🩸｜general-chat

[rare mirage]

You got this folks

Underground blossom this one right?

[raw haven]

Yeah

[stoic yacht]

(I can't puzzle and gtg but I did update the pins so! Good luck everyone! Enjoy!)

[rugged glen]

Good luck everyone!

[raw haven]

Have fun at the ballet Sammy!

[rare mirage]

Yeah me too, still need to do my finals too

[stoic yacht]

(You're in good hands!)

[chrome gulch]

Many As

[rare mirage]

Good luck everybody

[stiff sequoia]

What's a?

[raw haven]

That I believe is the mystery

[rare mirage]

Thought it was ||android|| but I just realized it also applies to ||apple||

[edgy wing]

Oh wow i kept missing what these pings were for i cant believe i forgot about this event

[nocturne cypress]

Love how the file name says "some type of puzzle"

[rare mirage]

Lmao nice

[paper coyote]

well you're in a good time for it haha

[stiff cape]

Is anyone recording content about these puzzles? i'd like to follow along because I won't be able to participate

[raw haven]

A is for ||Albert||

[analog socket]

I assume it meant the apple code for being red.

[raw haven]

A is for ||Aldous||

[rugged glen]

There is a pinned message to all the puzzles

[chrome gulch]

A is for ||Alexandra||

[rare mirage]

A is for ||Anlightenment||

[paper coyote]

All I can say is

[glacial sequoia]

A is for ||Aamsara||

[paper coyote]

🅰️

[dark mural]

A is for ||Ambidextrous||

[merry tinsel]

bamsara

[raw haven]

A is for ||Ayy LMAO||

[stiff cape]

No, i really can't participate because I don't have the paid games

[glacial sequoia]

A is for ||Aaura||

[stiff sequoia]

A is for ||arson 🔥||

[sharp granite]

augh i didn’t solve a puzzle so I can’t figure out the code lol

[dark mural]

A is for ||friends who do stuff together||

[nocturne cypress]

You don't need the paid games to participate in the puzzling!!

[rare mirage]

You don't need to directly have the game to solve these
I sometimes use the walkthrough

[rugged glen]

You don't have to own the games to complete the puzzle, the clues can be found in this channel

And yeah I've also used walkthroughs

[stiff cape]

srsly?? i didnt know that

[raw haven]

The answers are always either in the information provided, in the server, or a quick web search away

[edgy wing]

Have fun yall! Its a bit to early for me to brain this

[rare mirage]

A is actually ||friends we made along the way||

[analog socket]

Also, is it me or there have been principally "Underground blossom" codes❓❓

[dark mural]

right we actually have to solve this

[stiff sequoia]

I ain't got any idea of a and I'm feeling carsick 💔

[chrome gulch]

The codes in each puzzle give the paid games for free ;)

[rare mirage]

Yeah it's more common

Unlike the white door which I think only appears once

[dark mural]

wait I might have something

[raw haven]

Yep, just once

[stiff sequoia]

Not the days ig

[sharp granite]

i think i figured out two of them but can’t get the last one

[raw haven]

What are you thinking?

[nocturne cypress]

Which code?

[hoary stone]

A is for AAAAGGHHHH

[chrome gulch]

If A is for ||Apple or Android it could only be Android since Apple is too short to have 20 characters||

[hoary stone]

no idea what any of this means lol

[stiff sequoia]

So maybe I have a typo in my code

[dire girder]

I think ||20|| is referring to the day though

[paper coyote]

well, puzzles haha

[sharp granite]

i was looking at the apple one and think ||it might be past codes||

[rugged glen]

That's what I'm thinking, ||and it's today's puzzle||

[chrome gulch]

Oh yeah nvm then lol

[sharp granite]

||i just didn’t solve day nine so i can’t figure out the 9th character of it||

[rare mirage]

Had the same thinking

[hoary stone]

a could be the puzzle day

[raw haven]

Apple’s 9 is ||E||
Android’s 9 is ||Q||

[sharp granite]

ok ok

[hoary stone]

apple: ||3J?R?6K9TEWP||

[dire girder]

Does anyone know the 3rd character of apple day 4

[dark mural]

damn I thought I had it

[paper coyote]

dont forget to use spoiler tags in case anyone joining later want to solve the puzzles on their own ^^

[merry tinsel]

apple: 🍎

[dark mural]

I was pretty sure A stood for ||Alphabet and you used the number as a ceasar cipher base||

it still could Ig

[hoary stone]

ouh my brain hurts….

[merry tinsel]

have an apple

i recommend it

[dark mural]

Insert that one img of dr.house throwing an apple

[rugged glen]

||Caesar cipher again? Hmm||

[dark mural]

I mean it would make sense

[sharp granite]

||i tried the simplest answer but it wasn’t a valid code||

[hoary stone]

same

brain hurts…probably just going to support RL and buy the games haha

[paper coyote]

that's always a great and a kind option haha would be really thankful!

the puzzle's fun though haha

[hoary stone]

too sleepy for puzzle, wanna give chance to those that cant buy the games

[stiff sequoia]

I can't even check if I got it right, I already have ub, wanted to gift my bestie

[stiff sequoia]

Same

[paper coyote]

that's fair and kind of you too

[sharp granite]

||so i tried both apple and android numbers w/o any changes and neither worked||

||unsurprisingly||

[dark mural]

||anyone know any cyphers that use one letter and one number other than ceasar?||

[hoary stone]

not sure..you could try web search?

not spoiling my replies because they have no context without the message i am replying to. super vague stuff

[rugged glen]

If you want the statistics, UB has been given for five puzzles (Days 6, 11, 13, 18 and 20 which is today's puzzle)

[hoary stone]

||could be like a simple substitution||

[raw haven]

I doubt it’s the alphabet

As in A =1

[hoary stone]

so are the answers usually found in the games? or is it all here

[rugged glen]

Echoing this

[hoary stone]

ok ty

[paper coyote]

I'd say you have everything you need

which is vague haha

[hoary stone]

im actually doing like a button puzzle in a game rn…i remember giving up a year ago for a good reason LOL

[sharp granite]

i agree tbh

[hoary stone]

Well we can ||check the other days||

[sharp granite]

||tried shifting them the day number and that didn’t work either||

[chrome gulch]

I think it may indeed be ||a cipher||

[sharp granite]

seems it

[nocturne cypress]

Very likely

[dire girder]

I thought it might be ||using the spelling of the numbers (so eg first character of 5 is F)|| but I was wrong😔

[nocturne cypress]

Now just to figure what kind...

[dark mural]

I tried to ||do the android one, as in 5th character of alphabet, so e and then shifted it using ceasar by 20 (the number) and it didn't work, both decoding and encoding||

[nocturne cypress]

Okay so it's not that

[dark mural]

still could be some version of it

or maybe I misstyped it

[raw haven]

It’s for sure not Polybius

[merry tinsel]

pluribus

[sharp granite]

tried ||using the clue letters and that didn’t work either||

[nocturne cypress]

Whoever mentioned ||the various ciphers|| the other day must've given the puzzle masters an idea lol

[sharp granite]

either that or we’re all grievously overthinking it

[chrome gulch]

I tried ||Steam using the three caesar ciphers|| and didnt worked

[raw haven]

I have the sinking feeling we’re overthinking

-# hey that rhymed

[nocturne cypress]

Okay so we just have to figure out what 🅰️ could possibly stand for

[sharp granite]

yep

[raw haven]

The likeliest ones were Android and Apple, but those were proven incorrect if I recall correctly

Unless it’s supposed to be a mix of both with the rule of thumb being that if it’s a number above 16 it’s automatically an Android character

[rugged glen]

That's what I'm thinking

[dark mural]

ight I can't participate today, but gl to yall, can't wait to hear what it was

[nocturne cypress]

That's what I've been thinking too

[dark mural]

[chrome gulch]

What if ||A = Word||? ||A5 = five, 1st character = F||?

