The longest any round has taken my team was eight minutes, and the shortest was two minutes. This year, the daily rounds only have one puzzle, and they’re much simpler than the 2021 games. And if I had a busy day, there was no penalty for waiting to try a game until it was convenient, as long as the game was finished before the final round on Saturday. It meant I had about an hour of puzzles per night. Then at the end of the night I would flip flop and play the other game I hadn’t tried yet. In 2021, our team was drowning in puzzles- with two text adventures released per day, the team would split into different combos every day to see if both teams could place near the top. The downside of the new theme is that there’s less puzzle to go around on any given day. Competitive teams will still be motivated to race to the end for bragging rights. Ultimately I feel like that’s a great decision- this is marketed as a hunt for beginners, so beginners deserve a shot at the prize. Another change is that the first prize is no longer granted to the first finisher, but rather to one random team that finishes on the first day. This year, Cryptex Hunt’s theme has changed to “hidden puzzle within a simple puzzle like a word search or rebus.” It’s a fun gimmick that’s extremely accessible for new players.
Cryptex Hunt was a delight for my schedule- two ~20 minute games per night for a week, followed by a final round that took a few hours, was a great way for me to build my week around puzzles without sacrificing the rest of my life.
Cryptext hunt 2019 full#
While I love the effort that goes into the MIT hunts, I can’t dedicate a full weekend to a single activity. One of the things I appreciate about Cryptex Hunt is that it didn’t ask much of its participants from a time perspective. The 2021 games are still available on the Cryptex Hunt site- if you haven’t tried them, I cannot recommend them highly enough. I love old text adventures and the Cryptex team did a great job bringing their games to life. Last year’s Cryptex Hunt took the form of an Adventuron jam, with two text adventure games released daily and about five released the final day. I was really looking forward to this year’s hunt.
This week has been the kickoff for the 2022 hunt, and tomorrow, March 5th, is when the rubber hits the road for the bulk of the challenge. In 2021, Cryptex Hunt was one of my favorite puzzle hunts.
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