Tercessrebmun (Secret Numbers)
By Jay
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December 3, 2007
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Tonypa is back with a new puzzle game and this one will surely give your grey matter a work out. In the spirit of Web-based riddle games, Tercessrebmun (or Secret Numbers) is a Flash game in which you must figure out the password for each of the game's 30 levels. Each level presents a series of characters from which you must derive meaning and clues that point to a single numeric answer. Enter your answer in the space provided (by replacing the "CODE?" text) using positive integers only and no other symbols. Some are straightforward and some are definitely not, but all solutions can be derived using logic and ingenuity. Wikipedia may even help with a few of them.
This game is best played in small groups of people, like the one we had in the site's IRC channel over the weekend as we worked through most of the levels in the game. Tony even showed up to give us a few helpful hints as we played, so don't be afraid to ask for a hint or two in the comments! Or come visit our IRC channel for some real-time assistance!
Walkthrough Guide
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OK, guys. Completed walkthrough. Each level has at least a couple of hints, so you don't have to jump straight to the answer if you just want help.
1-30
Game Clue:
1+2+3+4
Hints:
You're Kidding, Right?
Have you looked at the clue?!
It looks like a simple equation to me.
Solution:
1+2+3+4=10. So the answer is 10
2-30
Game Clue:
MY LEVEL
Hints:
Well, you need a unique identifier for the level
Have you looked at the level number?
Solution:
It's level 2, so the answer is 2
3-30
Game Clue:
SEA OF FIRE
EATING THE MOON
VOICES HUMMING
END IS NEAR
NUMBER GOES ON
Hints:
Look to the beginning of the clue.
Of should I say clues?
Solution:
The letters that begin each line spell out SEVEN. The answer is 7
4-30
Game Clue:
DERDNUHNAHTSSELENO
Hints:
Look back.
And I don't mean at previous questions
Solution:
Reverse the character order of the clue and it says ONE LESS THAN HUNDRED. The answer is 99.
5-30
Game Clue:
THE HOLY GOAL IS EQUALITY.
SUBDIVIDE EVERY MONTH INTO TUESDAY.
XBOX IN STEROIDS
Hints:
Two previous solutions help here.
Obviously not 1-30
And not 2-30 either
Solution:
Taking the first letter of each word, you get THGIESEMITXIS
Reverse that and you get SIX TIMES EIGHT. The answer is 48.
6-30
Game Clue:
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR:
MY MEN VISIT IMMORTALS IN INDIA
Hints:
The clue has two parts
The logical split would be the new line
The first line implies something to do with a country
The second might hark back to a previous solution
Solution:
The first line implies a Roman connection
Such as Roman Numerals
The words of the second line all include Roman Numerals as their first letter. MMVIII = 2008
7-30
Game Clue:
I KNOW FINALLY HOW TO BIN IT
Hints:
You'll need to put it in bin.
Or perhaps Binary
Try separating out apparent 1's and 0's
Solution:
Removing the I's and O's, you get the binary sequence 1010011. The answer is 83
8-30
Game Clue:
THE SPACE HAS A MEANING.
LIGHT COMES FROM THE STARS.
THE PLANETS ORBIT IN ETERNAL CIRCLE
Hints:
It all comes down to one line.
Or, rather, Line One.
The meaning is the spaces.
Solution:
Count the spaces in each line, add them up and you get 4+4+5=13. The answer is 13
9-30
Game Clue:
EVERY DATE WE TWO MET, I ASKED IF I MAY KISS HER HAND.
NO, SHE SAID, NOT BEFORE ALEXANDER THE GREAT IS GONE
Hints:
You'll need to go on a date.
Or perhaps find one.
Two date variables are in the text, the last you'll have to investigate from the text
Solution:
Alexander the Great died in 323
The first line gives you the rest of the date
2 May. The answer is 25323
10-30
Game Clue:
KEYS IN PI AND A NO
Hints:
Where do we find keys?
A standard set of keys, that is.
Solution:
It's the number of keys in a PIANO. The Answer is 88
11-30
Game Clue:
REX POPULI
Hints:
Another Latin clue.
How did you solve the last one?
There must be Roman numerals somewhere
Solution:
The Roman numerals are X L I, which is 41.
12-30
Game Clue:
I FIND IN LIBRARY.
