Unreadable font. Bug... or feature?

[Alketal]

Unreadable font
"Third eye hat", "Opacity 100%", even "Magic lamp" uses unreadable font. The rest text is absolutely usual.

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/32972321465694646/AE6C54088AD7A3E48DFE2E2CC900C1D8B6B66D35/
http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/32972321465894853/726B53A804A54FF6695730F6FD685E7B4BC44781/

[Alketal]

I tried to play that way. But how to play if I can't understand descriptions?
I thought that it's a feature which I can't understand or I just don't have required item to decipher that text but I'm not sure. So, is it bug or feature?

[SmashManiac]

Both. The feature is that you skipped a puzzle in Act 3 that deciphers the text. The bug is that you were able to get past the warden without solving that puzzle first.

[Alketal]

I changed my name with Magic lamp. My new name wasn't in "wanted" list - so warden just gave me permission to pass. Btw, thanks for reply. Looks like I need to go back.

[SmashManiac]

Oh wow, you were able to change your name without understanding the text? Interesting...

[Nixitur]

Originally posted by Alketal:

I tried to play that way. But how to play if I can't understand descriptions?

Well, you can decipher most of it by just looking at the names of certain things.
For example, with the standard names "Alice" and "Bob", you already have 7 fairly common letters. "Guard" and "Fireball" are also pretty obvious, as are the wanted posters. Given all that, Halcyon's and Ida's speech will probably give you the rest since you can often safely guess what a symbol means if you've got most of the letters in a word.
So, yes, you can absolutely play without having solved the glyph puzzle. But unless you have a good memory for strange symbols, it'll get tedious.

[Alketal]

It does not matter. Already rescued the princess a few hours ago.

[sirius_black9999]

Originally posted by Alketal:

I changed my name with Magic lamp. My new name wasn't in "wanted" list - so warden just gave me permission to pass. Btw, thanks for reply. Looks like I need to go back.

bhahaha... why do you play by the rules

seriously though...
i did do the puzzle in act 3 (i think), but i still don't have normal text (it may just not have triggered correctly),
i also glitched out the dragon behind the two guards at the beginning by choosing to not warp back in time and then getting hit so i now have 0/104 hp, making the warden not target me anymore because he thinks i'm dead (in fact, all enemies think i'm dead and nothing knocks me back anymore)
i also simply walked past the warden because i used the boomerang with the reprogram-self artifact to set my own speed to 1000, which lets me avoid his flail altogether


also:

Originally posted by SmashManiac:

Both. The feature is that you skipped a puzzle in Act 3 that deciphers the text. The bug is that you were able to get past the warden without solving that puzzle first.

as stated above, i've circumvented the warden in two different ways before progressing, and i'm FAIRLY sure you can even get around him using movement technique alone (circle around the flail far enough and it'll knock you back towards the warden)