On the Subject of Cruel Stars
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On the module will be five square buttons, three digits that can be toggled using the grey button, a clear button at the bottom right of the module, and a red submit button. To solve the module, press the buttons in the correct order using the rules below.
Step 1: Initial position
Take the first and last letters of the Serial Number (row and column respectively) and turn them into their base-36 equivalent, modulo 8, and add 1. This will be your initial position.
Step 2: Table movements
At the initial position, and after each step in the following ruleset, append the digit set onto your answer if there are more even than odd digits within the center digits. Otherwise, prepend the digit set.
Each movement while following the ruleset, with the exception of moving to the diametric opposite, will be repeated a number of times equal to the second digit in the serial number, with 0 becoming 10. Possible movements are: up, down, left, right, cardinal directions, 90° clockwise/counterclockwise, and moving to the diametric opposite within the table. The table wraps around.
- If the displayed word ends in a vowel (Y not included) move right. Otherwise, move southwest.
- If the displayed word has 6 letters, move to the position diametrically opposite of your current position. Otherwise, move up.
- If the displayed word’s first letter is between I - U (inclusive) move northeast. Otherwise, move left.
- If the displayed word contains a "T", move northwest. Otherwise, move down.
- If the word has 4 letters, move southeast, right, down, and then diametrically opposite the position you end up. Otherwise, rotate your position 90° clockwise if the last digit of the serial number is even, and counterclockwise if it is odd.
- If the displayed word contains an "I", move left and southeast. Otherwise, move to the diametrically opposite position.
- If the displayed word has two repeating letters back to back, move northeast then up. Otherwise, move right then down.