EXTEN
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Input, output.
Seeking wisdoms.
Testing, learning.
Simple systems.
Put on your favorite music, get yourself some pen and paper.
Figure out the secrets of the vault.
EXTEN
A short & difficult enigma created by Studio369.
Made for the 2022 Confounding Calendar.
Answer is 4 letters long.
Mouse to interact.
Groupsolving highly recommended.
Feel free to ask for hints by either emailing me or contacting me on Mastodon.
Feedback is also welcomed.
If you liked this, please consider checking out HOUSE,
a much more polished collection of 25 hand crafted visual puzzles.
Development log
- CompletionistsDec 27, 2022
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This puzzle has no feedback. There are no visible initial moves that can be made to confirm your progress and understand it.
EXTEN does have feedback and provides the necessary information for the player to deduce and solve the puzzle. How else would at least nine people be confirmed to have solved it?
The various combinations of lights in accordance with their block positions have been designed in such a way that the player can figure out how the system functions and in turn derive the solution.
If I were to post a puzzle you could not solve I would certainly be disgraced by the puzzle community as a whole, there is a method to the madness.
At the same time I do acknowledge that this is a very esoteric and uncommon genre, I certainly wish black box puzzles were more used since they make for a very fun solving process.
If you would like hints, I am certainly willing to oblige. This is my favorite creation (even more than HOUSE!) and I would love to help you beat it.
Kindest regards
-Razurazu
I don't even know how to input the code if I did get it. Maybe it is something with the type of computer I have? when I say the puzzle has no feedback, I meant that the only thing that I seem to be able to do is select the different blocks and digits of the display, and to press the button, which flashes and makes a beep. when I say this puzzle has no feedback, I mean that it doesn't seem like there is any other visible state for the puzzle to be in other than the win state.
How do I even input the code?
After looking at the related collection of puzzles, I understand that this last part of my comment is irrelevant, but the question remains, how do I input the code? it says the answer is in letters, so can you tell me how to covert letters into button presses?
How do you convert letters to button presses?
Very sorry for the late reply, I had gotten busy.
I am sorry that it was not clear that you can click and drag the segmented displays to change their letter. Usually people figure that out naturally since they learn to click and drag the blocks.
well sorry for the confusion I didn't realise that I was missing such an obvious interaction!
thanks!
No problem.
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Welcome fellas, hope you all enjoy this devious little puzzle. :>
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