Cipher: Crack the Code Game Tips and Hints

Developers from Gamemastertips created a so-called Cipher: Crack the Code, which is a challenging yet complicated online puzzle game subbed by Benjamin Gabbay.

Want to play a riddle game that will blow your mind completely? Well, this is a bizarre online puzzle-mystery game. 

Play Cipher Crack the Code by GameMasterTips!

 "Cipher is an online riddle game. Its original name means "a message in code." An online website with sets of puzzles requires a broad range of knowledge, from basic to advanced.

You can play it here:

http://www.gamemastertips.com/cipher/cipher.htm

Changelog Updates

• Last Updated September 16, 201,2 10:21PM GMT+8added level 11-15 +minor changes 
• Updated September 1,5 201,2 10:21PM GMT+,8 minor changes + procedures+morehints

CIPHER TIPS, HINTS, PROCEDURE, HOW-TOS, INFORMATION

Pieces of advice and suggestions (Some need to replace/change the URL before .htm, and you can view the page source)

• Level 1: If you read the link address, you will know the answer (click the door) and proceed to level 2. :)
• Level 2: click the image, and you'll see: "The door is locked! Find another way to get to level 3... what does the page title say?"

Page Title says URL? So try to change the word level2 before .htm to level3.

• Level 3: it shows Get to the SOURCE of the problem! 

So you need to get the page source: How? Right-click on the page -choose View Page Source, and you will get the answer, and proceed to level 4

• Level 4: The computer talks in binary, so you need to convert binary to text. 

Binary: 011101000111001001101111011010100110000101101110

Text: <your decoded binary>+ .htm

Then you see almost. Click the link in the image (no. 4) and enter your password box answer.

So in braggart.htm, click the Number 4 Image.

You will be prompted to enter a Username and Password: the username will be Cipher, and the password will be the Binary converted to TEXT. See above for clues.

• Level 5: Brick the wall(Page title = come to the dark side...)  Just view the source; there's an HTM file there...you need to visit it(get the page source again), and there's HTM to level 6 there.

Procedure:

View Source first, then you will get a link from the & iframe & tag :)) click and visit it..then, light source again, and you will see an HTM link... copy it and replace the .htm to proceed to Level 6

• Level 6: Chain of Letters | Get the code of origin, then you will see an image... go try to visit that picture, and it will lead you through a series of photos... just combine those letters to get level 7.

First, it displays screen6a.jpg, then visits this set of notes and changes the image filename, 6b, 6o.jpg, 6L, 6i, 6s,6h,6e,6d, so... append these characters...

Still, can't figure it out?

Here.
SPOILERSaSPOILERSbSPOILERSoSPOILERSlSPOILERSiSPOILERSsSPOILERShSPOILERSeSPOILERSdSPOILERS

• Level 7: Use of the Photo Manipulating Software (Color/Brightness): Illuminate the Darkness. What does it mean? Basically, you need to light it up... So you need to lower the contrast and brighten it up to see the next level found below the right of the image

Procedure:

1. Download and save as an image

2. Open with Photoshop or any photo editor that has brightness/contrast

In Photoshop

Brightness: +150

Contrast: -50

Make sure the Preview is checked to see the changes when you adjust brightness or contrast. :)

In the bottom-right corner, you will notice a WORD; use it as a password later.

*Alternative with brightness/contrast

Use of Levels
Set the center value to 2-4, and you will see the WORD.

Hint: the word means to keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered.

Then, CLICK the EYE of the chipmunk/rat or whatever it is. :)) then it will prompt for your login information.
Username: cipher

Password: WORD described above :)))

• Level 8: Creepy | ASCII Codes - View the page source. There's a hint there (GIF me,
  GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) is a format for CompuServe images introduced in 1987, while JPG or JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a format for images introduced in 1992.
  Here we go: you need to change the JPG to a GIF. :) and put it in the URL address

The blinking numbers:

SPOILER97SPOILER103SPOILER105SPOILER108SPOILER105SPOILER116SPOILER121SPOILER

The numbers are in ASCII DEC/CHAR form, so you need to decode them to view in plain text.

You need to use the DECODER to get the word and proceed to level 9.
How?
Put the numbers in the spoilers individually into the ASCII DEC/Char input form, and the answer will be on the TEXT form. :))

Hint:
The word is the ability to think and draw conclusions quickly.

.htm

• Level 9:  Musical Note: View the source. You will get picture8ofdoom.jpg; change the number 8 to 9 so it becomes picture9ofdoom.jpg, and you will see the notes here. Then translate notes into letters. Just Google it. But if you are tired.
  