Nvm

9 has 4 letters

[dire girder]

tried this already😔

[rugged glen]

Hold on but wouldn't the number at the front be the number/letter we are looking for?

[sharp granite]

||random thought: does anyone remember what the red letter is from day 4? it’s prolly not that but worth a try i guess||

[chrome gulch]

It was ||B||

[raw haven]

Exactly

[sharp granite]

i’m gonna keep looking thru past clues to see if there are any other red letters

[dire girder]

I'm gonna go to bed good luck with the solving🥲

[sharp granite]

the only other red letters i’ve seen are the ||pigpen cipher codes||

[chrome gulch]

Unsolvable day /j

[sharp granite]

once again it’s probably simpler than we’re thinking it is

[nocturne cypress]

They're trying to trick us

[sharp granite]

trying? they’ve succeeded in tricking us

[raw haven]

What if it’s something related to UB?

[sharp granite]

true true

[chrome gulch]

Not ||the letters, if so, UB has 18 letters in its title||

[sharp granite]

and it’s not something in game since we have what we need already

[raw haven]

What if it’s the file names themselves?

[chrome gulch]

I think I would know if it was ||something in UB, I played that game a lot ||

[sharp granite]

||it’s been a while since i played it tbh but i don’t recall anything relevant to this puzzle either||

[chrome gulch]

I think it has to be ||something from the previous days considering the last number is 20 (day 20) so it's also something today has too ||

[raw haven]

That’s the thing, the only thing in common are the codes themselves and the file names getting creative

[paper coyote]

Well each day had puzzles :D

That’s common too if you think about it haha (this is not a hint, just saying)

[raw haven]

File names:

Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3: two halves
Day 4: doctor me
Day 5: time’s up 1
Day 6:
Day 7: This will be on the test
Day 8: Lost and Found
Day 9: The Rusty Lake Lying Game
Day 10: Eat Your Veggies
Day 11: Rusty Lake Remix
Day 12:
Day 13: Are we on track
Day 14: Test 2
Day 15: Abstraction
Day 16: Sudoku
Day 17: something about this Paradise is sketchy
Day 18: S13 A5
Day 19: Black and White
Day 20: Some type of puzzle

[sharp granite]

ok ok

even that won’t work cause ||18 doesn’t have 7 characters||

[raw haven]

Yeah; day 6 doesn’t have an accompanying file name either

[sharp granite]

yup

curiouser and curiouser

[nocturne cypress]

Yeah, I just tried it for android and it didn't work

[sharp granite]

this puzzle is very much a step up from yesterday’s ||binary codes||

[nocturne cypress]

And apparently we have everything we need?

[analog socket]

Being the last paid game released, i' m filling with hope for getting the next game for free in the future!

[raw haven]

I think we need a little more context to that

[stiff sequoia]

I can't, there's half an hour left till I reach home and gosh carsickness

[sharp granite]

that’s rough :(

[raw haven]

Sorry to hear this!

[sharp granite]

at this point i’m more in it for the puzzle solution than the code itself lol

[paper coyote]

Which is cool

Imo

[timid summit]

I'm only missing The White Door and The Past Within for a complete Rusty Lake collection
Is it cheaper the buy the bundle of all the game where I only pay for the ones I don't have or buy them individually ?

[paper coyote]

Haha

[raw haven]

Same!

[chrome gulch]

If you mean SotL, as already said before it wont have keys this holiday puzzle, but surely next year it would be possible

[analog socket]

Exactly what i wrote.

[chrome gulch]

Yes! (Bundle)

[chrome gulch]

Future is vague enough, I thought you meant like tomorrow

[paper coyote]

I think the Lake is very generous when it comes to giveaways of all sorts

So like, who knows what it’s going to be like

I can imagine having some SotL related contests even closer to the release date

[sharp granite]

||at this point i think we might need to consider past ideas
to start what were the simplest options (the apple codes ones) for the other two ones? the apple ones were r, d, and e afaik||

[paper coyote]

Let me casually drop that ||you’ll need to sort of take a closer look at the attachment you have for today. That might help you more than you think ||

And it’s fun

fun

[sharp granite]

||is it just the font or are those question marks weirdly rotated now that i think about it||

[nocturne cypress]

I think it's just ||the font||

But good catch, I didn't even notice that

Wait

[rugged glen]

||If I'm not wrong, it's written in comic sans||

[paper coyote]

👀

[sharp granite]

||the question marks are italicized||

||what could it mean??||

[rugged glen]

||Comic Sans' questions marks just looks like that w/o italics, for some reason||

[sharp granite]

huh

ok

you’re totally right

[paper coyote]

Bcs it’s fun

[chrome gulch]

They should be ||written in papyrus since it's all puzzles||

[paper coyote]

Which would also be fun

[paper coyote]

This fun

Love to see your thoughts though haha

[rugged glen]

||hmm something to do with the fonts of the puzzles?||

[paper coyote]

Actually doing better than you think)

[sharp granite]

if it’s that it would be wild

[rugged glen]

Yeah but it's still worth a try

[sharp granite]

oh absolutely

i’m terrible ||with knowing fonts|| so i fear i can’t help much with that

[rugged glen]

I would love to help figure out but I'm heading to bed now

[sharp granite]

fair fair

[raw haven]

Rusty Lake’s font is usually Amatic

I got obsessed with that font bc of RL

[paper coyote]

Ye it’s a cool one!

[raw haven]

So if we’re looking at font, what do we think we should do next

Imagine if the question marks are leaning towards the correct answers

That would be wild

[paper coyote]

Dont forget you also have the main hint to the puzzle hehe

And can say you’re definitely moving in a certain direction with it all👀

[jaunty granite]

I claimed the android key

[paper coyote]

Yyyey congrats!

[sharp granite]

oooh congrats!

[nocturne cypress]

Ayy congrats

[raw haven]

Congrats!

[rare mirage]

Hey y'all how is the puzzling going?

[rare mirage]

Ooo congratulations 🎉🎉

[paper coyote]

Steam and Apple codes are still available👀

[rare mirage]

I sadly have ub on both of those, so sadly I was not too interested

And also finals

[sharp granite]

real

[rare mirage]

Can't wait for it to be over

[raw haven]

I have the game on both platforms! If I test the code I’ll waste it

[sharp granite]

i’m honestly stumped at this point with the puzzle

[raw haven]

You’re almost there!

[nocturne cypress]

Good luck with the finals

[rare mirage]

Thank you

[paper coyote]

Good luck w the finals indeed! You’ll get it💪

[raw haven]

You’re on the right track with the italicized question marks I believe

[sharp granite]

huh ok

||are the characters the nth question mark of the listed day? i’m still trying to solve some of them so i can’t test if that’s true||

[sharp granite]

no that can’t be true cause one of my days doesn’t have question marks

[paper coyote]

||It’s not about the italicized thing ||

[sharp granite]

oh
OH

||…is it the games that were given away on those days?||

[paper coyote]

||Well let’s say the thing you need was already mentioned today☺️||

[nocturne cypress]

If it's what I think it is, ||look at the messages sent around the time you first mentioned the italicized question marks||

I can't check since I have the game on steam and android has alr been claimed

[raw haven]

Where did you get ||R, D, and E||?

