I created a black mirror-style game around 1 ETH! It has now been won - game solutions inside

Hello,

My name is kari. A few months ago I created a choose-your-own-adventure puzzle game on my website, with a 1 ETH prize for the winner.

I posted it on this sub here, and it was reposted by a nice poster here.

THE GAME

Game here [now defunct]

It was a philosophical/psychological game with dark themes. To win the game you had to solve all the interconnected puzzles. I peppered a lot of crypto easter eggs throughout the game!

The winner won 1 whole ETH (worth around ~$3k AUD at the time) if they successfully solved all the puzzles.

The game was won 5th July 2023! (I've been meaning to make a post about this but got lazy haha)

Etherscan activity of wallet being drained

SOLUTION

Unbeknownst to players entering the game, solving the puzzles would give them 12 seed words, which could then be used to unlock a hot wallet containing 1 ETH.

Each seed word appeared with an animal from the chinese zodiac, which ordered them into the proper seed phrase.

Game solutions (click on the little animals)

Here are some cool messages I got from the game:

Player feedback

Here are my fav moments from the game:

Highlights

It was my first time making this kind of thing so I learned a lot. IT WAS SOOO FREAKEN FUN TO MAKE AND SEE PEOPLE PLAY IT.

I think when I first posted it, people didn't understand why I was essentially giving away 1 ETH. Why? People spend way more on their hobbies like motorcycle maintenance or pottery or basket weaving or whatever. This is my hobby.

I plan on making another game, but bigger and better. I already have a million ideas swimming in my head for it.

If you want to be notified of the next game, you can sign up for an email alert once it drops here. (You can use a throwaway email if you like)

Also I'm building up a new liquid prize pool for the next game. If you'd like, you may paypal donations to [kari@karililt.com](mailto:kari@karililt.com) OR if you want to donate ETH you can do so this address: 0x48ceeac9dd8e71cc2d67d5264dc7f7967a255fea

All donations will fund the prize. Please note you do NOT need to donate to me. If no further donations are made I will find a way to fund the game myself. But I eternally appreciate those who have donated to me so far!

Also a cool thing happened, the winner commissioned me and pretty much gave me back 0.3 eth for me to paint an artwork based on the game, which you can see here. :)

Thank you so much to everyone who played my game! It was so fun.

See you in the next simulation.