Click letters to select your guesses. All scientists share this console. Select 3 for Trust, 2 for Amplify, 1 for Suspicion โ any order within each group.
๐พ GUESS THE CIPHER RULES
Vote on which rule was active for each section. All scientists must agree before submitting.
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๐พ HOSTILE ALIEN โ RULE GUIDE
The Alien is using one rule from each section. Vote on what you think each rule is. Votes during the game are informational only โ you'll lock in officially at the final guess.
TRUST โ How positive letters score
TRUST +1
+1 point for each Trust letter in the word.
BATCH (B=Trust) โ +1 BUBBLE โ +2
TRUST +2
+2 points for each Trust letter in the word.
BATCH โ +2 BUBBLE โ +4
TRUST: Any = Exactly 2
If the word has any Trust letter, Trust score is exactly 2 (not per letter).
BATCH โ 2 BUBBLE โ 2 CRACK (no Trust) โ 0
AMPLIFY โ How the score is multiplied
AMPLIFY ร2
Score ร2 for each Amplify letter present.
Trust=2, R=Amp โ 2ร2=4 Two R's โ 2ร2ร2=8
AMPLIFY +3
+3 points for each Amplify letter present.
Trust=2, R=Amp โ 2+3=5 Two R's โ 2+3+3=8
AMPLIFY ร(โ2)
Score ร(โ2) for each Amplify letter. Can flip sign.
Trust=2, R=Amp โ 2รโ2=โ4 Two R's โ 2รโ2รโ2=8
SUSPICION โ What happens if the Suspicion letter appears
SUSP. (โ)
Score flips to negative if positive; already negative stays negative; 0 stays 0.
One player is the Alien. Everyone else is the Scientists. The Alien must communicate 4 secret words to the Scientists using only a limited alien cipher โ and the Scientists must decode them.
๐ THE CIPHER
At game start, a cipher is generated with three sections. Letters come in three rarities: Common, Uncommon, and Tough. Only one Tough letter can appear across the entire cipher.
TRUST โ 3 letters: 1 Common + 2 Uncommon/Tough
AMPLIFY โ 2 letters: 1 Common + 1 Uncommon/Tough
SUSPICION โ 1 letter: any rarity
โ๏ธ SCORING RULES
In Standard mode the rules are fixed. In Variable Cipher and Hostile Alien modes, one rule per section is chosen randomly.
TRUST
+1 per Trust letter in the word (Standard, Variable, Hostile)
+2 per Trust letter in the word (Variable & Hostile only)
Any Trust letter present = score is exactly 2 (Variable & Hostile only)
AMPLIFY
ร2 score for each Amplify letter present (Standard, Variable, Hostile)
+3 for each Amplify letter present (Variable & Hostile only)
ร(โ2) for each Amplify letter โ can flip sign (Variable & Hostile only)