[sharp granite]

||the game keys for the respective days — i think it must be either the fonts of the puzzle keys or something to do with the games that they were for||

[karmic juniper]

||I already checked if they were the letters in each game [white door, white door, ub], no luck ||

[sharp granite]

fair fair

[stiff sequoia]

Just got home ✨

[sharp granite]

||if it’s the fonts then i need to figure out what they are (as i said before, i don’t know fonts well)||

[stiff sequoia]

How did everyone's puzzling go

[sharp granite]

one key’s been solved

[raw haven]

One key so far (Android)

[stiff sequoia]

Only

[sharp granite]

a few people have also probably solved it but aren’t able to use the keys to confirm

i’m still trying to solve it lol

[stiff sequoia]

So is today somehow the longest

[raw haven]

Nah, the day of Samorost still holds the record

[stiff sequoia]

Ohh

[sharp granite]

we got very distracted i guess

[nocturne cypress]

That day was crazy ngl

[karmic juniper]

Samorost being involved in the longest and one of the shortest times is kinda funny tho ngl

[nocturne cypress]

Oh yeah, apple was claimed quite quickly that day

[raw haven]

Apple was by accident

Legit, I went down a whole path and discovered it on complete accident

[paper coyote]

Well you guys really have everything you need for today😌

[sharp granite]

this may take me some time but even if i don’t get the key for today i will solve this puzzle one way or another lol

[nocturne cypress]

You can do it!!

[karmic juniper]

Me too, might as well throw my hat in to solve the steam code 🫡

[paper coyote]

You got this!

[stiff sequoia]

Fr

Just went through chat and I can only see fun 👍

Btw did everyone do the puzzle in announcements

[paper coyote]

fun

[jaunty granite]

I did

[sharp granite]

||if it is the fonts of the images then i’m struggling but will keep looking ||

[stiff sequoia]

Idk what font I maybe be but I can only think of ||Aldous Vanderboom||

[sharp granite]

i have acquired backup @robust shell so hopefully he will help me solve this lol

[jaunty granite]

Are you trying to get the steam key ?

[sharp granite]

no the apple one

[karmic juniper]

I am. I got the first 2 fonts (i hope) but the last has stumped me

Well, not stumped but it is eluding me 💀

[stiff sequoia]

Which font are you looking for?

I can help

[jaunty granite]

I got ||bigshot one|| but I'm not sure

[karmic juniper]

||Just checked, Its deffo the correct font, but its not correct. I think i messed up one of the others||

[jaunty granite]

What do you have ?

[karmic juniper]

Hold on i was using an image searcher, need to just redo them rq, ill dm you

[jaunty granite]

I can help what do you have ?

[sharp granite]

||we have times new roman for day 9, still working for the other two||

[robust shell]

I have been summoned :)

[karmic juniper]

Might as well put them here too:
||PC Senior Regular for day 5
Limelight regular for day 4||

[jaunty granite]

||I got Amiga for day 4 and Broadcast for day 5||

[karmic juniper]

||Its definitely the fonts? We have confirmed?||

[jaunty granite]

I dont know it looked the same to me

[karmic juniper]

Well i got a react from lunar so we must be on the right track

[sharp granite]

how have y'all been looking for fonts cause i'm currently on google docs looking thru fonts there and having little luck

[jaunty granite]

With font matchers

||day 18 is Amarante I think||

[sharp granite]

did any of them work well? i tried a few and they didn't give anything

[karmic juniper]

I started doing that but it was too hard on my laptop 😭 i ended up just copying image links and uploading to a font finder, but the one i used didnt get the same as @jaunty granite 's, and it didnt even give a result for day 6, so try gind a good one ig

[jaunty granite]

The best I found is whatfontis.com

[sharp granite]

you're 100% right on day 18

[karmic juniper]

I had been using fontsquirrel

[sharp granite]

we've been working on day 8

[raw haven]

I used to be a font fiend

Gave that up too early apparently

[jaunty granite]

||I'm pretty sure day 8 is Berolina||

[sharp granite]

it totally is

i just looked that one up and ye

[jaunty granite]

Sorry @karmic juniper I don't know what other fonts they could be

[karmic juniper]

Its fine, im judt gonna try mixing the answers up berween what we got, just in case

[jaunty granite]

Good luck

[karmic juniper]

No luck

We've hit the 4 hour mark btw 😭

[sharp granite]

oof

[paper coyote]

Still believe in you guys☺️

[karmic juniper]

How are you getting on on ur end?

[sharp granite]

it looks like your answers were right but day 9 wasn’t ||times new roman|| and we are trying to figure out what it could be

…when you’re counting characters do you include spaces?

nope not that

[karmic juniper]

I dont think so? How could a space be in a code?

[sharp granite]

more so for placement but it wasn’t correct

so it doesn’t matter

[karmic juniper]

Hold on, ill take a break and do a quick search for this

[sharp granite]

i tried using a font search but the resolution for the images is too low

[karmic juniper]

The devil works hard, but we're gonna work harder 💪

[sharp granite]

that we do

and will

[raw haven]

You guys will get this!

I’ve been wrapping gifts for the last almost 2 hours and I have to go to bed

Good luck y’all

[jaunty granite]

Whatfontis.com has just been put into maintenance

[paper coyote]

O no

[karmic juniper]

Oof

[wintry crypt]

Are we all talking about the ||🐐|| puzzle?

Or the other ones.

[jaunty granite]

No about that one

[wintry crypt]

Oh

[sharp granite]

...so it seems someone might have claimed the apple code if we are right about the fonts
i put in the correct things and was trying diff combos and got a code that was already claimed lol

[jaunty granite]

Oh man

[unique loom]

i got my vinyl playing its sounds sooo goooooodddddddd

[jaunty granite]

Why don't they say so ?

[unique loom]

also does it have harvys theme cause i like that song

[paper coyote]

O! So is it?

[sharp granite]

it appears so

[paper coyote]

Should I mark it as claimed then?…(

[karmic juniper]

Can it be checked?

[paper coyote]

You can dm me the code you think it was so I can confirm if it’s the right thing

[sharp granite]

i can't confirm if it's the correct code or me accidentally stumbling upon something else but i got the "this code has already been used" message

will do

[karmic juniper]

Damn

[paper coyote]

Yup it appears that the iOS key was already claimed! Sad that it was not mentioned, but huge congrats to the user who got it! Enjoy the game!

[sharp granite]

i fear @robust shell and i have some errands to run so we can’t help with the last key solving, but best of luck to those left hunting!

[karmic juniper]

I think im almost there for the steam key, ||but the day 5 font is quite elusive. Theres a lot that are almost like it, but not.||

||so far i got Limelight regular for day 4 and bigshot one for day 6||

[paper coyote]

||These are correct though😌||

[karmic juniper]

All this while i keep getting notifs from my friends talking about resident evil and fnaf is certainly something

[wintry crypt]

Seems accurate

[jaunty granite]

I got ||amiga rounded||

[karmic juniper]

||Doesnt start with A||

[dire token]

[karmic juniper]

||Its basically identical to amiga font tho, so im not sure whats up there. I've tested it like 3 times, it doesnt start with an A||

[jaunty granite]

This font got me in an obscure website talking about this exact font

But they don't know what font it is

[karmic juniper]

||AND i havent gotten a "this code has been claimed already" message (yet, knock on wood 🤜🪵)||

[paper coyote]

Are you guys looking for the first thing mentioned in the puzzle?

[wintry crypt]

My steam won't let me put another code in lol

But I don't have it anyway

[karmic juniper]

||Yeah, first ? On steam||

[paper coyote]

||Well you already know it||

[jaunty granite]

Is it ||topaz||?

