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|author = John Ananny, John Owens |
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'''Creatures From Outer Space''' is |
'''Creatures From Outer Space''' is an image ID puzzle from the {{l|Spaceopolis}} round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2020|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. It predominantly features a series of pictures of American politicians, distorted in various ways. |
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==Solve Path== |
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[INSERT SOLVE PATH] |
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[INSERT PICTURE] |
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==Puzzle Elements== |
==Puzzle Elements== |
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[[Image Heavy Presentation]] - Aside from the flavortext, the puzzle is made up entirely of the distorted images. }} |
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[[Image Manipulation]] - A rare case of solvers not actually having to restore the original images! Granted, doing so could help identify the individuals, and ultimately they're just resized to have odd dimensions, so the process is probably within the range of doability.}} |
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[[Hint in Flavortext]] - Multiple references to "looking down upon [the nation]" and being up high should clue solvers towards geography being important in some way.}} |
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Politics - ([[US House of Representatives]]/[[Gerrymandering]]) - While geopgraphy is in fact important, this ultimately falls under the umbrella of political puzzles, as the geography that's important is US congressional districts. All of the people pictures are members of the house of representatives (from the time of the hunt, at least), and as such each have a district assigned to them. Solvers can arrange these (ridiculously gerrymandered) districts so that they're resized and turned to match the pictures of their representatives.}} |
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[[Alphabet Lookalikes]] - If done correctly, the resizing of the districts should result in letters (or letter-ish shapes) being formed, spelling the final answer.}} |
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[[Asked and Answered]] - ''"What did these people really care about?"'' Prior to solving the puzzle, this acts as a hint towards finding their regions, but afterwards it's just a witty little joke. |
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{{#spoiler:show=Final Answer|'''GREENBACKS''' (a slang for American money}} |
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Revision as of 04:04, 19 April 2022
| Creatures from Outer Space | |
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| MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
| Spaceopolis | |
 The puzzle's icon, a building with a large green alien sitting on top of it. | |
| Author(s) | John Ananny, John Owens |
| Links | |
| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
Creatures From Outer Space is an image ID puzzle from the Spaceopolis round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt. It predominantly features a series of pictures of American politicians, distorted in various ways.
Puzzle Elements
Click to revealImage Heavy Presentation - Aside from the flavortext, the puzzle is made up entirely of the distorted images.
Click to revealImage Manipulation - A rare case of solvers not actually having to restore the original images! Granted, doing so could help identify the individuals, and ultimately they're just resized to have odd dimensions, so the process is probably within the range of doability.
Click to revealHint in Flavortext - Multiple references to "looking down upon [the nation]" and being up high should clue solvers towards geography being important in some way.
Click to revealPolitics - (US House of Representatives/Gerrymandering) - While geopgraphy is in fact important, this ultimately falls under the umbrella of political puzzles, as the geography that's important is US congressional districts. All of the people pictures are members of the house of representatives (from the time of the hunt, at least), and as such each have a district assigned to them. Solvers can arrange these (ridiculously gerrymandered) districts so that they're resized and turned to match the pictures of their representatives.
Click to revealAlphabet Lookalikes - If done correctly, the resizing of the districts should result in letters (or letter-ish shapes) being formed, spelling the final answer.
Click to revealAsked and Answered - "What did these people really care about?" Prior to solving the puzzle, this acts as a hint towards finding their regions, but afterwards it's just a witty little joke.
