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@owashii@snouts.online Oh yeah absolutely. It was very cool to decode it tho ^
what REALLY fucked me up though... was seeing the shooting target as your reflection in the glass, and mirrors all the time...
and then getting a tape that talked about how the US military switched to such targets to try and stop soldiers from NOT firing at targets in real world scenarios... ending with the line "eventually you learn to stop seeing people at all, instead seeing targets... even in the mirror."
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@owashii@snouts.online oh right lol XD I just used a web decoder thing myself so not like I can claim I did it by hand either.
The encrypted part in the "Hacker life for3ver" message says "Shoot the Tapes. You are being lied to. Your life is a lie. All of this is a lie. The Reicevers are Deceivers. The enemy is not your enemy. We are the enemy." That's... a slight paraphrase, but all the key points are there, and yes that last line is... cryptic and weird.
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@owashii@snouts.online Well, when you do find that particular message, I can let you know that the encoded bit is in the Vigeneré cypher, and the keyword you'll need to decypher it is PRETTY close to the word "Receivers", but not quite. Another message from a guy named Henry that I found shortly after will give a hint :)
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@owashii@snouts.online ...oh fuck I uh... I've been playing a little while now, uncovering tapes and discs and shit. and...
...oh fuck... they leaned heavily into the horror element of the original Receiver (that was largely completely accidental) and just... fuckin' RAN with it holy FUCK...
... This game just chilled me to the bone. I'm so glad I got this game now.
Image alts: A fiery sunset sets ablaze a cloud-strewn sky, rooftops in the foreground and mountains with a rainbow in the distance
@monorail "please Dr Pepper was my father's name. Call me Mr Pibb"
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@owashii@snouts.online Wolfire Games deserved my money for how much I played Receiver 1 when it was free on Humble Bundle years ago. I literally have over 100 hours playtime on Receiver, and that IS play time not just running idle in the background. 90% of that is vanilla too, without mods.
So yeah, I just straight up bought Receiver 2 just now XD
Hobusu: One time I was talking with my mom about how as a kid I loved the Pokemon TCG but now I realize there are a lot of problems with both its gameplay and business model, then as I started talking about how I'd go about making a card game based on Pokemon I stopped and just said "This is Kongai, I've just invented Kongai"
Sirlin: nice. I also invented Kongai, so that's two of us.
(david sirlin literally designed kongai)
@troubleMoney @Siphonay@octodon.social suhdjkflDHF
yeah i'm moving over to chitter.xyz now. Soooo go there! I'm there now.