Title and Flavor Text
Often, the title or description of a puzzle (called flavor text) will give you a hint about either its theme or a strategy needed to solve it.
Be on the lookout for bold or underlined words. Also, odd phrasing can be a hint! Think about multiple meanings of words and how you could possibly apply the words to the puzzle you are seeing.
If the phrasing seems odd, remember that the words of flavor text are picked very carefully. Check for acronyms in the text or Google any words you don’t recognize.
Ciphers are often clued in Flavor Text
Words like “feel, sight, dark” can mean you will need to use
braille.
Examples such as “heads and tails” or “alpha and omega” could mean to take the first and last letter of sentences or other text block.
Lastly, phrases like “on and off” or “bits and bytes” suggest you will need to use binary.
There is a 6 letter password hidden in the previous 3 sentences.
It will send you to the next slide.