with at least 3 spaces, and none of them extend past the end of the message. Perhaps there’s some kind of substitution we need to do?



Definitely unrelated, the domain name isn’t owned by OWI.



Previously, the message here was signed by OWI. Perhaps by telling us to ignore OW, he wants us only to focus on the I?

Inhabitants. Yeah I had a feeling it was to do with the I in OWI. It's lacking there, and he tweeted:

3
i

Any thoughts on the substitution element?

EDIT: Think I've got it. The ignore ow lines up with the letters "heard.mp" lets look for an .mp3

[Connell]

GOT IT! The 3i. The letters line up as such:

heard.mp
ignoreow

then I is 3 according to his tweet.

OWI = MP3

HEARD.MP3

http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/heard.mp3

YEAH BABY ON A ROLLLLLL. More morse code in the sound. Anyone able to translate it?

[Snukm]

gj!!!

[Connell]

I'm shit at morse code. Anyone able to decipher it?

[Manco]

It starts with SO but then it just keeps coming. I‘m listening to it at half speed and it’s difficult to transcribe it on the fly.

[Connell]

It's so quick. I can't believe I spent hours this morning looking at "There was minor code here. Message(s) apologies." Which was each word the letter was under, instead of each letter individually. Was so close haha.

[Manco]

It would be a lot easier to decode without the sound of the train station in the background, but I guess that’s part of the challenge.

[Varrok]

I like the previous song more. There's just too much ambient on this one.

[Connell]

On a side note, I just tried to see if the rest of the spread out text aligns to the letters in the middle, but it doesn't seem to spell out anything legible at first glance. It might have just been there to cloak the strangeness of the ignore ow being spaced out.

[Manco]

Can we get an audio person in here to neutalize the background noise? It’s way too hard to concentrate even when playing at 0.25 speed.

EDIT: I’ve got this so far:
... --- ..- .-.. ... - --- .-- -- ... .-.. .- ... .... .-.. ... .... .-

Which translates to:

SOULSTOWMSLASHLSHA

That’s an incomplete transcript and I’ve obviously got some parts wrong, but it looks like it may be a URL.

[Connell]

I've got SOU as the start.. safe to assume first part is Soulstorm?

[Connell]

Nice work Manco! Probably SOULSTORM/ something, I wish I could tell where you're up to to help from there, but fuck I can't even get past the third letter haha.

[Manco]

That’s my thinking. But at around 0:25 the background noise just gets way too loud to easily hear anything.

EDIT: I fucked up and missed out a chunk of characters somewhere close to the end, but I have:

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

SOULSTORMSLASHEDSLASHINDTHEFFDOTJP

soulstorm/ed/[filename].jpg

[acedude]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../heardedit.wav

hope this helps, may not, but it could.

[Connell]

Holy shit that's so much clearer! Cheers, acedude. Manco, do your thang!

Does anyone else find this way more exciting than they should?

[Manco]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../heardedit.wav

hope this helps, may not, but it could.

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

SOULSTORMSLASHEDSLASHFINDTHEFUTUREDOTJPEG

oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/findthefuture.jpg

Edit: This is only the first half of the file, might be more morse code in the second half too.

[Moot]

Very good!

[SgabbitGabbiar]

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

SOULSTORMSLASHEDSLASHFINDTHEFUTUREDOTJPEG

oddworld.com/soulstorm/ed/findthefuture.jpg

Edit: This is only the first half of the file, might be more morse code in the second half too.

25 photos ? damn

[Connell]

Manco is the MAN. I own New N Tasty on 3 consoles but I don't own the scrub outfit what is this bullshit.



For those unable to access the URL. Does anyone know if Scrub abe can be purchased on Wii U? It's the only console I have with me at the minute.

[Manco]

The second half of the audio is the same message repeated.

So, guess we need to start getting screenshots of NnT together!

[Varrok]

I'm not gonna buy the DLC just to make screenshots of it

[Connell]

I buy all their sub-par ports just because it's Oddworld, so I think I can justify buying a costume for the hours of happiness they gave me as a kid.

[acedude]

So these photos just have to be generic screenshots of I'm guessing Abe meditating while mudokons run towards the bird portal (while he's in scrubs)? I can take one if that's the case.

[Manco]

So do the pictures need to be of Abe rescuing exactly 10 Mudokons? Do we need to find a place in NnT where 10 Mudokons can be rescued at one time?

[Connell]

Can we steal them from YouTube? There's only 8 there...



Perhaps there is a specific location with 10.

[acedude]

shoot, I haven't played NnT on my new pc so the chapters are all locked. Looks like I gotta speedrun this!

[Varrok]

Can we steal them from YouTube? There's only 8 there...



Perhaps there is a specific location with 10.

What are you talking about? There are clearly 10 mudokons on the screen :P

[Connell]

What are you talking about? There are clearly 10 mudokons on the screen :P

That fucking tripped me out I was like WHAT I DID NOT SEE THAT GUY BEFORE. haha.

[Manco]

I think there might be 10 in the first secret area on Hard Mode, but I haven’t checked yet.

[Connell]

I can have a look now, but I can't fucking do it in a scrub outfit.

EDIT: 9 in the first secret.