[karmic juniper]

Let me check

[jaunty granite]

||amiga topaz||

[karmic juniper]

No

Wait a minute

Nope nvm

[paper coyote]

May I ask what’s not working for you? Haha

[karmic juniper]

I just need to ask a question to the lake rq

||is it the first letter of the second word in the name titles?||

[karmic juniper]

||i was testing the above thing||

[paper coyote]

i’m not sure what you mean now tbh hahaha

||I can tell that you definitely have the words you need to complete the thing😌||

[karmic juniper]

||like checking the T, as in Amiga Topaz, the first letter of the second half||

[paper coyote]

Nope

[jaunty granite]

Lets recap

[karmic juniper]

||Its not pc senior regular||

[paper coyote]

I might need to ask what you tested here as well tbh

You can also dm me just in case

[karmic juniper]

||none of the amiga fonts, because its not A||

[jaunty granite]

Day 5 is ||amiga|| so ||A||
Day 4 is ||limelight|| so ||M||
Day 6 is ||bigshot one|| so ||E||

[karmic juniper]

||and i havent mistyped the other characters, i checked||

[paper coyote]

I would

Double check the text for the puzzle today :D

[wintry crypt]

Today?

[jaunty granite]

@karmic juniper it just says it's the wrong code ?

[paper coyote]

I mean you literally have everything you need :D

[karmic juniper]

||I changed the e to a t just in case and it said its a duplicate code???||

[paper coyote]

Maybe someone already claimed that as well

[karmic juniper]

Hold on, let me dm u

Also woohoo 5 hour mark 🎆

[chrome gulch]

Next puzzle gonna take 1 day

[jaunty granite]

No man

After all it took someone already claimed it ?

[karmic juniper]

I have to wait to recheck 😔

But seems like it

[wintry crypt]

Any help with the ||🐐 || puzzle 😭

I think I have the first two but like what the heck ||🧅 🦣||

[paper coyote]

So well

[karmic juniper]

Whoever claimed the apple and steam keys ||(if anyone did, in case im wrong on the latter)|| and just didnt tell anyone, i expect some form of compensation for myself, @jaunty granite , @sharp granite , and @robust shell 😭

[paper coyote]

Apparently someone got the Steam key as well

[wintry crypt]

🫂 @karmic juniper

[paper coyote]

And it’s really unfortunate it wasnt mentioned in the chat indeed(

[karmic juniper]

A joke obviously but goddamn

[paper coyote]

Feel so sorry for you guys!

[jaunty granite]

I'm so sorry for you

[paper coyote]

But it was an awesome run

Proud of you all and thank you for participating!

[karmic juniper]

The key was the friends we made along the way 🤝

[paper coyote]

That’s the true energy💪

[wintry crypt]

Nice

[jaunty granite]

It's the second day I try to help and it's always already taken at the end

[wintry crypt]

Sneaky sneaks

[karmic juniper]

Yeah, no point in being salty fr. I mean we DID solve it in the end after all

I wasnt even planning on joining in today i just saw it was taking long and was like "hm why not" 😭

[paper coyote]

Hope you enjoyed the puzzle itself regardless haha

It’s a tough one but I personally really love it

fun

[paper coyote]

That’s the puzzle lover spirit! Really appreciate that

[jaunty granite]

I liked it as well

[karmic juniper]

Im guessing tomorrow is the last day, considering the days in the pinned message get up to 21?

[nocturne cypress]

Today's puzzle was indeed so fun!!

[karmic juniper]

Oh yeah, the fonts was a really interesting idea! I didnt even notice that each image had a different font until today

[paper coyote]

Every day until Christmas (and maybe even beyond!)

[karmic juniper]

You guys have this stuff insanely planned out

[paper coyote]

fun

Told you

It’s just the Lake that guides us

[jaunty granite]

Massive upgrade since day 1

[haughty light]

😉

[nocturne cypress]

Just out of curiosity, what was the font for day 7?

[jaunty granite]

||neucha||

[covert aurora]

hello every !

[drowsy helm]

Hello everyone! 🙂

[bold garnet]

👋

[stray viper]

need help for rusty lake hotel, ||for mr boar, do i need to keep giving him sandwiches many times? is that his addiction?||

[late saffron]

Hii

[late anvil]

Did you open the cabinets which have red and blue circle things?

If you need more help, you can use #1425769608996192336

[stray viper]

thanks i figured it out and finished the game!

[raw haven]

Congratulations though you guys! I’m proud of you all for sticking with it

[stiff sable]

did any of you get the record from the preorder? if so, what are you doing with it?

display, storage, etc?

[viral harness]

hey , i didnt know where to send all this so im js doing it in general chat. I ordered some rusty lake merch , it was the comic book , deck of cards+ a vinyl. I brought it pretty sure 3 months ago and It still hasn't came. I brought it from the United Kingdom , I live in Australia. can someone please help me out with this , if so it would be great.

[alpine crystal]

All we know is that shipping has started and people have started receiving their orders! So, don't worry, it will come! I'm still waiting for my order too if that makes you feel better! 😅

[viral harness]

Okay , thank you!! I ordered it 3 months prior as I wanted it to be delivered around christmas and the fact that it still hasn't came has made me a bit sad , although I know itll come I wouldve liked it to be delivered around Christmas. Thank you alot for wanting to help out , I really appreciate it!😊

[alpine crystal]

I ordered the vinyl! I have not received it yet but I know what I'm gonna do with it when I do! I am gonna be putting it on display on one of those small easels for ease of use when I want to actually play it!

[stiff sable]

I wish I had something to play it on . . . it'll probably stay on display for me sadly, because i'd love to be able to hear it

[alpine crystal]

I ordered mine in June of this year and was hoping for a Christmas delivery as well tbh. But I am just glad everything is being shipped, so I am at least excited for that!

[stiff sable]

mine's supposed to arrive on monday, but we'll see

[alpine crystal]

Ooooo! That's exciting!

[stiff sable]

well i'm not placing all my faith in the usps tracking system but it's saying the 22nd

[alpine crystal]

Hopefully it turns up then!

[viral harness]

I am aswell, thank you so much 4 helping me out with this

[alpine crystal]

No problem!

Just letting you know the info they've been telling us 👍

[bold garnet]

👋

[late anvil]

Hi, do you need any help?

[barren burrow]

Hello

[chrome gulch]

Welcome to The Lake!

[stiff sequoia]

Welcome to the lake

And hi guys

[deep quest]

If made rusty lake fanart, is there a place I could show it in this server?

If I made*

[late anvil]

You can share in #🎨｜fan-creations

[torpid trout]

heyy does anyone know what happened to the comic? i ordered it back in may and it never came. the website even still offers pre-orders for shipping in q3 2025. they later sent an email saying that they'd be shipping it in november and that's it. they didn't even respond to me anymore

[late anvil]

As far as I know the merch started to delivery and some people got theirs. So I believe it will be come to you eventually. If you can't find the email with tracking number, check other folders like spam. Sometimes, emails go to the wrong folder. (If it isn't there, I think you will get it eventually.)

I didn't get my bundle yet if it makes you feel better.

[torpid trout]

hm alright, tysm! i hope it arrives soon

[analog socket]

🕔

[paper coyote]

📺 <@&917392465168851015>

🔑 = 2nd character of 🎵🤖2
🔐 = 8th character of 🔑🚂18
🗝️ = 11th character of 🔑🚂19

Android Claimed!✅
Apple Claimed!✅
Steam Claimed!✅

[naive torrent]

yay

[raw haven]

Go guys go!

