u/lolnoizcool
▲ 3 r/Cipher
Any ideas on how to work with this? Found in a video game (All instances I could find are located in the next slides)
The game in question is 'Mindustry', and it has its own language system prominently known as 'Crux rune'. The creator of this game said that this system is inherently comprehensible and can be translated. Unfortunately, he didn't provide any hint regarding the encryption except the fact that it can't be directly translated to English. People said that it has to do something with the shape of each character, which could be a variation of pigpen, some form of binary representation, or something else. Currently, I'm considering 'each rune represents a binary value', but so far there hasn't been any significant progress.
Note: the numerical sequence I wrote in the caption is just the sequence of index of each rune found in the inscription
u/lolnoizcool — 3 days ago
▲ 39 r/Mindustry
Mindustry's Rune System
(Excuse my subpar formatting, It's getting late and I want some sleeps)
The V8 update introduced a language system exclusive(idk?) to Mindustry, used by the Crux. This system has a total number of 109 different characters. Here's a rune library composed by Stormrider:
Alternatively, you could use mine, which is designed for identifying the rune's index:
Anuke confirmed that these symbols aren't merely gibberish but have inherent meaning, though at the moment he hasn't disclose what they meant specifically, the grammar structure, or what could be used to decipher them.
This is all the instances of this system being used (by Anuke) that I could find, compiled into one image:
Yes I'm aware that this is pretty shit
From this observation, we could infer that the most prominent character compared to the rest is rune no.91, being used in pair with other characters in-between. It is also worth mentioning that the inscriptions are always written upright, that different orientation of a partiular character results in different meaning. This is all I concluded at the moment, there's a lot to work out from these images.
What's utmost important is that Anuke explicitly said that this system isn't based on English; therefore, any attempts to find the corresponding English letter/word are all futile. Additionally, the runes used the unicode of an existing language system called 'Canadian Aborginal Syllabics'; however, the listed sequences don't make any sense when converted into the syllabics. Most crucially, though, Stormrider found a major breakthrough. The runes is based on a 5x5 grid, with the corners and midpoints represent a binary value. These points will connect with the adjacent points ONLY if either of them have a value of '1'. This leave us with the possibilities of this system being some sort of cypher or encoded texts based on the characters' unicode (which I won't look deeper for now), or a puzzle based on the runes's appearance – which is the most plausible imo. If we follow the latter approach, we would yield a 8 digits binary code (or 16 perhaps), although there's no definite way of reading the character so we aren't bound to a single interpretation.
I've made a python code for analyzing each individual rune using Stormrider's model and based them on the 4 most common interpretation – left to right, top to bottom, clockwise from first corner, clockwise from first midpoint. Here's the result (I can't guarantee you that they are accurate):
(Note: this is not designed for viewing on mobile devices, expect cognitohazard if you're using phone)
_______|1st interpretation|2nd interpretation|3rd interpretation|4th interprer
no.0 | 01111111 | 01111111 | 01111111 | 11111011
no.1 | 01101111 | 00111111 | 01111110 | 11111001
no.2 | 10110111 | 11101101 | 10101111 | 01011111
no.3 | 11111011 | 11011111 | 11110111 | 11111110
no.4 | 00101001 | 00000111 | 00110010 | 01110000
no.5 | 11110111 | 11111101 | 11101111 | 11011111
no.6 | 11011110 | 11111010 | 11011101 | 10101111
no.7 | 10111110 | 11101110 | 10111101 | 01101111
no.8 | 11010110 | 11111000 | 11001101 | 10001111
no.9 | 11110110 | 11111100 | 11101101 | 11001111
no.10 | 00101111 | 00101111 | 00111110 | 01111001
no.11 | 11111110 | 11111110 | 11111101 | 11101111
no.12 | 11011111 | 11111011 | 11011111 | 10111111
no.13 | 01101110 | 00111110 | 01111100 | 11101001
no.14 | 01110111 | 01111101 | 01101111 | 11011011
no.15 | 10101111 | 10101111 | 10111110 | 01111101
no.16 | 11111101 | 11110111 | 11111011 | 11110111
no.17 | 00011111 | 01101011 | 00011111 | 00111011
no.18 | 11010111 | 11111001 | 11001111 | 10011111
no.19 | 00111111 | 01101111 | 00111111 | 01111011
no.20 | 11011101 | 11110011 | 11011011 | 10110111