  If you are not familiar with the musical notes, you can view the musical notes to letters here
  atlantadancepartners.com/atlanta_reading_music.html
  
  Hint: The word is a green vegetable for its densely-leaved head.

• Level 10: HEXed: ANSWER | View the Page Source, you will be HEXed, meaning it's a HEXADECIMAL format. And you might notice that Letter 'W' is gray, and you might. Thanks, are the other letters the same? But it is actually different.  If you look closely, you will know what I meant. So how? So you need to get the first character of the color hex. How? I used PicPick Software, but you can use Corel, Photoshop, Gimp, etc.
  
  You can download PicPick here  https://picpick.app/en/, and it is FREE!

SPOILERSDSPOILERSSPOILERSESPOILERSSPOILERSCSPOILERSSPOILERSASPOILERSSPOILERSDSPOILERSSPOILERSESPOILERS

Hint: The word is 10 years

Then click the letter W, and it will again prompt you to enter your login information.
Username: Cipher
Password: <word>.htm

• Level 11: ROME(Roman Numerals):  View the page source, and you will find a small hint.
  XI(11) tries to change it to XII(12), same as the previous level... oh wait, it will display the wrong number, so basically we need another hint here.

The first photo has a number there, set to low opacity, and it is 1009; we need to convert it to Roman Numeral since the picture uses a Roman numeral and the page source is linked to Roman Numeral.

Convert Number to Roman Numeral here: http://www.onlineconversion.com/roman_numerals_advanced.htm

Hint: The word is to combine or blend into one

.htm

• Level 12: Keys | view the page source, and you will get
  
  Is it the monitor? But it says, "the keys." So in front of me are my keyboard and mouse, and therefore it is literally meant only the keyboard.
  
  Next:
   
  Since it is on the keyboard, we will examine the hint.
  
  i ->  o
  x -> c
  
  It turns out that the core 'i' becomes 'o' and 'x' to 'c,' so the pattern here is the NEXT RIGHT key on the Standard keyboard.
  
  Therefore, in this statement:   
  Move all to the next right key
  u ->
  b ->
  c ->
  w- ->
  b- ->
  r- ->
  u- ->
  i- ->
  b ->
  
  If there's a problem with your keyboard, you can also use this hint.
  Also, the hint is a machine/device. 9 characters.
  
  <word>.htm

Level 13:  Friday 13: View the page source, and you will get these
<!--
dd/{mm}/1949 1st
dd/{mm}/1984 2nd
dd/{mm}/1946 2nd
dd/{mm}/1955 1st
dd/{mm}/1937 1st
dd/{mm}/1981 3rd
-->
<!--No, this level does NOT have anything to do with Rebecca Black.-->

Okay, let's further examine these hints.
It is Friday, and it is 13, so it also means FRIDAY THE 13TH.
dd/{mm} is a format used by many people/computers, which means dd - day (01-31), mm - Month (01-12)
so 1st we will find  dd/{mm}/1949 1st Friday, the result is

May 13, 1949

How did I come up with that?

I used the Friday the 13th Finder here: http://www.taliscope.com/FindFriday13.html.

How to utilize that site?

Choose the beginning and ending years that are the years above the hints.

And click the Find a button, then wait for the result. Then collect it

I collected it here

May 1949

April 1984

December 1946

May 1955

August 1937

November 1981

so what is that word? ;))
<word>.htm

Level 14: Sounds | You will see this

A NOTE ABOUT LEVEL 14

Level 14 is all about sound. Therefore, your computer must play music, and you must hear the sound.

Due to complaints about deaf riddles and the possibility of people without sound cards, this level is now optional.

If you would like to play through level 14, http://www.gamemastertips.com/cipher/pippity/dissolve.htm

If you cannot hear the sound for whatever reason and would like to progress to level 15, visit

http://www.gamemastertips.com/cipher/pippity/puyrruh.htm

You can answer it or go directly to level 15, right?

• Level 15: Dissolve Image: What's wrong with this picture?
  So it means it has a problem in viewing the image, right? How do you tell what exactly the problem is?
  
  Procedure: View the pagesource, you will notice  <img src="screenthe15th.txt" width="32" height="32">

Yes, the <img> tag must be in image format, like .jpg, .gif, .png, so you need to replace .txt with .jpg :)
The 
<img> tag is a HTML tag syntax.
I would like to extend my gratitude to my friend Ken for his answers and hints. And the thing is. You have to enjoy it! ... The level upwards will be posted soon. =D

That is for now.
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