On the Subject of Module Name

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Use Appendix BLANK in Blind Alley for blank module identification

  • For a total of two stages:
    • Press the module until it displays a piece of HTML code, and note down how many times the module was clicked for that to happen - this number will be referred as clicks later in the manual (and will always be in range from 2 to 11 inclusive).
    • Note down the HTML code, then click the module once more to enter submission mode, making the display (which can be coloured Red, Green, Blue, or Yellow) and the numbered keypad appear.
    • Lookup the noted HTML code in one of the tables below and go to the obtained manual section for further instructions.
HTML codeManual section
<p>1The Octadecayotton
<h3>3
<tr>1<th>1
<ul>3<li>1
<tr>4<th>1
<ul>1<li>3<ol>1
<h4>1
<tr>8<th>1
<ul>1<li>2<ul>1Blank Slate
<ul>2<li>1<strong>1
<h3>4
<img>1
<ul>3<li>5<ul>1
<i>2
<ol>1<li>1Hertz
<ul>1<li>1
<h3>1
<tr>2<th>1
HTML codeManual section
<ul>1<li>2Simon’s Statement
<ul>1<li>3
<tr>3
<p>2
<p>3
<h3>5
<tr>2<td>1
<tr>4<td>1
<tr>9
<ul>2<li>2<em>1Not Green Arrows
<h3>2
<p>4
<p>6
<ul>3<li>3

On the Subject of The Octadecayotton

“who’ll be there when i’m gone?”, answer - a lookup table.

  • Lookup clicks along with the colour of the display in the table below.
  • Input the obtained binary number into the module and press the display to submit it.
Red Green Blue Yellow
Clicks = 2 110
Clicks = 3/4/5 10010 10001 11001 11010
Clicks = 6/7/8 1101111 1011011 1110000 1110011
Clicks = 9/10/11 111110000 101010100 111110000 111101100

On the Subject of Blank Slate

A sub-sub-blank module inside of a sub-blank module inside of a blank module!

  • Find the sub-section of this manual section (either on this page or on the next) depending on the colour of the display, and follow the rules according to that section.

Sub-section 1: The display is Red

  • In the table below:
    • Use (clicks % 5) as the column.
    • Use (2nd digit of the serial number % 5) as the row.
  • Add (clicks * 7) to the number obtained from the table, input the result into the module, and then press the display to submit it.
01234
0169201264
15112932
291664205
36451329
412645120

Sub-section 2: The display is Green

  • Use (clicks % 7) as the row in the table below.
  • Find the leftmost word of that row that contains a letter from the serial number (use the row’s rightmost word if there aren’t any applicable words).
  • Input the number next to the found word into the module, and press the display to submit it.
0roe, 423415law, 311152raj, 421125tee, 441515not, 333444
1phi, 352324jay, 251154orb, 344212mol, 323431put, 354544
2rue, 424515one, 343315led, 311514nun, 334533pal, 351131
3ore, 344215jug, 254522see, 431515pea, 351511leg, 311522
4yes, 541543now, 333452ted, 441514hen, 231533sac, 431113
5wee, 521515wry, 524254mac, 321113son, 433433nil, 332431
6rib, 422412yen, 541533try, 444254zoo, 553434pit, 352444

Sub-section 3: The display is Blue

  • Calculate the following four numbers:
    • (clicks + port plates) % 10
    • (clicks + batteries) % 10
    • (clicks + solved modules*) % 10
    • (clicks + battery holders) % 10
  • Input all numbers from 1 to 9 into the module (in any order), excluding the numbers calculated in the previous step, then press the display to submit your input.
    • E.g. if your calculated numbers are 3, 5, 1, and 1, a valid input could be 246789, or even 768942.

* The number of solved modules is set upon entering submission mode.

Sub-section 4: The display is Yellow

  • In the table below:
    • Use (clicks % 8) as the column.
    • Use the following three values as the rows:
      • Row 1 = ports % 8
      • Row 2 = batteries % 8
      • Row 3 = lit indicators % 8
  • The true row is the row with the middle value (not highest nor lowest) of three (if there isn’t a middle value, use the row with lowest instead).
  • Take the intersection between the used column and the true row, and take it modulo 8 to it to obtain the true column.
  • Take the intersections between the true column and the three rows in order (Row 1, then Row 2, then Row 3), input them into the module, and press the display to submit your input.
01234567
071284653
114836572
227143865
386572134
445627318
538751246
653468721
762315487

On the Subject of Hertz

Rules, movements, calculations!

