Mystery Hunt 101: Puzzle solving resources and practice hunts
I gave a quick talk at Barcamp Boston on what puzzle hunts are, and how they work. Unfortunately, the projector completely failed to work, so I wasn't actually able to show puzzles on the big screen. I did collect a pile of links beforehand, and want to throw them up somewhere generally accessible. Anyone else on my friends list have good links I missed? (The Sages wiki has a ton of good stuff, but it'd be poor form for me to copy it without checking with people)
Resources:
Practice hunts, where at least the bulk of the hunt is online:
Resources:
- MIT Mystery Hunt 2010, with solution notes - this is *not* the place for a newcomer to get started, but it'll give you an idea what's possible.
- ACME's Have You Tried list [PDF]
- Mystery Hunt LJ community
- Puzzles that make good coding exercises
Practice hunts, where at least the bulk of the hunt is online:
- Labor Intensive by Mark Halpin 12 puzzles plus Meta
- Are We There Yet by Mark Halpin - 12 puzzles plus meta
- Mathcamp 2008 - 15 puzzles in 2 rounds, plus meta
- Sekkrets - Big! 7 rounds of 7 puzzles+Meta, then a meta-meta