http://deathball.net/notpron/
* Don't give up too early, it's damn hard
* It's NOT a point a click thing
* Don't try to get spoilers, or you won't have fun (those who don't cheat have months of immense fun with this)!
Feel free to use the "hints" section on this site. Just for the start, to get into this!
Frequently Asked Questions to DavidM, the maker of this thing!
How did you get the idea for this?
I was playing thisisnotporn.com, which is a little similar, but still a lot different. From my point of view those levels there are pretty unfair and rather boring.
Well, I did something like that with my own game philosophy (based on fun & fairness rather than on mystery), and it became kinda cool with those unlimited ways of using useless computer knowledge to beat those levels. More and more ideas grew out of this, so it has not much to do with my original inspiration and it's something totally unique on the whole internet (except for all the notpron clones that keep popping up now).
How do I save my level progress?
3 words: add to favourites.
Just bookmark all levels, and whenever you enter a password check the "save login data" box.
It's also recommended to have a txt file and write down all URL's and keywords
What does "notpron" mean?
Sigh...it loses the fun when I explain it, but here we go. It's "not pron". Pr0n being internet slang for "porn". Like we enjoy to fuck up words online all the time. For example "broken" becomes "b0rked".
Or the word "own"* turned into "pwn". And even "pwned" became "pwnt". Language raping, but it's fun. *("Owning someone" as in "ruling someone" or "being a lot better". "Something owns" means that it's really really great...)
When did this first start?
I started out with it in late July 2004.
Can I submit my riddle idea?
Yes, and many people did submit ideas. About 5% of them are used in the riddle. Unfortunately most submissions were rather boring, uninspired or unfair. You know my email, send it that way if you have a creative idea. Make sure it includes new elements, no boring decoding stuff. It's enough to just write the idea. Please don't send images or so, unless they are needed.
How long did it take you to do this?
All together it was from late July 2004 until July 2005. It was finished on it's first birthday.
The actual work on this ain't taking long. The "hard" part about this is getting ideas, but from my experience you can't really work on those.
They keep coming, or they don't. Usually you get these ideas in absolutely strange moments where you've not even been trying to make up a riddle. But Christine made up some riddles which actually took a lot of work to make. Only a hand full though. And for sure a lot of people submitted their ideas to me. Some where used, as you can see in the Credits.
Will there be a sequel to this?
I guess not. Notpron is done.
When did you start/release the game? How long did it take you to get to the first "finish"?
On the first day we released it, and 5 was the end...then we added a few every day until 17 was the first real end.....then I felt like going on.
23 was the end then, and in 22 you needed to find a cell phone number, send an sms with your email in it and I would reply with "the answer is unexpected"....you can see how it is now.
The cell phone thing got a bit annoying, and pretty much only Germans seemed to get through. On 23 you can still see the old greetings.
That end stayed for 2 months I believe, then we kept adding new things, with new temporary end pages all the time, but they max stayed for a week or so. 81 was the final end....for 1-2 months. Then I kept adding new levels until today, going from 0 downwards (on the mainpage (www.notpron.com) you can always see the currently last level).
Is there supposed to be a story that links the levels together? Or is it fairly free-form all the way through?
Well there is a rough story, but I'm not giving it away, that would make it boring. It keeps the mystery up a bit
But to be honest, it got lost at around level 13 or something, slowly fading out into nothing.
Will there ever be better visuals and a better design?
I wouldn't want that. That would be against the philosophy of the riddle. I want nothing to distract the player, and it would get large for no reason.
Imagine all the shit in the source code, would get too much.
The riddle has to be simple (and hard), that makes it IMO.
How do you pron-ounce pron?
Nevermind, this question is just for fun
Where can I get the fluffly dragon from Level 12?
You can get it here. A shape to cut out and glue together.
Are you together with this Christine?
No, she's just an internet friend.
Any more questions? Mail me. I'll add all good and frequently asked ones here (no solution or hint requests please!).
Rules
There are actually no rules, just proceed to the next screen, until you are on the end screen!
The only rule is not to look for walkthroughs on the net. It will ruin the fun for you, and this is what all is about.
Don't try to impress others with solutions. It's no challenge to find those on google, everybody can.
Talk to Others:
IRC: quakenet #notpron
Official Forums
General hints:
-User Internet Explorer, other browsers do not always work (no music eg.).
-Always look for all hints you can find, and try to interpret them!
-A riddle consists of more than a picture!
-Try all to get to the next screen, no matter what. It's NOT a point and click thing!
-The url of the next riddle has nothing to do with the current one!
-To have Music playing in Firefox, install this extension.
-Everytime you need Google, there is a build in search bar on the riddle page. No need on any others.
About passworded Stuff:
- no spaces
- no capital letters and no spaces
- You won't see the password written in an obvious way
- You'll always get username and password at the same time or in the same way (except Level 13)
Info:
I'm not on a mission to prevent people from getting through this. I want you to have fun by having a good feeling everytime you beat a level, and you can be sure to learn a lot from all those riddles, if you solve 'em properly. There is nothing special waiting for you at the end. Just a screen that says "temporary end, come back later". So if you play this riddle, make sure you have fun and avoid all spoilers. If you use them, it's all a waste of time, and it's no good way to show off by bragging with your current level number.
-David
играта има само 138 нива!!!!!!!!1
тук има малко Hint-ове за първите 9 нива:
http://deathball.net/notpron/hints.htm
успех!
явно не е това някой ако мине 14 да казва как