Confirms a certain direction I had been looking in before ...I think :) Need to spend more time with it. Cheers!

Is anyone other than chevkoch still solving this?

Well let's have a look. I checked the first couple of challenges so now I think how I should approach this.

Not really. blotunga is still solving, and I'm waiting for an answer from one more person.

What I'd do is, if no one else is actively solving, I'd give away the game before revealing the solution. As in the previous one, those who attempted to solve it or partially solved it will first be offered the game, and if they don't want it, it'd go to a public GA.

Oh, late to the party...
I just chanced upon this yesterday and fiddled around with it for a bit, but I haven't really made any headway, so, I guess I'll not make it till the time is up (if ever ;) ).
But it's a really cool idea! I'll try to give it a good shot now and try not to peek once the solution is up.

Edit:
Realizing I have no idea what I'm really doing here, and that I'm probably not quite the target audience, I'll just... quietly back out the door and pretend I didn't say anything.
It was fun learning a little about esoteric languages, though!
..... ..... ....! ?!!.? ..... ..... ....? .?!.? ..... ..... ..... ...!.
?.... ..... !?!!. ?!!!! !!!!? .?!.? !!!.? .

A bunch of your question marks are definitely mine as well, haha. Although I am a bit farther down the track it seems (with a lot of help), I'm still struggling and stuck again :D Applause to those who've already solved this.

I think knowledge is the main thing... knowing what you are looking at, and what to look for is most of the battle. I got stuck majorly by not recognising a hint as a hint (because it was something unfamiliar to me). Most of the information you need is available between the first two giveaways and the information ZFR has linked to.

Yeah, ZFR has been kindly feeding me hints. I think you are spot on with it being about recognizing what's in front of your eyes. Still at it :)

Mhm, I don't really know what to look for, and know quite literally nothing about programming... which seems to be a bit of a dealbreaker. The number of variables ("what could this mean?") seems just so vast that I'm just chasing waterfalls ;)
I checked out the previous challenges quickly, but, obviously, those solutions seem kind of plausible and logical in hindsight (although I imagine it's pretty easy to get stuck even when you're already on the right track).
But like chevkoch said, major props to the people who solved this already!

Really... I am not that smart. I just asked a lot of questions.
I found the correct language family, but not even the right one directly. Towards the end I just threw possible things to go after and ideas at ZFR, with him either confirming them or pushing me in the right direction.

Since the game has not been claimed so far, I'd like to give it away before revealing the results. As I said, those who attempted to solve it will have a first shot at it. At the moment, it's the following people:
yogsloth
chevkoch,
blotunga
WildHobgoblin
Please let me know if I missed anyone.

I'll send the name of the game to them, if they want it, they can get it. If not I'll make a public giveaway.

If at any moment anyone solves it by himself and wants to claim the game, please don't hesitate to do so.

That quine is crazy!
I already think Perl is unreadable! :-P
Congrats for such an achievement.

EDIT:
About this thread in particular, nice to see a new ZFT challenge. :-)
It is unfortunate that I don't have that much time.
I would like to see your code working, so if you would point some on-line interpreter that can run it, it would be swell. I tried the first half-dozen I could find, but with no success.

Well, finally managed to do it... took me longer than should have because I was in a hurry and haven't double-checked stuff :)
Anyway it was a nice challenge.

OK, since no one expressed a desire to get the game, I'll be giving it away in a public giveaway before giving the solution.

At any time during this if you solve the code feel free to grab it. This goes too to those who already solved it and want to change their mind about getting the game.


https://www.gog.com/forum/general/theme_hospital_giveaway