no.21 | 10010111 | 11101001 | 10001111 | 00011111
no.22 | 11111010 | 11011110 | 11110101 | 11101110
no.23 | 11111111 | 11111111 | 11111111 | 11111111
no.24 | 10011111 | 11101011 | 10011111 | 00111111
no.25 | 11110100 | 11110100 | 11101001 | 11000111
no.26 | 11011011 | 11011011 | 11010111 | 10111110
no.27 | 00010111 | 01101001 | 00001111 | 00011011
no.28 | 10011101 | 11100011 | 10011011 | 00110111
no.29 | 11101001 | 10010111 | 11110010 | 11110100
no.30 | 11101111 | 10111111 | 11111110 | 11111101
no.31 | 01111101 | 01110111 | 01111011 | 11110011
no.32 | 11111100 | 11110110 | 11111001 | 11100111
no.33 | 01101011 | 00011111 | 01110110 | 11111000
no.34 | 11101110 | 10111110 | 11111100 | 11101101
no.35 | 11111001 | 11010111 | 11110011 | 11110110
no.36 | 10011110 | 11101010 | 10011101 | 00101111
no.37 | 01111011 | 01011111 | 01110111 | 11111010
no.38 | 10110110 | 11101100 | 10101101 | 01001111
no.39 | 10111001 | 11000111 | 10110011 | 01110110
no.40 | 00111011 | 01001111 | 00110111 | 01111010
no.41 | 00111110 | 01101110 | 00111101 | 01101011
no.42 | 11001111 | 10111011 | 11011110 | 10111101
no.43 | 11101101 | 10110111 | 11111010 | 11110101
no.44 | 01010111 | 01111001 | 01001111 | 10011011
no.45 | 11010100 | 11110000 | 11001001 | 10000111
no.46 | 00001111 | 00101011 | 00011110 | 00111001
no.47 | 11110011 | 11011101 | 11100111 | 11011110
no.48 | 01111110 | 01111110 | 01111101 | 11101011
no.49 | 00101011 | 00001111 | 00110110 | 01111000
no.50 | 10111011 | 11001111 | 10110111 | 01111110
no.51 | 10111111 | 11101111 | 10111111 | 01111111
no.52 | 10011011 | 11001011 | 10010111 | 00111110
no.53 | 11010011 | 11011001 | 11000111 | 10011110
no.54 | 11110101 | 11110101 | 11101011 | 11010111
no.55 | 10001111 | 10101011 | 10011110 | 00111101
no.56 | 00110111 | 01101101 | 00101111 | 01011011
no.57 | 11000111 | 10111001 | 11001110 | 10011101
no.58 | 11111000 | 11010110 | 11110001 | 11100110
no.59 | 10101011 | 10001111 | 10110110 | 01111100
no.60 | 01011111 | 01111011 | 01011111 | 10111011
no.61 | 11010101 | 11110001 | 11001011 | 10010111
no.62 | 00111101 | 01100111 | 00111011 | 01110011
no.63 | 10111100 | 11100110 | 10111001 | 01100111
no.64 | 11001011 | 10011011 | 11010110 | 10111100
no.65 | 11101011 | 10011111 | 11110110 | 11111100
no.66 | 11110010 | 11011100 | 11100101 | 11001110
no.67 | 10010110 | 11101000 | 10001101 | 00001111
no.68 | 01001111 | 00111011 | 01011110 | 10111001
no.69 | 11100110 | 10111100 | 11101100 | 11001101
no.70 | 11101000 | 10010110 | 11110000 | 11100100
no.71 | 01111100 | 01110110 | 01111001 | 11100011
no.72 | 11100011 | 10011101 | 11100110 | 11011100
no.73 | 01101001 | 00010111 | 01110010 | 11110000
no.74 | 01100111 | 00111101 | 01101110 | 11011001
no.75 | 11110001 | 11010101 | 11100011 | 11010110
no.76 | 10010100 | 11100000 | 10001001 | 00000111
no.77 | 11011001 | 11010011 | 11010011 | 10110110
no.78 | 00000111 | 00101001 | 00001110 | 00011001
no.79 | 00011110 | 01101010 | 00011101 | 00101011
no.80 | 10011100 | 11100010 | 10011001 | 00100111
no.81 | 11011100 | 11110010 | 11011001 | 10100111
no.82 | 01110110 | 01111100 | 01101101 | 11001011
no.83 | 01111001 | 01010111 | 01110011 | 11110010
no.84 | 00011011 | 01001011 | 00010111 | 00111010
no.85 | 11101100 | 10110110 | 11111000 | 11100101
no.86 | 00011101 | 01100011 | 00011011 | 00110011
no.87 | 10110101 | 11100101 | 10101011 | 01010111
no.88 | 10110100 | 11100100 | 10101001 | 01000111
no.89 | 10100101 | 10100101 | 10101010 | 01010101
no.90 | 10111101 | 11100111 | 10111011 | 01110111
no.91 | 01000010 | 00011000 | 01000100 | 10001000
no.92 | 11100111 | 10111101 | 11101110 | 11011101
no.93 | 10000111 | 10101001 | 10001110 | 00011101
no.94 | 10101101 | 10100111 | 10111010 | 01110101
no.95 | 00110110 | 01101100 | 00101101 | 01001011
no.96 | 10001011 | 10001011 | 10010110 | 00111100
no.97 | 10010101 | 11100001 | 10001011 | 00010111
no.98 | 00111100 | 01100110 | 00111001 | 01100011
no.99 | 10100111 | 10101101 | 10101110 | 01011101
no.100 | 10010011 | 11001001 | 10000111 | 00011110
no.101 | 01000111 | 00111001 | 01001110 | 10011001
no.102 | 00101101 | 00100111 | 00111010 | 01110001
no.103 | 10111010 | 11001110 | 10110101 | 01101110
no.104 | 01010110 | 01111000 | 01001101 | 10001011
no.105 | 10101110 | 10101110 | 10111100 | 01101101
no.106 | 11011000 | 11010010 | 11010001 | 10100110
no.107 | 11001001 | 10010011 | 11010010 | 10110100
no.108 | 10111000 | 11000110 | 10110001 | 01100110
I might work them out in the future
Currently, this is all I have found. If you're interested, found a new inscription or have any ideas, please let me know. This thread will be updated overtime.
u/lolnoizcool — 9 days ago