ILLUSTRATED. BOOKS. WORMS. EAT.
PAGES. NUMBERS. SOS. DUST. CHAIR
Hints:
The important clue is in the last line
(song lyric hint) When you're near me, darling can't you hear me, ___
SOS
Look for the Morse Code
Solution:
The I's are dashes, and .'s are dots.
----. -.... ....- is the morse code. 964 is the answer.
13-30
Game Clue:
MIDDLE ROW
9--74-5-61-459-38----12-7-9
5-6372891--8614-53321-8567-
6178394545926713-28-451967
Hints:
How many numbers and dashes are there?
81. or 9^2
Where do you see numbers arranged in a 9x9 square?
Sudoku much?
Solution:
Solving the sudoku, the Middle Row is 798614253
14-30
Game Clue:
77-117-108-116-105-112-108-121
116-119-101-108-101
97-110-100
116-101-110
Hints:
It's not a literal equation
It's in code
Look for the key, or perhaps KEYS
as in ASCII keys?
Solution:
The ASCII translates to MULTIPLY TWELVE AND TEN. The answer is 120.
15-30
Game Clue:
ADD THIS THIRD EGG TO FOURTH CHICKEN
Hints:
ADD this THIRD egg TO FOURTH chicken.
Add third to fourth
Solution:
Add the Third answer (7) to the Fourth (99). The answer is 106
16-30
Game Clue:
NO TUESDAY FINDS THE YELLOW WINDOW
OF ULTIMATE END RESULT
Hints:
This one will take you back to the start. It really mixes it up.
Look at the START.
Then MIX IT UP
Solution:
Take the first letters of each word: NTFTYWOUER
Then get an anagram: TWENTYFOUR. The answer is 24.
17-30
Game Clue:
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG
14 27 4 11 5 0 1 18 14 4 6 15 6 21
Hints:
You'll have to count this one out.
Literally
Solution:
Count the 14th letter, then the 27th after that, then the 4th after that, etc.
FIRSTTHREEOFPI
314 is the first three numbers in PI, and the solution.
18-30
Game Clue:
SAWED KEY
HUSH OF LEATHER
ITS MENU
Hints:
It's all a jumble
Or, rather, three jumbles
WEEK DAYS
HALF THE HOURS
MINUTES
Solution:
WEEK DAYS = 7
HALF THE HOURS (in a day) = 12
MINUTES (in an hour) = 60
The answer is 71260
19-30
Game Clue:
FLIP BEEF
BUT POWER
SWAMP
FIND HIM MUSE
NO BUMP
Hints:
One line tells you what to do.
NO BUMP
Remove the letters of BUMP
FLI EEF
T OWER
SWA
FIND HI SE
NO
Now think back a level
Anagrams again
Solution:
EIFFEL TOWER WAS FINISHED ON
1889
20-30
Game Clue:
PUT THREE BOXES INTO MINUS NINE DEGREES BY FISHING
CHOIR OF TWENTY ANGELS EVENING AND NIGHT.
BY TWISTING SPIN I NERF
Hints:
The numbers are hidden
So are variables
put THREE boXes into MINUS NINE degrees bY fIShing
choir of TWENTY angelS EVENing and night.
bY twISting spiN I NErf
Solution:
THREE X MINUS NINE Y IS TWENTY SEVEN
Y IS NINE
3X - 9Y = 27
Y = 9
3X - 81 = 27
X - 27 = 9
X = 36
Answer is 36
21-30
Game Clue:
THE LONG ONE HEADING TO SKY
SMALL RISE OF SUN
NEZOD TIMES NEZOD WAITING
Hints:
It's time to think about directions
And faces, long and small
Or is that hands?
Hands, faces and directions?
Do you have time for this?
And waiting backwards?
Solution:
The first two lines refer to the hands of a clock and the directions they face at a given time
Long hand up. Small hand east. 3 o'clock.
The last line tells you to Wait a dozen times a dozen minutes from then, only backwards. So go back 144 minutes from 3 o'clock. 12:36, or 1236
22-30
Game Clue:
PAYBR CTDIE RFMGI HEI HJNKT LUMRN MOEPB
Hints:
Take the clue alphabetically
Or take the clue's alphabet
pAyBr CtDiE rFmGi HeI hJnKt LuMrN mOePb
pyrtirmiehnturmeb
Now go through it again, though you might end up going to the end and back.
