Tool to translate the messages of the video game Stray (game where the player embodies a stray cat in a world populated by robots)
Stray Alphabet - dCode
Tag(s) : Symbol Substitution
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Stray Alphabet
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Answers to Questions (FAQ)
What is the Stray alphabet? (Definition)
The video game Stray takes place in a city populated by robots during a post-humanity period. Several sets of symbols are regularly displayed in town and in dialogs. These are 2 alphabets imagined by the developers of the game.
How to encrypt using Stray alphabet?
There are 2 alphabets in Stray, the first, called primary by the community, and the second secondary.
The primary alphabet has 26 signs replacing the 26 letters of the English alphabet:
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| J | .png) | K | .png) | L | .png) | M | .png) | N | .png) | O | .png) | P | .png) | Q | .png) | R | .png) |
| S | .png) | T | .png) | U | .png) | V | .png) | W | .png) | X | .png) | Y | .png) | Z | .png) | ||
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Example: STRAY translates to
The secondary alphabet has only 22 signs, the symbols corresponding to the letters Q,X,Y,Z never appear in the game.
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The usual Arabic numerals are present in the game, but sometimes a second set of symbols is used to represent the numbers from 1 to 9 (the zero 0 is not represented): .png)
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How to decrypt Stray alphabet/cipher?
The decryption of the Stray alphabet consists in substituting the symbols by their equivalent letter in the English alphabet.
Example: translates to CAT
How to recognize Stray symbols? (Identification)
Stray's glyphs/characters are probably inspired by the Korean alphabet (Hangul).
Any references to cats/felines/stray cats/alley cats, the video game Stray, its characters (B12, Zurks, Momo, Doc, Zbaltazaar, Seamus, Clementine) or its developer Annapurna Interactive are clues.
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