📝 Skyscraper Directory & Organization Thread

[YourBasicMaths]

Welcome to the Project Skyscraper Directory

As the Project Skyscraper ARG grows in popularity, the need for improved organization has been highlighted. This thread is a first attempt at this, and serves as:

1. A directory for the Project Skyscraper ARG, where anyone new or old can locate the info they need to get caught up and begin participating quickly.
2. A central location for ongoing discussion of incremental improvements on organization.

If you have ideas or suggestions for improving the organization of our ongoing Project Skyscraper investigations, this would be the best place to share them.

This post will be updated with summaries and links to the latest information. The goal is for anyone to be able to get started or catch up easily by visiting this thread.

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Major Threads:

Below is a list of the major discussion threads, in order from most general to most specific.

• Welcome to Project Skyscraper
  (New? Read this first!)

• The Original Project Skyscraper Thread
  (Where it all began - general discussion / speculation)

• FAQ
  (See if your questions have been answered already)

• About Your Progress
  (The Architect addresses the Operators directly)

• The Storyline
  (Lore discussion for Project Skyscraper + No Man’s Sky)

• The Architect’s Email Inbox
  (Tracking the developing plot of The Architect’s inbox)

• The Code
  (Discussing the cipher for deciphering comms between Ghost / The Architect)

• Project Skyscraper on Social Media
  (Discuss socials for The Architect / Project Skyscraper).

• Skyscraper Haven Map Help
  (Haven Map bot real-time alerts + Haven Map guide).

• All Other Skyscraper Threads
  (Explore and brainstorm beyond)

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Puzzles:

This section will direct you to any ongoing puzzles.

Not everything is a puzzle, but confirmed puzzles will receive their own thread and will be linked below.

Live Puzzles / Activities:

Either confirmed, or strongly suspected.

• 06/06 Structural Analysis - Brussels (password: EVENT HORIZON)
• Request Memory Timestamps (we are to help “anchor” memories)
• Jul 24, 2018 - The Future is Revealed (gave hint to solve DJ reference) *may be solved
• #GlitchingReality Community Picks (The Architect highlights your local reality glitches)

Solved:

These are assumed solved, but may not be 100%.

• In Memoriam (remembering Akodo Kusamoto, first contactee of WT)
• LON_REALITY_GLITCH Cassette Live Drop (photos of cassettes in IRL locations).
• May 30th - Security Log / Password (password required).
• Sunday Morning, Wallace Stevens (a corrupted excerpt required restoration and validation).

Unconfirmed / Not Puzzles:

Listed in an assumed order of most to least likely to be puzzles.

• Concert Memory Email
• 2017_dataset YBM’s RMT Post Image
• This is real - Emily Audio (SoundCloud audio drop of Emily audio edit).
• System Filtering Platform.
• Shadowcheck-1912 / Tower.
• WoL Magic Packet.
• Connect Attempt Locations.

Confirmed Not Puzzles:

• Landing Page Nodes/Net.
• Access Denied Character Shuffle.
• TR4CE (contains no data, may be thematic hint).
• connection-attempted-access-denied Image (was related to Password Image and likely a password solve hint).

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Resources and Tools

Below, you will find powerful resources for keeping up with Project Skyscraper at a glance, and any tools associated with puzzle solving or anything related.

• Haven Map Website by @Ekimo1920
  (deep documentation on every aspect of the Project Skyscraper ARG).

• Github Repo by @vector_cmdr
  (deep dive Skyscraper investigation resources to geek out on)

• Post Cadence Google Sheet by @YourBasicMaths
  (tracks post times, deltas, anomalies)

• School Code/Cipher by @Gumsk
  (online “school code” cipher tool - used for coded comms between Ghost & the_architect)

• Project Skyscraper Monitor by @Vau1t
  (Post / site tracking with Architect online status monitor)

• Project Skyscraper Ops Centre by @vector_cmdr
  (Post / site tracking with Architect online status monitor and searchable site content graph)

• Content Creator Coverage
  (links to content creators covering Project Skyscraper)

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Ongoing WIP

This is an ongoing community WIP project - edits will be made as time permits.

[ThatBomberBoi]

This follow-up response serves as a secondary top post on the off-chance the OP isn’t available to update the thread.

As the Project Skyscraper ARG grows in popularity, the need for improved organization has been highlighted. This thread is a first attempt at this, and serves as:

1. A directory for the Project Skyscraper ARG, where anyone new or old can locate the info they need to get caught up and begin participating quickly.
2. A central location for ongoing discussion of incremental improvements on organization.

If you have ideas or suggestions for improving the organization of our ongoing Project Skyscraper investigations, this would be the best place to share them.

This post will be updated with summaries and links to the latest information. The goal is for anyone to be able to get started or catch up easily by visiting this thread.

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Major Threads

Below is a list of the major discussion threads, in order from most general to most specific.

• Welcome to Project Skyscraper (new? read this first!)
• Frequently Asked Questions (Got Questions / Something to report? Read this before asking!)
• The Original Project Skyscraper Thread (where it all began - general discussion/speculation)
• The Storyline (lore discussion for Project Skyscraper + No Man’s Sky)
• Project Skyscraper on Social Media (discuss socials for the_architect / Project Skyscraper).
• Skyscraper Haven Map Help (Haven Map bot real-time alerts + Haven Map guide).
• All Other Skyscraper Threads (explore and brainstorm beyond)

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Puzzles

This section will direct you to any ongoing puzzles. Not everything is a puzzle. But confirmed puzzles will receive their own thread and will be linked below.

Live Puzzles (confirmed or very strong likelihood)

• Will update as new dedicated puzzle threads emerge

Solved (for now - not confirmed 100% complete)

• Sunday Morning, Wallace Stevens (a corrupted excerpt required restoration and validation).

