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Yes, it's real actual new stuff about our beloved Perplexians!!  Seriously!! =)  This technically lands in the world of "fan-fiction," but bear in mind that the fans in question are the writers and creators of Perplex City.
"The old PXC story team have been talking about old times lately – how much we loved working together, and how much we loved our players. So we decided to write a little unofficial Perplex City fanfiction as our gift for the Restitution of the Cube. We hope you enjoy it!"
Go and read!
* [http://naomialderman.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/12/they-say-you-cant-go-home-again-but-i-say-what-do-they-know.html Naomi has quite a considerable update from Violet Kiteway]
* [http://mssv.net/2010/12/21/a-tale-from-the-academy/ Adrian shares a mystery from Kurt McAllister]
* [http://www.deusexmachinatio.com/2010/12/a-new-leaf.html Andrea brings us a delightful update from Scarlett Kiteway]
* [http://davidvarela.wordpress.com/transmedia/perplex-city/caine/ David takes us someplace darker with Caine Johansson]
Primary people of interest:  '''[[Kurt McAllister]] | [[Scarlett Kiteway]] | [[Violet Kiteway]] | [[Caine Johansson]] | [[Rory Earlywine]]'''
There's plenty of little updates on all sorts of things, including [[Sente Kiteway]], [[Nathan Earlywine]], [[Roll For Damage]], [[Alejo Jackson]], [[Joya]], [[Randal Tokei]], [[Anjsbourg]], [[Viendenbourg]], [[Xia-Hifa]], [[Anna Heath]], and lesser topics like [[Deep Blue]], [[Varkin]] and [[Alchemy Bay]].
'''[[Restitution of the Cube|Happy Restitution of the Cube!!!!]]'''
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'''Season 1:''' [[The Receda Cube]] was stolen from the [[Academy]] [[Museum]] in a daring heist.  Through clever use of [[Puzzle Cards]] sent to Earth by [[Sente Kiteway]], as well as deucedly clever gumshoeing by everyone involved, we discovered [[Violet Kiteway]], Sente's daughter, stole the cube to protect it from [[The Third Power]].   
'''Season 1:''' [[The Receda Cube]] was stolen from the [[Academy]] [[Museum]] in a daring heist.  Through clever use of [[Puzzle Cards]] sent to Earth by [[Sente Kiteway]], as well as deucedly clever gumshoeing by everyone involved, we discovered [[Violet Kiteway]], Sente's daughter, stole the cube to protect it from [[The Third Power]].   


'''Season 2:''' A million stories yet to to be told!
'''Season 2:''' After foiling [[V]] at the [[Radio 1 Big Weekend]], [[Mind Candy]] announced a premature end to what promised to be a good set of stories.


===Hot Topics===
===Hot Topics===
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* [[Apolyton Institute]] has been researching some highly suspect designs. New Puzzle Scribe [[Cassia Temple]] used to work there, and supplied [[Violet]] with some boggling plans
*EXTRA! EXTRA!  [http://wayback.perplexcitystories.com/?url=www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2004/11/djinn_designe.html Read all about it]!!!
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* [[Silburn-Griggs]] Mining Company appears the latest front for the nefarious [[Third Power]].  See [http://www.silburngriggsmining.com/ their new site] for the hidden front door to their big plan.
*'''The Season 1 card [[Shuffled]] ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) has finally been solved!'''
* [[Frozen Indigo Angel]] seems to be an elaborate mind control scheme, set to launch at [[BBC|BBC Radio 1's]] Big Weekend Concert.
 
* [[Paul Denchfield]] has a [http://pauldenchfield.typepad.com/ blog] (among other things) in which he is working to expose [[Cyrus Quinton]] as a villain to be dealt with. Let's just hope he doesn't get himself killed to death!
*The [[Djinn]] virus, which the card is about, infected [[Key|Keys]] around the city, causing 750 million [[Leck|Lecks]] of damage.
*All this havoc was caused by [[Redward Price]], an aspiring young [[Academy]] pupil with something to prove.
 


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*'''[[Perplex City Humour]]''' - . . . Let's lighten up a bit.
*'''[[Perplex City Humour]]''' - . . . Let's lighten up a bit.