[paper coyote]

good luck everyone! please make sure to hit a message if you get the key hehe

[stiff sequoia]

The maths 💔

[rugged glen]

It always comes back to haunt us

[stoic yacht]

Y'all did so well yesterday! Now let's see y'all tackle this

[nocturne cypress]

Oh dear I knew it

Here we go

[raw haven]

For a little less thinking, here’s the Pigpen Cipher for today:

Steam: ||G||
Android: ||F||
Apple: ||J & T||

[chrome gulch]

Solve my algebra

[stoic yacht]

That was fast!

[rare mirage]

Oh its time

NOT DAY 3 AGAIN

What is music aandroid 2

Well done winter

Ack my messages arent going through

[chrome gulch]

Tbh I also still have pigpen notes right on my table here 😄

[stoic yacht]

:)

[rare mirage]

Oh there we go

[raw haven]

Thanks!

[rugged glen]

I know I've seen the music android 2 somewhere hold on

[raw haven]

Music might be referring to the second Android song for day 13

Since that was the music puzzle day

[rare mirage]

Ooo thats a good shout

This one doesnt sem particularly hard

[rugged glen]

It's day 11

[rare mirage]

Except for day 3 algebra

[raw haven]

Oops, you’re right! Sorry guys

[rugged glen]

Someone gave the answer that day

[dire girder]

Ive solved it!

already have the game though:/

[rare mirage]

You got the steam one?

[raw haven]

Nice! Did you claim?

[stoic yacht]

GG anyway! 😄

[white umbra]

Yeah I recognized those parts immediately, I guess the others are reference/meta clues

[dire girder]

nope not claimed yet

[karmic juniper]

is it paradox today? based on the tv emoji

[rare mirage]

Yup

[jaunty granite]

|| |° is 7 if I remember||

[stiff sequoia]

Paradox??

[dire girder]

yeah I think so

[stiff sequoia]

Wait we can redeem from playstore?

[rugged glen]

Something interesting about this is that Paradox is always given out every 7 days (Day 7, 14 and 21)

[dire girder]

ooh

[stiff sequoia]

I forgot the maths

[karmic juniper]

yeah that honestly makes sense

[paper coyote]

Me everyday

[raw haven]

And the seventh day is always dealing with the references to past puzzles

[rugged glen]

Yup

[dire girder]

it feels like every time I'm able to solve the puzzle I already have the game😭

the roots and paradise ones are always so hard

[karmic juniper]

The past is never dead...

[raw haven]

The most recent Paradise was really quick

[rare mirage]

Same needed roots too

[stoic yacht]

You're also getting better/more experienced

[haughty light]

Sorry about that! It wasn't my intention to make some games harder to earn than others

[merry tinsel]

lake

[dire girder]

nah it's fine, it feels good to use my brain lol

[nocturne cypress]

I got android🥳

[dire girder]

congrats!

[jaunty granite]

Congratulations !!

[stoic yacht]

Congratulations and well done!

[rugged glen]

Congrats! 🎉

[stiff sequoia]

Congratulations 🎉

[rare mirage]

Well done 🎉

[paper coyote]

Yyyyee lets go! Congrats!

[raw haven]

Congrats!

[rare mirage]

What was the answer for lock key?

[nocturne cypress]

Thank you everyone I love paradox so much so I'm really happy hehehe

[merry tinsel]

dale

[nocturne cypress]

||8th character of the steam key from the day of the caesar cipher||

[stoic yacht]

🦞 🫏

[rare mirage]

It was ||D||?

[merry tinsel]

aldous

[rare mirage]

Or did i count it wrong?

[rugged glen]

Yeah it's correct

[rare mirage]

Ah i see

Nice

[merry tinsel]

albert

[raw haven]

@paper coyote hi! May I double check my answer with you?

The code keeps getting invalid but I have no clue where I’m going wrong

[paper coyote]

As you dont want to claim the key or you think it already got used?

Ah

Ye

[raw haven]

Okay, thanks

[karmic juniper]

||What day was that for again?||

[rare mirage]

Day 3

The symbol is for the unused number

[raw haven]

Hi guys! Apple is most likely claimed, though not by me

Lunar confirmed I did get the correct code

[merry tinsel]

harvey plushie backbling in fortnite tomorrow

@ rusty lake can you confirm

[stoic yacht]

I can confirm that Harvey exists and that the plushie is cute

[merry tinsel]

hmmm...

yep, it's official

rusty lake x fortnite is happening, and since you used an emoji, that means it's also CANON!

[stoic yacht]

🙊

mods definitely have info like this aye

for legal reasons that's a joke

[merry tinsel]

what's that you said? we're getting an albert skin too? insane

[chrome gulch]

I think RL could collab with other indie games instead

[paper coyote]

I think RL should collab with everyone and everyone should collab with RL

Lake supremacy

[chrome gulch]

RL × Cube Escape when

[paper coyote]

RL & Second Maze

Imagine that

[chrome gulch]

Insane

[merry tinsel]

RLx rusty lake

[kindred nexus]

RL x Mr.crow

[merry tinsel]

too far vro....

mr. crow is very controversial these days

[kindred nexus]

oh..

[merry tinsel]

he ate a worm

i know I wouldn't stand for that

[stoic yacht]

I'd unironically love an Extreme Escape/Zero Escape and Rusty Lake/Cube Escape crossover

[merry tinsel]

fired him there and then

[stoic yacht]

A complete visual novel with RL puzzles? Yes please???

RL needs to write the next Hundred Line route. They could've met Kodaka in Hong Kong XD

[kindred nexus]

Visual novel..

[merry tinsel]

rl text based adventure

[stoic yacht]

*Adventure Game

But I meant adding vn segments to the rl formula

(...TWD moment)

[merry tinsel]

the BLACK door

[kindred nexus]

-# I think I would be the only one who thinks about doki doki literature club game

[merry tinsel]

rusty lake dating sim

[merry tinsel]

albert would lowk act like monika

[raw haven]

speaking of which will TWD ever show up again

[chrome gulch]

It already has, technically

[raw haven]

-# it’s on iOS now!

[stoic yacht]

AGI or SCI based RL game

[raw haven]

wait what

[stoic yacht]

(King's Quest etc)

[merry tinsel]

i NEED to date dale, albert, and maybe if we go non canon ida as well

mostly because if we went with canon albert would skin me and keep me as a rug if i even glanced at ida

🥶

[chrome gulch]

🚇 🌸

[merry tinsel]

i guess...

[stiff sequoia]

Turns out my net wasn't working, what did I miss

[raw haven]

Ah, right

[kindred nexus]

I want to think about dating Elizabeth

[raw haven]

Puzzle time!

[merry tinsel]

peak choice

[karmic juniper]

||anyone have the triangle value?||

[stiff sequoia]

Do we have an unwanted child yet

[raw haven]

Steam most likely

[raw haven]

||3||

[merry tinsel]

steamboat william

samsara boat

[karmic juniper]

Steam got 🎉

[raw haven]

Congrats!

[stoic yacht]

Congratulations!

[stiff sequoia]

Congratss!!

[stoic yacht]

(For anyone who isn't willing to scroll back up for 2000 hours: all of the puzzles are linked in the pins!)

[raw haven]

RL Discord Drinking Game: Take a shot every time your preferred platform is the Unwanted Child

[stiff sequoia]

Imagine scrolling back and finding that long formula

[karmic juniper]

I wasnt able to do the early puzzles, so i had to try figure them out more recently 😭 Id like to thank the ppl in here that were helping with confirming tho

[rare mirage]

Congratulations

Today was quick

[karmic juniper]

An actual life saver btw

[stoic yacht]

A good day 😄

Tomorrow...

