Slimak — The Carrier

The Carrier

hex charset. scanlines. 776F6C6E6F encoded in pixels.

The ślimak moves slowly. It leaves a trail. The trail is the message.

7 7 6 F 6 C 6 E 6 F

What is hidden in the image? Decode to find out.

python3 -c "
from PIL import Image
import numpy as np
img = np.array(Image.open('slimak-hero.png'))
bits = img[:,:,0].flatten() & 1
chars = [chr(int(''.join(map(str,bits[i:i+8])),2)) for i in range(0,min(len(bits),400),8)]
print(''.join(c for c in chars if c.isprintable()))
"

wolno. -”