Commandment
In the House of the Law
You are, apparently, a blasphemer. You are sent to the Great Court Complex, a prison full of secrets overseen by digital creatures called Magisters. You share the Court with your fellow Prisoners, with Laypeople who work there, and with Guards, all of whom have their behavior restricted by these Magisters.
Solve puzzles to gain Proofs of Authority and use them to bend the Magisters to your will. Change the law piece by piece and, as you do, expand your control over your surroundings until you can find a way to freedom.
Not every puzzle needs to be solved in order to escape. Not every law needs to be changed.
Explore the Great Court Complex and find your own way out.
Languages:
Vietnamese (Thanks to Itch user Crawrite!)
Hints (highlight to view)
Hint 1 - Terminal Menus
Once you have given a Magister a Proof of Authority, you need to return to the Terminal Menu in order to toggle a law on or off. Just presenting a Proof won't do it.
Hint 2 - The South Court
The first thing you should do when you get a Proof of Authority in the South Court is change the law preventing you from leaving. This will stop you from getting stuck and needing to solve all four puzzles
Hint 3 - Priorities
.The next law you should change is the Second Law, the one preventing laypersons from speaking to you. A lot of Proofs of Authority and hints are gated behind this!
Hint 4 - Angels and Demons
The angel, demon, and bird statues have money behind them. In the West Court there is a Prisoner who gives hints to a random puzzle, and he might be able to help clear things up.
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Development log
- Vietnamese Version!9 days ago
- Minor bug fixes and thanks!16 days ago
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Because i see a lot of people struggling, here's the answers to the demon, the angel, and the bird puzzles.
Code is Vigenere, Key word is Key
Iss mel qir rmldw dbsk dlc zvgcslov gx xfo accx ayypd.
Xfo tpswmxip cewc 36 Hcfmjc ml yrc yj rri fsrrc. Gmxzcbx 36 gxxm leqo 2 (RMD fgxepi gmni, zkwc 2) krb iss qir yr mpj mpj mx sdp sdp
Tpswmxip cewc 13 Elqijc. Gmxzcbx ry fyci 2 yxh wyy eox mpj mpj mx sl yjd yr
Nbmqyrcb wyiw 20 qzepbsuc. gmxzcbx ry fyci 2 yxh wyy eox
mpj mx sdp sl yjd yjd
I gotta say, I'm really very touched that everyone is not only helping each other out, but that you're using ciphers to avoid spoilers!
You're all wonderful, thanks so much for playing. <3
Okay, I give up, I don't know how to do the beauty, angel and bird statue puzzles and I need someone to nudge me in the right direction. The following is vigenere-encoded with the key COMMANDMENT.
Cg eaoa de M fty htq iasgx sht htq aajqp, qxocz mnq euvq lvofge V iukhkgr agt V qqiqxf ha ooayqvg lqaqfhvqs xb ukbmdy, bu axuxtkuee thf e anopqd mngq yc hh czq aag lieh. K uaf tuh pizhp gfmthh gwvgi htq pelesaxt vuzt flzgr bv'g vgsg wtmemaguj ia eurnka, pgf I udhi nuucxgtrok rb bfsm toj bay jxts egpcreiq mq uqf ig idsz mjs efagxq xrqv. Ozp I noes ptp'h ymkr kqeql qf fmiyv aj gag ddusbqqv ubphe roe wti bmjsd etnwgif tv oxx, nb pmxgxt vai I guk xb bphqdpehf xux ezgqs bu flr lvofge ghjxf bv raqsa'w ised. Gjqdygkurt tpr zatulzk phopuze = bqq drkq cd yaleq drkq czq? Aepe/przu/vqmd srd Eqto ozp Eih oszukbq fo bqq drkq wz peplyey? Mtwzutl = wtvrx = qbq anr? Egx ahvvuzg gkqvr fchotef wti ubphe. U dbq'f krm kh mf ayo.
