#birdins

[vulstare]

BIRDINS batch! #1 [CLOSED]

They are free. You don’t have to draw, or write, or enter a raffle. But to get one to trust you, you first need to prove yourself. 

> HOW TO PLAY & INFO

IMPORTANT: you can participate even if you are not interested in the adoptables! Treat yourself with a puzzle :] 

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: EASY  

1. rhyaui.jkcrbh.sec/webt

big bad canine shows the rows of pearly whites, 

be careful, for it bites

2.  iyprlz.abtisy.jvt/zpscly

water droplet hit by a sunray,

splits the light up

into a colorful array

3.  dtkmgu.vwodnt.eqo/bkpe

you count a full deck of hearts, clubs, spades, and tiles 

including the two with sharp smiles

your starting hint is:

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[birdin]

starling birdin for @sensitive-g <3

[corvyskreacher]

Gonna learn how to draw birds specifically for Dusk, whom I adore

I mean just look at that little smile

[vulstare]

I was doodling the little critter guys and figured I might as well give them away to those interested.

BIRDINS! free adoptables designed by yours truly. You don’t have to draw, or write, or enter a raffle. But to get one to trust you, you first need to prove yourself. 

Anybody can play! Even if you are not interested in adopts, I encourage you to have fun anyway. I know you are bored of scrolling your dashboard. You’ll receive a metaphorical cookie.

1ST ADOPT BATCH [CLOSED], 2ND ADOPT BATCH

HOW TO PLAY:

> Each character has its own personal scavenger hunt. To win a character you need to solve it. The final answer is always one word - character’s name. 

> Answers to in-between steps of the puzzle can be text or a number. 

> Use of decoding sites is allowed and encouraged. 

> Solutions are submitted in the inbox. Anon submittors can’t win a character.  

> Results are posted in 24 hours. 

This is the first game, so the difficulty is decetly low. Good luck!

RULES:

> You can solve all the riddles, but one person can get only one character (the one that was submitted first).

> If you play for fun, mention that when submitting answers.

> First come, first serve. If the fastest person isn’t interested in character, it gets passed down to the next person in the list, and so on.

> After winning a character you are placed on a cooldown to give others a chance to win. You won’t be able to get a character in the next batch, but are still welcome to play. After that, your cooldown is over.

Character belongs to you. You can change their name. You can decide their gender and eye color. You can redesign them, trade them, sell them (I would prefer you not doing it for real currency but I can't really stop you). It’s yours forever until you decide to let it go.

BIRDINS:

Most of them have ceratopsian-like heads and bird bodies. Half of their diet consists of plants which effectively makes them omnivorous. Eat eggs of any type, insects, can eat meat, fish and/or carrion. Can be of various sizes, colors and body types.

They use their impressive horns and beaks as tools and weapons. Birdins are clever, and will bond with other creatures with similar levels of intelligence. 

The events are co-authored with @thelamebat

This is a test run to see if people are interested in this type of interaction :D 

If it succeeds we’ll work on making the puzzles harder

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RESULTS! Congratulations to @pommigranite, @meowuff and @crowl-cake! Take care of your birdins.

Round of applause to @mykurrentartblog and @arandomcluelessone for solving everything :] Thank you to everyone for participating!

>INFO >BATCH

Since people seem interested, I made a separate blog for adopts and related to them events, to not crowd my main account: @birdin

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLES:

You start with an encoded link.

Image of caesar salad hints at caesar code. It relies on having a numeric value (key) to be solved. (I am aware that this cipher can be bruteforced, but it's a first level puzzle and I decided to go with it anyway).

Both steps of the puzzle use caesar cipher.

Puzzle 1 The riddle talks about wolf teeth - there are 42 of them. The link gets decoded when it’s shifted by 42 spaces.

Second riddle talks about periodic table. Position corresponds with gold, which has an atomic number of 79. 

Puzzle 2

Riddle talks about a rainbow and asks for a numeric value of colors that it has. Link gets decoded by shifting by 7 spaces.

Pencils have hexagonal shape, 6 sides. 

Puzzle 3

Riddle asks for a full deck of cards plus two jokers - 54.

Difference is 9 hours, answer is 7 am.

[birdin]

BIRDINS batch #2

> HOW TO PLAY & INFO

IMPORTANT: you can participate even if you are not interested in the adoptables/on cooldown! Treat yourself with a puzzle :] 

DIFFICULTY: EASY ★★☆☆☆

First part of the puzzle is still based on ceasar cipher. Consult solutions from previous week for tips. Last step of the puzzle will contain a variation of "my name is __".

1. lezi csy iziv lievh sj zmkirivi? fvmoiw.xyqfpv.gsq/amrxiv

number of last breath, fear, and death

2. cqrb crvn cah erpnwnan. kartnb.cdvkua.lxv/bdvvna

swan spreads its wings in the dark sky, you will see them with a naked eye

3. iqqf, xkigpgtg pqy. dtkmgu.vwodnt.eqo/hcnn

full moon raises once in a while, same time, same style

[birdin]

Congratulations to @mom0cat, @corvyskreacher and @alyssastarpaws3011! Take care of your birdins.

Round of applause to @arandomcluelessone, @pommigranite and @avisminutia for solving everything :] Thank you to everyone for participating!

[birdin]

did you know that birdins can have hadrosaur-like heads too? meet a little charonosaurus-duck

custom for @airyaslan for proof testing the puzzles <3