The Password Game

[Zaxxon]

This game sucks, and is incredibly fun. And terrible, and frustrating. And cool.

https://neal.fun/password-game/

Farthest I've made it is rule 20.

[LordMortis]

Once it asked me for today's wordle answer, I decided it was going to be too much work and not enough fun.

[disarm]

I made it to Rule 20 yesterday. I'm curious what's next, but I'm not sure I want to start all over again...

[Zaxxon]

I made it to Rule 20 yesterday. I'm curious what's next, but I'm not sure I want to start all over again...

That was my reaction at that point.

[Max Peck]

I got as far as rule 16. I don't have time to learn how to solve chess problems this morning.

[Blackhawk]

Quite a scavenger hunt.

How am I expected to get the roman numerals to multiply to 35 when I have to include a capital C? Roman decimals?


/edit - Ah.

Spoiler:

Proper names don't require capitals, and lower case letters aren't roman numerals

[Zaxxon]

Quite a scavenger hunt.

How am I expected to get the roman numerals to multiply to 35 when I have to include a capital C? Roman decimals?

Why you need capital C?

[Blackhawk]

Quite a scavenger hunt.

How am I expected to get the roman numerals to multiply to 35 when I have to include a capital C? Roman decimals?

Why you need capital C?

Says the editor. Because it asked me for a place name, dammit!

[Zaxxon]

Quite a scavenger hunt.

How am I expected to get the roman numerals to multiply to 35 when I have to include a capital C? Roman decimals?

Why you need capital C?

Says the editor. Because it asked me for a place name, dammit!

Asking because I got caught up on the same thing, and you do not. Or I did not. Tis a password, not a publication.

[Blackhawk]

And crashed on rule 16.

Spoiler:

I don't know chess well enough to be able to be able to figure out the best move (I haven't played a game of chess in 30+ years), nor do I know chess notation (I've never needed to record a chess match.) I dislike that rule - every other one so far has been reasoning based, while this one requires that the player have a very specific skill that not everybody has.

[disarm]

The internet is a very helpful thing...

https://m.nextchessmove.com/

[Blackhawk]

The internet is a very helpful thing...

https://m.nextchessmove.com/

Nah. Want win with brain!

[Max Peck]

The internet is a very helpful thing...

https://m.nextchessmove.com/

If I remember to get back to this later, I'll take a look at this. Thanks for pointing it out.

[coopasonic]

Best move is easy, figuring the notation for it...

You'll know you got it right when you enter it and it tells you it's an illegal move... because the notation is wrong.

[Daehawk]

I used to watch Password in the mornings in the early 80s. Then Super Password came out making it harder for contestants.

[Max Peck]

The internet is a very helpful thing...

https://m.nextchessmove.com/

If I remember to get back to this later, I'll take a look at this. Thanks for pointing it out.

I remembered, cheated past the chess problem, carried on until I completed rule 19. Then the password burned down? And Paul died? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Isgrimnur]

I'm not GeoGuessr enough to get past 14.

[Max Peck]

I'm not GeoGuessr enough to get past 14.

I cheesed that. There was a monument right next to the starting point, and I fed the inscription into Google translate to identify the language, which gave me the country.

[Blackhawk]

My map scene had a distinctive piece of architecture that narrowed down the possibilities to a certain region. I started with the big names from that region and hit it on my second guess.

Spoiler:

It was China.

[Jaymann]

The internet is a very helpful thing...

https://m.nextchessmove.com/

If I remember to get back to this later, I'll take a look at this. Thanks for pointing it out.

I remembered, cheated past the chess problem, carried on until I completed rule 19. Then the password burned down? And Paul died? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Can someone give me the chess position to see if I can solve it.

[TheMix]

I think it was:

Spoiler:

Bd6+ "Bishop to d6, check"

[TheMix]

Mine also burned down at 20. I didn't see any option to stop it. At least not that I could understand quick enough.

[Zaxxon]

The chess move, as with the country photo, changes each run.

[LordMortis]

Mine also burned down at 20. I didn't see any option to stop it. At least not that I could understand quick enough.

Spoiler:

Click on the flames until they go out and then rebuild. They don't restart after you extinguish them all. If you want to do another run (I didn't) then you could copy and paste at 18. I was willing to play google hunt for non evident solutions until like 23 or 4 or 5. I forget which. Feeding the chicken worms? No. I remember it was find a youtube video link with a specific time stamp. I think I googled a the name from the geolocator, the current phase of the moon, the wordle answer, a chess solution, and element numbers.

The chess move, as with the country photo, changes each run.

phase of the moon and wordle will change though not for each run

Edit: I just googled the solution. I was pretty close to the "fuck this shit I'm out" rule 27 and the idea of amending my password again and again after 27, nope. Link to solution spoiler below.

Spoiler:

https://primagames.com/tips/all-rules-i ... ame-listed

[Jaymann]

I think it was:

Spoiler:

Bd6+ "Bishop to d6, check"

I want the position on the board not the answer.

[Max Peck]

I think it was:

Spoiler:

Bd6+ "Bishop to d6, check"

I want the position on the board not the answer.

That isn't the chess solution that worked for me, so it's possible that not everyone gets the same problem. The geoguesser solution that Blackhawk posted was also different from the one I had.

[Zaxxon]

I think it was:

Spoiler:

Bd6+ "Bishop to d6, check"

I want the position on the board not the answer.

That isn't the chess solution that worked for me, so it's possible that not everyone gets the same problem. The geoguesser solution that Blackhawk posted was also different from the one I had.

[Max Peck]

I'm conditioned to expect Passwordle, where everyone gets the exact same set of rules and the rules reset every day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And I also missed that you posted the exact same thing.

[Jaymann]

What country is #14 (with island mountain) or is it different for everybody?

[Blackhawk]

What country is #14 (with island mountain) or is it different for everybody?

Diff'rent.

[Jaymann]

I got the chess solution but the CAPTCHA plus the 8 in the chess answer add up to 31. How do I get a total of all numbers to equal 25? I tried adding negative numbers but it ignores the sign.

[Zaxxon]

I got the chess solution but the CAPTCHA plus the 8 in the chess answer add up to 31. How do I get a total of all numbers to equal 25? I tried adding negative numbers but it ignores the sign.

Refresh the CAPCHA.

[Jaymann]

Finally got past those

Spoiler:

flames

only to have it tell me

Spoiler:

my Kung Fu is weak.