DP Puzzle Hunt

The DP Puzzle Hunt was a puzzle hunt run in September 2020. The hunt had a relatively low difficulty and was targeted at teams that are new to puzzle hunts, but was open to puzzlers of all skill levels.

The hunt also featured a point ✨ scoring system, where teams which did not solve the final metapuzzle were ranked by their number of points and tie-broken by the earliest last solve time. Points were earned by solving puzzles, and each puzzle was worth a certain number of points: 2 for round 1 feeders, 4 for round 2 feeders and 10 for metapuzzles.

Plot
Dippy the dragon-phoenix was unable to find friends to celebrate their rebirthday with. Dippy asks solvers to solve puzzles on Dilemma Planet to help find Dippy's friends and assist Dippy in completing their rebirth.

Postsolve Instructions
Unlocking simulator

The hunt is linear, and you can unlock the puzzles in order from the top. The following is a close approximation of the hunt unlock structure for any archive-solves.

Start with 4 puzzles unlocked (width 4). When you solve one puzzle, unlock another. Meta unlocks at 4 solves. Unlock Round 2 on solving the meta.

Start with 3 puzzles unlocked (width 3). Increase to width 4 after 1st Round 2 solve (Unlock 2 puzzles after 1st solve). Increase to width 5 after 4th Round 2 solve. Increase to width 6 after 7th Round 2 solve. Meta unlocks at 14 Round 2 solves. Finish hunt on solving the meta.

Round 1: Finding Friends

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Round 2: Finding Myself

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