Unconfirmed Puzzles (in order of most to least likely - guess/imperfect)

• System Filtering Platform
• Access Denied Character Shuffle
• Shadowcheck-1912 / Tower / Static Image
• TR4CE
• WoL Magic Packet
• Landing Page - Nodes
• Connect Attempt Locations
• Will update as new strong candidates arise

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Resources and Tools

Below, you will find powerful resources for keeping up with Project Skyscraper at a glance, and any tools associated with puzzle solving or anything related.

• Haven Map Website (deep documentation on every aspect of the Project Skyscraper ARG).

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Ongoing WIP

[Gumsk]

Proposed Changes/Additions:
-Create Threads for each of these in the Unsolved section:

• Footer (System Filtering)
• Landing Page - Nodes
• Shadowcheck-1912
• Connection Detected: Access Denied - Shuffling
• They Can See The Tower
• Connect Attempt Locations
• TR4CE
• WoL Magic Packet

-Reserve two posts at the top of each thread, like this thread does.

-Recommend all brainstorming and stream of consciousness go to NMSCord channel.

-Recommend these threads are used for more concrete, discussed theories, not just chatting.

[Gumsk]

Here are some more edit suggestions for the top post. I think we need to be as barebones as possible so people can find what they need quickly. If they don’t know what something is, we don’t want to explain it here, but rather in the help page or the specific topic page. The top of the post could be trimmed a lot as well, but I think that should be done later, after most people know what this thread is for.

Major Threads

• Welcome to Project Skyscraper - Read this first!
• The Original Project Skyscraper Thread - General project discussion
• The Storyline - Lore discussion
• Skyscraper Haven Map Help - Help with the Haven website
• All Skyscraper Threads

Puzzles
Unsolved

• Footer - System Filtering
• Landing Page - Nodes
• Shadowcheck-1912
• Connection Detected: Access Denied - Shuffling
• They Can See The Tower
• Connection Attempt Locations
• TR4CE
• WoL Magic Packet

Solved (for now)

• Sunday Morning, Wallace Stevens

Resources and Tools

• Haven Map Website - Information and updates on Project Skyscraper

*This is a work in progress.

[YourBasicMaths]

Thanks for your additions/suggestions, Gumsk!

I’ve implemented a few already.

I want to avoid creating a new thread for every conceivable puzzle to prevent mass confusion. I think as puzzles arise and it’s clear they’re puzzles, we can begin creating dedicated threads. Similar to how the poem thread arose. As they come up, they’ll be added to the links above.

I’m open to seeing other perspectives on that of course! If it’s clear everyone is like “hell no we need threads for every possible puzzle” then we can do that.

Also! I don’t want anyone to think I’m the one in charge of creating puzzle threads.

This is a community thing after all. My only ask is that anyone who does, is prepared to maintain its top post and/or have someone secure the first comment in the thread to allow for future maintenance/updates.

[William]

Project Skyscraper Posts

This link might be useful to give a sense of the rythm and pace of this ARG for visitors

Credits to you, @YourBasicMaths ! (btw, really nice work!) May i suggest you add in that spreadsheet heartbeats (aka =datevalue(".. "))

EDIT : and you already linked it sorry

[Gumsk]

I like the changes! I agree we shouldn’t create a new thread for every conceivable puzzle, but I think anything that people have been discussing with at least a dozen or so posts so far and we don’t think is solved should have a thread; however, I posted my suggestions only as a starting point. My concern is that we’re already at almost 2,000 replies in one thread and it’s going to accelerate as more people get involved. We need to get organized or no one will be able to find anything. To get organized, I think we need to funnel people to targeted threads. I’ve seen at least several posts in the past day on most of those topics, except for the WoL packet. Anyway, I don’t consider my list authoritative at all, just a jumping off point for suggestions on what people are definitely discussing.

Oh, and regarding the workload, I am willing to primary a couple of threads and back-up on some others. I don’t think I’m the best choice, as others have much more ARG experience, but if no one better wants it, I will volunteer

[Ekimo1920]

I’m loving the “help with website” part. I’ll drop the GitHub the website sits at after I get the updater working for the skyscraper website. Then anyone that edits it - the changes will be automatically pushed to the pi (where the website runs) and update the docker image with the changes

[DevilinPixy]

@YourBasicMaths Thank you so much for the effort put into the creation of this topic. I have included it in the the below topic, which is pinned in the category.

It will help users to actually go through the Project Skyscraper category, seeing the topics listed, but the added extra info/details is very useful. We’re considering to pin this to the category too, just to ensure visibilty.

Project Skyscraper - Welcome / Info

First of all, a warm welcome to our forum and ‘normally’ quiet little place to discuss anything No Man’s Sky. We have received a lot of traffic ever since this likely fan made ARG popped up and literally appeared to ‘kick’ off on here. In hopes to prevent any issues and provide some quick info to get you started, please read up on some basics below: Before you say anything, make sure to bring good manners, we all appreciate those! Have a look around and check …

[YourBasicMaths]

Am I the only one who can no longer see an edit button for their posts on this thread?

Update: this specific reply is editable

but the original post above is not

[sheralmyst]

@DevilinPixy is there a time related issue here? Can regular users not edit a post after a certain amount of time?

The edit tool is not under the 3 dots … ?

[YourBasicMaths]

Can confirm no edit tool under the three dots.

[sheralmyst]

I can try unpinning it…?

[YourBasicMaths]

Sure, we can see if that resolves it?
The main thing is we have the link to this thread handy for anyone looking to catch up/become acquainted with the ARG.

[sheralmyst]

Did it make a difference?

[YourBasicMaths]

Refreshed after unpin, here’s the latest tool set:

[sheralmyst]

Ughh…I am afraid it is time related. Pinning back for now.

Edit: tossing some ideas around