Author Topic: Super Mario Odyssey: Hint Hunt (Thanks for playing!) (Read 2640 times)

The Pyro Guy · « **on:** May 06, 2018, 12:55:11 PM »

Hint Hunt

Hi there, hunters. If you've played Super Mario Odyssey, you're probably aware of the 21 Hint Art pieces scattered around the various Kingdoms. These puzzles provide you with some sort of clue towards the location of a Power Moon, buried in the floor for you to ground pound 'em straight into your Moon collection.

Now, surely you want more of these peculiar pictures. "21? Is that it?" you say, fondly looking back at memories of the artful artworks. "I need to experience more of these disorienting dot-pngs! And trickier ones, too!"

What are the rules?
*On July 10th, I will send out 6 puzzles to the people who signed up. They would vary in complexity, from clues akin to normal Hint Arts, to puzzles with multiple steps. This ensures that players can choose how much they want to challenge themselves, while still offering simpler clues for those who want to go for easier points.
*The players will have two weeks to interpret the clues/puzzles, find the location, and take a snapshot of it to send to me as their answer. So, they'll have until July 24th to send everything in.
*Once the deadline hits, I will mark the answers and award correct answers with points after this deadline, with bonus points going to the people who solved the hints first.
*The players will have an intermission of sorts to work on any Awards Presentations and to watch the Awards Ceremony. I will distribute the other 6 puzzles on August 20th, and the players will have another week to solve them. Same rules as last time, and the deadline is August 27th. Again, I'll mark the answers shortly after that and award correct answers with points.
*Players will be ranked by how many points they scored, and tokens will be given out accordingly.

(A quick note- I've stated that there will be 6 puzzles per batch, with a total of 12 puzzles for the entire event. This may be subject to change; if I can make more than 12, I will, but this is a minimal estimation of what I can do within the time I have.)

What makes this trickier than the regular Hint Art?
There's going to be a bit more sleuthing this time round, perhaps even outside of the game. Most images wouldn't be simple abstract maps or cropped screenshots of the location. Some of them might not even be traditional images! For example, one puzzle could have you piece together a URL to a video containing the location, or another might require a search across this forum for a hidden message.

How will players be ranked, and how many tokens can I get?
I'll award 2 points for a correct answer and 1 point as a bonus for the first person to solve each puzzle. Once all the points have been given out, I'll distribute the tokens according to the point totals.

Spoiler: For example: (click to show/hide)

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Lucario · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2018, 01:09:46 PM »

That sounds nice...

Looking forward to this.

Shy Guy on Wheels · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2018, 01:39:50 PM »

This actually sounds quite interesting, especially the part about the clues being things other than images. If you do end up doing it, I'd probably give it a go.

Birdo · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2018, 01:54:23 PM »

Yes I would probably participate in this!

Lakituthequick · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2018, 02:00:16 PM »

I'd give it a go.

Anton · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2018, 02:28:22 PM »

Edo, 22, and I are currently building an Odyssey photo scavenger hunt. Would this be something too similar to that? Or are these puzzles more than a hunt?

Like, this does seem a bit more complex. Ours is more traditional, with a clue or phrase given and then people go and retrieve a photo of what they think will fulfill it.

The Pyro Guy · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2018, 04:13:50 PM »

Quote from: Anton on May 06, 2018, 02:28:22 PM

Edo, 22, and I are currently building an Odyssey photo scavenger hunt. Would this be something too similar to that? Or are these puzzles more than a hunt?

I'd like to create a variation of puzzles. Some would require deciphering on the player's end, like solving an actual puzzle (like a wordsearch) for a clue, others would be tricky, abstract depictions of the location that the player would have to just look for in the game or try and recognise what the image is showing. Like the actual hint art, but perhaps more challenging.

Quote from: Anton on May 06, 2018, 02:28:22 PM

Like, this does seem a bit more complex. Ours is more traditional, with a clue or phrase given and then people go and retrieve a photo of what they think will fulfill it.

I'll try and simplify what the basis of the hunt is;

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Would your scavenger hunt be more about finding specific locations or finding items or enemies? If yours is location based, then we're basically trying to run the same event here. I'll assume you three have been working on it for longer than I have, so if it turns out that our plans are too similar I'll cancel this one. Thanks for letting me know.

Anton · « **Reply #7 on:** May 06, 2018, 04:39:48 PM »

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4:35 PM] The Pyro Guy: hey that sounds good
[4:36 PM] The Pyro Guy: i'd say that my hunt would be different enough to that
[4:36 PM] The Pyro Guy: enough for the two events to co-exist
[4:36 PM] Anton: :clap: :thumbsup: :fireworks: :sparkler: :heavy_check_mark: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :money_with_wings:

The Pyro Guy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2018, 06:27:11 AM »

Yep, after some very serious discussion with the man himself, we've decided that our events are distinct enough to co-exist. Nice! And if all goes to plan our events won't even overlap. Great!

Here's another thing: An example clue (and a walkthrough on how you would go about solving it). Excellent!

This is an example of a clue, and that's all you're going to need (and get) to sleuth out the location. If you want to try and solve it, go ahead; there's also a walkthrough in the spoiler box if you're more interested in that.

Spoiler: Super secret answer (!!) (click to show/hide)

As I said before, not all puzzles will be like this. They'll vary in difficulty, some require multiple steps of thinking, others may not even be images. Again, if this is the sort of thing you'd be interested in, let me know!

Czario · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2018, 03:28:41 PM »

I'm interested.

Fawfultheghost64 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 08, 2018, 07:44:57 AM »

Sounds like a fun idea.

Nabber · « **Reply #11 on:** May 08, 2018, 11:18:13 PM »

this would probably end up frustrating me, but im still curious enough to do it

The Pyro Guy · « **Reply #12 on:** May 17, 2018, 11:11:50 AM »

It looks like people are interested, and I've ironed out the details and dates, so sign ups are open! Feel free to post your wackiest, zaniest bolded sign-up post here.

Please check back over the OP to see if anything new I've added may affect you.

Shy Guy on Wheels · « **Reply #13 on:** May 17, 2018, 11:38:25 AM »

The most wackiest, zaniest bolded sign-up is right here!

Czario · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2018, 12:56:33 PM »

I'm ready to rack the corners of my brain to figure your hints out!

Fawfultheghost64 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2018, 03:59:14 PM »

Add me to your list, so that I may lose myself in the darkest corners of the wide world searching for the solution to life's biggest mysteries, maybe even solve one.

Lakituthequick · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2018, 04:00:48 PM »

Oh, it's time for fishin', ♪
'Cause it's fishin' time!

Nabber · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2018, 09:26:04 PM »

sign up

Roller · « **Reply #18 on:** May 18, 2018, 05:52:47 PM »

mundane_signup.txt

Epic Nitwit · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2018, 07:28:10 PM »

Poll

Would you like to have the hints be easier or harder?

Author Topic: Super Mario Odyssey: Hint Hunt (Thanks for playing!) (Read 2640 times)