[rare mirage]

Did you guys hear our suffering and decided to make it easier

[stoic yacht]

:)

[rare mirage]

Because thank you for that

[rare mirage]

NO

[stiff sequoia]

That's making me scared bro

[stoic yacht]

Good! You're in a horror game server >:)

[raw haven]

https://tenor.com/view/what-nani-marmot-squirrel-turn-around-gif-2041453844604053512

[paper coyote]

Yyyey! Glad you got this one☺️ Huge Congrats!

[stoic yacht]

Don't worry guys: it'snot algebra

[raw haven]

correct, it’s trig

[rare mirage]

Sometimes I forgot rl is horror

[stiff sequoia]

Which part of trig are we talking about

[stoic yacht]

The server icon is blood

*emote

[stiff sequoia]

Cuz this is the year they taught us trig 💔

[raw haven]

idk I never was very good at trig

[raw haven]

Study for your finals while playing for free games

[rare mirage]

That is blood? I thought it was a ruby

That makes alot of sense now

[stoic yacht]

🩸

[karmic juniper]

I'm beginning to think we're running out of people to claim keys bcs mostly everyone already claimed keys/has the game Wont stop anyone from still solving, thats for sure! ✨

[stoic yacht]

And the 🩸RL is meant to mimic it too XD

[raw haven]

Give the keys to your friends!

[stiff sequoia]

The fact that I joined rl because of the blood

[kindred nexus]

I still scare about corrupted soul coming close to me in the cube series after fishing

[stiff sequoia]

And didn't even know it's tagged as horror

[stoic yacht]

There will be blood

[stoic yacht]

I will never forget the Laura+CS in the moon cutscene

[kindred nexus]

aww

[stoic yacht]

The corrupted soul

in Seasons 😄

[stiff sequoia]

Sorry I didn't see the message above

[stoic yacht]

I wouldn't say that Seasons is my favorite game, but it's def high up there

(it's just... too many favs)

[kindred nexus]

I said it wrong

IDK why I said cursed soul

my mistake

[stiff sequoia]

Yah I don't think my sister enjoyed that blood scene 😭

[rare mirage]

You will pay for that /j

[stoic yacht]

I mean
You could argue it's a pretty cursed existence lol

[stiff sequoia]

If I am to introduce my friends to rl what should I recommend them first

[karmic juniper]

Idk, any horror game can be a comedy depending on who's playing 😭 My favourite example is my tpw playthrough with my mam. Absolute chaos, even when ||Csoul Albert was crawling around my room||

[raw haven]

I’d say The Lake bc that’s fairly chill

Or Samsara Room

[kindred nexus]

Because of being scared, I still didn't tried 'the lake' in the cube series

[raw haven]

After they get used to the surreal, hit them with Case 23

[stiff sequoia]

I like the deer from case 23, was it case 23?

[raw haven]

(Just kidding, the second half is brutal)

[raw haven]

Case 23’s deer is an unfortunate timer

[kindred nexus]

Eventhough I know how to clear it, still have exciety to solve it

[karmic juniper]

Birthday would be a good first ce game, or you could play tpw if you have two copies already. If they're a little reluctant to actually play the games first becausethe lore seems intimidating, I'd reccomend watching Flawed Peacocks series on it. He was my entry point into the series, and watching his vids never took away from the enjoyment of my own playthroughs!

[stiff sequoia]

I was like is it getting intense 💔 till I unfortunately realised there was timer

[raw haven]

Ooh yeah, the Corrupted Soul put me off from trying Case 23 again for 2 years

[kindred nexus]

[stiff sequoia]

I should try that

Brb

[karmic juniper]

So, i just found out that i do actually have a friend who uses steam, i just never knew lol. This is the same friend who has been absolutely horrified when seeing some of the things you have to do in the games [she has specifically seen parts of me playing hotel and the past half of tpw], so this is going to be very fun if i get a code for them

[raw haven]

Ooh, there you go!

[stoic yacht]

Welcome to the competition, then 😄

[lament schooner]

Howdy everyone!

[grave dove]

👋 👋 👋

[agile thunder]

wait till she gets to…the scene

🫙

[karmic juniper]

Oh they're well aware of it... i was live posting in a small group chat when it happened

It would be really funny if they forgot tho and just gets flashbanged by that

[lament schooner]

Anyone looking forward to the next game coming out?

just me…? 🥲

[chrome gulch]

We all are

[lament schooner]

Glad to hear I’m not alone lol

[ionic flume]

help this is the rl server why would it be just you excited for the next game

[lament schooner]

(I’m trying to start a discussion about the new game, but it seems no one wants to 🤧 because I keep being met with salty responses)

I feel so welcomed 🥲

[chrome gulch]

Sorry, we didnt mean that! Personally Im very excited about the game too, its story and characters

Alexandra..

[lament schooner]

Did you have a chance to play the demo?

[chrome gulch]

Yeah, I played it a lot

[lament schooner]

I only played it once so far but I’m already sold on the game

Or I guess anything RL comes out with.

[chrome gulch]

Did you watched the trailers too?

There are some more stuff that is not present in the demo ;)

[lament schooner]

Yeah they went all in with them as well.

Ohhh like..hints? Or maybe a special feature…? 😮

brb lolll

[inner lark]

What are y’all’s sexualities?

[ionic flume]

a bit personal for this server

[alpine crystal]

Yeah that seems like a bit more a personal question not for this server tbh

[inner lark]

K

Seahorses are a type of fish

[wise vessel]

Como se juega :/

[craggy schooner]

My purple vinyl just arrived!!! Time to get a vinyl player

[merry tinsel]

rusty lake 2 for the nintendo gameboy advance

[grave dove]

And Knuckles!

[haughty light]

new funky mode

[merry tinsel]

upgraded graphics!

online co-op!

cut content!

[fiery pivot]

I can't remember if this game was in the rusty lake/cube escape franchise, or if it was a demo of a game they were shouting out, but do yall recall playing a game where you were in a lab & the building is maze-like? that's all i remember from the game so sorry for it being very vague. I just have a vivid memory of seeing Mr. Owl in the game lol. It's not the white door since that's what it sounds like.

[haughty light]

could be the lab DLC for Underground Blossom

or Follow the meaning (though that maze likeness isnt present in the demo)

[fiery pivot]

yes! it was this tysm. Im binge watching someone play through the franchise and swore there was an additional game lol

[haughty light]

we added the level to the game later, maybe that's where the confusion comes from

it ties in to our tabletop adventure; Rusty Lake Untold: The Lab

[fiery pivot]

ahhh that makes sense

[haughty light]

https://www.rustylakeuntold.com/ if you'd like to learn more about that you can do see here!

[rustic geode]

I wonder if Albert was more prone to sicknesses than other of his siblings

[covert aurora]

Hello every !

[rustic geode]

Hello!

[covert aurora]

How are you doing ?

[rustic geode]

doing pretty swell actually!! sinuses are clearing up slowly haha

[covert aurora]

Oh, good luck, and if you see any small black spots on your mirror, don't touch them !

[rustic geode]

hmm... i saw a black moth once

[chrome gulch]

Yoo new MRMS update 👀

The new ||form prizes|| are nice!

[haughty light]

Super happy to feature the in game appearance of the grand prize winner!:)

[chrome gulch]

Replaying it rn just to see that

(And ||Jordan||!)

[haughty light]

indeed! The team is complete again in tamr

Game**

[pallid glen]

ohhhhhh I gotta see that

[lament schooner]

What’s everyone’s fav game so far and why?

[ionic flume]

seasons or roots. seasons for nostalgia mostly, roots bc i love the vanderbooms

[haughty light]

Servant of the Lake

(it's Samsara Room)

[ionic flume]

damy always the contrarian

i also really enjoy the white door bc bob

[lament schooner]

I like underground blossom. I especially liked the whole trainstation concept of traveling between time and also i especially loved the extra long game play.