Solution:
Taking alternate letters again, then reversing the remainder, you get "prime number thirty"
The thirtieth prime number is 113.
23-30
Game Clue:
UJDLTUPOFXEBZ - 1
Hints:
Have you tried subtracting 1?
From everything?
Solution:
Take each letter in the clue back one.
TICKSTONEWDAY, or the Ticks until a new day(midnight).
Notice the level number: 23-30
Or 23:30, perhaps? Ticks to new day means the number of seconds in half an hour, or 30*60 = 1800
24-30
Game Clue:
N ( 99 - 1 ) & ( 7 & 10 ) & ( 19 - 17 )
Hints:
how maNy fuNctioNs are iN this oNe? 5
three iNdividual fuNctioNs, iN poiNt of fact. 4
Solution:
Count the N's in the three bracketed sections
NiNetyNiNe miNus oNe (6)
seveN aNd teN (3)
NiNeteeN miNus seveNteeN (6)
The answer is 636
25-30
Game Clue:
2532492502452993111311524025024231123105241
Hints:
Some numbers aren't what they seem
If a number isn't a number, then maybe it's just separating others.
Or even telling you how big the separation is?
Maybe this is like a previous question
What's the key here?
or perhaps keys... again.
Solution:
Most of the 2's and 3's are delimiters of ASCII identifiers. The Code is 53-49-50-45-99-111-115-40-50-42-112-105-41
512-cos(2*pi) = 512-1 = 511
26-30
Game Clue:
MDVA DG NWLI SO WORM YRL LP
LAY CAC EUU E R
HSIL OYO HJA XAK
MMX F MA KDK UIE AH PKD
Hints:
One word hints at a previous puzzle
WORM
Which appeared in 12-30
Which was about Morse Code
What could be dots and dashes?
Consonants and vowels/semivowels perhaps?
Solution:
...- .. ...- .- .-.. -..
.-- .-. --- - .
..-. --- ..-
... . .- ... --- -. ...
Vivaldi Wrote Four Seasons
The Four Seasons was written by Vivaldi in 1723
27-30
Game Clue:
HELLO
66-504-372-968-46-423-968
Hints:
Where do you find Hello, and numbers?
Still having trouble? Want to use a lifeline? Phone a friend perhaps?
Not in this country, though.
Solution:
The numbers are international telephone country codes.
The country id's are TH-HN-EE-OM-SE-LI-OM
The first letters are THEOSLO
But Norway (Oslo) isn't the right code.
But there is a country called Lesotho.
The country code of Lesotho is 266.
NiNetyNiNe miNus oNe (6)
seveN aNd teN (3)
NiNeteeN miNus seveNteeN (6)
The answer is 636
28-30
Game Clue:
421 247 253 61 721 792 89 972
WHERE -II
Hints:
Where? Where what?!
What does II mean?
Where are the 2s?
In each number?
Solution:
In 421, the 2 is in position 2. In 247 the 2 is in position 1. In 61, there is no 2, so 0. Continue like that.
The sequence is 21102303.
29-30
Game Clue:
THE JULY SUN CAUSED
A FRAGMENT OF BLACK MOON WAX
TO OOZE ON THE VELVET
(QUOTE 10-14)
Hints:
There's something missing from the text
Or rather two things
That aren't in 17-30's clue.
Solution:
The missing letters are P and I, or PI
Quote the 10th-14thdecimal places of pi
30-30
Game Clue:
EIGHT BLIND MICE
UL. DLDLULU. RUL. DLD. RD.
XAXXXXBXXXXXCXDXEFXGXXXXXXXHXIJX
XKLMXXXXXXXNOPRXSXTUXXXXVXXXXWY.
Hints:
See how they run.
With 64 letters in the last two lines, including the period.
Or, thanks to the clue, should I say 8x8?
An 8x8 maze for the mice to run in?
So what's the second line then?
Up Down Left Right?
Don't forget the mice are blind
Solution:
Running the mice with each instruction until they hit a wall/letter, starting from the period, you get B E A S T
How do you represent Beast as a number?
Or perhaps the Number of the Beast? The answer is 666.
Posted by: master_flea
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December 8, 2007 8:56 AM