===Unsolved Cards===
===Solved Cards===
Four [[puzzle cards]] remain unsolved.
The last remaining solvable [[puzzle cards]] have been solved!
*[[The Thirteenth Labour]] ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}) - Come join the concerted effort to solve this puzzle, download the client and follow progress at the [http://www.13thlabour.tk Assault on 13th Labour] site.
*[[The Thirteenth Labour]] ({{Card|251|The Thirteenth Labour}}), a distributed decrypting challenge, was solved in February 2010.
*[[Billion to One]] ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}) - A person must be located by just a photo; the card is meant to test the "six degrees of separation" concept by having us send emails around the world. Websites dedicated to the card are [http://www.billion2one.org/ billion2one], [http://haveyouseenhim.info/ haveyouseenhim], and [http://www.findsatoshi.com/ findsatoshi].
*[[Billion to One]] ({{Card|256|Billion to One}}), an experiment in six degrees of separation, was solved in December 2020.
*[[Shuffled]] ({{Card|243|Shuffled}}) - Once the method is discovered, it'll be easy...
*[[Riemann]] ({{Card|238|Reimann}}) remains unsolvable.  
*[[Riemann]] ({{Card|238|Reimann}})- It's not really meant to be solved.


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===Getting Started===
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''Look Here First!''
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 3 March 2023

Welcome to the Perplex City Wiki
Forumsig 8.jpg


New Stuff!

Yes, it's real actual new stuff about our beloved Perplexians!! Seriously!! =) This technically lands in the world of "fan-fiction," but bear in mind that the fans in question are the writers and creators of Perplex City.

"The old PXC story team have been talking about old times lately – how much we loved working together, and how much we loved our players. So we decided to write a little unofficial Perplex City fanfiction as our gift for the Restitution of the Cube. We hope you enjoy it!"

Go and read!

Primary people of interest: Kurt McAllister | Scarlett Kiteway | Violet Kiteway | Caine Johansson | Rory Earlywine

There's plenty of little updates on all sorts of things, including Sente Kiteway, Nathan Earlywine, Roll For Damage, Alejo Jackson, Joya, Randal Tokei, Anjsbourg, Viendenbourg, Xia-Hifa, Anna Heath, and lesser topics like Deep Blue, Varkin and Alchemy Bay.

Happy Restitution of the Cube!!!!


Perplex City Information

Game Overview

Season 1: The Receda Cube was stolen from the Academy Museum in a daring heist. Through clever use of Puzzle Cards sent to Earth by Sente Kiteway, as well as deucedly clever gumshoeing by everyone involved, we discovered Violet Kiteway, Sente's daughter, stole the cube to protect it from The Third Power.

Season 2: After foiling V at the Radio 1 Big Weekend, Mind Candy announced a premature end to what promised to be a good set of stories.

Hot Topics

Shuffled.png
  • The Djinn virus, which the card is about, infected Keys around the city, causing 750 million Lecks of damage.
  • All this havoc was caused by Redward Price, an aspiring young Academy pupil with something to prove.


Information Archive

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  • Looking for the French Puzzle Card translation project? See: Perplexe Cité
  • A la recherche de Perplexe Cité ? Suivez le guide!
  • Links list - Everything linking to Perplex City, everyone, every company, every blog, every site maintained by people in the city; it's all found here.
  • Site services - The ARGing community is absolutely rich with links to, from, and about Perplex City! From IRC logs to Google-style maps, you'll find it all here. All the important stuff, all in one easy to locate resource.
  • Puzzletools - ARGers old and new may find use for these crypto and organizational tools.
  • Unsolved mysteries - Many questions. There are secrets in every corner of this city. We attempt to collect the most pertinent ones here.
  • Trails - Cataloging major events in the city is something of a concerted effort. This page collects pages which chronicle events big and small, past and present. A page pointing to other pages. A meta-page, if you will.
  • Main Characters - The city is populated by 5 million people. most of them are none of our business. Some of them, however, are especially interesting.
  • Site Mirrors - Care to see what has come before? Read it all at length here.
  • Misc Documents - With great questions come great answers. sometimes, in the form of paper. sometimes in the form of more questions.

Solved Cards

The last remaining solvable puzzle cards have been solved!

 
Community

Getting Started

Look Here First!

  • IRC:
    • #syzygy @ irc.chat-solutions.org:6667
    • #perplexorum @ irc.appliedirc.com:6667
    • #perplexorum Full Logs - Full IRC logs of #perplexorum

Season 2, getting up to speed

Frequently Used Tools

 

Random Stuff

Did You Know...

  • The Cubehunters on Earth were prompted Violet Kiteway to produce a book. The hows and whys are a bit complicated, but the result was pretty impressive!
  • You can read the book, and some parts which didn't make it in, here: Tales From Earth
  • You are strongly encouraged to buy the book from Lulu.com, with all profits going to unFiction.