SoulStorm ARG - Spirit of 1029 - Photo 1

[GlitterPanther]

It's really not.

Ok, im sorry.

Would you tell us what it does mean?... please

[Xavier]

It may have already been posted, or maybe it doesnt matter. Has anyone noticed that the two letters that are with the numbers of the previous torn image spell "alpha numerically"?

Like I said, maybe its not a big deal but wanted to throw in my two cents.

Quoted from 'ThemanonMudos' on page 13. On a tablet now, so im limited to my editing on the forum.

"I've tried assigning each number to a letter of the alphabet and got this:


AL-9394 PH-5574 AN-7393 UM-9455 ER-2384 IC-3786 AL-7676 LY-1029
= ICID EEGD GEIC IDEE W HD CGHF GFGF J BJ

Not sure if there's an anagram to be made here or if I'm on completely the wrong track. (Note: the 'W' and 'J' are from the numbers '23' and '10')"
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Hey Oddsville! It's been ages, welcome back

Yeah, looks like we are still missing something here, but at this point people are more busy looking at shadows on that piece of paper than trying to crack codes

[GlitterPanther]

Hey Oddsville! It's been ages, welcome back

Yeah, looks like we are still missing something here, but at this point people are more busy looking at shadows on that piece of paper than trying to crack codes

Iv been trying to crack the codes but everyone ignores me

[Gunnr]

Iv been trying to crack the codes but everyone ignores me

Keep cracking, you might catch something leading to a future pic

[Xavier]

Are you ready?

— Oddworld Inhabitants (@OddworldInc) January 26, 2017

The hype is real!

[Shade_Meadows]

AYE AYE CAPTAIN!
=)

[Shade_Meadows]

Also... Vinyls?
well, happy birthday Stranger!

[Pohatta]

We are.

[TheParamitePie]

Are you ready?

— Oddworld Inhabitants (@OddworldInc) January 26, 2017

The hype is real!

My body is ready.

[Xavier]

Shade_Meadows please don't double post.

Also if you want we are discussing the vinyls over here:

Stranger's Wrath Soundtrack on Vinyl

[Steef-Herder]

[edit] Wrong thread, my bad.

[Connell]

Savour this moment guys, we're about to witness brand new Oddworld content

[Shade_Meadows]

Shade_Meadows please don't double post.

Also if you want we are discussing the vinyls over here:

Stranger's Wrath Soundtrack on Vinyl

Sorry Xavier!
;( will stay on topic!
just exited

[Xavier]

No worries, we all are


EDIT: I just noticed the oddworld.com/soulstorm site now says:

Photo 1 - Coming Soon

I wonder how much longer we have to wait now... it's been 1h since the message asking us if we were ready.

[TheParamitePie]

Savour this moment guys, we're about to witness brand new Oddworld content

Hype!

[Xavier]

You followed the clues and solved the puzzle. We will need you again. We will help them. A storm is coming. https://t.co/MwbvvBOMJC pic.twitter.com/LVOOcsDjTm

— Oddworld Inhabitants (@OddworldInc) January 26, 2017

[Michael]

Ah, correct about the glukkon overseer Looks amazing!

Notice '110110BC' vertically, far left in the dark area

Also two other strings of numbers/letters;

vertically next to the three lines, that looks to be possibly 100BB0BB

and another horizontally, bottom right. Could be 01010BB0, or perhaps 010100BB? I can't quite tell!

[Xavier]

Ah, correct about the glukkon overseer Looks amazing!

Notice '110110BC' vertically, far left in the dark area

Also two other strings of numbers/letters;

vertically next to the three lines, that looks to be possibly 100BB0BB

and another horizontally, bottom right. Could be 01010BB0, or perhaps 010100BB? I can't quite tell!

You are right! Could this be the start of the trail for the second picture?

[TopHattedTime]

You are right! Could this be the start of the trail for the second picture?

I've been having a look - I think the three number sequences we can see in the picture now are all different.

One says "110110BC" - I'm absolutely certain of it
Another says "010100BD" - I'm not 100% sure of the last letter
and the third starts with: "100......." but then I can't make out the rest

[Squire]

Hey guys, been watching this ARG since the start and wanted to congratulate you all on the first uncovering of a photo! I'm not much help to you having seen your skill levels, but I'll do my best to give my input from now on.

[TopHattedTime]

Should I bother with trying to figure out the number sequences on the photo? I dunno if they're relevant..?

[V_O_T]

Should I bother with trying to figure out the number sequences on the photo? I dunno if they're relevant..?

id say give it a shot anything would be helpful

[Gunnr]

Hey guys, been watching this ARG since the start and wanted to congratulate you all on the first uncovering of a photo! I'm not much help to you having seen your skill levels, but I'll do my best to give my input from now on.

Hi both you and any help you offer are welcome

[TopHattedTime]

id say give it a shot anything would be helpful

I need more puzzles to solve lol!!

Well, I had a wee go at figuring them out - the middle one is super hard to see clearly however.

[Xavier]

Thank you TopHattedTime, it makes things much cleared

Note that the Twitter accounts have been waking up:

Now the truth is getting out. The fight back begins here. We will rise. https://t.co/iJlWW6SNpy

— SPIRIT OF 1029 (@SPIRITOF1029) January 26, 2017

Yes! Yes! you can see it! I have more... but it's so scary... i will find a way... i will do my part.

— ed (@edmudokon) January 26, 2017

[Squire]

I reckon that bottom right one is 010100B0. I looked at the middle one and I thought the last character could be a "G", but after reconsidering I've concluded that it looks like an "E" as you said. So for me from left to right, the strings read:

110110BC
100000BE
010100B00

[Gunnr]

I reckon that bottom right one is 010100B0, and I thought about the middle one and at first I thought the last character could be a "G", but after reconsidering I've concluded that it looks like an "E" as you say most of all, so for me from left to right:

110110BC
100000BE
010100B00

What does that translate to in binary?

[Squire]

In binary that (when I also included the 010101 from the mud in the middle's chest) Just gave this output and I doubt it means anything. Potentially trying different orders and removing the centre one? I'll mess around with it for a bit and see where I get.

[Squire]

Interestingly, when put backwards, the binary converter displayed "R", possibly the start of "Rupture Farms"? It's a chance, but again I could be merely clutching at straws here and going down the wrong road.

Anyway my input was "010100 100000 110110" which was the numbers from the right to the left, and it just outputted "R".

[PenguinX45654]

Love this new HD image from OWI! And yeah, that glukkon is definite intimidating. Don't know if it's Mullock though, maybe a similar model as they already had a modern cutscene Mullock model available to modify. I would imagine Mullock would be the type to always have a cigar in his mouth and I can't see one on him. It may be a Feeco or Soulstorm Executive overseeing new workers.

On another note, with these Mudokon worker IDs, I notice all the letters in each ID are lower than F so maybe not binary, but hexadecimal which would make more sense for how many workers across Oddworld there would possibly be. The range of a six digit binary number is 64 where as a eight digit hexdecimal range is 4294967296.

So:

010101BB = 16843195
110110BC = 285282492
100000BE = 268435646
010100B0 = 16842928

Don't know if I'm onto something here but it definitely makes more sense an ID system...