The Mooncurser's Handbook Game

This clue was located at an art installation on the UW Bothell campus. The Codex is a courtyard with binary and gattaca engraved into some of the stones. The engravings were arranged like so:

Gattaca

GATCA

TGTCA

TTCCT

CTGTT

AAAATA

ATTTA

GGGG

GTTGA

GCTTGT

AAAA

ACAACT

GCAC

GTATT

TTAC

ACCTG

GTGTT

TGAGC

CCCTC

TAATAT

TTTA

ACCCAA

ATGT

ACGC

TTAAAA

ATCT

TGTTGA

GCACA

CTCTC

CTTT

ACTTAA

GCCA

TTTT

GCTT

TTG

AGCC

CATGAA

AAAG

AAAAA

TGTT

TTAA

TGTTT

AATTC

TGCCT

GACCA

CGGTA

TCCC

CTAGGA

TCCAGGG

AAT

GGT

AGCCA

ATTTAG

ATAT

CTAAA

TTACA

TTATA

ATTTT

TCAATT

AGAA

TTGTTTT

GTG

AACA

AGAAGG

TAAAT

GGGAT

GAAATT

CTGA

ATGTA

CAAGC

TTTTAT

GCTT

TTGTA

CCAAA

GTGA

GCT

AAT

Binary

10010	1110010	00000	001010	11111100	000001	111000	10001	1111011	0010
000100	001010	1100	010101	01110	0001110	111111001	01011000	110011100	1010110	01110	01110100	0001110
001000	110001	01100	010110	0001001	10011011	0100	111011101	01100	111000	101100	11100	10110001	01010	101011
101100	001110	111000	01101	0100110	001000	11110	11100	11000	111000	011010
00101	1010	0110	01111	11111	01111	00111	000100	00110111	10010	01010
0110001	00101	11001010	00010011	111100	1110011100	001010	111001

Teams were given this:

GATCATTCCTAAAATAATTTAGTTGA
TTACGTGTT
00000001010000001
TTAAAAATCTGCACACTTT
AGCCAAAGAAAAA
111111001010110001010110
110001010110
TCCCCTAGGAAATGGT
ATTTTAGAATTGTTTT
0011100110101001101111011000
TTGTAGTGA
AAAATAATTTAGTTGA
00101011011111001110001001001001010
TTACGTGTTTGAGCTAATATTTTA
TTAAAATGTTGACTCTCACTTAA
01100010010100010011111100001010111001
111111001110001111011
TTTTGCTTAGCCAAAG
0111011111100101011000
AATTCGACCACGGTACTAGGA
TTGTTTT
01011010011011111011101
CAAGCTTTTATTTGTAGTGAAAT
00111011100001001100010001110011000
001011010011111111100111000100
CTGTTAAAATAGGGGGCTTGTAAAA
0010100010011111100001010111001
ACAACTGTATT
11100010001
TTAAAATGTTGACTCTCACTTAA
010110001100111000111001110100
01001110111011110001011001011000101010
AAAGAAAAA
11100001001101111011000

15: Your subconscious has recognized that each of the lines in the clue are composed of substrings from the artwork on the ground.

25: After extensive pattern matching, HINT confirms your suspicion that no knowledge of biology or base two mathematics is required.

35: In a few moments, you will have concluded that each line in the clue represents a single letter.

55: For a moment your attention wandered away from the content of the clue, noticing that each line in the clue is composed of both short segments of length one and long segments of length two when mapped from the artwork. HINT analysis suggests this was a fortuitous lapse.

75: In another few moments, having decoded the original message, your thoughts will telegraph that you should pay attention to the map of the art work.

The information given to teams was distributed among the stones to create Morse code:

