On the Subject of Survey Says
I bet you never thought about which modules *actually* use “port plates” and not just ports.
On the module are four colored buzzers, one each colored Rose, Jade, Orange, and Violet
The Survey has chosen a module from the Repository of Manual Pages to “survey”.
With its (albeit very limited) survey, The Survey learns what edgework the module uses, as well as its scores and difficulties.
Pressing pairs of buttons will cause The Survey to tell you a certain aspect of the surveyed module.
To solve the module, figure out what module was surveyed, do the same query twice in a row to enter submission, then spell out the module’s name.
The Survey will continue to take letters until at least 5 letters have been typed, and the name is unique. If the name of the correct module is fully spelled, it will solve then.
This module supports modules made up to March 2nd, 2018, with the latest module being Skyrim.
Y is never considered to be a vowel.
To decode a difficulty:
| Trivial | Very Easy | Easy | Medium | Hard | Very Hard | Extreme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jade | Jade+Violet | Violet | Violet+Orange | Orange | Orange+Rose | Rose |
To decode letters (A1Z26) and numbers from flashes: For each flash (“ding”), append 4 bits, their value depending if the color at that position is flashing: Rose, Orange, Violet, Jade. Convert to decimal.
NB: A “ding” without any colors flashing is still 4 bits of value 0!
Ex: First flash is Orange and Jade, second “flash” is nothing. Resulting binary is 0101 0000 = 80.