Three codes were hidden in the HTML code of the The Festival post on the Investigate Ingress blog.
[1] .--. ---.. --.- .--. --... --.. --.- --.. --.- --.- -..- -..- -.-. .-. --.. -.-. --.- -... --.. -.... --.- --.. --.- -... --.- ...-- .-.. ..- -... --
[2] rrreccoxrrrecowrrroxxweccxxxweconxrecoxxwrrecoxwecwrrrcccorrrexcxxw
[3] isjdsisieuraifisaocf
Code #1
Observations
Sometime things are not what they seem. Maybe count how many characters you have.
Spoiler
You could try converting to morse and figure what it all means but if you count the characters in the string it comes up to 120. 120 divided by 8 is 15 which makes it a good candidate for binary. Make groups of 8 and convert dots to 0 and dashes to 1
.--.---.01101110
.--.-.--01101011
.--...--01100011
..--.---00110111
..--.---00110111
.--..--.01100110
.--.-..-01101001
.--..-.-01100101
.--.--..01101100
.--..-..01100100
..--.---00110111
..--.--.00110110
..--.-..00110100
.--.-...01101000
.--...--01100011
Convert binary to Ascii
nkc77field764hc
You could try converting to morse and figure what it all means but if you count the characters in the string it comes up to 120. 120 divided by 8 is 15 which makes it a good candidate for binary. Make groups of 8 and convert dots to 0 and dashes to 1
.--.---.01101110
.--.-.--01101011
.--...--01100011
..--.---00110111
..--.---00110111
.--..--.01100110
.--.-..-01101001
.--..-.-01100101
.--.--..01101100
.--..-..01100100
..--.---00110111
..--.--.00110110
..--.-..00110100
.--.-...01101000
.--...--01100011
Convert binary to Ascii
nkc77field764hc
Code #2
Observations
Notice how characters are repeating and only use certain letters ?
Spoiler
Start with Atbash
iiivxxlciiivxldiiilccdvxxcccdvxlmcivxlccdiivxlcdvxdiiixxxliiivcxccd
We now have roman numerals, reverse the string
dccxcviiilxxxiiidxvdclxviidcclxvicmlxvdcccxxvdccliiidlxviiiclxxviii
Split to have valid roman numerals and convert them to decimal.
dccxcviii798
lxxxiii083
dxv515
dclxvii667
dcclxvi766
cmlxv965
dcccxxv825
dccliii753
dlxviii568
clxxviii178
Make sure to put the leading 0 on the second value (83).
Make pairs
79 80 83 51 56 67 76 69 65 82 57 53 56 81 78
Convert decimal to Ascii
OPS38CLEAR958QN
Start with Atbash
iiivxxlciiivxldiiilccdvxxcccdvxlmcivxlccdiivxlcdvxdiiixxxliiivcxccd
We now have roman numerals, reverse the string
dccxcviiilxxxiiidxvdclxviidcclxvicmlxvdcccxxvdccliiidlxviiiclxxviii
Split to have valid roman numerals and convert them to decimal.
dccxcviii798
lxxxiii083
dxv515
dclxvii667
dcclxvi766
cmlxv965
dcccxxv825
dccliii753
dlxviii568
clxxviii178
Make sure to put the leading 0 on the second value (83).
Make pairs
79 80 83 51 56 67 76 69 65 82 57 53 56 81 78
Convert decimal to Ascii
OPS38CLEAR958QN
Code #3
Observations
20 characters, you can see a few 2 letter numbers in there.
Spoiler
Reverse the string
fcoasifiarueisisdjsi
When making a rectangle you can almost see the keyword aura put the rest doesn’t work. Change the 2 letter numbers to numbers first
fcoa65aru86sdj6
Make a 3×5 grid
fco
a65
aru
86s
dj6
Read left from the upper right O
ocf56auras686jd
Reverse the string
fcoasifiarueisisdjsi
When making a rectangle you can almost see the keyword aura put the rest doesn’t work. Change the 2 letter numbers to numbers first
fcoa65aru86sdj6
Make a 3×5 grid
fco
a65
aru
86s
dj6
Read left from the upper right O
ocf56auras686jd
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