Letter	Morse	Stones used
F	..-.	GATCA	TGTCA	TTCCT	CTGTT	AAAATA	ATTTA	GGGG	GTTGA	GCTTGT	AAAA
I	..	ACAACT	GCAC	GTATT	TTAC	ACCTG	GTGTT	TGAGC	CCCTC	TAATAT	TTTA	ACCCAA	ATGT	ACGC
N	-.	10010	1110010	00000	001010	11111100	000001	111000	10001	1111011	0010
D	-..	TTAAAA	ATCT	TGTTGA	GCACA	CTCTC	CTTT	ACTTAA
A	.-	GCCA	TTTT	TA	GCTT	TTG	AGCC	CATGAA	AAAG	AAAAA	TGTT	TTAA	TGTTT
N	-.	000100	001010	1100	010101	01110	0001110	111111001	01011000	110011100	1010110	01110	01110100	0001110
I	..	001000	110001	01100	010110	0001001	10011011	0100	111011101	01100	111000	101100	11100	10110001	01010	101011
M	--	GA	AATTC	TGCCT	GACCA	CGGTA	TCCC	CTAGGA	TCCAGGG	AAT	GGT	AGCCA	GA	ATTTAG	ATAT	CTAAA	TTACA
A	.-	TTATA	ATTTT	TCAATT	AGAA	TTGTTTT	GTG	AACA	AGAAGG	TAAAT	GGGAT	GAAATT	CTGA	ATGTA
L	.-..	101100	001110	111000	01101	0100110	001000	11110	11100	11000	111000	011010
I	..	CAAGC	TTTTAT	GCTT	TTGTA	CCAAA	GTGA	GCT	AAT
N	-.	GATCA	TGTCA	TTCCT	CTGTT	AAAATA	ATTTA	GGGG	GTTGA	GCTTGT	AAAA
3	...--	00101	1010	0110	01111	11111	01111	00111	000100	00110111	10010	01010
W	.--	ACAACT	GCAC	GTATT	TTAC	ACCTG	GTGTT	TGAGC	CCCTC	TAATAT	TTTA	ACCCAA	ATGT	ACGC
H	....	TTAAAA	ATCT	TGTTGA	GCACA	CTCTC	CTTT	ACTTAA
O	---	0110001	00101	11001010	00010011	111100	1110011100	001010	111001
S	...	10010	1110010	00000	001010	11111100	000001	111000	10001	1111011	0010
H	....	GCCA	TTTT	TA	GCTT	TTG	AGCC	CATGAA	AAAG	AAAAA	TGTT	TTAA	TGTTT
A	.-	000100	001010	1100	010101	01110	0001110	111111001	01011000	110011100	1010110	01110	01110100	0001110
R	.-.	GA	AATTC	TGCCT	GACCA	CGGTA	TCCC	CTAGGA	TCCAGGG	AAT	GGT	AGCCA	GA	ATTTAG	ATAT	CTAAA	TTACA
E	.	TTATA	ATTTT	TCAATT	AGAA	TTGTTTT	GTG	AACA	AGAAGG	TAAAT	GGGAT	GAAATT	CTGA	ATGTA
S	...	001000	110001	01100	010110	0001001	10011011	0100	111011101	01100	111000	101100	11100	10110001	01010	101011
B	-...	CAAGC	TTTTAT	GCTT	TTGTA	CCAAA	GTGA	GCT	AAT
O	---	101100	001110	111000	01101	0100110	001000	11110	11100	11000	111000	011010
O	---	00101	1010	0110	01111	11111	01111	00111	000100	00110111	10010	01010
K	-.-	GATCA	TGTCA	TTCCT	CTGTT	AAAATA	ATTTA	GGGG	GTTGA	GCTTGT	AAAA
W	.--	0110001	00101	11001010	00010011	111100	1110011100	001010	111001
I	..	ACAACT	GCAC	GTATT	TTAC	ACCTG	GTGTT	TGAGC	CCCTC	TAATAT	TTTA	ACCCAA	ATGT	ACGC
T	-	10010	1110010	00000	001010	11111100	000001	111000	10001	1111011	0010
H	....	TTAAAA	ATCT	TGTTGA	GCACA	CTCTC	CTTT	ACTTAA
M	--	000100	001010	1100	010101	01110	0001110	111111001	01011000	110011100	1010110	01110	01110100	0001110
O	---	001000	110001	01100	010110	0001001	10011011	0100	111011101	01100	111000	101100	11100	10110001	01010	101011
T	-	GCCA	TTTT	TA	GCTT	TTG	AGCC	CATGAA	AAAG	AAAAA	TGTT	TTAA	TGTTT
H	....	101100	001110	111000	01101	0100110	001000	11110	11100	11000	111000	011010

The instructions refer you to part three of the art installation, which consists of bronze books set into nearby rock walls. Many of the books have animals on them. One book is shared by a moth and a SLUG.


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