Tìngäzìk: a Retrospective – ep. 2 “Barcode”

Barcode #easy

Expected solvable difficulty

• nohint+: most challengers

Level design

This level is there to ensure that challengers are able to see the graphics. As another warm-up level, it shall be easy, and involve graphics. To achieve, I took one of the most common form of visual encoding in daily life, barcode, as the format.

In addition, I tried to make all the graphics used in SVG to my best effort, so as to allow players spending less time trying to decode anything steganographically.

I picked various types of barcode for this stage:

• ISBN (EAN 13): 9781916284807
  Collection of Research on Chinese Typography, The Type (2020)
• Code128: cascade
• EAN 13: 4961818032750
  Hatsune Miku Project DIVA MEGA39’s Dedicated Controller for Nintendo Switch
• Code39: ABCD1234

Expected thought process

See barcodes, then find a tool to scan it.