  • In both grids below, start at the center cell.
  • Lookup the display colour in the first table below to obtain a sequence of moves.
  • Lookup clicks, taken modulo 7, in the second table below to obtain one more sequence of moves.
  • Apply all of the obtained moves (wrapping around if necessary) to both of your positions in the grids to obtain two numbers, one from each grid
    (U, R, D, L = Up, Right, Down, Left).
  • Multiply the second number (obtained from the second grid) by (port plates + 1).
  • Divide the first number by the modified second number, round down if necessary, and take the result modulo 64.
  • Convert the result from the previous step into binary, input it into the module and press the display to submit it.
857938859200200
490607206150200
552569466282948
200485262308345
200200398423332
113121420
109763
84763
21287
510549

Display colour
Red DD
Green UU
Blue UURR
Yellow RR
Clicks % 7
0 UU
1 UURR
2 RR
3 DDRR
4 DD
5 LL
6 UULL

On the Subject of Simon’s Statement

These rules differ ever-so-slightly, almost like they’re faulty...

  • For this section, keep track of the variable stage number, which initially starts at 1.

Step 0: Determine the Logical Expression

  • Take (battery holders % 4) and (port plates % 4) translated into colours via the table below to obtain Color 1 and Color 2 respectively.
  • Take (clicks % 8) and look it up in Table Ops on the next page to obtain your Logical operator.
  • The logical expression used for this section will have the form of:
    ((Color 1) (Logical operator) (Color 2)).
    • E.g. if you got Red and Blue for your two colours, and NOR for your logical operator, you will be using the expression (Red NOR Blue).
0 1 2 3
Blue Red Yellow Green

Step 0.5: Determine Initial Stage Number

  • Start with 0.
  • For every distinct serial number character present in a lit indicator, add 2.
  • If the bomb has a duplicate port type, subtract 4.
  • Add the number of batteries, multiplied by the number of ports.

Step 1: Determine Stage Number

  • Multiply the Initial Stage Number by stage number.
  • If the number is now negative, keep adding 25 until it is in range 0–49.
  • If the number is now zero, add 1.
  • If the number is now a single-digit number, multiply by 10.
  • If the number is greater than 49, keep subtracting 25 until it is in range 0-49.

Step 2: Determine Flashes, Input, and Color

  • Use the colour of the display in the table below to determine the two colours which are equal to true and the two which are equal to false.
    • If the determined logical expression is true, use your Stage Number in Table A on the next page.
    • Otherwise, if the expression is false, use your Stage Number in Table B on the next page.
  • Input your current stage number. Look at the (potentially) new colour of the display:
    • If it is the same as the colour received from the table or you have now inputted 8 digits in total, press the display to submit your input.
    • Otherwise, increment stages completed by 1, then follow Steps 1 and 2 again.
Display colour Red Green Blue Yellow
“True” colours R Y G B R B G Y
“False” colours G B R Y G Y R B

Table A

-0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
0-
1-
2-
3-
4-

Table B

-0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
0-
1-
2-
3-
4-

Table Ops: Operator explanations

# Symbol Logical Operator Meaning
0 AND Returns true if all inputs are true. Else returns false.
1 OR Returns true if any input is true. Else returns false.
2 XOR Returns true if exactly one input is true. Else returns false.
3 | NAND Returns false if all inputs are true. Else returns true.
4 NOR Returns false if any input is true. Else returns true.
5 XNOR Returns false if exactly one input is true. Else returns true.
6 IMP/IMPLY Returns false when left input is true and right input is false. Else returns true.
7 IMPBY/IMPLYBY Returns false when left input is false and right input is true. Else returns true.

On the Subject of Not Green Arrows

Less rules, easier ordering.

  • Concatenate the first letter of the serial number and the first two letters of the module’s display colour (Red - RE, Green - GR, Blue - BL, Yellow - YE) to obtain the three letters used for this manual section.
  • Take clicks modulo 4, then add 2. Check this many conditions (top-to-bottom) for each direction in the table below (where all rules refer to the three letters you have obtained in the previous step).
  • Note how many true conditions each direction has to obtain the four numbers for submission.
  • First, input the greatest number of four (ties included, but only input the greatest number once), then input the other three numbers in ascending order (e.g. if your numbers for submission are 5, 2, 5, and 1, you should input 5125).
  • Press the display to submit your input.
UPDOWN
  1. The first letter is a vowel.
  2. The sum of their alphanumerical positions is a prime number.
  3. There are no duplicate letters.
  4. The second letter is present in the Serial Number.
  5. “U” is present.
  1. The second letter is a vowel.
  2. The sum of their alphanumerical positions is divisible by its digital root.
  3. The first and second letter matches.
  4. None of the letters are present in the Serial Number.
  5. “D” is present.
LEFTRIGHT
  1. None of the letters are vowels.
  2. The sum of their alphanumerical positions is an odd number.
  3. The first and third letter matches.
  4. The third letter is present in the Serial Number.
  5. “L” is present.
  1. The third letter is a vowel.
  2. The sum of their alphanumerical positions is a multiple of 7.
  3. The second and third letter matches.
  4. The first letter is present in the Serial Number.
  5. “R” is present.