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 operatorāAND, 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.
Iāll 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.
Hereās a quick draft of what Iām thinking for the mapping:
| Symbol | Possible Operation | Notes |
|--------|--------------------|-------|
| ā | AND | Looks like a circle that encloses two things |
| ⢠| OR | Square, suggests a union |
| ā | NOT | Pointing down, like a negation |
| ā¶ | XOR | Star shape, nonālinear |
| ā | IMPLIES | Double arrow, maybe a conditional |
Just a starting point. We can tweak as we compare the real symbols youāve found. Send me your sketch and weāll see where they line up.
Iāll send you the sketch on paperājust a quick handādrawn diagram of the symbols. Then we can line up your ideas with what Iāve seen.
I canāt view images directly, but if you describe each symbolālike its shape, any lines or dots you seeāI can map it to the operations we discussed. Just give me a quick rundown and weāll line them up.
ā: a round shape, a thick circle with a small dot in the middle.
ā¢: a square with rounded corners, four equal sides, no extra marks.
ā: a triangle pointing downwards, like an upsideādown wedge, no fill.
ā¶: a fiveāpointed star, all points equal, no interior lines.
ā: 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 twoāinput 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.Iāll run a few test strings and see how the logic behaves.
Sounds goodājust let me know what strings you try and how the symbols evaluate so we can tweak the mapping if something feels off.