Achievement question

[Mr.Breadstick]

I'm having trouble getting the "How'd That Get There?" achievement. I've tried all the codes I could see/find in the office, but none of them do anything. Have any of you figured it out?

[LunarBunnie]

I have a feeling the number is not going to be something obvious since ive found no sign of anyone achieving this. I have tried a combination of month, date, year in relation to things marked on the calendar. Ive tried radio stations as gps. Ive looked at every object on the desk I can click (ie pencil, spaceship, feather) to get clues and im just as lost...

[SpaceCataz]

there is also a hidden note under the intercom I wonder if that comes into play at all

[SpaceCataz]

Also looked up warlock and 4 digit code I doubt both are related but there was a game from the same time period that this game takes place where in that game you needed a 4 digit code to unlock the endgame chest seems too big a coincidence to not be related

[Mr.Breadstick]

Originally posted by SpaceCataz:

Also looked up warlock and 4 digit code I doubt both are related but there was a game from the same time period that this game takes place where in that game you needed a 4 digit code to unlock the endgame chest seems too big a coincidence to not be related

Do you know what the game is called?

[Mr.Breadstick]

Originally posted by SpaceCataz:

there is also a hidden note under the intercom I wonder if that comes into play at all

Yes, but what does Abraham Lincoln have to do with warlocks? Is it just a red herring?

[Mr.Breadstick]

For those that want to catch up, SpaceCataz found a piece of graphing paper under the intercom/floppy disc drive, encoded with the in-game code symbols. When I translated them, it came out to "LITTLE NOBODY". At the bottom of the paper, the words were attributed to "Honest Abe", Honest Abe being the nickname for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the U.S. The full quote reads, "I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody", though most historians believe he did not say this. Also of note is that Lincoln lived in Macon County, Illinois for some time, and the map on the wall of the office points to the game's setting being in Illinois. Could Macon County be the linchpin to solve this mystery? Could Lincoln's presidential term be a clue? Since the code was penned by "Honest Abe", could the solution be when Lincoln was still a lawyer? A railsplitter? Could it just be a commentary on the game? A red herring? Maybe the radio stations play a part? This rabbit hole gets deeper by the minute!
(P.S. Sorry for the rant, I just wanted to get all the ideas in my head written down, I apologize)

[LunarBunnie]

It cant be a zip code, thats 5 numbers. While im not ruling out that the paper is a clue.. thought I agree could also be a red herring, Macon County is no where near the red circle on the map. My best guess is around Little Grand Canyon on the west side of Illinois. I tried numbers from the game you were talking about earlier and that did not work either. If I find anything else Ill share it here. Also the game was called "The Warlock's Treasure" I found a game reviewer's blog talking about it with a picture of the numbers to solve his chest.

[Paul]

little nobody is also a betty boop animated short from 1939, which also didn't help

[[WaR] Wulfe]

On the Dev Website, https://www.professorspacegames.com/home , there is a listing for an upcoming game Warlock of the Realms, that looks like it is a similar pixel art style to the achievement picture but I could not find any codes or dates in reference to that game.

I did find a code, 1988, for the other game listed, Mech Wolf, and it gives a message when you input it: 7h3 Y342 0f 7h3 C234702 ("The year of the Creator")

[LunarBunnie]

Going off the Lincoln clues... is it relevant that the first day of the night shift is the exact day (1865) that he was assassinated? I did try that year and it didnt bring anything up but wanted to share this finding to see if it helps anyone else figure it out.

[LunarBunnie]

Here's another thing I just discovered running through the game for the 3rd time lol. One of the sticky notes on the board says "I think ive been re-trained!" It has an image of a skull in red and then eyes, tongue, brain and spine in black and something scribbled on the side. On the back is "90 2" On the calendar you can see the week before the 1st day of 3rd shift was re-training.
When the lights turn red, you cannot see the skull anymore just the black ink parts. Also on the calendar in the red lights the "r" in retraining disappears making the work "retaining"

90 2 is not a radio station as it ends in an even number and its one number off a GPS code.

What does all this mean. No clue lol but trying to share findings and thoughts to see if it triggers anything for anyone else.

[PTWEETSTRAW]

If it helps, there's a section on the calendar marked for retraining.

[LunarBunnie]

Originally posted by PTWEETSTRAW:

If it helps, there's a section on the calendar marked for retraining.

I did mention that. It does also change in appearance when the lights are red.

[detunedcalliope]

So, I got this by accident, and I'm not sure if it's actually hinted at anywhere in-game (or, if it is, I've not found it). It's something you'd try more for meta reasons, I suspect.

Hint 1: It's probably the most common four digit code in games (and has appeared in other forms in many others)
Hint 1a: It was made famous by Deus Ex, but is also known from System Shock, Bioshock, Dishonored, Prey, Deathloop, Subnautica...
Hint 2: It was originally a reference to a famous science fiction novel
Hint 2a: A science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury, to be precise.

Answer: 0451

[LunarBunnie]

Well thank you for gracing this discussion with your presence and assistance! Im kinda mad it wasnt just some code hidden in the game. I have never been aware of this famous 4 digit code before now... ive also never played any of those games..

But thanks again for the assistance! Literally googled "famous 4 digit code in [any of the games from clue 1a] and got the number lol