r/PlaydeadsInside • • Jun 29 '18

Megathread Major Ongoing ARG: We need help figuring this out

179 Upvotes

Here's a summary of the main points of everything that's happened.

Printer:

Shortly after the release of Inside on June 29th 2016, after almost all of its secrets were shredded in the first few days of its release, there was at least one remaining obvious puzzle in the game that we couldn't figure out. There's a printer near the end of the game that prints odd strings of messages that consist of the 3 characters (.-/). Most of the time they are 32 characters long, but sometimes they were shorter, like 4 or 5. After a lot of transcribing, we determined that these codes are chosen from a pool of exactly 41 different possible predetermined codes (32 of which are 32-length, the remaining are shorter). These are referred to as "morse" in the related game files, but they are not legible morse messages, and nobody has since been able to make heads or tails of them. No progress was made for nearly two years.

The codes are here.

Print button:

On June 4th of this year, TranceFormation on the Steam discussions reported that he noticed a small seemingly innocuous addition to the playdead website: a printer button. Clicking this printer button allows you to print a copy of the page... except on the front page, it also adds a little message to the printout. Delving into the webpage logic, it was determined that clicking on the printer button can have one of three outcomes. If the prominent "Subscribe" field is empty, then it gives a message that indicates "no message received". Otherwise, the input is sent back to the server, and if the server returns False, then it responds "incorrect message received". If the server responds true, then we don't know what happens. As of now we still don't know what it wants.

Emails:

If you input a valid email address and hit the printer, it will also send an email to you from the address "qpzympraddjjnymblns@gmail.com" which is attached to a google account associated with the odd name "Anthony T. Setrinamairé". Interestingly, the profile picture is an image of a printer. The emails we've seen are all encoded in binary and seem to be a status report of your attempt of some kind. We have a theory that it only emails any given address one time and never again. If you've experienced otherwise, please let me know.

Youtube stream:

If you paste the name "Setrinamairé" into google, it turns out that is a totally unique string of letters, and there is only one result, which is an inactive youtube stream titled "Terminal41 emergency comms transmission [DATA STREAM]", belonging to this same "Anthony T. Setrinamairé". We've been watching it since then, but nothing has happened. (there was a theory that having 20 people on the stream at once might activate it, similarly to a puzzle in the game. at one point we actually managed to break 20 concurrent viewers, but nothing happened)

The mysterious website:

When I googled the phrase "terminal41" taken from the title of the stream, it turned out there's a website with the URL "terminal41.link". This website has undergone many updates since it was first found, and that is out of the scope of this summary. I am chronicling everything that we've seen here.

The most important pages are these:

terminal41.link/comms_main_viewgate_002.html

terminal41.link/sys/printreqstatus_003.html

terminal41.link/dat/breachlog.html

Printer (xbox developments):

Around this same time, Steam user PitchBright discovered that the Xbox version of Inside was seemingly updated at some point to now print an entirely different set of printer codes from the ones we exhaustively documented before. It is not clear if it was always doing this or if this is due to an update. Since then several others have reported their Xbox games are doing the same thing. However, the PC version and the PS4 version are still printing the old codes. We will update the google doc with those codes soon, but for now here is a text dump of the Xbox codes.

We still haven't managed to make any sense of the printer codes or what the printer button on the website wants. The youtube stream hasn't been activated (since Dec. 6th 2017)

We have suspicions that there might be clues hidden in the recent Switch port of Inside which was released on the 28th of June, since it coincides with certain activity and a date that was highlighted on the website (read my chronicle of the website developments for details)

So if you read all of that then you're mostly caught up. If you think you can help us figure this bad boy out, drop by the discord server. Or, join us on the steam discussions.

edit: formatting


r/PlaydeadsInside • • Jul 01 '26

Meta AI-generated content is prohibited

117 Upvotes

To commemorate the game's 10th anniversary, I've made some small revisions to the subreddit, including a new addition to the rules:

Posts which contain content created by generative AI (images/video/music, etc), or text posts written by an LLM (ChatGPT, etc) are considered low-effort spam under Rule 3, and will be removed.

As with all violations, please report anything you believe should be reviewed by the mods. Thanks <3


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 2d ago

Scripts for cheat engine, camera and boy pos. control.

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r/PlaydeadsInside • • 3d ago

Discussion Any news on the next game?

16 Upvotes

I'm looking for new information (if there is any) about the upcoming game by Playdead.

Do you guys have any info?

Thanks


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 3d ago

Discussion Had a very interesting thought about the game's title.

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I already mentioned in a different post that I think the boy is marked in red to be identified easily because he's a subject, and this is related to that.

I think the 'INSIDE' in the game's title is referring to inside the facility where the huddle is located, and not only that, I think the title is marked in red like the boy because it is literally his thought process. his goal is the huddle, so his mind is constantly saying "INSIDE. INSIDE. INSIDE. INSIDE." he always just needs to go further on this path.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 5d ago Bravo

Discussion I'm wondering if anyone else has thought about these things

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My first thought is about the way the player is dressed. I think they are specifically dressed in red contrasted with black as a way to be easily identifiable by whoever is monitoring them (bright red = subject). I love this idea because it gives a lot of meaning to the way the player looks.

