Ouverture-facile walkthrough (English version) WARNING: COMPLETE SPOILERS

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Monday 15 January 2007

REAL level 30

REAL level 30 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/asylums/road.htm

Clue: at the source of every road, there is a map








Open http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/asylums/a.jpg and http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/asylums/b.jpg

A is Amiens Zoo: Allée du zoo, Esplanade de la Hotoie, 80000 Amiens

B is Jules Verne's Grave: La Madeleine Cemetery, Rue Saint-Maurice, Amiens, Picardie, France. Plot: Section N

View the source of the level 30 page. You will find: http://www.mappy.com/?lang=en >

Go to the mappy website, and enter the addresses for A and B. Make sure you select 'car' as means of transport.

Imagine you are giving directions from A to B.. you would turn right, left, left, left.

answer: rlll.html

REAL level 31 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/asylums/rlll.html



REAL level 29

REAL level 29 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/easy/theend.html


Clue: these easy riddles lead straight into the wall, but can you see through it?

You will need screenshots of the past easy levels (29-33). Take a screenshot of this wall, and cut out the white squares, then superimpose over levels 29-33.


It reads: the answer is the word asylums.

REAL level 30 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/asylums/road.htm

Levels 32 ad 33

Level 32 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/easy/level32.html
Clue: none

Enter level33.html

Level 33 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/easy/level33.html

Clue: none


Click on OK.

REAL Level 29 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/easy/theend.html


Level 31

Level 31 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/flower.html

Clue: none



The answer is 'easy'

Level 32 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/easy/level32.html

Level 30

Level 30 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/bird.html

Clue: none

Right click, select view source: the answer is flower.html

Level 31 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/flower.html

Level 29

Level 29 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/aerosols.html

Clue: no clue, it would be too easy from now


Answer: Bird

Level 28

Level 28 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/beziers.html

Clue: no need for clues

If you hover your mouse over the correct part of each picture, you will find the following:


97 in ASCII gives the letter A
2 taps of the 3 key on a phone give the letter E
Joining white to white, and red to red gives lines that cross at R
4 down, 6 across is the letter O
10011 gives 19 in decimal notation, the 19th letter of the alphabet is S
i is 105 in ASCII, 1101001 in binary. o is 111 in ASCII, 1101111 in binary. XOR product of these two is 0000110, which gives 6 in decimal notation. Look up six on Alt code numpad http://www.worldnames.net/unicode/alt-codes-for-symbols.htm and cross reference with key.png http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/key.png to give the letter O
2nd letter of the name Alexander is L
... in morse code is S
Enter aerosols into the box and click OK

Level 27

Level 27 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/pigeon.html

Clue: everything is in the diaries



Open the following files:

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/journal.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/map.jpg
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/martin.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/auguste.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/paul.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/roger.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/louis.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/jean.txt

Open the map.jpg in paint or photoshop. For each of the pigeon's flights, plot the route on the map. It spells out B-E-Z-I-E-R

Type bezier into the box on the main page, and click ok. You receive this message:

It seems that Leopold finally read his log-book but also went completely out of his mind : Issoire -> St-Etienne -> Trévoux -> Gannat -> Nevers -> Chalon-sur-Saône Or maybe he doesn't know how to spell these towns. Anyhow, he isn't in any of the towns referred in his log-book.

Plot these towns as well. This gives you an S. The final answer is beziers.

Level 28 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/bartholdi/beziers.html

Sunday 14 January 2007

Level 26

Level 26 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/magic.html

Clue: Terraserver


Visit terraserver: http://www.terraserver.com/
Click on go to all searches -> Co-ordinates
Select Decimal degrees (Exact). Enter Lat: 40.69018 and Long: -74.04612
It shows you a picture of The Statue of Liberty, which was designed by Frederic Bartholdi.
Type bartholdi into the box and click OK

Level 25

Level 25 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/decadence.html

Clue: "ce n'est pas un phoque"

The clue translates as 'this is not a seal'. It's not.. it's a walrus. Translate walrus into french and you get: Morse.


Translate the background noises into morse code, using this table: http://www.babbage.demon.co.uk/morseabc.html

If you need to, you can record it and speed it up.

It spells out the word 'magic'.

Level 26 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/magic.html

Level 24

Level 24 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/kitty.htm

Clue: queen of hearts = d

If you google french playing cards you can find out the names on the cards. You will also notice that if you move the cards around, some of them have numbers on their backs. Each number corresponds to a letter of their name (see clue):
Queen of hearts: Judith - 3
Valet of hearts: Lahire - 6
Roi of diamonds: Cesar - 1
Valet of clubs: Lancelot - 2
Roi of spades: David - 5
Dame of spades: Pallas
Dame of clubs: Argine - 6
Valet of spades: Ogier
Roi of clubs: Alexandre - 6
Dame of diamonds: Rachel - 3
Valet of diamonds: Hector - 2
Roi of hearts: Charles
The letters spell: decadence
Type this into the box and click OK

Level 23

Level 23 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/emily.html
Clue: Hex editor

Save the following files:

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/ey.txt
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/mil.zip


And download a Hex editor, e.g. http://www.hexworkshop.com/


Open ey.txt and mil.zip in the hex editor. Look for the region in ey.txt which is all zeros and replace it with mil.zip (by cutting and pasting). Save the ey file with mil in the middle as emily.jpg.


