Alphabet Soup for Picky Eaters
Alphabet Soup for Picky Eaters
a game by Daniel Linssen
made for the Confounding Calendar
(no spoilers in the comments, please)
Alphabet Soup for Picky Eaters
a game by Daniel Linssen
made for the Confounding Calendar
(no spoilers in the comments, please)
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I remember really liking one of Daniel Linssen's games and decided to look through his page, really happy I managed to solve this one with a food haha
Although I did get it by accident cuz I was still trying to figure out green, and was only like 20% right on yellow
Lol, I figured out all the rules except for green, testing all sorts of combinations of letters to look for patterns. So I decided just to try to type something that fit all the rules I had, and it worked first try! Still don't know what green's rule is.
Same thing happened to me, except I couldn't solve it without green's rule. Someone in another comment wrote a hint, and that helped me!
Rot13: V guvax V jnf nffhzvat gung gur 7 ehyrf gbtrgure jbhyq sbepr n fvatyr, erny jbeq. Fb jura V fgnegrq frrvat jung V pbhyq qb sbe gur fvk ehyrf V xarj, V hfrq erny jbeqf, juvpu zrnag V jnf (ol nppvqrag) ybbxvat sbe gur evtug guvat!
so cute game, i loved that pixel characters so much
what's the awnser
The solution was... strangely specific. When I found it I couldnt help but laugh. Lovely game!
Sick game as always, Daniel. Thank you!
I managed to figure out a solution, interesting little game
I knew that one of the countries bordering Iran would follow the rules of yellow, so I used a word relating to it. Very fun, and it was great to see that trivia actually find a use.
After I figured out all the rules, the hard part was thinking of a word that fit them all.
I imagined the creator had a specific word in mind
Not sure if I'm allowed to share the word that I came up with but I will say my thought process lead me to the name of the site *wink*
you can say the answer directly, just put a warning saying that it is the answer, and then just hit the enter key a bunch of times then put the answer so there is only spoilers if you click show more, i think about 20 enter presses should work.
Hmm, the author specifically put "(no spoilers in the comments, please)"
Better to rot13 or base64 so its impossible to see accidentally! :)
oh, sorry, i didnt see it
I had a struggle figuring out yellow's rule, but it is a great game nonetheless! One solution I found that I have not seen in the comments is a2ltb25v (base64)
I played around until I was reasonably sure what the criteria to wake up each little dude was, then I wrote down each criteria. Then I spent several hours writing a haskell script to comb through a ~480,000 word dictionary I found on github, and filter by each criteria...
Except that I couldn't be bothered to figure out the best way to filter by yellow's criterion, so instead I just filtered by everyone else's and manually scanned the remainder until I found the first one that fit. I'm tired, give me a break.
What I learned:
1. I'm still an extreme novice in Haskell
2. Rust would have been several hours faster
3. I would have been done yesterday if I just used Python
4. a lot of other nerd stuff about Haskell that is probably better left to a personal blog than the comments of a cute webgame
9/10 needs more programmatically-solvable challenges that I can waste entire days on, otherwise it was perfect
Edit: I added the final filter (for yellow), it wasn't as hard as my sleep-deprived mind made it out to be
it was my fourth guess because me too babies, me too
Haven't seen anyone use c3RlcG5leQ== as a solution yet. I was just brute forcing it after understanding all the rules. Super fun puzzle!
Interesting. I couldn't think of a food - I figured out all the rules, but had to find a list of foods of appropriate length and see which ones fit the other rules. Found one, but now I'm curious if there are multiple answers. At some point I might have to go through the entire list and see if any others fit.
Hint: Try something related to wood.
I know how to get each of them but I can't think of something that gets all of them 😭😭
edit: bro why're ppl downvoting I just wanted to say that I know the rules but i cant figure out a word that fits all of them
here's a hint, hope it helps!
Purple: Even, Uneven
Blue: Loves a single thing!
