Grand Mainframe

As promised, here are two ways to hack: 1. Ataraxy rightfully searched for the mechanism that added keys and found it -- I didn't expose the root instance of my component so it wouldn't be simple to manually use this function. It's still accessible from the Mainframe object though you'd need to comb through quite a hierarchy to find it through $parent and $children, the shortest way would be entering this into your console: Mainframe.$root.$children[0].world.addKey("color") 2. Local Storage. I alluded to the fact that tries and keys were held in Local Storage, and that this is often where websites keep data about you if not through cookies. You can manually add items to or modify Local Storage and refresh since I don't do any validation on the backend to check whether or not you've actually earned a key -- I simply take it on faith that it wouldn't be in this array if you hadn't:

Don't need the key as long as you have the password, right? Good job every one! I'll give it a few more hours, then I'll reveal how to hack this game and earn an infinite amount of keys in just a few seconds. But I do have a few questions: Do you have any prior coding or programming experience whatsoever? Have you ever used the DevTools/Inspect feature of your browser before? In doing so, do you feel you've learned anything useful? Did you work alone? How difficult would you say this was? Would you describe exposure to the source code and having to dig through/modify it as overwhelming or manageable? Did you notice any glitches or bugs, or have any feedback in general?

@Csl That's not supposed to happen, getting warm though. I've noticed the page is no longer responsive and behaves strangely since the database crash -- I've never worked with backend before and this is my first attempt at any real, tangible user interactivity, so I'm not 100% confident everything is going to work as expected.

There is no SAM key. Typing in BEAUREGARD into very-suspicio.us/keypad does yield a message about SAM, but there's no implication that this is a key or even for the current game.

This is probably a bad time to mention there are multiple ways to earn each key. For example, in the who are you menu, typing in DESECRATOR earns the Red key. I had quite a few hidden easter eggs like this but decided it was becoming out of hand and trimmed a lot of that out. Cyan and Black are optional. I'd be curious to see if any one can achieve them because it'd be awfully clever. You've done it before, but not in the same place -- somewhere that no other keys are earned.

@vielle Keys are cumulative. I provided the key console passwords and Ctrl+Shift+Space feature so each of you could instantly see the clues revealed by any other if you had the correct passcode, but I may have not been clear enough in encouraging teamwork.

@Ataraxy That was supposed to be a different key instead of two greys, but since Incognito doesn't access local storage you wouldn't have it appear on your toolbar. A bit of mixed wires on my end -- I think all that you're missing is Teal with exception to the two master keys, Black and Cyan. Those were omitted because about 50% of the content/site wasn't published but you can still earn them in connection with one of the clues, it's technically cheating to do so but here, hacking and cheating are 100% encouraged. @vielle If in Chrome, Settings > Advanced Settings > Privacy and Security > Content Settings > Location > Manage Exceptions. @EpicRome23 The orange key is connected to the number of attempts logged, which increment up after a full run or page reload. GM will respond to you with the number of previous attempts each time within your DevTools Console drawer.

WindsweptSuujali[06:35:57]: WHERE BEEN OBELUSShapelySparkstalk[06:47:41]: silver magitech howTraverseShadowBeast[15:47:48]: what?PinkSherbertSaintKing[15:48:31]: I love Grand MainframeShapelySparkstalk[06:57:28]: HOWFlaggyWintersbreathRose[07:05:11]: can i return to Grand Mainframe later?TraverseShadowBeast[16:05:29]: lol!FlaggyWintersbreathRose[07:06:06]: i have classssssssssssGrandMainframe[16:08:48]: You can return at any time. There is no time limit.FlaggyWintersbreathRose[07:09:11]: but the magitechs!! OuterSpaceSpadeHornedCervidae[21:09:12]: the indigo magitech's so hard to Grand Mainframe ughWaggishGashodokuro[21:16:08]: magitech replaceDeathyBanshee[21:16:30]: magitech replace solveSkyBlueRumbler[21:17:24]: replaceSuffusedRixnour[21:17:34]: Grand MainframeStatistOrisianShadowWolf[21:17:57]: get key findOuterSpaceZkrizkas[21:18:09]: replace magitech Grand MainframePeriwinkleBlackbolter[21:19:44]: replace magitech Grand MainframeHistoidVampyr[21:21:00]: hey, the word k.e.y. is optimized by "magitech", g.e.t. by "optimize", and f.i.n.d. by "Grand Mainframe"HulkyGarantah[21:31:10]: GM

ERROR WARNING whoopsieday GM [19:53:48.551] : @Ampersand @Artificer @Ataraxy @Csl @EpicRome23 @SweetCyanide @vielle @Wade Our database is crashing due to over-activity and exceeding maximum reads. We may not respond or work properly, expect normal behavior to resume when our quota is reset in 5 hours.

AT LEAST ONE KEY EVERY SCREEN very-suspicio.us GM [21:40:54.272] : No riddles or ciphers here. This digital escape room is in the form of a user interface, you can share keys with the Key Console (control + shift + space). This game requires no prior coding knowledge, but several keys can only be obtained through using developer tricks.

DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM very-suspicio.us

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