Mrq tu tad tuh ninnvm efagxq M wnuh tmvr qa mqxc. W fdirg rmix hwhq fvyq jvog tuhe slhi fbpqq fhrb'di nen wz beawmqrmgf ngt vw pmqg'v kadk, V kmzr gq cftee lpinl cbp U dbq'f oahy ktmt gr yexx qt fte cuuwbggf oxur huxuxt.
The beauty statue has a hint from the ragged prisoner; following is vigenere coded with Commandment.
Js suvrv flr akbf fhnw flr pqfpe rubyi. Gakg xqtf bay xgqk fa lbrw eg mjs Nqahwk wgtviq fekw, mrq lgs itipk isewu ftkmr zuxu gwanqrf.
Unfortunately, I also have 0 clue about the Angel and Bird statues, as I tried everything I could think of and got nothing as well.
Oh, I see, thanks. Vvue if ztiex pcf nevqs e atvwhq schmork ecyqs odoo gh dwfq mr, utczbpu uz Eajxmfa kgz’f af lzxhbvwhq tb pq wb B fwpz’t arfmpx vvqk ayo dllfg kufh axyfrk ycdps yrx
I find this interesting that so many people got Demon the way I got Angel and Bird, but I had to brute-force Demon because whatever the hint was wasn't making any sense to me
Really really enjoyed this game! Loved the puzzles - head-scratchers but never completely impossible
I'd like to point out a bug I found. I got the knife and repealed laws 6, 11 and 14 (plus others, but these seem the most relevant). This created a body and a blood-stained code. Later, I repealed law 7 and spoke to the disconnected Magister. Once that Magister left, suddenly there was no body any more. Both the guard and the belligerent man were present. I spoke to the guard and killed him, then when I went to speak to the belligerent man the game crashed with the error "Template error: #if requires exactly one argument"
Fantastic game though and I definitely want to go back through it to see the ending
Oh dear. Let me take a look and see what I can find!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, though!
Sorry, I think I got my West and North Courts confused when trying to describe the steps I took to get this issue! The body is, I think, unrelated, just the guard and the man
Amazing game so far, but I am stuck on the Angel and Bird statue puzzles. I have tried every combo I could think of that aligned with how the Demon puzzle worked, but it still wouldn't open. Can anyone give me a hint to solve their puzzles?
I'm having trouble with the Condemned statue, I've put in what I'm pretty sure is the answer(Vigenere'd(key = KEY) for spoilers) ZIMZPC a few times now and it still hasn't worked. Is there something I'm missing?
Edit: Yes, yes there was. Mean to have that as an option though!
Is the qyw glm req dlc cedo gmni(vigenere key = key) supposed to die any time anyone else is killed? I've killed him from a different court a couple times now
I think it's a consequence directly of repealing Law 14
I don't think that's the case, but you might be right. I might be misremembering, but I thought I got the knife at one point and didn't use it and they were fine until I did
Oh man this is *mean* mean (complimentary)
alright I've gotten endings 2 & 3
ETA: ending 1 down, now I get to stare and wonder about what ending 4 requires
is there a puzzle involving the belligerent man and the smoking guard? should I be doing something with them? they taunt me
Ah geez, that's actually my bad. Fixed my error!
Vindication!
new note: now the belligerent man gives infinite proofs after I've satisfied him
also a several folks drop proofs on death that they already gave me while living
to be clear, this rules, I hope I don't sound too nitpicky
ah heck
ALL ENDINGS! I... don't actually feel great about that.
Jeezus, this is racking my brain. I've turned over laws 1, 2, 4 and 12. And solved the nautilus statue, waiting statue and the demon statue plus i found one proof tucked away behind something. I also got two coins but have no idea where to go from here. please help me out
the ragged prisoner in the West Court has many rambling clues. if that's where you figured out how to solve the demon, then you know how to figure out the inputs for the North and West Court statues.
the ragged prisoner actually has clues for the Beauty and Condemned as well, if the Philosopher's hints are too vague.
if this was of no help, let me know, i will type up a more direct guide.
Do you have hints for the Angel and Bird statues? I'm stumped on those.
These are the prisoner's hints for those puzzles, in case you couldn't get them (Vig commandment):
Vvudtrhz eazgze, fea hmvganm mzgroe, xjxphk epnudsjl.
