Doubting the Subject of Lying Buttons

Six stars of confusion. Where are my Blue Crystals when I need it?

This dark-gray module consists of a 3×3 grid of buttons with clues displayed in the middle of the button. To disarm the module, press all buttons that are safe.

The hinges on the module denote how many unsafe buttons are present on the module, in addition to one rare hinge:

  • Top-Right: Exactly 2 buttons are not safe to press.
  • Bottom-Left: Exactly 3 buttons are not safe to press.
  • Bottom-Right: The module generated an ambiguous case where the puzzle has multiple possible unsafe button positions. press ALL buttons that you know are safe, then take a guess on which one is safe. This hinge may disappear on a new puzzle.

The clues displayed on the module can be decrypted by the table on the next page.

If a button pressed is not safe, the module will strike and generate a new puzzle. In ambiguous puzzles, the module will ONLY strike if an unsafe button is pressed while at least one knowable safe button can be pressed.

Initially all buttons tell the truth. If a safe button shares the same color as an unsafe button, its clue will lie instead. The table provided shows possible options of buttons that can show up.

SafeUnsafe
Truth
Lying

A physical keyboard may be used to interact with the buttons provided. Pressing the toggle buttons will cycle between the numbers 1-5, O, X, and ?. The list of keys correspond to these notes when highlighting the toggle screen or buttons:

O/0Circle
1/2/3/4/5Numeric
T/?Question Mark
XCross/X
DELETE/BACKSPACEErases notes on highlighted buttons

Clue Elements


Number
(0 - 4)

Number of red buttons that are not safe

Number of yellow buttons that are not safe

Number of blue buttons that are not safe

Number of colors that contain an unsafe button

Number of unsafe buttons on each space that contains a white circle

Number of rows that contain an unsafe button

Number of columns that contain an unsafe button

Number of unsafe buttons that is orthogonally adjacent to another unsafe button

Is equal to

Is greater than

Is less than or equal to

Is greater than or equal to