I wrote a player for #ircpuzzles, a yearly puzzle hunt hosted on IRC. Many people who might like to try the puzzles don't know how to use IRC. So, now you can replay past years online.
I didn't have time to finish this one. It only has one year, and is missing a little polish. I'd call it about 80% done. It worked as a warmup for hack-a-day, my yearly project to complete one project a day in November.
I’m one of the designers for the yearly April Fools Puzzle Contest on IRC.
Please feel free to join at https://blog.ircpuzzles.org/. The idea is that you solve puzzles in a chatroom, and get the password to the next chatroom, and so on. If you’re not familiar with IRC, don’t worry–a link is provided to connect in your browser, too.
It’s a lot of fun, and I hope you enjoy!
P.S. The contest should be up for a while, so don’t worry about being late to the party!
The April Fools Puzzle Contest is over. Congrats to the winners.
I wrote up solutions for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (2023 not yet live).
Spoiler tags are available, so you see clues and incremental hints, if you missed the original contest and want to play one.
