SoulStorm ARG

[seniormeatbox]

SOmebody Overlay the current twitchy gif with the revealed image.
I don't have the software to do that

[Guineapiglet]

When the soulstorm page loads Abe is looking away from the camera for a second. I wonder why?

Isn't it a flame of fire that we see in Abe's eye in the closeup?

[seniormeatbox]

When the soulstorm page loads Abe is looking away from the camera for a second. I wonder why?

Isn't it a flame of fire that we see in Abe's eye in the closeup?

Thats been there since the site first opened. They only put the GIF in a few weeks back.

[STM]

If you look carefully you can see the fear in Abe's eyes.

[Funwayguy]

Typing 'Fire' into the message box responds with " Closer "

[Varrok]

http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/abeface1.mp4

Isn't this a new video? I don't remember it wiggling that much

[Funwayguy]

There looks like words under the fire but I can't make it out:

[Varrok]

The flare thing in the eye is reddish despite that the rest of the image is in grayscale, so it's definitely fire.
Assuming it's a word under the flare, the first letter appears to be an F, and it consists of about 5 letters.

[seniormeatbox]

Typing anything on Eds chatbox, it does NOT look good.
The Generic responses have changed.

*Closer*
*We're almost there, don't give up*
*I can't keep this up forever*
*They're coming for me, I can't do this forever*
*Can't talk or they will hear me, You have to look closer*
It looks like the word could be Fight, but i'm not sure.

[ODDREN]

FEAR or FURY

[EJ Prime]

Is it me or does this look like a :, ?
Giving us part of another URL maybe?

[FennecFyre]

If that is fire, do you think it has anything to do with ze boilah the boiler in the brewery? Remember that Abe caused it to blow up, and the Brewmaster burned to death.

[acedude]

So even if we "solved" this sets of tweets, what do we do with this information? Is there anything we even could do if the word-in-eye theory is right?

[Gunnr]

Typing in "Eyes" and got: I CAN'T TALK, YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSER
or
*** GURL PNA URNE ZR, V ARRQ GB UVQR ***
Which translated is THEY CAN HEAR ME, I NEED TO HIDE
or


*** V PNA'G FGBC *** tranlated: I CAN'T STOP
Or

*** CH RIVT G'ABQ - RERUG GFBZYN RE'RJ ***translated: ** PU EVIG T'NOD - EREHT TSOMLA ER'EW *** (backwards for)

DON'T GIVE UP, WE'RE ALMOST THERE

And other responses of the like.

I also got C IOO O** -UAE*EE L*LNOY T'OK *CRK* TT DSLAN which IDK, anybody?



Oh odd, Ed! Run, run!! I hope he isn't found )

[ODDREN]

Actually, I think it's the face of Abe when he meets with MUdombies in a crypt, so it's a torch mirrored in his eyes

[Gunnr]

Actually, I think it's the face of Abe when he meets with MUdombies in a crypt, so it's a torch mirrored in his eyes

That's a good guess! If they put mudombies in this game, my fanacity will reach a new high and I may explode

[Vlam]

That's a good guess! If they put mudombies in this game, my fanacity will reach a new high and I may explode

And Mudovampires!

[ndvr]

Hi everyone!
I don't know how long have it been there, but in source of Soulstorm site there's commented message at the end of page:

Well, I rescued Mudokons, but who's gonna rescue me?!

That's Abe's quote from Oddysee \ New'n'Tasty IIRC, right before good\bad endings.

[V_O_T]

Could be gun fire from a sligs rifle?

[Gunnr]

Is it me or does this look like a :, ?
Giving us part of another URL maybe?

That looks like :< to me (shugs)

I see an "f" in the left side of the relected flame and an "e" on the right edge of the pupil

Edit: Types in :< and got DON'T BELIEVE THEM but also T D AN*HH T*A,EM D Y*ENHE*ROIEI*E EC *
cipherOutput:
G Q NA*UU G*N,RZ Q L*RAUR*EeBVRV*R RP
and idk of that one

[ndvr]

Edit: Types in :< and got DON'T BELIEVE THEM

That's all-round response to anything now, I guess.
IMO, the whole

*** i can't talk - you need to look closer ***

and similar quotes from Ed means that there's nothing he can tell us now with any of keywords.

That looks like :< to me (shugs)

Sad face? Oddworld's Abe's face emotion poll?

Perhaps "F:/" like Drive ( F: ) on PC?

About flame in the eye: there's something like smoke behind fire, so, perhaps Abe looks at something after it exploded, like Rupture Farms, or Necrum Mines?

------

There was Abe's ASCII-art in code, first his full face, then his eyes covered...
What if overlay Abe's eye image with Ed's twitter avatar? Looks like central green line of Ed's avatar will cover Abe's eye... Perhaps then we will have to look closer?

[Gunnr]

Sad face? Oddworld's Abe's face emotion poll?

Perhaps "F:/" like Drive ( F: ) on PC?

About flame in the eye: there's something like smoke behind fire, so, perhaps Abe looks at something after it exploded, like Rupture Farms, or Necrum Mines?

------There was Abe's ASCII-art in code, first his full face, then his eyes covered...
What if overlay Abe's eye image with Ed's twitter avatar? Looks like central green line of Ed's avatar will cover Abe's eye... Perhaps then we will have to look closer?[/QUOTE]



-I mentioned earlier that I thought it could of been Brew Master or Necrum burning since both eventually blew up.

-Give it a shot and please post

[Guineapiglet]

http://oddworld.com/soulstorm/abeface1.mp4

Isn't this a new video? I don't remember it wiggling that much

I don't think it's new. I remember it being like that. But I wonder what that is next to abe? Might just be his hand I guess. Is he waving us to come closer?

Typing 'Fire' into the message box responds with " Closer "

Somehow that tells me that we're be on the right track with fire, if we're closer... Or it's a generic response.

[Pirfsich]

I found it. The second eye-picture OWI uploaded (https://twitter.com/OddworldInc/stat...80263819313152) seemed to have some squares with very soft colors, so I tried to increase saturation. Result is this.

(4 Times the original saturation):


UPDATE: There seem to be even more squares (9x Saturation):

[Connell]

Christ. I wonder what those patterns mean? I'm on holiday at the moment guys so I'm not gonna be around much, good luck with the hunt!

[Pirfsich]

Thanks! I have no idea aswell, that's why I'm currently trying to google saturation relating to picture puzzles, but no luck so far.
Enjoy you holiday, Connell!

[Connell]

Thanks! I have no idea aswell, that's why I'm currently trying to google saturation relating to picture puzzles, but no luck so far.
Enjoy you holiday, Connell!

Cheers! There's definitely a pattern to be solved, I can see the same symbols cropping up in different locations in the picture. I'll check in next time I can

[Gunnr]

Good holiday to ya

[Pirfsich]

Every "item" or "square" on the picture is made from 16x16 pixels.
Assuming the colors and the patterns are not important, we can create a somewhat Datamatrix-looking pattern.
I created it by placing a 16x16 pixel block onto every pattern in the picture:


There were some pixels that seem to be misplaced, so I had to delete them from the borders. In addition to that, the right and bottom border were too small for full 16x16 squares, so I had to change the picture size from 600x450 to 608x464.

The final code looks like this:


(I have not found a scanner/reader for this unfortunately. They are all giving me no results. There may also be errors in this. It's 23:56 here and I had a hard time aligning the squares...

edited it again, because I think the black bars need to be left, at the bottom and without interruptions, so I mirrored the image and "fixed"(?) it.

[seniormeatbox]

Found those as well...