Lessons on Strange Symbols
This game was made for the 2025 Confounding Calendar
https://confoundingcalendar.itch.io/
Help archaeologists decipher the meaning of some strange symbols. To "draw", hover over guiding arrows and click!
Confounding Calendar 2025 Palette: https://lospec.com/palette-list/calm-and-chloric
"Nothing You Could Do" Font by Kimberly Geswein
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How could you do this to me
Anyway, fun puzzle lol
literally guessed at the last one.
(encoded rot 7 to avoid spoiler)
P zhd aol wbujospul myvt h tpsl hdhf iba pa zapss thkl leohsl huk yvss tf lflz eK. Ypnoa dolu P zhd aol "lcvsbapvu", P aovbnoa "obo, pa rpukh svvrz sprl aoha vul svzz vclyzptwspmpjhapvu" huk dolu aol flhyz whya jhtl P dhz sprl FLW.
i enjoyed this so much and i'm so mad
ok cool haha
I asked myself "vf guvf ybff?" before even clicking on the game, but I love deciphering games, so I didn't let that influence how I played. absolutely love it.
Super fun though i’m stuck for finals
vxabj vgf onfr sbhe naq unir qrpvcurerq svir frira sbhe rvtug fhogenpg guerr sbhe mreb gjb naq vqx vs gung vf pbeerpg ohg ubj vf fvk rira jevggra
you basically have it!
Smaller hint (rot13): vg'f jevggra fvzvyne gb ubj vg jnf va gur cnfg, jvgu bar qrgnvy punatrq
Larger hint: gur qvtvgf ba gur obggbz dhnqenagf qvssre sebz gur barf ba gur hccre dhnqenagf fbzrubj
nvm i figured it out lol. i was just doing sbhe cyhf guerr vafgrnq bs sbhe cyhf gjb
I feel really dumb, but I can’t figure out what the sideways value is worth on the second puzzle when it’s near the bottom. I love this tho!!
Glad you're enjoying it!
Smaller hint (rot13): fvzvyne gb ubj vg jbexrq va gur cnfg, fbzrguvat qvssrerag unccraf rirel sbhe ahzoref
Larger hint: Gur yrsgzbfg ahzore va gur gbc evtug rknzcyr va gur frpbaq frpgvba ybbxf yvxr gur ahzore guerr ebgngrq, cyhf n iregvpny cbfg
I did it with the smaller hint!! :DD And the third one!
i didn’t even need to do any deduction for that last step lol, i knew what type of answer it had to be
This was so fun I rly liked it :) Ending made me laugh
how did i not see it sooner... brilliantly done
vf guvf ybff
Great setup for a bad joke. >:C
That was actually quite fun! Real neat dealing with numbers unlike our own.
god damn it i was gearing up to write a nice thoughtful response and the end completely derailed me hahahaha. well played.
anyway, this is really great! learning the rules of the symbols was very satisfying. i got held up for a while on a combined mental mistake, ba frpgvba 2 v zvfvagrecergrq gur / nf n qvivqr, naq qhr gb gung v ergebnpgviryl ehyrq gung rirelguvat jnf onfr 5 vafgrnq bs onfr 4. bapr v ernyvmrq vg jnf n fhogenpg vg nyy sryy vagb cynpr
super fun very nice :)
hehe just the reaction I was hoping for! Glad you enjoyed it
any hints on where to start?
For a very general hint, I'd recommend looking visually at how the symbols progress/combine/etc.
For a more specific starting hint: (rot13)
Vg frrzf yvxr gur "pbhagvat" frpgvba vf fubjvat n cebterffvba bs ybj ahzoref, jung rknpgyl ner gurl, naq ubj zvtug lbh vzntvar gur frdhrapr cebterffvat shegure (hfvat gur nqqvgvbany rknzcyrf tvira)? Sebz gurer, gb nffvta ahzoref gb guvatf naq vs nal shegure ybtvp qrirybcf.
thanks
I’m giving this another go and I think I get it now. I’m on the second level which is confusing me a bit, but very cool game! edit: Solved!