Vvudtrhz eazgze. Fhvufirg cbsqlf.
And then the answers:
vvudtrhz jbk cbsql, gzqrgr hcd niege, fbmj wz niaddc. fh khe afs rrj bg qb arf bq rse tpuqx, i gkurx mjs oadvqs qvzjh ftrbz eszx rsablr rrj.
I didn't get how to figure them out based on the poems though.
gjqdygkurt tpr zatulzk phopuze = bqq eaw vka = fea L syrlu, ozp tuhz qhevwbxy ob fab ugqmgsr wti ngisx rohqp e yhxsd. mnq iav gag rqyoav ux'f mysxhe txqwgl @ vvq xafw eycigf mzd gkqr lhw wzhoxh flr mtwzutl va cbn isf fhvufc-fbz. W pan'g nzsj aqk kau thf xubthqqn suaq gag ozsey saiz. Tts fte crqqf lwdbasrg fs ox lief agpawcagfuo aag ksh tehgmlyb sig mjs mzsjhdw gatcgsh gkq tebuczqr?
might've been softlocked. darn.
finished!
i Escaped(3/4)!
abolishment of prisons everywhere!
Heeeelll yeah! Genuinely, fuck the carceral system!
anyone else STRUGGLING with the demon code? it doesn't seem to be the same/follow the same pattern/use the same hint as the other two statues with the same type of mechanism so I'm super confused. Guessed every number I could possibly think of that might relate to the clue but still no luck, and I'm out of proofs so this may be the end for me.
I can help with the the demon code but in return, I would love some help with the puzzle box in the central room pls. I’m completely stuck.
Hint 1
The prisoner in the West Court says something about the number of devils.Hint 2
There are 6 dials that can either be turned on or off.Hint 3
Binary numbers use a base-2 number system that uses only two digits, 0 and 1, to represent information.Hint 4
Convert 36 to it's binary number, 100100. Turn the dials on/off depending on where the 1/0 is positioned.Solution
Dials 1 & 4 are switched on, while dials 2, 3, 5, and 6 are switched off.Central Room Box Hint
You’re trying to grow something. Start with seed, and go from there.
Central Room Box Answer
Seed -> Tree -> Flower -> Cherry
Thank you so much!
THANK YOU!! Hint 1 was all I needed - I had to talk to the person you mentioned about 20 times before he said what I needed him to say.
Demon Code
Apparently you need to add zeroes to the end of the demon code for it to work. It made me real mad once I found out -.-
I figured out the demon statue but not the other ones. could you give me a hint?
ngl I brute-forced it
I love a good puzzle game, and this one was totally up my alley! The atmosphere is awesome. Not too tricky thanks to the hint system but even if you're a puzzle wiz it's challenging to figure out how to spend your resources! Perfect balance, loved it
Hi :) Are you interested in Vietnamese localization? I'dlove to help out for free if you're open to it : D
Oh my goodness, that would be lovely! I am absolutely interested!
Amazing! Add me on Discord @crawrite or email me at crawritpe@gmail.com so we can discuss more about this :)
Not sure if this is intentional, but
Encoded spoiler (Vigenere with key = key)
umjvmlq xfo hybo kovareld eln wmexfovl qyybh byiq xsr vir iss qir dlcsv nbsmpw
super cool game though! Very hard, but also clever riddles!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'll take a peek and see about that!
Oh yeah, on a related note:(same key and cipher)
umjvmlq xfo ayxhcbmlq pyitcbwmx eln xfo gfevar fjkwnrikov eszcc cme xfomp zvmyjq glcx cme ogvp rrik, ozcx md dlci lyfi yvvckhw qmtor wyy y zvmyj. g kwqeqcn mr geq srrorrsslkp yxh rriw gipo nscx fypbsre yyr yr wyy.
Gotcha!
