News¶

11/26/2023¶

Recently another multi-player multi-national team emerged and they rushed through Combinats. Congratulations, the z-members!

10/29/2023¶

First we congratulate the first formal team winner. They finished in June 2023 but submitted HoF entries recently.

For the riddle itself, I made the following fix:

Level 18: modified a page due to some real-world change that will happen in 2024.

05/26/2023¶

I finally have time to fix minor issues in the following levels:

Level 28: added confirmation eggs
Level 35: added notes about the impact of a recent sad news on the level topic
Level 40: modified a hint to make a step of this level easier
Level 41.1: added more hints to make it easier to find the topic
Level 42: added a confirmation egg and more hints

In addition, I fixed a few things in the Help and About sections

03/31/2023¶

Now we have the first winner from ! Congratulations!

03/05/2023¶

We are glad to have the first winner from , and the first player from to pass Level 48! Congrats!

11/11/2022¶

First we welcome a new winner luffyyqh .

Second, the bot Combo is fixed now - it works with milestones in the Discord guild.

10/20/2022¶

First we welcome a new winner akicer who finished in July 2022.

Second, minson is back to the riddle community. A few month passed and many things happened. Unfortunately, we need to use alternative EXIF viewers now and the Help section is now updated accordingly.

The riddles have the following updates: (thanks to the tip by Kobe Li)

Level 40: a page fixed.

01/17/2022¶

We congratulate a new winner Bojan

01/08/2022¶

First we congratulate a new finished of Level 48, Bojan

Second, unfortunately the auxillary tool for online riddles, Riddler, is no longer available. Instead, the bot Combo is running to track player's progress. See Combo for more details.

11/06/2021¶

First we congratulate a new winner, Selenium .

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 13.1: a page modified to add a clearer hint.
Level 40: a page modified to add clearer hints.

10/12/2021¶

First we have one more winner, umsyt who rushed Level Zenith within 24 hours. Congrats!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 7: the title of an egg modified to avoid confusion with another level.
Level Daaz: a note added to eliminate confusion among some examples.

In addition, the Help section is updated to deal with a technical issue for players from mainland China.

09/26/2021¶

First we congratulate one more winner and one more finisher of Level 48.

The riddles have the following updates:

Level Zenith: a hint added in Lounge Kappa
Level Zenith: a picture renamed in Lounge Tau to avoid confusion

09/12/2021¶

First we congratulate a new player who finished Level 48!

Based on recent feedback from players, I made a few minor edits of wording and also fixed some errors and possible jumps, including:

Level 7,8,11,21,23,35,41,43: wording modified
Level 15: one picture changed to be consistent with other pictures
Level 19: more hints added to make it less technical
Level 30: a hint added to avoid confusion
Level 36: the url of an egg was changed to avoid a possible jump; the method remains the same
Level 37: the presentation of the level was changed to avoid confusion
Level 45: the filename of picture was changed to avoid a possible jump
Level 48: modified the level to make it slightly harder
Level Zenith: a picture updated in Lounge Lambda to fix a factual error

07/11/2021¶

The Hall of Fame for Level 30 is officially closed now.

06/14/2021¶

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 23: a typo fixed

05/28/2021¶

We have two more riddlers in the HoF of Level Zenith. Congratulations!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level Zenith: a picture updated in Lounge Upsilon to fix an error

05/25/2021¶

We got two more riddlers in the HoF of Level Zenith. Congratulations!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level Zenith: a hint added in Lounge Aza to avoid ambiguity

05/18/2021¶

We got our first two riddlers in the HoF of Level Zenith. Congratulations!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level Zenith: a picture content changed in Lounge Lambda to avoid confusion
Level Zenith: a picture changed in Lounge Rho to avoid ambiguity

05/17/2021¶

The final part of Combinats - Level Zenith is released now and updated on Riddler. You can access it once you solve Level 48.

We have one more riddler in the HoF of Level 48.

The HoF of Level 30 will be closed by 06/15/2021.

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 40: a hint added to avoid confusion
Level Zenith: a picture name changed in Lounge Chi
Level Zenith: a picture content changed in Lounge Bercna

05/11/2021¶

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 42: a typo fixed

05/02/2021¶

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 27: text modified to avoid confusion

05/01/2021¶

One more riddler recorded HoF of Level 48. Congrats!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 22: a hint added

04/28/2021¶

One more riddler recorded HoF of Level 30.

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 35: text modified to fix a potential game-breaking issue

04/22/2021¶

Level 31 - 48 are officially released with Riddler enabled! The HoF for Level 48 is open too.

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 39: a typo in level page fixed
Level 47: an error in level page fixed

03/31/2021¶

First, congratulations to a few more riddlers who reached Temp End after Level 30!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 1, 11, 13, 15 and 18: texts modified to fix grammarical errors and make them better
Level 10: filename of an egg page changed to make it more precise
Level 19: title of an egg page changed to make it more precise and a useless egg page deleted
Level 27: a useless egg page deleted
Level 28: picture and an egg page updated to make things clearer
Level 30: an egg page updated to fix a game-breaking bug
Temp End page: added instructions of HoF

03/27/2021¶

The bot Riddler is officially enabled for Combinats! Hopefully all players can use it when playing.

03/26/2021¶

The Hall of Fame for Level 30 is open now!

The riddles have the following updates:

Level 5: an egg page added as a hint
Level 11.1: text changed to avoid ambiguity
Level 19.1: title changed to avoid ambiguity
Level 23.1: an egg page added as a hint
a few other egg pages added for some reason

03/22/2021¶

The Discord bot Riddler, created and implemented by Emoon , is active now for Combinats. By installing an extension of Chrome or Firefox browser, your progress can be automatically tracked by this bot, and you will be added into the corresponding level channels in the Discord guild. You can find instructions in the guild.

03/20/2021¶

With the help of Emoon , the Discord guild of Combinats is on now.

There are currently 30 ordinary levels in Combinats.