Today I drew the scrolls which are used in the game. The scrolls hold a very important place in the game. The main scroll displays the message which is encrypted or decrypted. The tutorial scroll is much larger and holds valuable lessons about the ciphers the player discovers.

Today, I implemented the Vignere Table into the third level of my game, and, out of pure serendipity, discovered an interesting trick with React Bootstrap. Last time I tested a fully made component for the first time, it didn’t go very well. This time, an error appeared once again, but thankfully, I was able to

Today, I continued progress on the last level of my game by creating a component for the Vignere Table. If you remember from my previous posts, a Vignere table is a table of letters that looks a bit like this: Well, I had to create that as a component using JSX(which is similar to HTML).

Today, I began working on the final level of my game. This level will have the player solving one of the hardest ciphers, at least the hardest one they can solve without advanced math and/or extremely fast computers: the Vignere cipher. As I mentioned in previous posts, this was called the Chiffre Indecipherable, or the

2 days ago, I made an Advanced Frequency Counter component. Today, I implemented it into Level 2 of my game. Sounds easy enough, right? All I had to do was type in the component name, pass its props, and be done. Right? Wrong. After I implemented it, I came across a number of errors that

Today I furthered the development of my game, specifically Level 2 of my game. I did this by coding one of the tools which the player will use to crack the cipher: the advanced frequency counter. The key alphabet cipher, like the caesar shift, can be solved using frequency analysis. However, simply knowing one letter

So far, the code for level 1 is completely finished. Level 2’s functionality is complete, but I am currently working on formatting. I have begun the development for level 3, as well as the graphics. My goal by the showcase is to have 3 different levels for players to solve. The first level has them

After a month and a half devoted solely to designing my final product, I have finally begun development! As I stated in earlier posts, the game is being coded using React and Redux. Although I was doubtful on using a framework that I had never used before, especially since showcases are coming up, I believe

So far a lot of these posts have been just information on the history of cryptography, which is due to the fact, that I’ve been in my research phase for a long time. Well today, I officially began the design phase of my project, which is an interactive game-like experience with the purpose of teaching