Although it is very common to contain video games Hidden messages and other curiosities in the form of easter egg (Easter eggs) Few in the past decade were as real a mystery as they were mystery Trials evolution.
This is amazing racing game Developed by RedLynx for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, in 2012 caused a real treasure hunt around the world.
As he remembers BBC In one article, it all started shortly after it was introduced to the market Trials evolution On Xbox Live Arcade, when players start to discover a series of wooden planks that if fused together Spell an encrypted message They were able to decipher the code and see that it was a series of instructions to perform a secret maneuver in the game that unlocked a song that was, again, another mystery.
And so, puzzle after puzzle, bad Jump off the screen and into the real world When players discover a website that displays a Clues and coordinates to locate Four boxes Hidden in four places around the world: San Francisco (USA), Sydney (Australia), Bath (England) and Helsinki (Finland).
The first three chests are found Metal switches and plates With the beginning of the sentence: “It seemed as if from time immemorial,” which corresponds to an excerpt from the novel under the same starby John Green.
inside Fourth box It contained another key and various items, including an old pocket watch from 1916 and a metal plate with the following message engraved on the back: “The year 2113 appeared. The first Saturday of August. One of the five keys will open the chest. under the Eiffel Tower“.
In this way, the participants in this research arrived at The last and final guide It’s a strange mystery that they’ll never really solve, because that task will go with generations to come.
“The mystery is really important to me, because Unite the people who wanted to solve itHe confirmed In an interview with BBC You are Elvisocreator of this great puzzle and founder of RedLynx in 2000 with his brother Atte.
A decade later, the puzzle creator continues without revealing any details About him, though his research has been taken as a metaphor for how the world should work: “For me it was very important. I’ve always said you have to be able to trust people, that people are smart and curious. The right way.” Solve the world’s problems that we live with people like this, work togethersaid about it.
Some of the followers involved in this mystery consider its outcome, although they never get to know it, even more exciting: “This The best way to finish: gives us something in the future,” they point out.
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