Randomly inspired puzzle
Published: 2024-05-14

I just watched LEMMiNO's Youtube video about the famous, unbreakable Kryptos code. I used to be interested in cryptography and stuff, and this video kinda got me hooked into it again, so I came up with my own cypher and wrote this puzzle out of boredom.

The encrypted message

The original message was encrypted with a Python script consisting of 5 lines. [REDACTED] lines were for assignments and the others were for and if-else clauses.

aigdvyzoiããqằyzắăãàáyvẳxâãăắẩẫạẫẽẵếậặỉỉềệóếổệếĩíồởọơếộỡóỡỏợủổỏụữủủữỡờốụぃứぁữỷỹựいぁぇỷぇựựきぇあỳがきしぁげおぐおえごそさぜけくげせっこちぞぞしちとどぞぜぱそどどばぱてつべづぱぱへへぶぬどぴばぺまもめへぼぽゆぴみぺぷよろもみわよゆややめらゃゑよeゎよんゎfゑわゎmゑlllooqàmikuwjvlázằpáuăẳầấẩầấẳèăẽậèăđẳểéệâểậếìòóỏòóìồếỗọồếôìởốợịởọớùưữừưữùỳớỹýưứúỹぅぅỳỵứいか?づだごくぬおずぎらかうするくおcしけじでちゐじつすでgしにらぢゅてばtづだsねれぢぷでゃとほzぱぬặべびへぶáまへふほらắやまぺdらわやọめbhれりêをれaわỡdゑkúhbàんlgiềpnlộtnkqạợztpèạặzきwậẹẳăỹẩẳấặしèầểそẹậổẫễéêýỉìơíずỏ?ゅềkmゃéぼpまゃpゐỏvxゎíょàãôàfろêゑídắờjóẫdrfỏjộpéửvớễpárởvưảịいẳựọảくĩう

I also made a 13x13 (last row has a length of 14) matrix with whitespaces to make the message look cleaner.

a i g d v y z o i ã ã 
q ằ y z ắ ă ã à á y v 
ẳ x â ã ă ắ ẩ ẫ ạ ẫ ẽ 
ẵ ế ậ ặ ỉ ỉ ề ệ ó ế ổ 
ệ ế ĩ í ồ ở ọ ơ ế ộ ỡ 
ó ỡ ỏ ợ ủ ổ ỏ ụ ữ ủ ủ 
ữ ỡ ờ ố ụ ぃ ứ ぁ ữ ỷ ỹ 
ự い ぁ ぇ ỷ ぇ ự ự き ぇ あ 
ỳ が き し ぁ げ お ぐ お え ご 
そ さ ぜ け く げ せ っ こ ち ぞ 
ぞ し ち と ど ぞ ぜ ぱ そ ど ど 
ば ぱ て つ べ づ ぱ ぱ へ へ ぶ 
ぬ ど ぴ ば ぺ ま も め へ ぼ ぽ 
ゆ ぴ み ぺ ぷ よ ろ も み わ よ 
ゆ や や め ら ゃ ゑ よ e ゎ よ 
ん ゎ f ゑ わ ゎ m ゑ l l l 
o o q à m i k u w j v 
l á z ằ p á u ă ẳ ầ ấ 
ẩ ầ ấ ẳ è ă ẽ ậ è ă đ 
ẳ ể é ệ â ể ậ ế ì ò ó 
ỏ ò ó ì ồ ế ỗ ọ ồ ế ô 
ì ở ố ợ ị ở ọ ớ ù ư ữ 
ừ ư ữ ù ỳ ớ ỹ ý ư ứ ú 
ỹ ぅ ぅ ỳ ỵ ứ い か ? づ だ 
ご く ぬ お ず ぎ ら か う す る 
く お c し け じ で ち ゐ じ つ 
す で g し に ら ぢ ゅ て ば t 
づ だ s ね れ ぢ ぷ で ゃ と ほ 
z ぱ ぬ ặ べ び へ ぶ á ま へ 
ふ ほ ら ắ や ま ぺ d ら わ や 
ọ め b h れ り ê を れ a わ 
ỡ d ゑ k ú h b à ん l g 
i ề p n l ộ t n k q ạ 
ợ z t p è ạ ặ z き w ậ 
ẹ ẳ ă ỹ ẩ ẳ ấ ặ し è ầ 
ể そ ẹ ậ ổ ẫ ễ é ê ý ỉ 
ì ơ í ず ỏ ? ゅ ề k m ゃ 
é ぼ p ま ゃ p ゐ ỏ v x ゎ 
í ょ à ã ô à f ろ ê ゑ í 
d ắ ờ j ó ẫ d r f ỏ j 
ộ p é ử v ớ ễ p á r ở 
v ư ả ị い ẳ ự ọ ả く ĩ う

Hints

(More) hints may be given out at some point in the future, probably when someone manages to crack the message, or when people complain about the difficulty of this puzzle.

  • [what is there to be found...]

Hall of Fame

If you somehow managed to crack the message, then maybe contact me. I will add you to the 'Hall of Fame' below :)

No.NameDate
1VnPower14/05/2024

Endnote

Maybe I will add this to next month's exozine issue.

Also check out LEMMiNO's YouTube channel! He is one of my favorite content creators on the platform, and arguably one of the best too. I would definitely recommend him if you like long and detailed documentary videos.