Ominous Project Odin Speculation Thread

Hah, you need to be more sleep-deprived to understand that bit of discussion.

But really, it's not that scary - you might not be able to understand everything, but the basics of what they are talking about are very easy to understand.

I don't think you want that prize, really. The last time someone asked for something, we got that deer on their blog.

 

Yeah. It just isn't the same without the big hairdos.

 

Ominous countdown! Stoked!

 

Maybe the countdown is just an announcement for an announcement, as the companies do nowadays.

 

Odin involves Shakespeare!

 

Alright, word speculation time.

This line

screams a shout out to the Mi-go of the Cthulhu mythos, and this line

suggests something that came from outer-space which would fit with the Mi-go reference.

I will do more speculation later after I do some more research.

 

Cthulhu Steampunk Diggle Fortress Spacechem Gaiden Ultra Black.

It'll be like starting a fortress in a Terrifying biome but written poetry forms an important part of the economy instead of stone mugs.

Also, a special Diggle Mode in which you skulk through the settlement and wreak havoc, which you then must repair when you switch back to Steampoet mode. Or something.

 

This is the most confusing speculation thread I've ever witnessed. Must be because I don't know much about the Cthulhu mythos.

 

You can spell Cthulhu correctly, though - that's a start.

 

The apex of literary psychological horror.

 

I am constantly planning to read Lovecraft's mythos, but something always comes inbetween.
For those who are interested, though, I found this:
His Complete Work
Really looking forward to read it all...
Also, knowing about Cthulhu makes you insane, so you would not really understand it if you knew much about him...

 

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̠̞̦t͆̽̂͋҉̫͙h̛ͪͩ̄ͧe͔͔̫͔͍̬͂̔̉̆ͩͭͮ ̝̗͛̀̽͗́̽̕r̵̦o̖̫͞t̥̳̰̣̹̤̫̎͂͌t̫̝̯̥͇͓͚̃̓͐̊ͬ͗͑i͊̍̈́ͮ̈́̚n͚̯̬̪̯̯̅͒̎͂̀̒ͥͅg̑̅ͫ̆҉ ̞̖̞̘̮̽͒ͣ̒̀f̪͎͚̾͋l̢̳͙̗̰͍̔ͯ̚ĕ̪̬̦͕̼̰̹ͪ͊ͪ̎͝s̤̉h̦͙̞͈̣͔̿̐͛́̂ ̧͉̪͛͗ͨ̍͑̚o̥̪͉͖̪̮ͩ̿ͯ̅ͮf͇̞̻̭̈̌̿̓͋͡ ͔͙̱̮̩ͬ͋̑ẗ́͒̇ͬ̿ͭͭh̷̓ͤ͌ͥ̃͌ͥe̗͙̰̪ͪ̅̊ͅ ̖̘̳͂ͩ̈́̈́ͨ́p̶͉̤̓̚ǫ̝̇e͛͏̦͚̺̣̠t̵̠̯ͪͥ̆ ͇͖͇̖̻̮͌̋̀́g̠̲͍͌͋̽̌ͯͫ̕ͅḙ͙͎̾ͮ̏̑̋ͪ̍́ͅņ̞͔͕̜̼̽̈́ͬț̸͉͚̒̓ͧͥl̈́ͦͬ̽̄̽ͫ҉̜͍̥͍̩͙y̢̼͍̣̤̙̐ͮͨ̓ͅ ̜̺̤̺̳̺ͨ̆̿ͨ̎e̍̊̿̆͒ͪ͟x̣̙͇̝̮̱̋̓̆͡h͒ͤͯ͏̯a̡͇l̤̞͖͔̼ͨe̒͆̽ͨ̍ͫ̇͏̭̰̙̟̖̮͖d̴̠̖̰͖̹̞̓ͥͨ̾͌ͫ ̰͓̊̀̏ͥ͌̕c̹̗̳̆̂̒ͪ̑͆̍o̤͋r͇̤̲̜ͩ̿͐r̎͗͗̽ͤ͆͝u̢̜̯͑̀̅̊p̜̱̥̓̏̐̇͌͘t̡͎̰̟̳̋̌̑iͣv̰̖̥̤̘͙͚̍̄̉̓̅e͉̬̳̼̬͇͝ ̙̬̤ͭͤ̃ͩ̓v̡̩̾ͩͤͩͪ̈ͥa̭͍̰͍̬͕̫ͮp̧̦͍̏ͨ͊o̮̺̱̳͉͓͕͑̑ͦ̂ṳ̖̰͓̈͋͗ͧr̾s͂ͯͤ̈́͘ ͕̰̠͖͙͙̻̇ͧ̓̇͊̏͌͝i̴̍̑n̸̥̩̺̱̺̿t͉̼̤̺͉͕̤ͩ̚ỏ̬ͧͥͦ͐ͫ̀͞ ̦̤̓̓͊͠t͕̜̘h̦̼͓ͨ͐̊̇ͅe̛͈͈̜̙̜̳̺ ̣̙̞̳s̪̯̀͛̓͊e̥̫̘̿ͦͬ͌ͩ̾w̬̰̼ͬ̂̌͜ḛ̛̞̠̯̫̐̄͐ͧ́͊̀r͎̜̠͉͔̩ͧ͒̑ͫ̓͠ ̪̣͕s͉̐̀ͅͅy̼̙̪͇ͬͮs̗͇̫͔̣̦̆ͯ̆̄ͭ͘ṯ͞e̺ͧ͋ͭ͋̑͗ṃ̩̥̪̫͎̹ͫ̆ͪ̍͌̽̓
̵̤͉͍i͎̗̜͒̿́̚t͓̲͖̣͍̲ͮͪ ̊҉̰̞͔̥̭̤̞c̬͖̩͔̜̾͆ͧ͒ͯ͗̾o̶̗͍̱͛ͣ̂ͫ̌̊̋m̺͖̱͔̗̅̀͑̇͑̈e͒̀ͪ͋͛͏̗̮͓̺s̙̱̖ͬͮͧͮ

