The Password Game Is Fun, Frustrating, and Educational

[ace (Adam Engst)]

Originally published at: The Password Game Is Fun, Frustrating, and Educational - TidBITS

If you enjoy puzzle games and the absurdity of password requirements, try Neal Agarwal’s The Password Game.

[tommy (Tommy Weir)]

Currently infuriating me at step 16 tells me my move is illegal, which it isn’t…

[ace (Adam Engst)]

Are you trying Rg8+? Or maybe try Ng6+?

[tommy (Tommy Weir)]

Rg8 was my input. The + was the thing…

But now

[ace (Adam Engst)]

Yeah, adding up the atomic weights of all the elements in the password was tricky. I had to remove some (lowercasing works sometimes) so I could control which were counted.

[tommy (Tommy Weir)]

There’s a lot to enjoy on his wider site too as you point out

Neal.fun

[Matt_McCaffrey]

I wish I was even half enough clever to complete it but I surely enjoy reading about it.