Green: Dislikes gibberish
Yellow: Consecutive order!
Orange: Not too much, not too little
Red: at least two times is enough
I tried to do this based on this and did it way too early on accident before understanding what any of it actually means besides green. Now that I figured out how to actually do that's crazy I did it on complete accident because Its hard to find a word like that I used the word "d29vZGVu" (base64)
good job! you're welcome!! also if you want another answer click show more!
stepney
this was delightful! reminds me of the kind of guessing game you play on a roadtrip
ITS OFFICIAL, RED LIKES MASHED POTATOES!!!!!
people who are stuck, look at this comment, if you are not stuck or wanna keep trying then scroll away.
2 answers are POPCORN and NOOSED, you're welcome.
another awnser!!
wooden
wow, good job! it took me a while to find the 2 answers that i got
another one answer, click show more to see it!
kimono
the word ASS works on green, heh heh
I enjoyed this, thank you.
okay but suicide was so close it doesn't work on blue ToT
do you want help?
damnation
do you want help?
"Nothing" is soooo close aghhhhhh
do you want help?
my life of picky eating apparently allowed me to solve this without learning any of the rules lol
I got it third try. No clue what the rules are though
i got chu
Purple: Even, Uneven
Blue: Loves a single thing!
Green: Dislikes gibberish
Yellow: Consecutive order!
Orange: Not too much, not too little
Red: at least two times is enough
guys I'm really confused
Certain colors like certain things, for example, the green one likes actual words, the purple one likes uneven things, etc. The goal is to find a word every letter likes
the purple one likes even and uneven things mind you
hint to win. whats a picky eaters favorite food
what is it idk !!
WHAT THE ANSWER
click view rest to see answers
noosed, popcorn or tenners, thats what i tried, and it worked
I used bm9vc2Vk== lol
only figured out purple, green and orange to solve it
nvm
ok i read the comments and i know what to expect
torture
Really fun game! I used VGVubmVycw== to solve it, but I think I misunderstood how Yellow worked. The rule I came to the conclusion was dGhhdCBpdCBoYXMgdG8gaW5jbHVkZSAiRVJTIg==, but if a word like cG9wY29ybg== works, that rule completely goes out the window.
(Every instance of jumbled text is Base64.)
Edit: Oh wow, I think I know how Yellow works now, and I misunderstood it more than I originally thought. Huh.
good, because the word cG9wY29ybg== does work, as well as the word bm9vc2Vk==
also apparently someone made a regex, so try to decode this: 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.
Have fun!
there are actually loads more words, but i dont care
Went with some thematic and got it with cG9wY29ybg== (base64) - also just noticed that i'm not the only one! Very cool.
after beating the game i've written a regex that finds all valid words, here it is (in base64)
Xig/PVthZWlvdV0qW15hZWlvdV0oPzpbYWVpb3VdKlteYWVpb3VdW2FlaW91XSpbXmFlaW91XSkqW2FlaW91XSokKSg/PS4qbikoPz0uKig/OmFifGJjfGNkfGRlfGVmfGZnfGdofGhpfGlqfGprfGtsfGxtfG1ufG5vfG9wfHBxfHFyfHJzfHN0fHR1fHV2fHZ3fHd4fHh5fHl6KSkoPz0uezYsN30kKSg/PS4qKFthZWlvdV0pLipcMSk=
you can try it yourself here for example (please dont tell me about how i can make it shorter, i know it's possible)
Another managore banger.
solved with bmVlZGVk (x64) -- though, looking at other people's solutions, i realized i was actually more strict than necessary! i had the most trouble with the green one.
super charming game!
what bmVlZGVk (x64) means?
incredible as usual
This was wonderful! I solved it with cG9wY29ybg== (base 64) and it took me so long to realize I was misunderstanding the green fellow's rule
beat it with bm9taW5lZQ== (base 64), fun game! it was fun trying to figure out the rules, i kinda just did random stuff until a pattern appeared for each of them but it was still really cool