 

Actually, there's very little literary about Lovecraft. Most of his writing is cut from the same cloth, where-in there's a whole lot of build up, the reader becomes invested in the story, then all the tension is resolved without the reader being able to see much and we see the broken person after the fact.

Frankly, on the third reading Lovecraft kinda looses his impact. He spends most of his time telling you "you can't understand or imagine this" and then proceeds to describe things that you can actually imagine or understand. Once the shock value is gone, he winds up feeling very condescending. I don't care for him much.

 

The deer with the squid put in? I remember that and I was wondering if the deer can be put in the squid but I have a hard time imagining it. So I need some help.

Are the words another puzzle?
Also ever thought about replacing the first 'n' in your surname with a 'k' ?

 

Dang... One sees new things in internet forums every day! How did ye?

 

The Drumming is pretty good, the Guitar and bass were mediocre, the keyboard basically sucked, and the singing was terrible(the worst).
As for Odin, I think it's a puzzle sandbox game involving the Clockwork Empire, and possibly either Factory management or other mechanical synergies. It reminds me of Technic Pack in Meincraft*.

*Spelling changed to prevent Copyright Infringement.

 

Considering the big modders appear to have lapsed into inactivity again, i say we have another community expansion pack coming. As to actual announcements involving odin, i'd rather not know until the game comes out. The mind probe told me everything i needed to know last time they made one.

 

I just realized that I could have maintained the spacing easily by using an accumulating map with a function to generate the letter of clockwork based on the accumulator. I'm totally going to post this here and have the parser in maybe three lines. This still doesn't have uppercase but still I can't believe it was this simple to have it maintain non alphanumeric characters.
(mapAccumL imported from Data.List, various things from Data.Char)


intFromChar :: Char -> Int
intFromChar c = (-) (ord (toLower c)) 97 --97 is ord 'a'

charFromInt :: Int -> Char
charFromInt n = chr $ (+) 97 (rem (n + 26) 26)

charFuncInt :: (Int -> Int -> Int) -> (Char -> Char -> Char)
charFuncInt f x y = charFromInt (f (intFromChar x) (intFromChar y))
(yeah there's probably some default function somewhere that genericises something like this)

parseString = mapAccumL (\acc c -> if (isAlpha c) then (acc + 1, charFuncInt (-) c ((cycle "clockwork") !! acc)) else (acc, c)) 0

 

I know what Chars and Ints are, but i don't understand CharfromInt or IntfromChar, or even which programming language this is.