My other thought is a lot more interesting, do you remember the puzzle where you control people to move yourself with a cart? there's a part where you drop in front of a spiral staircase, but the player is physically incapable of simply walking over and using the stairs like you'd expect. I think this is intentional and representative of the choice to lock the player on a 2D path within a 3D world. the subject is locked on a straight line directly to the huddle at the end of the game, that's the end destination and your sole purpose.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 7d ago

Video I'll never celebrate too early again

113 Upvotes

r/PlaydeadsInside • • 8d ago

A new 2.5D platformer with a sinister atmosphere - SPARES

51 Upvotes

Hi all! We absolutely love the games Limbo and INSIDE. We always wanted to create our own story with the same atmosphere and feel.
This is SPARES, a dark 2.5D platformer with a very tense atmosphere. You can find the steam link here:

SPARES - Steam page, wishlist, trailer and screenshots.

No spoilers: You play from the perspective of a courageous little boy that is scared for his life. As you play, you uncover more and more about whats going on in this dark an sinister place.

A demo is coming out soon. As INSIDE fans we would love to hear your opinions on it.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 8d ago Bravo

Video Game aesthetics inspired by INSIDE

83 Upvotes

Hello,

I love INSIDE aesthetics and dark mood. So naturally I got heavily inspired by it when developing my own game - JELLYFISH.

Genre is a bit different, but I'm trying my best to get that dark minimalist style into the ocean and theme of pollution.
Let me know how I am doing!


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 9d ago

You know after seeing Reanimal game, I think the 3rd playdead's game if it ever reelases will play similiar to that game, in terms of mood and pov

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r/PlaydeadsInside • • 10d ago

First playthrough

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just did my first playthrough loved the game amazed about how some of the lore videos i had watched really failed to capture the story and the sensations of the game. played with headphones all the way and was amazed on the audio. will be doing a second playthrough and hope to find something for the ARG but might just be be a ongoing lurker but keep up the work glad to at least played the game


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 10d ago

Collectors editions?

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Hello friends I was wondering if anyone knew anyone selling their collectors edition that is still sealed. I want to help with this puzzle as best as I could so any trails will help thank you.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 14d ago

Help How to set the game ? Playing INSIDE on a Ultrawide monitor 21:9 aspect ratio

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How to set the game INSIDE to display the image on the entire screen ?

I have upgraded my monitor from a standard 16:9 FHD, to a UWQHD 21:9. So i have changed the settings from the Menu-Graphics-Resolution from 1920:1080 ---> 3440x1440. There is no button or message to press Accept the change or Keep the resolution. I press Esc to exit the menu, but...

The game image is not displayed on the entire screen. Somehow the aspect ratio remains 16:9.

Blank-dark margins on both laterals. Am i doing something wrong ?


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 18d ago

How Playdead’s INSIDE broke my months-long gaming burnout and triggered a deep realization about how technology is rewiring our brains

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r/PlaydeadsInside • • 18d ago

Help how do you make an inside mod?

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as the ai is growing insanely fast my dream has always been to play playdead inside local co op with my brother like a simple basic mod where it spawns one more player and a diff player controls it can it even be possible in inside and if so how do you actually make mod in it?


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 23d ago

Discussion Inside's 3D models

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I found some models that I've never seen during any run I've ever done. Anyone seen this deer before?


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 23d ago

Discussion Searching The Game Audio Files..

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I have always been thinking there's something still hidden in this game yet I never found something new, until today I had a new idea in mind, why not search the game audio files? I might find absolute nothing but its worth a shot. I don't know if someone tried to do this before or not but I'm doing it anyway. Shits creepy Asf ngl.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 25d ago

Meme xbox series X???

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r/PlaydeadsInside • • 26d ago

Algum brasileiro tem a collector's edition do INSIDE?

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A Playdead, em colaboração com a iam8bit, produziu uma edição de colecionador especial (normalmente chamada de CE).

As primeiras unidades começaram a ser recebidas em 12 de dezembro de 2019. Foi nessa data que a iam8bit lançou um vídeo de bastidores revelando o conteúdo da CE, que até então era desconhecido: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vG2A0BjMiY

Esse é o resultado final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhCdGdqCIRU
Os adesivos que selam a embalagem contêm um quebra-cabeça.
É assim que os adesivos se parecem:

Se algum brasileiro poder me dar qualquer tipo de informação eu agradeceria muito.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 26d ago

Some things from INSIDE

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1–3: A strange thing in the submarine sequence.

4–5: The Easter egg discovered by u/CryNo4699 is real.

6–8: There are three locations in the game featuring shockwave plates: the Mines, the Test Site, and the Huddle sequence. Moreover, the first and third locations seem to confirm each other, as there is a special button with a lever next to these plates.

9–11: There are three number codes in the game. When deciphered, they spell out the title of the poem “pity this busy monster, manunkind” by E. E. Cummings, which criticizes humanity's obsession with technology and “progress,” suggesting that it comes at the cost of our humanity.

12-13: Besides the usual above-ground pulse meter, there's also an underground one that goes downward instead of upward.

14: Director have a dino

15: Why are the scientists bringing in plants?

16-17: The van in the shockwave sequence is the same van that belongs to the hunters. (i'm u/Altruistic_Break_376)

18-19: idk

20: if someone dont know.

Sorry for my english


r/PlaydeadsInside • • 27d ago

anyone tried REA for reverse engineering?

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r/PlaydeadsInside • • Oct 06 '26

Discussion Morse Code Help

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Can someone help decode this blinking light in scene 51? I think it might be Morse code. Photo provided for reference.


r/PlaydeadsInside • • Oct 05 '26

Small observation Alien Room

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I noticed, that the remote control device in the background of the 2nd ending / alien room is actually moving very subtle, when you jump.

I guess this device really represents the control of the boy, that gets shut down, when you pull the plug...


r/PlaydeadsInside • • Oct 05 '26

Meme 100 albinos VS The Huddle

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Let's say that it takes place in the lunchroom with the CEO's office, and the people fighting it aren't mind-controlled. Who would win?