Halloween Puzzle
A collaborative Halloween investigation: four mysteries to solve as a team, then a final puzzle.
- Type
- Collaborative puzzle
- Platform
- Browser
- Schedule
- Every evening from 8 PM
- Length
- Four hours, then the final puzzle
About the project
I built this web app to liven up a Halloween night. The idea: get the members of my community to work together to solve a horrifying mystery.
Once the project was finished, I made it publicly available. The puzzle starts every evening at 8 PM. It has four mysteries to solve in four hours, and if every clue is found, the final puzzle opens from midnight to 2 AM.
Features
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Four mysteries, one final puzzle
The mysteries are solved one after another, over four hours. The clues you find unlock the last puzzle, which is only open from midnight to two in the morning.
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Light encryption
Players like to read the code to crack puzzles. Rather than add a server, I encrypted the data with CryptoJS. The keys stay visible on the client, but the process is enough to discourage, and it let me focus on the content.
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A daily appointment
Every evening at 8 PM, the puzzle starts again. It is an appointment you follow from one day to the next, not a game you finish in one sitting.
Built with
- Vue 3
- CryptoJS