Halloween at the Portal. The Hollow, a haunted cipher maze, is free to play until 2 November. Enter The Hollow

๐Ÿงญ This chain is also a 3D maze

The Glass Orchard is this same chain as a place you walk through. Each stage is a terminal beside a locked gate, and solving it opens the gate. The maze also hides data fragments with a bonus message you can only get there.

Your progress and score are the same either way, so you can start in one and finish in the other. If you want the maze to be a surprise, start there.

๐Ÿ”’ See the maze (Elite) Solve it here as a page โ†“

๐Ÿ“œ Briefing
Long after the city stopped paying for its power, the Glass Orchard kept running. Its sprinklers still tick and its lamps still glow, and somewhere among the fruit trees a forgotten network passes notes from one terminal to the next. You came here because a message arrived on your screen, signed only with a drawing of a leaf.

The greenhouse has been sealed for years, and its paths twist between towering planters and humming cabinets. Three gates stand between you and the central dome. Each one holds a scrap of writing left by the last gardener, who never trusted anyone with the whole truth at once.
  1. 1 Gate One - Propagation Hall
  2. 2 Gate Two - Logbook Bench ๐Ÿ”’ opens with stage 1's answer
  3. 3 Gate Three - Fountain Terminals ๐Ÿ”’ opens with stage 2's answer

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