[paper coyote]

The concept is fire right!

Also the music there… that combo of instruments

[ionic flume]

also theres a fish in a trombone

whats not to love

[paper coyote]

Absolutely

I wouldnt be able to call only 1 game my fav though

I just love them all differently ha

[haughty light]

Very fair?

!!*

[chrome gulch]

We all know all these answers would change to only one game being everyone's favorite if they made a game about one specific character 🐤

[stoic yacht]

Choosing a favorite is difficult, but if there was only 1 RL game I could play for an entire year, then rn that would be Underground Blossom

I like seeing Laura grow up

[merry tinsel]

that's SURELY a hint for today....

[spice magnet]

I cried my eyes out during Underground Blossom haha

[stoic yacht]

It's so good

[chrome gulch]

I knew this had a reason to have details 😄

[stoic yacht]

Anyway I love books

[paper coyote]

Why does it look so beautiful omg

The art🤌🏻

[merry tinsel]

why did i see a deer antler in the attic window....

i'm losing it i miss dale too much

[stiff sequoia]

Hi guyss

[lilac hull]

Helloooo

[stoic yacht]

Not me turning my head to read the spines
Instead of just
turning the image

Hiya!

[wet tusk]

Hi rusty lake general chat

[lilac hull]

How's everyone doing

[stoic yacht]

Staring at the video from announcements 😄

Doing well, otherwise

[lilac hull]

Nicee

[stiff sequoia]

?

[onyx summit]

Hmm how puzzling

[chrome gulch]

Atleast on Steam it updated, not sure about mobile

[haughty light]

I can confirm mobile also got this update.

[stiff sequoia]

Prolly lake or birthday, it feels comfortable playing it but I love mrms because of Mr rabbit

[stoic yacht]

Oh RL Tweeted about the announcement too 😄

[stiff sequoia]

Ohh

[stoic yacht]

Who dareth notify m- oh RL post

[static quiver]

i know the numbers mean somthing...

i just dont know what yet

[stiff sequoia]

Lemme just download Twitter real quick

[stiff sequoia]

The video?

[static quiver]

yeah

[haughty light]

https://fxtwitter.com/rustylakecom/status/2003103587422134445?t=ubdNeiPs4fcNbA_mrhXBug&s=19

Rusty Lake 🚣 (@rustylakecom)

☃️ On the third day before Christmas, Aldous asked of me…
︀︀🪟 A stack of famous books… 📚✍️
︀︀
︀︀🧩👀

**🔁 7 ❤️ 23 👁️ 263 **

▶ Play video

FxTwitter · Dec 22, 2025, 2:01 PM

this should work

[stiff sequoia]

The lake is full full of surprises

[stiff sequoia]

Thanks damy!!

[reef comet]

Frankenstein -> 3
The Raven -> 6
Lost Illusions -> 12
The Night Before Christmas -> 15
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow -> 12

[static quiver]

the update to MRMS cannot be just a coincidence...

[stoic yacht]

I'm not even puzzling, I'm cross referencing my own shelf

[onyx summit]

Is all of the information we need in that puzzle announcement alone or is there another piece like on some other social media or something?

[lament schooner]

Omg an Easter egg. Damn I’m oblivious lol

[merry tinsel]

who up reading aldous' top 5

[chrome gulch]

Aldous's 1839 wrap

[reef comet]

At the moment, I have no idea.

[orchid dew]

Woke up too early to get myself a breakfast sandwich (most places don’t open for another three hours) so I drew a Harvey about it

[lament schooner]

Greetings dear human!

[stoic yacht]

The Raven was 1845

Sowwy 🤓

[onyx summit]

Fair enough

[chrome gulch]

He got early access

[onyx summit]

Frankenstein (1818)
Sleepy Hollow (1820)
The Night Before Christmas (1823)
Lost Illusions (1837)
The Raven (1845)

[stoic yacht]

...He would

[merry tinsel]

beta testing

[orchid dew]

He’s on Mary Shelley’s patreon

[merry tinsel]

nah they just close like that

[orchid dew]

Real

[stoic yacht]

Wonder what it all means tho

[merry tinsel]

books

[onyx summit]

So I tried the numbers corresponding to the letter of each title and got "AVNCS" but i don't know if that's it

A for Aldous
V for Vanderboom
N ??
C for corrupted
S for soul
???

[stiff sequoia]

I only know the the night before Christmas 💔

[reef comet]

He blinks:
-before sliding Frankenstein,
-after sliding The Raven
-after sliding Lost Illusions
-after sliding The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

I feel like there's a hint to it, but I have no idea what

[merry tinsel]

*mare

[reef comet]

My first thought is to maybe drop the letters of books where he blinks after sliding?

[lament schooner]

My rabbit creeps me out so I was a bit surprised when playing Mr Rabbit Magic Show

[hasty grove]

my immediate thought was that theyre all multiples of 3, no idea what that could mean but its something

[steady crane]

How you doing????

[reef comet]

I noticed that, too, but 12 is repeated twice.

[steady crane]

2 - 3 - 4 - 8

[karmic juniper]

Big roots and paradox fan, and UB will most likely be added to that list when i get to it

[stiff sequoia]

Oops

[onyx summit]

How did you get these numbers?

[steady crane]

The jump on the years, must be something

[onyx summit]

Oohhh

[static quiver]

so i jsut went and played the 3rd, thr 6th and 12th and 15th then 12th game again in MRMS and nothing changed i can see

[hasty grove]

could be number on book/3 pick that letter? but that gives f-e-t-i-l which isnt really anything

[steady crane]

1818 + 2 = 1820
1820 + 3 = 1823
1823 + 4 = 1837
1837 + 8 = 1845

[karmic juniper]

If we divide each by 3, then we get an almost in order sequence:
Frankenstein =1
Raven=2
Lost illusions=4
Night before christmas=5
Sleepy hollow=4

[steady crane]

Maybe the last book is a month and the others is the day

[earnest vigil]

I try the writer’s name and got “razor”m
Mary Shelley
Edgar Allan Poe
Honoré de Balzac
Clement Clarke Moore
Washington Irving

[onyx summit]

YOOO

[analog socket]

The "moving art-piece" style is wonderful, but how come nobody pointed out the amazing "Birthday theme" music box soundtrack?

[steady crane]

Razor?

[stiff sequoia]

Wait really?

[hasty grove]

oooo thats a solid theory

[onyx summit]

I noticed I just didn't say anything 😅

[static quiver]

how did you get razor?

[steady crane]

My theory is that the puzzle will reveal the release date of the game

[reef comet]

Was too fixated on the puzzle 😅

[haughty light]

I can confirm that it will not.

[hasty grove]

maybe the ravens cawing are something? one caw when the raven book comes on screen, then two in quick succession after the final book

[steady crane]

Oh, thanks!

[static quiver]

i think thats just cuz its the raven

[hasty grove]

fair enough

[karmic juniper]

No bcs it caws at a different book too

[chrome gulch]

Aldous, blink if you need help

[static quiver]

it caws twice at the end

[karmic juniper]

Would that count for the final book then?

