Hardest game ever?

September 12, 2005 12:23 PM

God Tower Where are you? Flash based game described by Jay is Games as the toughest game ever.
posted by Keith Talent (69 comments total)

I'm so lazy. I understand the concept, but can't bother to try.
posted by Mach3avelli at 12:27 PM on September 12, 2005

I was just about to post this. It's currently kicking my ass.
posted by eyeballkid at 12:28 PM on September 12, 2005

BlowingAwayMyFreeTimeFilter.
posted by secret about box at 12:33 PM on September 12, 2005

all i see is a map of the world with some cryptic glyphs above the password field that don't correspond to keys on my keyboard.

i don't get it.

next.
posted by howling fantods at 12:40 PM on September 12, 2005

The cryptic glyphs are "GMT+4.30" backwards.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 12:46 PM on September 12, 2005

I figured THAT out, but it's still driving me nuts... GAH!
posted by brundlefly at 12:49 PM on September 12, 2005

Woo! Level two!
posted by Acey at 12:49 PM on September 12, 2005

lowercase
posted by Pollomacho at 12:50 PM on September 12, 2005

yeah, level two. now what?
posted by TonyRobots at 12:54 PM on September 12, 2005

I gave up on level 3, I know how to solve it, I really do. But I don't have the patience beyond this.

For #3 think analog.
posted by riffola at 12:54 PM on September 12, 2005

Oof. Never mind. That was stupidly easy.
posted by TonyRobots at 12:55 PM on September 12, 2005

Damn, this is fun.
posted by cmonkey at 1:08 PM on September 12, 2005

Good luck getting level 7 if you're not on a windows machine.
posted by sohcahtoa at 1:36 PM on September 12, 2005

Help on Solomon??? Tarot???
posted by Shfishp at 1:44 PM on September 12, 2005

Shfishp: The answer is in your question.
posted by eyeballkid at 1:47 PM on September 12, 2005

Shfishp: It's ridiculously easy. Shoot for the obvious.
posted by brundlefly at 1:48 PM on September 12, 2005

I don't have time for this. I'm still hooked on sudoku.
posted by MinPin at 1:52 PM on September 12, 2005

so much for grading papers.
onwards to level 4!
posted by ronv at 1:54 PM on September 12, 2005

omg! I must have typed it wrong the first time I tried..but my first attempt was right! Argh! Damned fingers...
Back to work. Thanks for the help.
posted by Shfishp at 1:55 PM on September 12, 2005

Er, what am I missing here? I just see an image and the title of the game. How do I start it?
posted by salmacis at 2:00 PM on September 12, 2005

I don't get number two either, I tried:

tarot, justice, prudence, tarotcards, dead, temple, saint and a bunch of others
posted by geoff. at 2:10 PM on September 12, 2005

salmacis, the first one is an image mirrored. The plane is near the place where the first answer is. You have to go and figure out what country/countries are at GMT + 4 hours 3 minutes. They are looking for a city actually and not a country (something omitted). The second one has me stuck though.
posted by geoff. at 2:11 PM on September 12, 2005

geoff.: The answer is right there.

#7 has me stumped.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:16 PM on September 12, 2005

Jayisgames.com is waaay kool! He must have the best collection of all the nifty online games out there!! EVER!!
posted by mrhappysad at 2:18 PM on September 12, 2005

#7's kicking my ass right now, too.
posted by brundlefly at 2:19 PM on September 12, 2005

salmacis, the first one is an image mirrored. The plane is near the place where the first answer is. You have to go and figure out what country/countries are at GMT + 4 hours 3 minutes. They are looking for a city actually and not a country (something omitted). The second one has me stuck though.

Er, are we talking about this image? That's the only image I see, and I can't correlate your comment with it.
posted by salmacis at 2:25 PM on September 12, 2005

salmacis: you may need to install shockwave/flash. The menu and game are all .swf.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:26 PM on September 12, 2005

I have flash...using a Mac, though, so that might be it. I presume the flash you're talking about is directly beneath the logo, since I see the flashblock arrow - just nothing when I click on it to play the flash.
posted by salmacis at 2:32 PM on September 12, 2005

Good luck getting level 7 if you're not on a windows machine.

No kidding. Sheer luck I'm on one right now...
posted by brundlefly at 2:42 PM on September 12, 2005

yeah, I'm a bit confused by 3.
posted by mystyk at 3:22 PM on September 12, 2005

#12 is hurting my brain.
posted by brundlefly at 3:37 PM on September 12, 2005

i started feeling real smart because #6 was easy. then comes #7... meh.
i need a beer.
posted by ronv at 3:48 PM on September 12, 2005

would evilcnt be close for 3?
posted by Acey at 3:56 PM on September 12, 2005

er... the answer to that is yes.
posted by Acey at 3:56 PM on September 12, 2005

Just ponder how clocks work for a spell.
posted by dhartung at 4:22 PM on September 12, 2005

dhartung: Very punny!
posted by brundlefly at 4:27 PM on September 12, 2005

well, i'm giving up on 10. How'd everyone else do?
posted by Acey at 4:33 PM on September 12, 2005