Open this image:


The answer is kitty. htm

Level 24 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/becomes/kitty.htm


Level 22

Level 22 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/decibel.htm

Clue: URL->DECIMAL->BINARY->XOR-KEY->etc...

Follow the clue: URL refers to the URL of this page, which is decibel.htm. Just use the word decibel.
In level 06 we converted letters into ASCII codes using this site: http://www.asciitable.com/
For decibel this gives: 100-101-99-105-98-101-108
In level 20 we used binary codes using this site: http://mistupid.com/computers/binaryconv.htm
Converting the ASCII codes to Binary for 'decibel' gives: 1100100-1100101-1100011-1101001-1100010-1100101-1101100.
The page tells us to open key.jpg http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/key.jpg, which gives the word unsound. Carry out the same process for unsound as you did with decibel:
ASCII unsound: 117-110-115-111-117-110-100
Binary unsound: 1110101-1101110-1110011-1101111-1110101-1101110-1100100
You now need to use the 'XOR swap' algorithm on the binaries for unsound and decibel. XOR compares two binary strings - if the numbers are the same, the result is a zero, if they are different, the result is a 1:
Decibel binary: 1100100-1100101-1100011-1101001-1100010-1100101-1101100
Unsound binary: 1110101-1101110-1110011-1101111-1110101-1101110-1100100
XOR: 0010001-0001011-0010000-0000110-0010111-0001011-0001000
Then, convert the XOR codes into ASCII codes, again using http://mistupid.com/computers/binaryconv.htm
17-11-16-6-23-11-8
Look up these ASCII symbol codes on the Alt code numpad table: http://www.worldnames.net/unicode/alt-codes-for-symbols.htm
Go to http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/key.png and look up the symbols. It spells out:
becomes
Type it into the box and press OK

Level 21

Level 21 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/chat.htm

Clue: The answer is on me


This page shows a guy from three different angles: left room, front room, right room. They correspond to:

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/left.swf
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/front.swf
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/right.swf



Apparently the answer is on him, but you can't see it. Why not try:

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/back.swf It gives the following message:



Try: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/incorrect.swf


This gives you the answer: decibel.html

Level 22 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/pickles/decibel.htm



Level 20

Level 20 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/sunshine.htm

This page is a 'fake' error 404 page. Click on the picture below, which takes you to:


Clue: There are 10 kinds of people

The clue refers to a (lame) joke: there are 10 types of people, those who know binary, and those who don't.


Each vertical chip represents a 1, each burger represents a 0 and a horizontal chip denotes a gap.

http://mistupid.com/computers/binaryconv.htm Use this converter to convert the binary to denary:

Top line: 1100 - 1 - 10100 - 101 = 12 - 1 - 20 - 5 in denary

Bottom line: 11 - 1000 -1 - 10100 = 3 - 8 - 1 - 20 in denary


The denary numbers correspond to the letter's position in the alphabet. Therefore, the top line spells LATE (the address of the current page), and the bottom line spells CHAT (the address of the next page).

Type chat into the box and click OK.



Level 19

Level 19 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/normal.html

Clue: if you don't learn, you'll always make the same errors. Be patient!

Right click on the flash file and select Zoom In. Then drag it around so that you can see the bottom left hand corner.





You can see: sunshine.htm

Level 20 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/sunshine.htm

Level 18

Level 18 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/machine.htm

Clue: when I was young I thought they were walking upside down

Printscreen the page, and turn it upside down in image editing software.



In the second row of upside down writing you can see the words: normal.html

So.. Level 19 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/normal.html

Level 17

Level 17 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/pictures.htm

Clue: cheeseburger = bread x meat x cheese x bread




Open http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/yin.jpg and http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/yang.jpg in image editing software.



Turn them both upside down.



Cut the white boxes out of yang, and place yin behind it:


The answer is machine. Type it into the box and press OK.

Level 18 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/machine.htm

Level 16

Level 16 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/flag.htm

Clue: This is a bit colorless

Printscreen the page and import into photoshop or other image editing software. The codes are colour codes, and this is (obviously) a flag.


Colour in each section by opening the colour palate and setting the # box to the correct value. It produces the flag of gabon:


Enter gabon into the box and press OK.

