Saturday, February 28, 2009

notpr0n - Level Seventeen

Level Seventeen
'aliens are coming'

A rest level. Our other hint on this level is in the source code
!--what am I?-->
Change the URL to what the object is. But before going to the next level, let's have some fun and try to come up with some options

notpron.htm - gives some almost-pron
egg.htm - 'gack gaaaack....no fool.......eggs are different'
ufo.htm - 'hello mulder, you won't believe it, but it's no aliens!!'
light.htm - 'that would be a bit too easy...'
sun.htm - 'you wish'
bulb.htm - 'where do you put the bulb in?'

lamp.htm

On to Level Eighteen
Until then

notpr0n - Level Sixteen

Level Sixteen
resume

The main hints are again in the source code. Have
!-- invert az-->
This means change all a's by z's, b's by y's and so on. With this hint, the URL of the level becomes all/names.htm and the other source-code hint
!-- # = ellwll/hrnkov/proo/... -->
becomes '# = voodoo/simple/kill/...', which were the username part of passwords of previous levels. Notice that '0' means that the level didn't have a username and password. The password hint is 'deja vu?', which isn't very helpful. There are a number of possible interpretations of the symbol # despite the hint above, but we have 'all names' in the URL, which suggests that the numbers refer to the position of the letter in the username of the level and # inverts the letter.

- - - d
o o - m
m - u r
d e r

doommurder. So our username and pass are doom murder. On to Level Seventeen

Until then
Level Fifteen
'hit the keys'

The key hint here is in the source code (the password hint reads 'you are on your own'). It reads
!-- [1] 4 [2] 1 [3] 6 [2] 3 [1] 9 [3] 7
[2] 2 6 [1] 8 5-->

'Hit the keys' and URL 'rusty board' imply this has something to do with the keyboard. Let us try to interpret the numbers as coordinates of keys. Notice that all bracketed numbers are between 1 and 3, so those are possibly rows and the other numbers might be the number of the key counted from left to right or right to left. The first interpretation gives

random
shit

and this works. On to Level Sixteen
Until then
Level Fourteen
'He knew the feeling...'

The same album as in Level Five and the same remote. We get a source code hint
what language is the password hint? use it properly!-->
and the password hint is 'quoi?', which means 'what?' in french. We have the name and password - deja vu and déjà vu is how to write it in french. On to Level Fifteen

Until then

notpr0n - Level Thirteen

Level Thirteen
'lucy not in the sky'

The text below the image hint is 'no maths', the pass hint is 'i live there' and we have two objects from previous levels. The source code hint is vague here too, it is
!-- he's been a bad boy -->
Looking at the source code, we notice that there are areas marked as 'n of 5' which can be either the name or password. Because of 'no maths', we expect them to be letters. So the 2nd letter is E, the 3rd V, 5th L and two which can be either 1st or 3rd are D (you can hardly see it) and I. The word is DEVIL and from the password hint 'i live there' the natural thing to try is HELL, which does work. Seems lucy in the title is lucifer

Playing around with the URL in the obvious ways (changing before to after or death to life) gives some easter eggs. I can't see the relevance of the ring or the alarm clock, although I'm sure there is something neat about them

On to Level Fourteen
Until then

notpr0n - Level Twelve

Level Twelve
'stereo'

Wonderful level :) Below the image we have the hint 'I'm ruining the third dimension!' the pass hint is 'attention whore' and the (again very important) source code hints are
!-- switch pics for parallel view -->
!--GIF me my picture back-->
!--http://www.deathball.net/temp/dragon.zip-->

So, we want to name one of the objects on screen.

Downloading the .zip file gives a video of the dragon that shows how its constructed to create a visual illusion that its always facing the camera. Following the other hint, open the level image in a separate window and change its format from .jpg to .gif. We get the following:

http://www.deathball.net/notpron/blame/realscreen12.gif

Note that because of the visual illusion the dragon creates, the only object that gives away that the camera's vantage point moved between the two frames of the animation is the remote control. And this is our name and password :). On to Level Thirteen

Until then

notpr0n - Level Eleven

Level Eleven
'ahead of its time'

We get no hints other than the title and that's sufficient (the password window text is 'follow the truth', which I can't make sense of even knowing the answer). The key here is noticing that the image is called 'screen12.jpg' even though this is level 11. Ahead of its time, eh? So, opening the following image

http://www.deathball.net/notpron/reality/screen11.jpg

we get the name and password - fucking pans (these words are visible even without inverting the image, even though it is very dark). On to Level 12

Until then