Terin's Perplexity Emporium

Life is a Boomerang.  What you give, you get.

To celebrate finally winning a game since 2018... I am going to start giving away games on a regular basis but behind some puzzles, quiz, and other various perplexities... They might take you over the internet or just even closer. Most of the games will be from bundles but they might not always be...

The formatting of this post will likely evolve over time but most times I will post what games are involved and how to start. We will see where this goes and let me know if you have any ideas or thoughts on it.

Hope you all had fun!

Solutions

  • 911 Operator - Jigidi Puzzle...
  • Age of Wonders III - Binary - Use Xlate to Decode
  • Revolver360 - ROT47 - Alternative Ceasar Cipher
  • No Time to Explain - Maze - Shout out to refat17 for the Solution
  • Revolution Under Siege - My BUMP has the answer in bold
  • Narcos - The Youtube link has the value in it ...youtube.../watch?v=hqIbEHNqbPs&giveaway=MiHQX
  • Space Overlords - Hex Values - Use Xlate to Decode
  • Regular Human Basketball - Q1 - darkness, Q2 - 8, Q3 - r
  • This War of Mine - Hidden link... check out the "r" in "Start"
  • Codex of Victory - Word Search - Solution
  • Planet of the Eyes - Base64 - Use Xlate to Decode
  • Pony Island - View the Source code of the "Code Block" - Firefox instructions - Highlight the Hulk Hogan quote and Right Click, then "View Selection Source"
  • Newt One - Giveaway code embedded in the image - Solution
  • One Way Heroics - ABCs, counted... A = 1, B =2, ... Z = 26. Bolded numbers were capitalized letters
  • Life is Strange - Crossword puzzle... 1 - Linebacker, 2 - Adroit, 3 - Worm, 4 - Surpass, 5 - Mother, 6 - Hostile, 7 - Bicycle, 8 - Chemistry, 9 - Youthful, 10 -Discord
  • Endless Space Collection - Multi-tap... think old phones, Read Here - Bolded numbers were capitalized letters
  • Ski Lifts - Braille - Decode Here + Periods "." were lowercase and Colons ":" were upper case
  • Mitsurugi - Icon --> my steam icon is a "Turtle"
  • Company of Heroes 2 - Youtube video, the license plate of the car in the video is "Lincoln"
  • World Ship Simulator - Oct - Use Xlate to Decode
  • Roller Coaster Tycoon - Morse Code - Just use the spaces and fills to map it out visually or listen to it... + Periods "." were lowercase and Colons ":" were upper case - Definitely one of the more difficult ones
  • Dad Quest - Phrase the Pays: "Life is a Boomerang. What you give, you get."
  • Battle Academy 2 - ASCII Numbers - Look up the numbers on table - Number under "Dec"
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter - Hidden Giveway from the start... Hidden in the Phrase that Pays.

Persona 4 Solutions


Past Perplexities

Games Included Perplexity End Date SG Level
911 Operator Jigidi July 11th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Age of Wonders III 01100010 00111000 01000001 01100111 01010111 July 12th, 2020 4am UTC 0+
Revolver360 Reactor 4$+@! July 13th, 2020 4am UTC 0+
No Time to Explain Remastered Start Here July 13th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Revolution Under Seige ? July 14th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels Some sick beats July 15th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Space Overlords 4f 44 4c 41 6d July 15th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Regular Human Basketball Start Here July 16th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
This War of Mine Start Here July 17th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Codex of Victory Start Here July 18th, 2020 4am UTC 0+
Planet of the Eyes MFBmNWc= July 19th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Pony Island Start Here July 20th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Newt One Start Here July 21st, 2020 4am UTC 1+
One Way Heroics 21-22-7-8-22 July 22nd, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Start Here July 23rd, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Endless Space Collection 999 8 3 999 44 July 24th, 2020 4am UTC 0+
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong ⠭⠥⠝⠛⠼⠓ AND ..::: July 25th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Persona 4 Golden* ? August 1st, 2020 4am UTC 2+

Past Perplexities - Non-Persona 4 Related

Games Included Perplexity End Date SG Level
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae Start Here July 26th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Company of Heroes 2 Start Here July 27th, 2020 4am UTC 0+
World Ship Simulator 35472063 140340 July 28th, 2020 4am UTC 0+
RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe Start Here AND ..::. July 29th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Dad Quest Start Here July 30th, 2020 4am UTC 1+
Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front 100 104 107 68 106 July 31st, 2020 4am UTC 0+

