Help Us Solve the ARG (How to obtain the Secure the Bags achievement)

[Foboz]

After finishing realism mode just like CTcommander Senpai i got a code /hpbpcsyprz which when is translated with ceaser cypher i get "samandjack". I went to the game web page and in the URL i added /samandjack. https://leftonreadga.me/samandjack/ redirects me to a page with a video of a poem and audio of a morse code. When the morse code is decoded it says: WE ONLY HAVE NOW ALL WE'VE EVER HAD IS NOW . There are probably more puzzles to solve. This is all i found so far. Hope this helps with solving how to get the achievement "Secured the bag" . Good Luck

Lastest clues::
1. When 6191857249 is dialed on the ingame phone, it plays a repeating sound (still to be solved)

UPDATE:


Easter eggs: 420 69



If anyone want to join us brainstorming feel free to come to the discord server: https://discord.gg/BY9Q2XnQDf

UPDATE 2: Today 27.03.2024 - The game was updated. Day 100 was unlocked. In it there are 3 messages. They are coded in Keyboard shift cipher.
When decoded they read:
Being alone for so long has made me existential. 01091944 I\m starting to question everything. Why is everything the way it is? The majority of things are stupid. 10291523 Like the keyboard, there\s no reason for the way it\s set up. 09051919 It was originally designed so that typewriters wouldn\t get stuck when they were typing letters fast. 04092018 But now it\s completely useless. But we\re all okay with it? I don\t understand. 05139845 Why have we failed to continue to innovate? What are we afraid of? Why are piano keys black and white? I assume it\s because piano keys were originally made of ebony and ivory. 02091949 But now everything is artificial. Is artificial still real? I can\t decide.
I miss the simple things in life... the things my body could really feel. 09230916 Hiking with friends. Cold air. Fresh grass. 10091832 I feel like I\m going crazy stuck in here.
Also, I forgot if I already told you, but I\m obsessed with crossword puzzles. I do the NYT crosswords every day. 06221651 It\s the only thing that keeps me sane. I recommend you do them too. Then we\ll have something to talk about. 11011951

**Solution:** Discovered by @shirotheshiro (on Discord)

The first six digits of each number corresponds to a month/day/year. The last two digits are the clue in the in the daily NYT crossword.

**01091944** - 01/09/2019 - 44 - SIX (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=1/9/2019)
**10291523** - 10/29/2015 - ONE (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=10/29/2015)
**09051919 ** - 09/05/2019 - NINE (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=9/5/2019)
**04092018 ** - 04/09/2020 - ONE (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=4/9/2020)
**05139845 ** - 05/13/1998 - EIGHT (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=5/13/1998)
**02091949 ** - 02/09/2019 - FIVE (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=2/9/2019)
**09230916 ** - 09/23/2009 - SEVEN (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=9/23/2009)
**10091832 ** - 10/09/2018 - TWO (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=10/9/2018)
**06221651 ** - 06/22/2016 - FOUR (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=6/22/2016)
**11011951** - 11/01/2019 - NINE (https://www.xwordinfo.com/Crossword?date=11/1/2019)

[JeffSpaghetti]

after looking at the film many times i really think the whol 1/600 thing is nothing. i could easily be wrong but it just seems like what was left over once he erased the board but again i could easily be wrong. Our biggest issue now is figuring out if the video was the answer to the greenland puzzle or if the greenland image was all a clue to the video... all we know is that we have the answer to what belongs in the box. i'm currently digging into the correlation between greenland and the 307/600 but also greenland and hyper geometrics

[lucas.schenfeld]

引用自 JeffSpaghetti：

after looking at the film many times i really think the whol 1/600 thing is nothing. i could easily be wrong but it just seems like what was left over once he erased the board but again i could easily be wrong. Our biggest issue now is figuring out if the video was the answer to the greenland puzzle or if the greenland image was all a clue to the video... all we know is that we have the answer to what belongs in the box. i'm currently digging into the correlation between greenland and the 307/600 but also greenland and hyper geometrics

I'm seconding this.

Also, I was recently thinking "backwards"...
See, we know the achievement unlocks if you trigger some kind of event in the game. Suppose Vanishing Point is the end of the road, what could we try in the game to see if something happens, with the information we have? Typing 1/600 in some specific day? Someone noted every remarkable aspect of the film. Seems like the character goes 'the other way' in the library, and I also figured you can "jump back" in every conversation, like a platformer game. Maybe jumping back and forth in a specific point? I'm remembering this kind of "cheats", like in the NES game Circus Charlie, where you jump back and forth a pot of fire, and a coin flies in the air, and if you manage to catch it, well you'll be "securing the bag", you know...

[clarclaire]

引用自 TiredOracle：

引用自 clarclaire：

there are vulnerabilities on his site tho, and i feel like that would not be on purpose unless he wants us to hack him (not going to do that fyi)

Since we've been explicitly told that the reason we have to wait on the patch to be able to win the achievement in game is because the dev didn't want anyone looking at the code to cheat, I don't think he would have made hacking his site a prerequisite for winning.

