It's not all podcasts, some times it's books! In this case, it's Journal 29 by Dimitris Chassapakis, which bills itself as an interactive book game.
The plot is straightforward (and not particularly necessary): something strange happened on an excavation. Aliens may, or may not, be involved. All you have are the clues left in this notebook. Solve the puzzles to solve the mystery. Ooooooooooh.
The puzzle setup is refreshingly uniform: for each two page spread, you'll have the left page, which has the puzzle number and a place for the solution, and the right page, which holds the puzzle itself. To play, you'll need a smartphone, as you turn in your solutions to their website - www.Journal29.com. Each puzzle will, in turn, give you a code word which may come in to play in a later puzzle. Sound simple? The first one is (if you can't answer 25+4 I'm afraid this might not be the book for you), but the puzzles get increasingly complex.
I'm going to walk you through the process of solving these, and try to start working with spoilers, so hopefully this will help you without spoiling the fun of the process.
Let's begin
Solution
29. It's 29... like the book title. Did you really need a spoiler for this?
Solution
Coffee. Ye olde coffee
The plot is straightforward (and not particularly necessary): something strange happened on an excavation. Aliens may, or may not, be involved. All you have are the clues left in this notebook. Solve the puzzles to solve the mystery. Ooooooooooh.
The puzzle setup is refreshingly uniform: for each two page spread, you'll have the left page, which has the puzzle number and a place for the solution, and the right page, which holds the puzzle itself. To play, you'll need a smartphone, as you turn in your solutions to their website - www.Journal29.com. Each puzzle will, in turn, give you a code word which may come in to play in a later puzzle. Sound simple? The first one is (if you can't answer 25+4 I'm afraid this might not be the book for you), but the puzzles get increasingly complex.
I'm going to walk you through the process of solving these, and try to start working with spoilers, so hopefully this will help you without spoiling the fun of the process.
Let's begin
Puzzle Zero
Ok, this one is 25+4. Do you really need help with this one?
29. It's 29... like the book title. Did you really need a spoiler for this?
Puzzle One
You are looking at a ring left by a mug. What do you normally have in that mug, to start a new week? (Unless you're me - I prefer tea)
Coffee. Ye olde coffee
Puzzle Two
38076 and an arrow. Looks like there's a map on the bottom of the page. Did you ever pass notes on your calculator?
Solution
Globe
Solution
Puzzle Three
Hmmmm… What could be at these coordinates?
Solution
While the coordinates are in Giza, it is specifically for the tomb of Khafre
Solution
Puzzle Four
This is why you keep your codes. REDWOODS - FOREST + YELLOW
Solution
Orange. Subtracting the forest (woods) from redwoods gives you red. Red + Yellow make orange.
Solution
Puzzle Five
Follow the arrow, read the message
Solution
811731495
Solution
Puzzle Six
Yes, you think you recognize that number. But you don't...
Solution
9862. The number provided is 3.14159985356279323846264338327950288. Pi, the number to which this is similar is: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288. Look at the highlighted different numbers.
Solution
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