Cypher

Ended up being very challenging for me but I mostly enjoyed learning about the history of cryptography. I agree with other players that it'll be extra challenging if english isn't your first language. Arm yourself with a notepad and some humility, you will need it!

10/10 difficulties, it is possible to solve all the puzzles in the room using the backboard and a few hours, maybe days. If you can't, try typing HINT in the counsel. The difficulty increase insanely around puzzle 4/5.

This game requires background knowledge, not for beginner. It can be mentally draining trying to do more than 1 puzzle per day legit, unless you cheated. Probably going to get over 1k+ hours trying to solve all the puzzles.

Caveat emptor: Basically less of a game and more of a cryptanalysis homework for a cryptography lecture, but with really beautiful music. So judge based on that - I am really enjoying it as a relaxing before-bed activity.

it's just you, sitting in front of your full-white screen, trying to decode all the puzzles.

bought this at 70% sale. worth every penny.

while some puzzles need external resources (it can get frustrating) but the bit knowledge they teach you about cryptography is indeed fun, get your notebook and enjoy it!

super fun cryptography game from a great developer that deserves your support!

Wonderful idea, and beautifully simple. Its just classical music and puzzles.

Some of the puzzles are way too hard and/or you need outside information. This may be excusable for the challenge puzzles, but puzzle 1.8 makes it necessary that you know the Baconian cipher . I spent a lot of time on the puzzle just to realize it was not solvable with the information given to you by the game which is just bad game design.

Since otherwise the game is great and the music is as good as it could possibly be for such a game I can still recommend it to everyone who has some patience.

"Game" that could have been an email or a PDF exercise workbook. There is nothing to interact with other than to input the solution to each puzzle (usually a single word). That's it.

If you are looking for cryptography based problems, these are more puzzles in that setting but that rely on fairly simple concepts without delving into cryptography itself (at least until the final challenges). I had completely different expectation of both the puzzles and the game itself being, well... A game.

I picked this game up for £1.28. On that alone I would recommend this game. That being Said.

This game is a headache on a screen. I have no previous knowledge of cryptography whatsoever. However, if you are stubborn like me and straight up refuse to be beaten by mumbo-jumbo letters and symbols scribbled on a wall, this game is highly educating and gives you an unparalleled level of dopamine when you get it right. Grab a note pad and pen, open some new tabs and prepare to google things that you have never even thought to have googled before.

The spikes in difficulty as you progress through each room are exponential. You will feel like a brain surgeon and then you will feel like a rock. It makes me appreciate the people that do this for a living as they would look at the problems I solved here and think of them as child's play. I made it to the fourth room and to progress any further I will need to change my career.

In Summery.
10/10 Would Scramble my brain again.

Super fun way to challenge yourself, but also EXTREMELY difficult.

THIS GAME NEEDS A TON OF YOUR PATIENCE.

Good game, way too hard for my peanut brain. While i don't plan on asking for a refund, i will probably never finish the game either

unless your trying to stare at a wall with a pen and paper whilst getting a migraine, i do not recommend

learn cryptography, then come play this game. I do not recommend the inverse order of those actions. Cypher won't teach you anything, maybe it will appresent something to you, but if that is what you are after, just search a list of cryptography methods. If I have to constantly search about methods online, I rather just close the game and take a cryptography course. It may be enjoyable if you are practicing, but it certanly wasn't for me who just want to solve puzzles and maybe learn things about cryptography.

I got to the last puzzle of the first room, it was the one that made me think the game isn't for me: I had to use bacon code by converting bigger size fonts to A, and the smaller to B. There was no mentioning of bacon code whatsoever in the game, so yeah either you know it, or you won't go anywhere without searching online for common used methods .

If you don't want spoilers, in resume, there are methods of cryptography that are used in puzzles, but not mentioned anywhere, so to progress in the game YOU NEED external sources, you need to reasearch, at that point, why even play the game at all? Just go on and study about cryptography.

Really liked the aesthetic though. But the game isn't for me, I don't think it is bad, just not what I expect for a puzzle game (puzzles that you can solve alone, inside the game, without the need to go after external sources). I did not play it entirely, so maybe the next rooms are better, idk, the puzzle I mentioned took my will to try them.

(I will put a negative review, because my experience was negative, not because the game is bad, I wish I had the option to just post a review about the game without having to define if it is positive or not. The game is about studying, you study and then play the game, I do not like that dynamic, I rather do one thing or the other, but if you like it, then go on and try it out)

One of the best games I have ever played, great choice of background music.

Amazing game details, I like the walking sound effects, and many more such as the puzzles. But unfortunately, ain't no way I'm passing the first level Steganography without cheating.