At least, I hope not. =\

yeah just making it clear i will not do anything to any of the sites

[steve.buzzbee]

引用自 lucas.schenfeld：

引用自 JeffSpaghetti：

after looking at the film many times i really think the whol 1/600 thing is nothing. i could easily be wrong but it just seems like what was left over once he erased the board but again i could easily be wrong. Our biggest issue now is figuring out if the video was the answer to the greenland puzzle or if the greenland image was all a clue to the video... all we know is that we have the answer to what belongs in the box. i'm currently digging into the correlation between greenland and the 307/600 but also greenland and hyper geometrics

I'm seconding this.

Also, I was recently thinking "backwards"...
See, we know the achievement unlocks if you trigger some kind of event in the game. Suppose Vanishing Point is the end of the road, what could we try in the game to see if something happens, with the information we have? Typing 1/600 in some specific day? Someone noted every remarkable aspect of the film. Seems like the character goes 'the other way' in the library, and I also figured you can "jump back" in every conversation, like a platformer game. Maybe jumping back and forth in a specific point? I'm remembering this kind of "cheats", like in the NES game Circus Charlie, where you jump back and forth a pot of fire, and a coin flies in the air, and if you manage to catch it, well you'll be "securing the bag", you know...

I like it.
I personally occasionally went back to the beginning of a day just to see if something new popped up while I was playing the game.

The issue though?
We can't test it because the game has yet to be patched with the trigger for the achievement.
There is something we must do OUT OF GAME to show the dev that we figured it out before he gives us access to do it in game... or so he said anyways.

引用自 westonbdev：

Hi all,

This is intentional to prevent those who are trying to wrongfully unlock the achievement using glitches and cheat engines. I've been closely monitoring the analytics for the webpages of the ARG and I can see that no one has gotten to the final step yet. Once I see this, I'll be uploading a patch that allows the player to to get the "secured the bag" achievement.

Thanks,
Weston

[Killdrax]

Where the dev wrote about we need to find it first and then we will allow us to trigger the achiv?

[CTcommander Senpai]

引用自 Killdrax：

Where the dev wrote about we need to find it first and then we will allow us to trigger the achiv?

In the " 'Possible' achievement is apparently trigger-less" thread by Abstrakt Dre.

[Killdrax]

Thank you

[TiredOracle]

Not that anything means anything, but if Vanishing Point is a real clue, then everything on Sheenan's twitter probably is.

On April 29th, both dev's made weird announcments that probably could have been handled via text instead of announced on social media:

Weston Bell-Geddes @westonbdev · Apr 29
after much thought i've decided to move to the Godot engine

Sheehan Ahmed @wheatpenguin · Apr 29
After much deliberation, I have decided to abandon unity3d engine for the more professional-friendly scratch

But, more importantly (or weirdly?), were these two pokemon pictures that are on all of Sheenan's socials? Like, he might just be really proud of them, but Weston did comment on one with "I think you dropped this 🏆"

I can't make anything of it - and I certainly can't make it connect to the "samandjack" clue - so I didn't want to mention it. I'm just really stuck (like the rest of us).

P.S. Not that anything means anything, but also this? https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/311385999/ Because"Route 216 Nighttime Candid" + "Artwork by me but you hear route 216 music"???

[Killdrax]

Anyway, we still need to wait for a patch... So does it mean that all this work is going to be halted by now?

[lucas.schenfeld]

引用自 Killdrax：

Anyway, we still need to wait for a patch... So does it mean that all this work is going to be halted by now?

As far as I understood, we are going to get notified by @westonbdev when we reached the solution, as he seems to be reading all of these comments, and then he will proceed to patch the game, in order for the achievement to be unlocked. Is that correct? If we don't get to the solution, or we don't get news from the dev, then we are to continue looking for it

[Killdrax]

引用自 lucas.schenfeld：

引用自 Killdrax：

Anyway, we still need to wait for a patch... So does it mean that all this work is going to be halted by now?

As far as I understood, we are going to get notified by @westonbdev when we reached the solution, as he seems to be reading all of these comments, and then he will proceed to patch the game, in order for the achievement to be unlocked. Is that correct? If we don't get to the solution, or we don't get news from the dev, then we are to continue looking for it

That makes sense... Anyone else agree?

[Foboz]

引用自 lucas.schenfeld：

引用自 Killdrax：

Anyway, we still need to wait for a patch... So does it mean that all this work is going to be halted by now?

As far as I understood, we are going to get notified by @westonbdev when we reached the solution, as he seems to be reading all of these comments, and then he will proceed to patch the game, in order for the achievement to be unlocked. Is that correct? If we don't get to the solution, or we don't get news from the dev, then we are to continue looking for it

Yes exacly. We need to finish the arg and then he will path the game with the achievement trigger.

[Killdrax]

Sorry to ask, what is "arg"?

I have been reading and following everything on this thread.

[Foboz]

引用自 Killdrax：

Sorry to ask, what is "arg"?

I have been reading and following everything on this thread.

Alternate reality game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

[steve.buzzbee]

引用自 Killdrax：

Sorry to ask, what is "arg"?

I have been reading and following everything on this thread.

It's the sound you make after hours of pouring your heart and soul into this puzzle and realizing you have no hair left because you tore it all out

"ARGGGGG!!!!"