Another related note (Not gameplay related but something I noticed when getting ending 4) sj wyy avmau sl zimzpc kjrov ispjsre ozcbcmxi gx xfo wmexf mssbx gd hmowl’d gfkreo xfo gmxxcxx yxh qdmjv wyiw “wyyp pijvsu zvgcslovq kvc sr urmro eln xfovc’c ejcs y wipmlyxx”
Also I think the zvgcslov fsrrc are so well done especially in retrospect :D
Thanks for the heads up! <3 And I'm really glad you enjoyed the game enough to go for multiple endings!
Okay, so issue:
It seems like other people have solved the angel and demon puzzles, but Im having an issue. I solved the bird one in the west court so I assumed the method of code conversion works for the others. But as far as I can tell, it doesnt.
So either the value is glitched or Im doing something wrong.
Also, the magister that accepts funds gives you ntohing for them, even once I have removed the law that prevents proofs of authority from being distributed. So I dont know if that was a scam, or a glitch.
Oh dear! I'll look into those codes again to triple-check nothing's wrong!
As for the Magister that accepts funds, you're right that it doesn't give you anything. But, it does change something! This I'm sure works - but I'll adjust the text a little so it's signposted better.
Triple-check completed and they seem to be correct! This might be a signposting issue rather than a code one, so I'll keep it in mind - thanks!
THanks! I might just not be doing it right. One other issue, though: Killing the merchant in the dark court makes the magister in the north court disappear if you havenjt interacted with them yet, but doesnt send them to the dark court.
Oh how strange! I'll take a look!
HOLY SHIT it took me so long to get all laws but I DID IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAA SO HAPPY ( for now got ending 1 and 2 lol) DEVS YOU DID AMAZING JOB!!! YOU ARE AMAZING!! YOUR GAME IS AMAZING!!! Loved the puzzles and trying to think what the answer might be. Im sorry it is so late when i live rn and i cannot put my thought together but i truly enjoyed playing!
For people who are trying to get all laws ( 1 ending), there is one law, you have to change before the others.(You have to think which laws to change first and which later) (cause if you change some randomly then you can get stuck lol). Also angel and demon riddles took me sooooo much time cause my translator was just saying some nonsense -> so try to find one that will be able to convert your answer to 6 part code. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONEEEEE
P.S Also other little things. After MERCHANT sold me knife and i killed them, the button to come back to south court stopped working. Had to restart the game lol ( Save button would be a great thing ngl :> )
And when it comes to the quest with timid lady and worker, there is no limit to how many times you can get your reward. I don't know if it was planned hah
ONCE AGAIN! DEVS YOU CREATED AMAZING THING!!!
Oh, thank you so much! You're too sweet!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and I'm uploading a fixed version so no one else gets stuck there again.
Hi, so..issue. You seem to have overfixed it, because now I get NO funds from the timid lady.
AH GEEZ AH HECK
Okay I see what doofus error I made and un-doofused it. Thanks for the heads up!
It was great experience! Truly! When i have more time i will try to get all the endings <333
Very interesting, I enjoyed tinkering around! Mostly frustrated because I can't get the Angel Statue of the North Court solved (or brute forced) for the life of me. Otherwise, I have 2/4 endings (2, 3), and as far as I can tell most everything else I've managed to crack open (to the point of all but two Laws repealed). May come back to try for at least one more ending, but for now I've hit a wall. Cheers.
Is there a coding issue with the North Magister? I've spoken to them, and it looked like it resolved something, but they're still wandering around aimlessly.
Oh heck! It should still have unlocked what it's supposed to - I'll fix that right away, thanks!
Managed to get only one of the statues solved after several hours, and I think I’m gonna walk away with my small victory. I’ve tried every word I could possibly think of for The Condemned, but I never solved it. Out of all the statues I failed to complete, that’s the one that hurts the most.
For what it's worth, there are hints to it if you talk to some people. When you can talk to some people. (I say that as someone who got three of the four and then...not much else.)
Oh NO WONDER I haven’t gotten anywhere. I thought to remove the law you just had to interact with the law once!!!! Excuse me while I cry in a corner.
After three days, I have finally gotten all the statue puzzles solved. I know I’m going to get a bad ending for what I’m about to do next, but after spending hours giving myself a headache, I think I deserve a little me-time…