Hints

  • Revolver360 Hint: XLVII
  • Endless Space Collection Hint: Nokia
  • Company of Heroes 2 Hint: Video Required to Watch is Official Music Video for Sugar by Maroon 5
  • Dadquest Hint: Karma
  • Persona 4 Hint 1: Requires solving a good portion of previous perplexities (Before Ski Lifts)... also "Genie in a Bottle"
  • Persona 4 Hint 2: You got them Mom Jeans and those Dad Jeans to giveaway
  • Persona 4 Hint 3: Do Not Assume... you and me... something something...
  • Persona 4 Hint 4: 4, 7, 9, 10, 11
  • Persona 4 Hint 5: The Hero holds a key... but what does it open?
  • Persona 4 Hint 6: Obtuse encryption is fun!!!
  • Persona 4 Hint 7: Only 5 pairs of Jeans fit in the washing machine
  • Persona 4 Hint 8: Homophones are fun for hints
  • Persona 4 Hint 9: It's all downhill from here!
  • Persona 4 Hint 10: Words have meanings, especially the word hero
  • Persona 4 Hint 11: Search for the good word, hero
  • Persona 4 Hint 12: Distill them jeans down to single letters... 5 of em in the right order!
  • Persona 4 Hint 13: Look for those 3 letter combos

These guides might help 1 & 2

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Bump!

3 years ago
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I am struggling with the second part of the RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe quiz.
I think I am 1 hour into it and can't get anywhere.
Any hint kind sir?

3 years ago
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Take a look at the spaces and the gaps shown in the audio.

3 years ago
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You just made it harder... got infinite combinations but none work. Am I getting the code wrong?

3 years ago
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:( I don't know. I do know there are plenty of people that have solved it (17 to be exact as of writing this)...

3 years ago
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well good work if you got me this muh worked up (;

3 years ago
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Since someone already got access to P4G, does it mean no more hints?

I just don't get what the "Jeans" mean and it appears in so many places. 🤔

3 years ago
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Nope... will continue to give hints... the last one was inspired directly by you!

3 years ago
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Thank you!

3 years ago
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hi, im struggling with the dad quest ITH.
i really dont know in which direction to go... could you help me out?
thank you?

3 years ago
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Karma

3 years ago
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thanks to that i got the right direction... but i was stupid on the way
after i solved it i had to facepalm myself xD
thank you :)

3 years ago
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I'm not a native speaker, is that phrase a popular saying about karma?

3 years ago
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I wouldn't say its popular, I would just say its Karma adjacent or tangentially related.

3 years ago
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Btw, thanks for hint 7. Just nice to know I haven't missed any pairs of jeans. I feel like I know what you mean by hint 6, but it doesn't seem to work. I even did it manually (and in different ways) and also tried to look at my pairs of jeans in different ways. I did try the simplest way first, but it didn't seem to work.

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Maybe try again with the new hints?

3 years ago
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Could you clarify if the 5 pairs of jeans are supposed to form a giveaway code, or be entered as the solution to the ski lift ITH? I have 4 pairs of jeans and tried to brute force the 5th pair, with no luck, which is why I'm wondering if its a ITH solution instead. I'm guessing the 5th pair of jeans is supposed to come from the key the hero holds, but I don't know how to decode that key.

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Same here since last week, so I gave up :)
Gotta protect my sanity, especially from homophones...

3 years ago
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Good point... my clue 8 is wrong... :D

Also... see hint 9. :D

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And 10, but no, I'd have to go down the rabbit hole again and risk my sanity :P
I'm okay, thanks for all the effort you put into it, I haven't gotten that involved in a puzzle since the Puzzle Agency closed :P

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It's all downhill from here! ;)

3 years ago
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Bump for all solved.

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3 years ago
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Bump for solved! Loved the event <3

3 years ago
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Bump for solved.

3 years ago
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Not going to try for PG4, but I hope you get that fifth entry to get the CV. It has been a fun ride, thanks a lot!

3 years ago
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Since it is region restricted.. :( on my part... I only have 2... but it doesn't matter. Giveaways are fun even without getting anything back in return!

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Bump for solved

3 years ago
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Bumf ffs

3 years ago
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Bump!

3 years ago
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As much as I want to figure out the Persona 4 puzzle, it's clear to me that there's something fundamental I'm not really understanding about it. I understood all the hints except for maybe Hint 6 and probably Hint 9. I got the jeans and am pretty certain I distilled them correctly. Maybe there's something about the order I don't get, but I feel like I've tried enough things that I'm happy with my attempts.

I did have fun solving many of the puzzles as well as attempting the P4 puzzles though, so I had quite a fun time regardless. Thanks for the perplexities!

EDIT: Somehow I got it after having written this message.

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Final Bump to show Solutions...

3 years ago
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I had a blast with these!
Thanks a lot for the puzzles, there were REALLY cool!

3 years ago
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Glad you enjoyed them!

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