Level 17 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/gabon/pictures.htm

Level 15

Level 15 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/a.htm

Clue:


This is page a.htm:



Obviously there are some dots missing..try opening the following pages to get all the dots:


http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/b.htm
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/c.htm
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/d.htm
http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/e.htm


Lay them over each other and join up the dots. It's a bit hard to read but it spells flag.htm

Level 16 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/flag.htm

Level 14

Level 14 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/simple.html

Clue: no need for clues, this riddle is simple and the answer is obvious



The answer is, indeed 'obvious'. Enter it and press OK.

Level 15 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/obvious/a.htm

Level 13

Level 13 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/paper.htm

Clue: from x to x

There are two Xs on the crossword. Place the red Xs over them. Assemble the jigsaw from there.

It reads: The answer to this riddle is the word 'particles'

Type particles into the box in the top right hand corner, and click OK.

Level 14 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/particles/simple.html

Level 12

Level 12 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/little.htm
Clue: grow up

The clue tells you to grow up. You want to be big instead of little, so.. http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/big.htm.

Move the rabbit picture until you can see its hind legs.


There you can see paper.htm.

Level 13 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/paper.htm

Level 11

Level 11 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/television.htm

Clue: it doesn't work on my screen, what about yours?

Press the standby button on the TV remote control. Take a printscreen of the page, and open in photoshop or other image editing software.

Play with the brightness and contrast if you need to. You should be able to see in the top right hand corner: little.htm

Level 12 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/little.htm

Level 10

Level 10 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/oil.html

Clue: you'll NEVER find page 1, too bad.. I've written the answer on it...





The imprint on it says 'the next level is television.htm'

Level 9

Level 9 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/color.htm

Clue:




You've forgotten something on your shopping list. Take a Printscreen the page (Prt SC on PC), and import it to paint, or other image editing software.

Draw straight lines between all the boxes of the same colour.

Black + White = grey
Red + Yellow = orange
Blue + Yellow = green

The letters at which the lines cross spell OIL.
Type this into the box at the bottom, and press OK.

Level 10 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/oil.html

Level 8

Level 8 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/littlegame/communication.htm

Clue: 2x8 = u


This level uses SMS keypad codes. The clue tells you that if you tap the 8 key twice, you will get the letter u. Using the code given: 75246 on a mobile keypad gives a number of possible answers, but only one spells a legible word: PLAIN. Enter this in the box on the top right hand corner, and press the OK button on the phone.

Level 9 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/plain/color.htm

Level 7

Level 7 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/littlegame/holdalls.htm

Clue: 2 3 c e r d n s - n u r

Hold your mouse over the words 'music' in the top left hand corner of level 7. They reverse and space out. The clue can also be reversed: run-sndrec32.

Click on Start -> Run and type in 'sndrec32'

This opens the windows sound recorder. Record the odd noise played in the background of level 7. Then reverse it and increase sound 100%.

When you play this modified word, you can hear the word 'communication'.

So, level 8 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/littlegame/communication.htm

Level 6

Level 6 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/littlegame/element.html

Clue: Between the windows and space you can type what you want.




The clue is to be taken literally; it refers to your keyboard. Between windows and space is the Alt key. These codes are Alt codes.

A list of Alt codes can be found here: http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/ALTchrc.html

The codes spell out:

1) WATER

2) FIRE

3) EARTH

4)

The first three list three of the four elements (hinted at by the address of this page). Therefore, the last one must be AIR.

Translate A-I-R into Alt code: 97-105-114

On the level 6 page, line up these numbers, and read out the word below. It spells holdalls.

So: Level 7 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/littlegame/holdalls.htm

Level 5

Level 5 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/sheep.htm

Clue: No clue

Move the playlist editor to reveal the files behind.


One of them is element.html. When you click on it, it asks you for a username and password to progress to level 6. You need to find this information.

Also on the desktop is the file user.jpg. It won't open when you click on it.. so try putting it into the address bar:

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/user.jpg

The picture says 'little'.

Remember this and go back to the level 5 page.

The music editor is playing a file called password.mp3. Put the file into the address bar:

http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/password.mp3

It's a recording of the word 'game'.

Go back to the level 5 page, reopen element.html and input the following:

Username: little

Password: game

Level 6 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/littlegame/element.html

Level 4

Level 4 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/4level.htm

Clue: Track 4

Assemble the puzzle. It depicts Battersea power station, and spells out PINK FLOYD.




Google 'Battersea power station AND Pink Floyd'. You will find out that this picture is the cover of their album 'animals'.

Find the track list of Animals. Track 4 is called 'sheep', so:

Level 5 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/sheep.htm

Level 3

Level 3 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/level3.htm

Clue: Go deeper in the reflexion [sic]

Click on the box that says 'mirror' in the bottom left hand corner. Move your mouse until it is over the mirror. You should see:


This should give you the idea of 'mirror writing'. Try 'level3' written in mirror writing:




However, this doesn't quite seem to work. The page is backwards, but you can't click on anything. The final solution uses the trick from level 2, to give:

Level 4 URL: http://www.ouverture-facile.com/riddles/4level.htm