Game Hint #1

[ATannahill]

OPAH: obvious pre-announcement hint

announcement as in kickoff

[JaredGarrison]

I was thinking about the text in the background of the picture and I came up with this

Hybrid Systems Interchange Format (HSIF)

which is fish backwards

Maybe something to do with having a new type of robot needed to exchange things with other robots?

Thats the best I can come up with....

[mrbob1000]

Originally Posted by JaredGarrison

I was thinking about the text in the background of the picture and I came up with this

Hybrid Systems Interchange Format (HSIF)

which is fish backwards

Maybe something to do with having a new type of robot needed to exchange things with other robots?

Thats the best I can come up with....

Its reasonable considering the power that the new control system has. makes a bit of sense when you think about it.

[Tetraman]

Originally Posted by JaredGarrison

I was thinking about the text in the background of the picture and I came up with this

Hybrid Systems Interchange Format (HSIF)

which is fish backwards

Maybe something to do with having a new type of robot needed to exchange things with other robots?

Thats the best I can come up with....

This one is textbook.

[JaredGarrison]

Originally Posted by mrbob1000

Its reasonable considering the power that the new control system has. makes a bit of sense when you think about it.

The goal of HSIF (Hybrid Systems Interchange Format) is to define an interchange format for hybrid system models that can be shared between modeling and analysis tools. HSIF models represent dynamic systems, whose dynamics includes both continuous and discrete behaviors.

Sounds reasonable to me.....and quite sensible

[GGCO]

Originally Posted by mrbob1000

building off the thought earlier posted, you only ever see one half of the moon. could it be that the game will be like the moon? could it be that the driver will only be able to see one half of the field and then have to use the camera.

This is a very good idea. What if there is a wall in the middle of the field and the robot has to climb over it, use it's camera to find the game piece, and then bring it back to the other side of the field.

[DMetalKong]

Originally Posted by hihihiflcl81pig

Now for this image I changes the levels so that there is less contrast between 000000 and ffffff. There are three main things that stick out to me.\

1. There are those odd rectangles in the background
2. The blue spots don't match up with the spots you see on the fish,
3. The top fin has an orange spot on it, no where else do you see an orange spot.

You can also see normal jpg artifacts between lines of high contrast (The fish vs. the white background)

If there are any questions, or suggestions on how this was done, or how to further it, just contact me.

I did this same process to images from a wikipedia article on the JPEG compression.

The original image:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Im...psis_(aka).jpg

The compressed image (compression increases LTR)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...opsis_JPEG.png

Attached is the difference map with its contrast increased. Nowhere in it do artifacts appear like in the image hihihiflcl81pig posted. I'm no image expert, but it does appear like the change in filesize is not due to compression differences. Try 5634 (The order of Dave's changing signatures) for the password on that decoding program.

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by DMetalKong

[...] Try 5634 (The order of Dave's changing signatures) for the password on that decoding program.

Meh, I'm bored right now. I'll entertain the idea and post back shortly....

[computerish]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but if you think about water on Mars (particularly in relation to NASA's Phoenix), you are really thinking about ice, not water. Perhaps the playing field might be/involve fake ice:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008...-ice-rinks.php

[synth3tk]

Attached are the numbers I tried. No go.....

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Forte

I don't know or care if it's been said before, I'm too lazy to read through pages upon pages of speculation:

"Moonfish" refers to several different fish, not just this Opah.

Interestingly enough, I found that Moonfish is another name for both an Atlantic Spadefish and a Diamondfish.

Spades? Diamonds?

This year's game is robo poker. Problem solved.

*ears perk up* - poker?

Diamonds and spades?
I haven't seen that...

Edit:
And why would the image change if it is inverted - like changing color to blue?
And - the background - what is obvious about it, not what is hidden?

And how come folks are getting grumpy?

[GGCO]

Originally Posted by b3t4_2836

i'm going with "pastrami gut lust"

but it does have ramp in the list too...

The floor could be covered with pastrami, making everything slippery like a fish!

[dr1008]

Originally Posted by Boydean

As stated here - http://www.australianseafoodexports....rderonline.htm

Lampris guttatus weights between 30-50kgs. 50kgs -> 110lbs, NEW WEIGHT LIMIT??

as i was looking at the picture on this site, i noticed that the moonfish had the mysterious writing behind it too, thus making it seem as if there is no actual significance behind it since its just part of the original picture

[DMetalKong]

Looking at the 2008 You Design the Game Design Thread, some possible connections with what has been thought of in this thread.

Mentions slick field surface.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...67&postcount=2

You can't catch a fish twice.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...77&postcount=4

A teeter-totter.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...7&postcount=15

Do I need say more?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=41

Who knows, the GDC could have been watching...

[Tottanka]

Originally Posted by DMetalKong

Looking at the 2008 You Design the Game Design Thread, some possible connections with what has been thought of in this thread.

Mentions slick field surface.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...67&postcount=2

You can't catch a fish twice.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...77&postcount=4

A teeter-totter.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...7&postcount=15

Do I need say more?
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=41

Who knows, the GDC could have been watching...

It is a fact that the GDC, or at least a part of it has read all the posts in that thread and taken it in consideration.
Now, we only need to know what they really thought about it, and what they decided to do with it...