[onyx summit]

I'm too sleepy to big brain this 😭

[hasty grove]

big mood

[restive field]

bro is staring into my soul

[static quiver]

its not the same timing as the one with the raven
my bet is its a red herring

[chrome gulch]

He knows what to do

[static quiver]

calling the numbers in the MRMS on the phone doesnt do anythign either

[idle fable]

this is a tricky one

[calm wing]

im thinking whether there's a pattern with the blinks and caws. there's a blink before sliding 1st book, then a caw and a blink before the 3rd, blink before the 4th&blink before the 5th and then quick two caws and two blinks right after
i cant seem to find anything meaningful to it, though

[chrome gulch]

Here are the patch notes
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3472550/view/492711745752663589

[hasty grove]

yeah, my first thought was morse code but that doesnt really fit

[karmic juniper]

Idk, personally i think theres some sort of significance to the number 3... 3 days till christmas, after all

[hasty grove]

i agree

[onyx summit]

Now if we treat each number as a time on a clock and follow the direction that the hour hand points-

We will probably accomplish nothing

[hasty grove]

the real answer was the friends we made along the way 🥰 ✨ (silly)

[calm wing]

ive been trying to find something in the letters, like jumping one forward or two backwards etc from the AVCNS acting as a starting point soooo probably also not that

[calm wing]

might be, especially since the numbers on books are also multiplies of 3

[dawn rock]

Can you tell me when is the deadline for the new giveaway? I'm traveling until December 28th lol

[chrome gulch]

July 1st

[static quiver]

how did we get those leters exactly?

[dawn rock]

Wait what? That long?

[calm wing]

from the corresponding numbers next ot the titles, so
Frankenstein (3) --> Frankenstein

[static quiver]

ty ty

[sly sentinel]

if we follow that logic perhaps theres more puzzle hints to be released in the next two days

[chrome gulch]

The prizes are:
||25 SotL Steam keys
10 Card decks||

[merry tinsel]

laura

[merry tinsel]

sotl demo keys

[dawn rock]

Oh that's cool!

[earnest vigil]

I’m thinking about the room of Aldous in servant of the lake demo. There is a razor in there and also the room light up (I guess)

[chrome gulch]

Why is Aldous in the attic? Lol

[karmic juniper]

he wanted to go read his books in peace im guessing

[merry tinsel]

aldous knows when we're getting hl3

but he won't tell me

i have to fire him

[chrome gulch]

The 3 means HL3 confirmed

[onyx summit]

I'm gonna go with that, that we need more information and will probably get it tomorrow

[static quiver]

so im playing the demo rn
the contract says its 1839
the raven isnt technically out yet

its an odd one out

[chrome gulch]

What if this puzzle takes place after SotL

(Joking)

But I dont think the demo year matters, we had other "impossible" appearences in other puzzles, for example William's body in the Vanderboom House xmas puzzle and I guess every character in the Hotel Advent calendar

[stoic yacht]

Nah we just can't get rid of dear ol' Billy
He's always popping up

[earnest vigil]

Is attic Rose’s room? but that time he already became to Mr.crow so whatever

[chrome gulch]

I think Rose just got a bit curious and decided to check the attic

[raw haven]

I came to General Chat to see if we were going nuts scouring for clues about the video, was not disappointed

[chrome gulch]

Albert was still alive too, so they prob shared the same bedroom

[earnest vigil]

Maybe

[rare mirage]

Oh what did I miss?

[stoic yacht]

#📯｜rl-announcements message

😄

[rare mirage]

Ooo thanks sammy

[stiff sequoia]

Back

[stoic yacht]

Welcome back 😄

🏨 📖 <@&917392465168851015>
Android claimed! ✅
Steam claimed! ✅
IOS claimed ✅

🤖 🟥
Rebecca, Rachel and the birds have something in common. Her first letter is your first clue.

🚂🟥
There are some Tell-Tale signs for where to look, but can you spot them? Especially at the end of the year?

🍎🟥
Maybe take a relaxing trip to the water to empty your mind. A good Bath can turn you into a new man, and you may find some shells! Perhaps even the final letter..?

🤖🟩
When out and about, though, let’s hope you don’t run into a bad dog. Only good dogs are allowed here!  There was this very vicious dog that attacked a kid and his mom once. That happened in 19..?

🚂🟩
Around that time, a film came out that adapted a novella. This was actually its second adaptation! And that novella was actually the shortened version of a larger, unpublished story. Oh, if only you knew who wrote that novella, then you’d also know what letter their name ends on! But beware of imposters! 

🍎🟩
Getting back to letters, it may be worthwhile to check your mailbox for a letter from your good friend Jonathan. It sounds like he’s been having a tough time. If you wish you write back to him, don’t forget what letter his name starts with!

🤖🟨
While you’re safe and sound in your house, you may find yourself thinking about that one war photographer. What was his friend called again? Billy…?

🚂🟨
Hopefully you’re better at choosing your friends than poor Laura. She was facing a rather complicated threat, not too dissimilar to Johnathan. What was it again?

🍎🟨
Another Laura, one you may be more familiar with although that’s not a guarantee, wrote some things down too, in secret. What month did she publish it in again?

[rugged glen]

Oooh

[stiff sequoia]

Oh beautiful

[paper coyote]

Good luck puzzling everyone

[hallow phoenix]

Good lick fellas

[stiff sequoia]

I like the small font ❤️

[stoic yacht]

I have returned and I bring... more puzzles!

[raw haven]

Welcome back Sammy!

[mighty jacinth]

I love puzzles omg

[stoic yacht]

No hints like usual although I will clarify: the circle icon is the 🤖

(it may even show up as such on your device)

Good luck!

[raven plaza]

no hints.............

adofai reference

[rugged glen]

What's with the book emoji?

[karmic juniper]

Im guessing that this is linked to the aldous video too, then?

[rugged glen]

Hmm could be

[stoic yacht]

I can clarify that today's earlier puzzle/the video/the tweet is separate!

[rugged glen]

Oh the text is coloured on desktop, but not on mobile

[karmic juniper]

Steam: LPCJX-W🔴 8X🟢-YN4M🟡

[stoic yacht]

Yeah, noticed that earlier. Won't be an issue, though. Regardless of platform, you all have the same info!

[hallow phoenix]

Wait i noticed smt

Wait i might bbe onto something

On one of the paragraphs theres a 0

Isnted of a o

[karmic juniper]

Android:UE6EE🔴 Z8BJUKH72UNX🟢 🟢 🟡 LY

[stiff sequoia]

Idk what the last android book is about

Hmmm

[glacial sequoia]

wait

||house being blue is a reference to the house of leaves right?||

[karmic juniper]

Apple: 🔴 4JY6E6🟢 WE🟡 6

[rugged glen]

Thanks for typing the codes out

[hallow phoenix]

i cant tell if thats an o or a 0

On the second steam paragraph

[karmic juniper]

Being able to read upside down is a weird skill lol glad it could be of use

[hallow phoenix]

This is hard

[mighty jacinth]

What does the codes mean 😭

[hallow phoenix]

There codes for games

[raw haven]

The first 2 red clues (for Steam and Android) both sound like ||Edgar Allen Poe||

[stoic yacht]

Every day we post a puzzle in the server (previous days linked in the pins!). The codes are for free copies of RL games 😄

[hallow phoenix]

U solve u get urself a key

[white umbra]

My thoughts exactly

[stoic yacht]

If you solve the puzzle, you can finish the code/key and get the game

[rugged glen]

I could too haha but it will benefit someone else when the codes are typed out

[naive torrent]

how do you make orange text

[white umbra]

Carefully

[raw haven]

Don’t put it under a lot of pressure

It’ll run out of juice

[mighty jacinth]

That's amazing!

[stoic yacht]

Yiu're welcome to join us 😄 Today's was just posted 12 minutes ago

[nocturne cypress]

Omg am I late

[stoic yacht]

Some people join in on puzzling even if they have the game already, just because it's fun!

[hallow phoenix]

I have a question santa

[raw haven]

Nah, we just started

[hallow phoenix]

Do the puzzle get harder each day

[stoic yacht]

You're all allowed to help each other