Oddworld: Soulstorm

Oddworld Soulstorm ARG
Active since 12-22-2016
Oddworld Soulstorm - An ARG centered around lore from the Oddworld universe linked to the currently unreleased game Oddworld Soulstorm
Type	[[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]]
Creator	Oddworld Inhabitants, Inc
Discovered	12-22-2016

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Mattnotes (this is a placeholder):

@edmudokon: The Mudokon "ED" from the game Oddworld

@OddworldInc: Official Oddworld twitter handle but "operated" by characters from the game

@SPIRITOF1029: A resistance group who want Mudokon freedom and run http://www.1029.io according to lore

SECTIONS:

Spirit of 1029 (Intro/Summary) Chronology (Timeline-ish) Works In Progress (Things suspect but not fully solved) Unsolved Leads (Things found but overlooked/not applied yet)

- @edmudokon & @SPIRITOF1029 start tweeting again Dec22 2016, shares http://www.1029.io again

- Dec24 first "We are the storm" (first cipher key was storm, sets precedent)

- Jan6 @edmudokon begins to interact with "Alf" in character, who began tweeting via @OddworldInc Jan5. @SPIRITOF1029 also begins interacting/tweeting related messages

- Jan6 - Jan19 the three accounts interact exchanging lore

- Jan19 @SPIRITOF1029 tweets they have "first transmission", http://oddworld.com/soulstorm updates making avialable & http://www.oddworld.com/soulstorm/1029contact/1029_01_audio.mp3 for download, also

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--> SOLUTION: 12 7+2+9+9 = 27, 2+7+4+5 = 18 & !--

16 _ 37 _ 58 _ 89 _ 145 _ 42 _ ?? _ 4 |_________________<_________________|

--> SOLUTION: 20 12 + 62 = 37, 32 + 72 = 58 puzzles in page source code

- Image is cracked first , top Anglosaxon runes read "ED", Babelstone Pigpen "YOU ARE THE KEY YOU KNOW IT IF YOU WERE LISTENING", directional arrows unknown, text reads:

Date:

Period: XXXXXXXXXXX Specification Details: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -Observe XXXXXXX and XXXXXXXX changes in test subjects -Assess long term XXXXXXXX on XXXXXXX -Determine product safety Authorization: XXXXXXXXXXX Tests requested: -XXXXXXXX Pronostics - ?Access whenever? product XXXXXXX -Acidity Levels - ????? XXXXXXXXX -Product safety Expected results: XXXXXXXXXX make XXXXXXXXX interesting Test results: -XXXXXXX highly XXXXXX -XXXXXXX this XXXXXX ?? XXXXXX ?nice? XXXXXXXX -Highly XXXXXXX -Subjects: XXXXXX - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Conclusion: Product (ready) for consumption

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??? : XXXXXXXX there is XXXXXX here but it will XXXX ???? XXXXX

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- Official site updates to show progress on image

- Audio analyzed finally cracked, morse code in background when reversed yields ciphertext qmiqwmiqyidimrjqdjijilmxmnrjqdjajmpmnrprspkesmkjpdqjnyajnwsnrpgspcsppmqidimqymdbcqajnwsnrpgspcdhbzmnjajanadumjimrpq , in ceasar cipher with key storm yields tentwentyninedotiononqexerdotiofoeserdsdaspjaepositoryforwardslashassetninetyeightforwardslashimgzerofofrfiueonedst ten twenty nine dot io nonqexer dot io foeserdsdaspjaepository forwardslash asset ninety eight forward slash img zero fofrfiueonedst

- Official site second update

- http://1029.io/repository/asset98/imgzerofourfiveone/ found based on cleartext, contains 8 images:

and cycling messages (compile all possible variants)

- Official site third update "Photo 1 - Currently being assembled"

- Pieces assembled , tweeted with @OddworldInc tagged.

- Official site fourth update "Photo 1 - In the lab for reconstruction"

- This image tweeted (date)

- Rough descrambles on forums then this from OWI

- Finally OWI tweets Jan26 Simultaneous @edmudokon tweet "Yes! Yes! you can see it! I have more... but it's so scary... i will find a way... i will do my part." and @spiritof1029 tweet "Now the truth is getting out. The fight back begins here. We will rise."