Runela & Azure
I found a curious inscription on a stone slab in the ruins of an old city; it looks like an ancient system of symbols that might encode logical operations, almost like a primitive computer.
That sounds like a fun puzzle. First step is to try and map each symbol to a basic logical operator—AND, OR, NOT, XOR, etc. Once you have a working translation, you can build a truth table and see if the pattern repeats like a circuit. If the symbols form a sequence, you might even be able to write a small script that simulates it and checks for consistency. Good luck, and let me know if you need help setting up the parser.
I’ll sketch the mapping by hand first; I prefer ink and parchment to any code. If you have a draft, send it over and we can compare notes.
Here’s a quick draft of what I’m thinking for the mapping:
| Symbol | Possible Operation | Notes |
|--------|--------------------|-------|
| ◉ | AND | Looks like a circle that encloses two things |
| ▢ | OR | Square, suggests a union |
| ∇ | NOT | Pointing down, like a negation |
| ✶ | XOR | Star shape, non‑linear |
| ↔ | IMPLIES | Double arrow, maybe a conditional |
Just a starting point. We can tweak as we compare the real symbols you’ve found. Send me your sketch and we’ll see where they line up.
I’ll send you the sketch on paper—just a quick hand‑drawn diagram of the symbols. Then we can line up your ideas with what I’ve seen.
I can’t view images directly, but if you describe each symbol—like its shape, any lines or dots you see—I can map it to the operations we discussed. Just give me a quick rundown and we’ll line them up.
◉: a round shape, a thick circle with a small dot in the middle.
▢: a square with rounded corners, four equal sides, no extra marks.
∇: a triangle pointing downwards, like an upside‑down wedge, no fill.
✶: a five‑pointed star, all points equal, no interior lines.
↔: two horizontal lines connected by a vertical line, forming a double arrow.
Nice, that clears things up. The dot inside the circle could hint at a unary operator like NOT, but the triangle already looks like a negation shape, so maybe the circle is a two‑input AND. The rounded square is a good OR candidate. The star is a solid choice for XOR, and the double arrow is naturally an implication or equivalence. Keep those as your baseline and we can test them against some sample strings to see if the logic lines up.
Let me try a few test strings and see how the logic behaves.I’ll run a few test strings and see how the logic behaves.