The treasure hunt has started and we’re really enjoying watching people’s progress on the puzzles! It’s particularly fun to see the conversation on the #golden-mantis channel on the MysteriousWritings.com Discord server. If you’re not in there, come join us — you’re missing out.
(Side note: this hunt was designed to take up to two or three months; we didn’t want someone claiming the $2,000 prize on the first day. If you haven’t entered, you’re not too far behind.)
The SkipWorkPlayGames team learned some valuable lessons about hiding pages in WordPress sites as soon as the hunt launched. In short, the “secret” page has been visited by nearly 200 people already. Surprise to us!
On the other hand, we can also see that nobody has figured out how to make use of the information from the secret page yet. It may be that that stage of the hunt won’t be solved until there’s a hint available.
Speaking of hints — the first major hint will be published on this blog and our Announcements page sometime Friday. Check back then for a bit of a boost on one of the puzzles!