[latexr]

Badge Guide (to avoid spoilers, encoded with rot13¹):

* Cannonball!: Tb ba gur qvivat obneq va gur cbby. Fbhgurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbfvgvba.

* Treasure Hunter: Teno n zrgny qrgrpgbe gura frnepu arne gur yrsg fvqr bs gur ibyyrlonyy svryq. Abegujrfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbfvgvba.

* Goal!: Fpber n tbny jvgu gur fbppre onyy. Fbhgurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.

* S'more Please: Teno n znefuznyybj sebz gur ohpxrg naq chg gurz va gur ovt sver. Gnxrf nobhg gra frpbaqf. Abegurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.

* Cat Person: Crg gur png va gur ubhfr. Abegujrfg arne gur fgnegvat cbvag.

* Take a Seat: Fvg ba gjb punvef.

* Slide!: Tb ba gur ovt fyvqr. Rnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.

* Beachcomber: Svaq nyy gur frnfuryyf.

* Green Thumb: Jngre gur irtrgnoyrf. Fbhgujrfg arne gur fgnegvat cbvag.

¹ https://rot13.com

[why_at]

Is there anything to the weird book in the treehouse or is it just for flavor? It seems to be alluding to something but I can't figure it out.

[krackers]

There's mention of the cave and a "convergence point". I tried looking all around the cave, but there doesn't seem to be anything there (although you can find the drawings on the walls)

Edit: I looked at the source though and I don't see anything else clickable in the cave... No hidden secret badge either, maybe it is just for ambiance.

[latexr]

Turning the antenna in the treehouse gives different messages of about two minutes each. It’s a bit hard to listen to the whole thing without someone else interrupting by changing the antenna, so here are the audio files:

https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/sounds/harold-1.mp3

https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/sounds/harold-2.mp3

There’s talk of the tent near the beach, the gong, and gathering at the big fire once you hear the call. There’s also talk of the cave, the star map, trusting the bats, and reading the right side of the book carefully. Though it seems to me the audio may be outdated and that the star map was initially in the book and was since moved to the telescope.

The right side of the book mentions the time 8:47.

If we look at the star map, only two of them are pointing inwards. If we consider that a “convergence point”, it should be around the area of the big fire and tent.

That’s as far as I’ve got with this.

[krackers]

>look at the star map,

here's the star map fwiw https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/optimized/maps/telescope.webp, there's a convergence point already labeled.

And for reference here's the map of the camp: https://neal.fun/cursor-camp/optimized/maps/treehouse.webp

Why do you say the point corresponds with the fire, to me it seems closer to the dance studio

[why_at]

Hmm this is interesting. I was playing on mute so I didn't notice the radio messages.

I was thinking the "convergence point" was the center of camp with the sign since that's where all the paths meet up and the book mentions something about that. The radio also says "I just put a sign on it".

>it seems to me the audio may be outdated and that the star map was initially in the book and was since moved to the telescope

He also mentions he wrote it in 1967 but the book says 1987

[Alakazambra08]

They specifically mention going to the cave at 8:47 AM on July 3rd, and that the convergence(?) is always scheduled. So i think it might be a bit more specific than just 8:47

edit: First of all, the entry on july 3rd 1987 refers to the first group (also reffered to as the first session), from the point when they arrived. Given that its also said that this is the second session and that the convergence has always been scheduled, it can be assumed that it will occur at the same time.

Timings:

When you turn the radio to the right, the audio states that (waterfront) activities begin at 8:00. Additionally, the left recording states that if a gong is heard, the cursors gather at the fire. The right page on the book states that the group clustered at the fire ring within the first hour, which implies that the gong bell was rung between 8:00 and 8:47 when they went to the cave.

Convergence points:

Second of all, There are 2 possible covergence points. The cave, and the point where the sign has been placed. All of the built paths in the camp converge at the sign, this was intentional. Additionally, comparing the star map to the physical math implies that either the sign or the music area are the convergence point. Given that tge convergence point was verified before breaking ground and we literally spawn at the sign. It's likely that the sign is the convergence point.

However it is also said that all the natural paths run towards the cave, and not away from it which is noted as strange. On top of this, the july 1987 entry states that although the observer had never mentioned the cave, the cursors ended up visiting it anyways. The audio recording states that the caaves are free to visit, but it is reccomended to stay on the marked path and to stay close to camp, since the natural paths lead to the cave and the speaker attempts to divert campers attention from the cave in session 1, it is possible that the cave is a point of conversion, if not a place of significance.

Anomalies: 1. The speaker emphasises that it is always a beautiful day at the camp.

2. If at any point a gong is heard , gather at the fire. matched with the cursors gathering at the fire within the first hour on july 3rd.

3.stay close to the camp, joint with the eye abduction. (image of eye also seen at treehouse and trophie room)

4. Image of sandtimer in cave and also sand timer in sauna could be related

3. Image of butterflies in cave, matched with the lack of butterflies in the area marked with butterflies (just though this could be relavant)

4. "the cafeteria will serve what it always serves", feel free to correct me, but the cafeteria is the one place on the camp where the food does not affect you, so if the menu in the cafeteria changes, that could be important.

conclustion from anomalies:

Since the first activity is at the waterfront, and the gong was rang within the first hour. It is possible that the gong was rang due to bad weather, as that would effect the activity. so it's likely that many of the mentioned features may change on july 3rd.

This is as far as i've gotten, it's highkey just a theory anyways.

[notsylver]

There's also a locked door in one of the buildings, but I couldn't figure out what either mean if anything. It would be cool if the radio was used for something though

[krackers]

Yeah I saw that too, but the list of all accessible rooms is also in the code and the only scenes I see are

  default
  sauna
  tent
  cave
  treehouse
  house-main
  house-cafeteria
  house-bedroom
  house-trophey
  boat
  telescope

It would be really cool if there were some secrets, but alas it appears not (unless it's obfuscated in the source as well)

[latexr]

The radio in the treehouse might be relevant. See my sibling comment.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961275

[nickvec]

Why not encode the badge names as well in rot13?

[mh-]

They've been encoded twice for extra protection.

[mmahd7456]

Nice!

[latexr]

Because then you’d need to decode the full message and might read something you didn’t mean to. This way you can decode just the individual ones you want.

The badge names aren’t secret, they’re available in the book in the house even before you unlock them.

[lgas]

Could just include the badge names both unencoded and encoded to get the best of both worlds.

[steve_adams_86]

The encoding is too advanced