Still working my way through the early sections, first room was fairly easy, but the second one definitely ramps up the challenge, atleast for me. The atmosphere is fantastic, minimalist and almost eerie in its solitude, yet compliments the complexity of the game perfectly, allowing no distractions, just you and your focus on working through each puzzle. Definitely a hidden gem and I'm looking forward to working through this more.

Personally, I think this game is very difficult for people who are not good at English and scholars who do not have any decoding foundation, playing this can improve English proficiency and computer and software, information security, etc., at the same time, if you have a foundation in information security and software, I feel that the first three levels, you will be very easy, and then you will need advanced mathematics and calculus and even mechanics and electricity, and even you may have to understand the codes of World War II Germany, at the same time I suggest Matthew Brown your company, You can add more items to Cypher or add some hybrid decoding, which might add a bit of fun and complexity, so hopefully adopt!

Crack open your notebook and enjoy thinking at a blank wall for a solid hour. Each cypher is worth sitting down to and the light history makes you feel like you are learning while screaming at your scream.

If you want to crack your head, get this game asap
10/10

A hard minimalist challenge, all you need is to learn to love it.

It's interesting for sure if you are into this, and very educative too.
A bit niche for me.

I tried to play this game back in 2018 but I just couldn't keep going because of how bright and white the entire game was. I get migraines easily and it feels like it's creeping out as soon as I start focusing on it. It's like a constant flashbang. I've thought about giving the game another go many times since but I change my mind about it every time I see the game banner and trailer. It sucks really, cause I really want to try the game out!

I'm sorry if there is a dark mode or any good way of solving this that I haven't found or noticed so far, but I honestly can barely make myself start the game!

More homework than game, this is a series of cryptography challenges.

The early ones are fun. As you progress, the flaws emerge. The game offers no interface for actually solving the challenges, so you're going to need to transcribe lengthy codes to paper or spreadsheet. This can be quite tedious but it does serve the purpose of teaching you the methods to decode different types of ciphers.

It is somewhat disheartening when you realize along the way that we have simple computer programs that can replicate all of your hard work in nanoseconds.

The later puzzles are, in my opinion, a bit much. If you're an absolute fanatic for solving some of the toughest abstract challenges out there, then by all means go ahead and enjoy this. I found many of the advanced puzzles and the puzzles that require outside research to be too complex to enjoy as a leisure activity.

The explanations of Enigma encoding and modern digital encoding are also woefully inadequate and require outside research to understand how to even begin.

I can only recommend this to absolute enthusiasts of cryptography.

If you love a challenge or if you want to learn the basics of cryptography, and move towards being OK. This is the game for you.

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fantastic

太爽了

Highly recommended if you are struggling with paper/assignment/coding/..., now i feel they are way easier and straightforward

I loved it, I feel like this game was aimed at me with a laser. The design, the music choices, even the footsteps echoing through the halls, it had great atmosphere with a minimalist feel.

I enjoyed the need for pen and paper. The puzzles kept coming back to me throughout the week which was a nice surprise. I found myself pulling the notepad out on the train or on the couch at home, to finish them away from the computer, which was a rare and lovely thing. I've loved everything MB has put out but this might be my favourite :)

Matthew Brown is my favorite Indie game dev. I put hundreads of hours into his "-Cells" games.
This one started very well. The atmosphere, the refined look and the music playing in the background is relaxing. Sadly I cannot say the same thing about the game. The puzzles are lovely, the only part is that they are only in english. I can speak so no problem right? The puzzles are way too hard imo if you are not a native speaker. So I might try it later when I am even better in english :/

- Extremely hard to complete if you are not using any help from guides
- I'm glad I've heard of most of the ciphers from modded KTaNE
- Copying encrypted text to a notepad (or any software outside of the game) is just pure pain

这是一个很好的游戏， [/spoiler]只是对英语不太好的人不友好，虽然我才玩了一小会，但是，它整体简洁的画风，再配上如此舒缓的音乐，让人在游玩的过程中感到平静，能让人静下心来思考里面的问题，总之比较推荐。
This is a really good game. However, it's not so friendly to those who are not good at English. Although I've only played it for a short while, its overall simple art style, combined with such soothing music, makes people feel calm during the process of playing. It enables people to settle down and think about the questions in it. All in all, it's quite recommended.Of course, if you can understand what I said without the help of a translator, just pretend that my second sentence doesn't exist.

好玩的，就是偶尔解不出来会卡很久

Room 1 Puzzle 8 is unfair. We in fact DO NOT have all the needed information to solve the puzzles in room 1.

00101101 00101101 00101110 00100000 00101101 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101101 00101101 00101101 00100000 00101101 00101110 00101110

Great introduction to ciphers. Dev really did a good job with the music as well. Recommend!

The world in this game is truly a pure white world,
and my brain cells are waving the white flag.

Super educational, challenging and still relaxing at the same time? Love everything about it

cryptography textbook which looks like a game, obviously very difficult

I know you saw or will see walkthrough. 😏