On the Subject of Simon Stacks

Don’t worry, Simon! It’s not your tax.

Observe which of the hexes labeled A–H in the diagram flash. Use Table 1 to translate the combination of A–H into a combination of numbers 1–8, which in turn refer to rows in Table 2. Use the column corresponding to the color that flashed.

XOR each of the obtained patterns together. Press the background, then enter this resulting pattern by pressing the hexes that are filled, and press the background again to submit.

For each subsequent stage, perform the same operation with the newly added flashing hexes, but also XOR the pattern with the submission from the previous stage.

Table 1

ABCG123478ABGH12346ACGH134568AH123457BCGH58BH2567CH678
A12457ABCGH12478ABH146ACH124568B23567BCH2358C3678D148
AB1346ABCH13478AC1234568AD2578BC258BD12345678CD13467DE12
ABC1478ABD368ACD2356ADE457BCD1245BDE13567CDE123678DEF1234
ABCD7ABDE2346ACDE34568ADEF357BCDE158BDEF14567CDEF124678DEFG14
ABCDE2478ABDEF26ACDEF568ADEFG257BCDEF13458BDEFG1234567CDEFG134678DEFGH134
ABCDEF2378ABDEFG36ACDEFG23568ADEFGH2357BCDEFG12458BDEFGH124567CDEFGH14678DEFH124
ABCDEFG78ABDEFGH6ACDEFGH2568ADEFH57BCDEFGH123458BDEFH134567CDEFH1234678DEG13
ABCDEFGH378ABDEFH236ACDEFH3568ADEG23457BCDEFH1458BDEG12567CDEG1678DEGH1
ABCDEFH278ABDEG46ACDEG24568ADEGH2457BCDEG12358BDEGH123567CDEGH13678DEH123
ABCDEG3478ABDEGH346ACDEGH234568ADEH3457BCDEGH1258BDEH1567CDEH12678DF138
ABCDEGH478ABDEH246ACDEH4568ADF234578BCDEH1358BDF125678CDF167DFG128
ABCDEH23478ABDF468ACDF2456ADFG4578BCDF1235BDFG135678CDFG12367DFGH1238
ABCDF347ABDFG23468ACDFG3456ADFGH34578BCDFG15BDFGH15678CDFGH1267DFH18
ABCDFG247ABDFGH2468ACDFGH456ADFH24578BCDFGH135BDFH1235678CDFH1367DG12348
ABCDFGH2347ABDFH3468ACDFH23456ADG3578BCDFH125BDG145678CDG12467DGH1248
ABCDFH47ABDG268ACDG56ADGH578BCDG1345BDGH1345678CDGH123467DH1348
ABCDG237ABDGH2368ACDGH356ADH23578BCDGH145BDH1245678CDH1467E248
ABCDGH27ABDH68ACDH256AE1578BCDH12345BE345678CE23467EF238
ABCDH37ABE12368ACE1356AEF134578BCE45BEF5678CEF267EFG8
ABCE127ABEF12468ACEF1456AEFG124578BCEF35BEFG235678CEFG367EFGH38
ABCEF12347ABEFG13468ACEFG123456AEFGH1234578BCEFG25BEFGH25678CEFGH67EFH28
ABCEFG147ABEFGH1468ACEFGH12456AEFH14578BCEFGH235BEFH35678CEFH2367EG348
ABCEFGH1347ABEFH123468ACEFH13456AEG123578BCEFH5BEG245678CEG467EGH48
ABCEFH1247ABEG168ACEG1256AEGH12578BCEG2345BEGH2345678CEGH3467EH2348
ABCEG137ABEGH1368ACEGH12356AEH13578BCEGH245BEH45678CEH2467F34
ABCEGH17ABEH1268ACEH156AF12357BCEH345BF24567CF4678FG24
ABCEH1237ABF16ACF12568AFG157BCF23458BFG34567CFG234678FGH234
ABCF1378ABFG1236ACFG13568AFGH1357BCFG458BFGH4567CFGH24678FH4
ABCFG1278ABFGH126ACFGH1568AFH1257BCFGH3458BFH234567CFH34678G23
ABCFGH12378ABFH136ACFH123568AG13457BCFH2458BG567CG2678GH2
ABCFH178ABG1246ACG14568AGH1457BCG358BGH3567CGH23678H3

Table 2

Red Green Blue Yellow
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Table 3

(Same as Table 2 but with coordinates instead of graphics.)

Red Green Blue Yellow
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8