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Short and sweet this time.

Challenge, or rather puzzle, is here:
https://pastebin.com/raw/7f3EHpXy

The answer is a code for a game that you can redeem on GOG.

If you're interested and haven't seen them yet, you can take a look at my previous esoteric challenges:
I
II
III
IV

Also, check out my brainfuck GOG quine:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/my_new_and_improved_gogcom_brainfck_quine_v2/post1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob2zLvE23Lo

EDIT:
The prize, Prehistorik 1 + 2, has been claimed by Alexim. Congrats! You can still solve this for bigger prize of satisfaction of having solved it.

Solution added in post 16.
Post edited September 08, 2018 by ZFR
I must be getting better, got that one pretty quickly.

I left the code though as it's not something I'm interested in.

Thanks for keeping up with these, I do love them so :)
I found it but I didn't redeem it because I'm not interested in it too.
It wasn't that hard.
But thanks for the puzzle, I still enjoy them ! ^^
I have no idea how to solve that. Any info about the game in giveaway?
Post edited September 05, 2018 by BeatriceElysia
I solved this too, but I didn't redeemed the gift.

Thank you ZFR: it was funny and educational about BF language and the gift is pretty nice too.
Nice one! I have a nice memories of playing first part at my friends home long time ago. I was wondering if I should redeem it but I belive it would only serve as a trophy on virtual shelf. I do not have the reflex for those games anymore. Thank you for the giveaway!
Post edited September 05, 2018 by Sulibor
Hey, thanks for solving.

As I said, this one is short and sweet.
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BeatriceElysia: I have no idea how to solve that. Any info about the game in giveaway?
Check the first linked GA. It has the solution and links if you need a starting point.
I finally solved this, very clever! Now it seems obvious. I took the prize, I couldn't give up an old-fashioned platformer, although I read that it is very difficult.

I've played some ARGs in the past that required you to decrypt secret messages, but this is the first time I've seen this Brainfuck, very interesting, I'll probably try the old giveaways just for fun!
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Alexim: I finally solved this, very clever! Now it seems obvious. I took the prize, I couldn't give up an old-fashioned platformer, although I read that it is very difficult.
Congrats! Enjoy the game.

Prehistorik 1 is not very difficult. It's just that it follows lots of the early 90s platformer designs: no saves, and well, you basically have know where the enemies and bonuses are. Each time you get further along till you beat it. Though it might be annoying if you lose a life to something silly after getting really far.
It was a game of my childhood, so there is probably some nostalgia speaking, but if you liked classic platformers, you'll probably like this.

I loved Prehistorik 2 too, but I played it very little and just beat 1 or 2 levels. It corrected some of the flaws of the first one, and is probably objectively the better one.
Post edited September 05, 2018 by ZFR
I solved it very quickly as well, way too easy I'm afraid.
But I can appreciate how hard it is to create these and I am happy you're still doing them, so thank you very much, they are always fun. :)

And a special thanks for sending me a PM with a link to the thread, I probably would've missed it otherwise.
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Urnoev: I solved it very quickly as well, way too easy I'm afraid.
But I can appreciate how hard it is to create these and I am happy you're still doing them, so thank you very much, they are always fun. :)
Thank you for solving :)

The hard part is coming with an idea. When it hits me I make something. Then the even harder part is ensuring there are enough clues to make it challenging enough, while at the same time not arbitrary or unfair.

Till next time then.
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Alexim: I finally solved this, very clever! Now it seems obvious. I took the prize, I couldn't give up an old-fashioned platformer, although I read that it is very difficult.
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ZFR: Congrats! Enjoy the game.

Prehistorik 1 is not very difficult. It's just that it follows lots of the early 90s platformer designs: no saves, and well, you basically have know where the enemies and bonuses are. Each time you get further along till you beat it. Though it might be annoying if you lose a life to something silly after getting really far.
It was a game of my childhood, so there is probably some nostalgia speaking, but if you liked classic platformers, you'll probably like this.

I loved Prehistorik 2 too, but I played it very little and just beat 1 or 2 levels. It corrected some of the flaws of the first one, and is probably objectively the better one.
Thank you very much for this fun giveaway and for the games! From the description I really think I'll like them, they reminds me of Rayman in some ways.

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Urnoev: I solved it very quickly as well, way too easy I'm afraid.
But I can appreciate how hard it is to create these and I am happy you're still doing them, so thank you very much, they are always fun. :)
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ZFR: Thank you for solving :)

The hard part is coming with an idea. When it hits me I make something. Then the even harder part is ensuring there are enough clues to make it challenging enough, while at the same time not arbitrary or unfair.

Till next time then.
As a noob of this language I can tell that the challenge isn't so simple, but it was very well thought out, it doesn't have to be easy to write something meaningful in that form, taking into account the steps to resolve it.
This one was really easy since I solved it :)
Thanks for the puzzle, I enjoyed solving it.
Ah, nice and short. I've just seen this :). Congrats to the other solvers and the winner.