ELDEN RING - ENDED - SOLUTION ADDED - TOOL ADDED

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TOOL LINK - https://edocsil.itch.io/edoctrinated

-EDIT- Here is the solve!

So sorry guys! I was on vacation these past few days and then our plane had issues and I was stranded for an extra day on the way home. I thought about getting on here on my phone while away but just ended up kinda disconnecting and enjoying myself haha. That said, I hope to put a link to the tool I made to generate this tomorrow after I clean it up and make it more user friendly (basically I hard coded a few things so I'll make it have an input and a button to create an image as I was just print-screening before).

So, my tattoo reads as Edoc'sil. I wanted a neat way to show it without just writing the word. The first thing I thought of was a barcode but it was recommended to me to not do that as they can be tricky. So, I chose binary! I went through a few different designs (see image below) but in the end settled on this one. The tattoo itself reads top-down but the binary part of it reads left to right. The circles are 0's, and lines are 1's. For the design I grouped all the circles together that were in a top down line. That part is simply because I thought it looked cool haha! It just so happens that it formed an 8x8 structure, very neat.

Basically, if you could figure out what my tattoo said, it might could give you the insight needed to translate the giveaway link (you put the five characters into a link address like https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx/). If you are still a bit lost, check out the other attached image that shows how it translates.

As far as the other clues go, the first section in the poem was to try and get you to figure out my tattoo was "Edoc'sil". I specified that you should see my Steam profile as I couldn't have the apostrophe here.

The second section was sorta filler lines but also was to hopefully get you to not overthink the puzzle and realize that the solution for those is basically right there in front of you. Those images translate to RED and GREEN and also have a little horizontal strip of 8 squares to try and clue you in on the binary part.

The third section directly referred to the binary aspect.

The last section was somewhat filler but also was just trying to get you to try and look at things differently if you think you are close. Many people did the binary vertically at first instead of horizontal and were very much lost in the translation of it. Some also thought the circles were 1's and the lines 0's which I did not expect so this was to hopefully help get them to try different things. AlohaHawaii said it best I think:

To me it looked like "meat" on "bones". So circles - presence of meat, sticks - absence. Hence ones and zeroes :)

So, anyway, that's it! Thanks so much for hanging out here! It was my first puzzle and I had fun, even if it made some people want to throw things at me haha. And hey, only got added to one blacklist so that's a win in my book!

Edoc

Hello there!

In honor of my new tattoo, I figured I would do my first puzzle after enjoying so many over the years. I have one other tattoo but this is the first 'big' one I have gotten and one I have wanted to get for a while. I designed it myself! Hopefully you all like the puzzle and don't find it too difficult! Good luck!

Game is ELDEN RING and is level 3, as the thread title indicates. The method of delivery will be a key so please note that it may not be available right at the end of the giveaway depending on whether the store has given it to me yet or not. I made it end on the 28th though, so I would think it will be OK.

-EDIT- CLUES ADDED
If you go to my steam profile you won't find a giveaway link,
But you might just see that which was inked.

The new images below are another hint,
Nice and big and bold so no need to squint.

Look at one or zero according to your needs,
But two or more might put you in the weeds.

If you look and think "What in tarnation?!?!"
You might just simply be lost in translation.

View attached image.