The colors in the image, from left to right, RGB channel in that order, to save everyone's trouble
16 65 1
6 18 5
25 146 1 25 136 1 (the image is messed up, and this is the correct one according to OP)
10 23 4
20 16 1
If anyone found an error, please let me know.
Fixed with the value from the new image.
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Yes, permission issue. Shouldn't imgur leave file extension as it is?
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If this is a puzzle for beginners, I donβt want to see the puzzle for experts
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I think I'm doing it right but code is wrong. May I add you on Steam to ask you a question?
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Never in my lifetime ... :D
Thanks for the solution. Since I already own the game, I was merely interested in the puzzle itself, but I simply couldn't figure it out. Might be because I come from the time before the internet (which is a fad and will never gain any traction, anyway).
Thanks for the effort to make this nice puzzle!
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This time it's a puzzle for beginners, for the people new to steamgifts, or for the veterans teaching them the site rules
https://www.dropbox.com/s/28gfb4m9v1hf1ag/puzzle.png
edit:
It has been pointed out to me that I made a mistake.
The third color should be this shade: https://www.colorcodehex.com/198801/
My apologizes to anyone that had problems because of this,
Solutions:
hidden hints:
If you looked at the comments on the drop box you would see the phrase "Book cypher"
the line "This time it's a puzzle for beginners, for the people new to steamgifts, or for the veterans teaching them the site rules" was hinting at the key the the puzzle. the steamgifts FAQ
I& f you downloaded the image, renamed it to .zip and extracted you found a text file that said:
the line "This time it's a puzzle for beginners, for the people new to steamgifts, or for the veterans teaching them the site rules" was hinting at the key the the puzzle. the steamgifts FAQ
the RBG values for the five colors in the image are:
Solution:
The sixteenth rule(question rather as one of my solvers pointed out later) in the FAQ is
I think I spotted a fake giveaway, what should I do?
The sixty-fifth word in the rule is "Please"
The first letter of "Please is "P" which is the first letter of the URL
Repeat these steps for the pother four colors.
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