I got stuck on 11. I think that may be it for me.
posted by eyeballkid at 4:42 PM on September 12, 2005

Why can't I figure out number 3? Am I that stupid (yes)
posted by kuperman at 4:56 PM on September 12, 2005

jeebus... I'm on level 17.

this game is DANGEROUS...
posted by blastrid at 5:01 PM on September 12, 2005

Also stuck on 3...
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 5:09 PM on September 12, 2005

Argh #3. Argh.
posted by zoogleplex at 6:25 PM on September 12, 2005

boy am i gonna feel sheepish when i actually figure out #3.
posted by zoogleplex at 6:32 PM on September 12, 2005

#3 solution
posted by Who_Am_I at 6:46 PM on September 12, 2005

Got three. Stuck on five. Grrr...
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 6:49 PM on September 12, 2005

Okay, that just makes absolutely no friggin' sense at all.
posted by zoogleplex at 6:50 PM on September 12, 2005

Shall we agree that helpful clues are welcomed, but no spoilers?

If you insist, of course, you can do a search on the first few passwords to find more.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:57 PM on September 12, 2005

zoogleplex: picture the times.
posted by brundlefly at 7:06 PM on September 12, 2005

How many levels are in this damn thing anyway? Does it EVER END??
posted by iconomy at 7:06 PM on September 12, 2005

That makes sense, but the logic of #3 escapes me somehow. Probably because I'm tired.
posted by zoogleplex at 7:07 PM on September 12, 2005

oops, shoulda previewed. I'll have to do that later, but I think I get it now. Devious!
posted by zoogleplex at 7:08 PM on September 12, 2005

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't think these, and other ones like this, are not even remotely fun...
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:19 PM on September 12, 2005

You're not the only one, BLF. I generally don't go for this sort of thing, but this one is so willfully opaque that I was intrigued and got hooked.
posted by brundlefly at 7:35 PM on September 12, 2005

Damn, I finally got past a good number. So many of the answers seem so obvious now that I answered them.

On to 25.....

Oh, and if anyone needs hints up through 24, just ask. No spoilers though.
posted by mystyk at 7:58 PM on September 12, 2005

I'm hung up on 7 (must be tired...) Hints, anyone?
posted by FormlessOne at 8:31 PM on September 12, 2005

Never mind - figured it out. I hate OS-specific answers...
posted by FormlessOne at 8:35 PM on September 12, 2005

On windows, if you tap the key with that exact symbol on it, a prompt will come up asking if you really want to enable a certain feature.
posted by mystyk at 8:35 PM on September 12, 2005

Just a hint, you need to be using IE for this, at least on Windows. Heh. I normally use Firefox, and thought I was too damn stupid to even get into the game for way too long.
posted by daveqat at 8:55 PM on September 12, 2005

Is there really any reason for this to be in Flash at all? I mean, simple html and a little encryption algorithm for the passwords would do the trick, right? Or maybe I'm not far enough along to see the Flash goodies.
posted by blendor at 9:02 PM on September 12, 2005

In many of them there are mouseover effects and second (or third) pages. Not to mention the moving graphics.

Yes, the password could be hashed, and a comparison done to that value, but then the check at the beginning of each level would become significantly more complex.

I have a theory that at the higher levels people are simply deconstructing the flash source to get the pass.
posted by mystyk at 9:16 PM on September 12, 2005

Level 48 is hilarious! The nun with the Japanese sea cucumber in #63 is spooky, though. Don't let your kids see it.
posted by Pericles at 4:32 AM on September 13, 2005

Hmm. Hint for #5 would be helpful. I get the zoom in, find the word, search in Google. Now I'm looking through this really naff 'art'. Do I have to do this? I mean it hurts.
posted by grahamwell at 6:35 AM on September 13, 2005

Can someone please explain 10?
posted by BigCalm at 7:03 AM on September 13, 2005

#5. That's a tolkien novel character, and it's showing a well-known scene from a movie based on his novels. What is the creature called.
posted by mystyk at 7:28 AM on September 13, 2005

#10. Those various computer related symbols are a mathematical code for letters.
posted by mystyk at 7:31 AM on September 13, 2005

I'm still not getting 10. I need a bigger hint.
posted by dness2 at 10:45 AM on September 13, 2005

10's pretty pissy actually. The answer isn't a recognisable word and the last letter is the inital letter of "Netherlands Antilles" - even though the related abbreviation for the international code (599 - taken from hex 35, 39 and 39) is ANT, so you'd be forgiven for thinking it was 'a'. Clumsy.
posted by grahamwell at 1:58 PM on September 13, 2005

On 10, if my comment totally confuses you, did you see the little arrow in the top right pointing to the hint page? (it's easy to miss). Thanks mystyk for 5 by the way, I think if I'd looked through any more of those gallerys I'd have gone insane. These comments are grumpy because 12 is just annoying me and the hints don't make any sense.
posted by grahamwell at 2:16 PM on September 13, 2005

OK, got it, ignore me.
posted by grahamwell at 2:19 PM on September 13, 2005