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Day 1
The six Kickstarter page puzzles are:
- In the background of the video, the semaphore sharks on the wall spell CHOMP.
- At the end of the video, the giant Connect Four set uses Braille letters to spell BITE ME.
- The Sharky’s Puzzlehunt text has a section that can be Caesar shifted 13 positions to spell “starting at Neptune’s weapon and reading left to right.” In the Sharky’s Puzzlehunt banner, starting with the one the trident points at, the sea creatures are a manta, urchin, narwhal, crab, hammerhead shark, eel, and starfish, whose first letters spell MUNCHES.
- In the Chums description, the italicized letters spell ADD MOTHER PLUS MORE TIDY, which is MA + NEATER, or MANEATER.
- In the video, Sharky looks at a computer screen of the Kickstarter launch page, which is missing the letters in FINTASTIC.
- In the array of puzzle pages, the red-circled letters spell CHUM CHANGE.
Putting these answers in the shark teeth in order by legnth, the teeth pointing up spell CHITCHATTING.
Day 2
The podcasts are Serial, Decoder Ring, Stuff You Should Know, Hidden Brain, Pod Save America, Crime Junkie, Up First, Radiolab, Old Gods of Appalachia, Smartless, Armchair Expert, Welcome to Nightvale, and Hello from the Magic Tavern. The corrected letters spell SOUND JUDGMENT.
Day 3
Each gem name has a letter that occurs twice. Placing these letters in order by the backer numbers spells STAR SAPPHIRE.
Day 4
The dot is an F sound, the circle is an L sound, the white star is an A sound, the triangle pointing down is an S sound, the two vertical lines is an H sound, the triangle pointing up is a K sound, the black star is a different A sound, the slash is an R sound, and the angle with a diagonal line is a D sound, making FLASH CARD.
Day 5
The games are Monopoly, Unspeakable Words, Backgammon, Concept, Cash ’N Guns, Dixit, Tokaido, and Risk. Counting by the number of pawns into each game’s name spells MEMENTOS.
Day 6
The missing props are Marty McFly’s HOVERBOARD, Optimus Prime’s ION BLASTER, Bob Ross’s PALETTE, Thor’s HAMMER, LEGO Batman’s UTILITY BELT, the Ghostbusters’ GHOST, the steampunk guy’s GOGGLES, Daenerys Targaryen’s EGGS, Iron Man’s REPULSOR, and the Doctor’s SONIC SCREWDRIVER, whose first letters spell HIP-HUGGERS.
Day 7
The missing faces are Futurama’s Amy, The Addams Family’s Morticia (noting that Thing doesn’t have a face), South Park’s Stan, The Simpsons’ Maggie, The Brady Bunch’s Cindy, Scooby-Doo’s Velma, The A-Team’s Hannibal, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Michelangelo, The Fellowship of the Ring’s Legolas, and Family Guy’s Stewie. The indexed letters spell MISGIVINGS.
Day 8
The films are From Dusk Till Dawn, Eyes Wide Shut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Tick Tick… Boom!, Cool Hand Luke, Drop Dead Fred, Gone Baby Gone, Wild Wild West, This Boy’s Life, and All’s Well That Ends Well. The boxed letters spell FEATURETTE.
Day 9
The games are Puerto Rico, Takenoko, Dominion, Ticket to Ride, The Game of Life, Clue, and Trivial Pursuit. Their numbered letters spell CAMEL UP.
Day 10
The dishes are, in alphabetical order, Clams and Mussels ($19), Coffee and Mints ($1), Gnocchi and Roasted Beets ($19), Iced Bundt Cake ($8), Kabocha Squash ($9), Mozzarella Caprese ($13), and Tarte au Citron ($9). The prices’ alphanumeric equivalents spell SASHIMI.
Day 11
The U.S. coins can be identified by size and then their cent values summed in each pile. Their number of cents, when converted alphanumerically, spell INDECIPHERABLE SYMBOLS.
Day 12
The heroes are VISION, ROCKET, FALCON, GAMORA, ICEMAN, BISHOP, DOMINO, and GAMBIT. The letters they surround spell DISGUISE.
Day 13
The dice are a blue d20, a purple d20, a black d20, a green d6, a clear percentile d10, a red d20, a brown d20, an orange d6, a green d12, a purple d6, and a blue d12. The numbers on their faces converted alphanumerically spell POTATO SALAD.
Day 14
The countries are Canada, Italy, Thailand, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Egypt, and Norway, whose first letters spell CITIZEN.
Day 15
The 14 corrected acts are the Beach Boys, Duran Duran, Incubus, Human League, Bananarama, Tears for Fears, Queen, Oasis, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Mumford and Sons, Billy Squier, Joy Division, and Pink Floyd. Caesar shifting their corrected letters by 14 spells PRIVATE CONCERT.
Day 16
The mystery items are HEART/EAR, ARTEMIS/ARES, TITANIUM/TIN, CHAMELEON/CAMEL, IRELAND/IRAN, TRAINSPOTTING/TRON, NUGGETS/NETS, SACRAMENTO/RENO, and AUSTRALIA/ASIA. The red letters spell RETAINERS.
Day 17
The games are Ticket to Ride, Magic: The Gathering, Puerto Rico, Diplomacy, Axis & Allies, Stratego, Acquire, Apples to Apples, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Pandemic, The Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Carcassonne, and Dungeons & Dragons. Their extra letters spell ROLEPLAYING GAME.
Day 18
The food/character combos are BUFFALO WINGS/RICH UNCLE PENNYBAGS, POPCORN/MS. PAC-MAN, MEATBALL SUB/MASTER CHEF, DORITOS/PRINCESS ZELDA, CHEETOS/LARA CROFT, PIZZA ROLLS/CAVITY SAM, FROSTED DOUGHNUTS/CHANDRA NALAAR, NACHOS/BOWSER, SKITTLES/KING KANDY, PUPPY CHOW/COLONEL MUSTARD, CHOCOLATE/VALEROS, and SMORES/CHELL. The crumbs spell FRUIT LEATHER.
Day 19
The connections are MOTHERBOARD, MEMORY, DEBUG, USER, and GIGABYTE, with the red letters spelling MOUSE. Drawing straight lines from the M to the O, the O to the U, and so on crosses numbers that match the NETWORK HUB letters on ETHERNET.
Day 20
The badges each have a shorter word in red and a longer word in purple. In day order, counting into the longer words by the number of letters in the shorter words spells MY PASSWORD SNARK HOLE. Entering SNARK HOLE into the first page’s blank gets to a contract where the answers can be inserted into blanks. The boxed letters spell IT IS JUST A SHAME THIS IS SURE A MESS I PLEDGE TO ACTIVATE A SPAM FILTER. Entering SPAM FILTER into the contract’s blank gets the final video and the Lone Shark Games badge.