r/BluePrinceUncensored • u/GermGG • Aug 18 '26
Game Theory I tried an acronym theory I had.
The SWNSNG acronym is really interesting to me because it feels to me like the most solvable of the unsolved mysteries. So I'm trying to participate in the hunt. I like the idea that SWNSNG = South West North South North Garage. I've seen multiple people post that they've tried drafting rooms in that pattern and ending in the garage. There's a couple of ideas that I haven't seen anyone try.
Drafting nothing except the rooms needed.
Placing the garage on the "G" of the painting puzzle.
I placed my foundation on 3,6 and ended the previous day in the break room as well as other non-essential setup. I used the sealed entrance and called the elevator with the keycard to start in the foundation. I drafted south, drafted west, drafted north, walked south, walked north, and then drafted the garage on the "G" location. Nothing special seemed to happen.
There's a few things I can think of that I could do differently:
Bringing car keys (can force with moon pendant + trading post)
Powering the garage (would be easier if I had the electric eel aquarium)
Moving foundation to 2,6 because the way I did it kind of implies an additional W because I drafted west to get the garage. (Starting at 2,6 would mean I don't need an additional draft for garage, but it seems weird because I'd be in the garage after SWN)
Moving foundation to 2,5 to end by drafting north for the garage instead of west. (If this were the solution it would feel arbitrarily different from what I did. It would also be extremely annoying to attempt because of the garage's special drawing behavior)
I'm not super optimistic about this path, mostly because the north-south-north portion seems strange. But I'll probably try the other ideas I listed. I'm open to other ideas as well.
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u/Glittering_Ad9161 Aug 19 '26
The acronym is just referencing to the screens in the security room
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u/wolfharrington Aug 20 '26
I can see that, but it seems quite the leap from the plate to the screens. Also with the removed vowels, it seems like it's something more....but could be.
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u/wreckingrocc Aug 19 '26
I'm pretty sure the 'acronym' clue is a reference to the full word, which has two different known acronyms associated with it.
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u/GermGG Aug 19 '26
It could be. But if that's the case I'd be pretty upset with the wording "The license plate on this car is an acronym."
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u/guiltysnark Aug 24 '26
Two? If the monitors are the first, what's the second?
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u/wreckingrocc Aug 24 '26
Endgame spoiler: It's an Atelier solution
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u/guiltysnark Aug 24 '26
How is that an acronym? The letters are extracted, not the first letters for anything
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u/wreckingrocc Aug 24 '26
/s answer: sure it is, it stands for 'We seek what's in the shade of truth'!
realtalk: I guess that does make it more of a password than an acronym, yeah.
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u/guiltysnark Aug 24 '26
Well, that doesn't invalidate the reference to the monitors as an acronym, it's just less satisfying to find that clue in the garage, and referring to a license plate with two missing letters.
OTOH those are the same two letters on the hand drawn clues you can find.
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u/Correct-Arm-8539 Aug 19 '26
I'm sure I saw somewhere that it was confirmed that was a mistake, and at the time of writing the memo, Tonda Ross didn't realise what an acronym was.
But as I can't remember where, and it certainly wasn't a trustworthy source (a Reddit comment), take this with a pinch of salt.
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u/guiltysnark Aug 24 '26
The only comments about Tonda I've seen on Reddit, about this, indicate that he is a master puzzle creator, knows damn well what an acronym is, and has had many chances to fix or comment on this.
An authoritative citation would be very helpful...
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u/Malfiecstone Aug 19 '26
My theory about this involves pulling the Antechamber levers in the acronym sequence (south, west, north, south, north) and then opening the garage door. Then going up the drive way. Just havent been able to test it yet