flags.py

stages = {  # Sample dictionary with flags and multiple hints
    1: {
        "flag": "{bit.ly/5P3CTR6R4M}",
        "hints": [
            "Blind in one eye, deaf in the other.",
            "Zoom in, zoom out, and you'll find what you seek.",
            "You have the audacity to ask for another hint, so soon?",
            "Spectre",  # spectrogram
            "Linearity is a myth.",  # linear in spectrogram
            "Look in the mirror, that's your competition.",
        ],
        "notes": "It doesn't get easier, you just get better.",
    },
    2: {
        "flag": "{g00ddi66in65}",
        "hints": [
            "Dig a little deeper.",
            "Are you using Any of the right tools?",
            "Try browsing a little more.",
            "Don't find your certificate in the worth, find your worth in the certificate",
            "Check your CArtification at the door.",
        ],
        "notes": "Meta-data is your friend.",
    },
    3: {
        "flag": "{Its4m34Br0w53r}",
        "hints": [
            "This might be a site for sore eyes.",
            "If the past could be changed, it would not exist.",
            "We go way back" "Secrets often lie where robots tell you not to look.",
            "Every locked door has a key. Every problem has a solution.",
        ],
        "notes": "If the final site is not loading, refresh and wait... (or try to add alt. or a. as the subdomain of the URL), the server may be waking from a cold start",
    },
    4: {
        "flag": "{FamousZebraFumbles75}",
        "hints": [
            "Disguise is always a self portrait.",
            "You cannot reach the right destination by walking on the wrong path",
            "A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.",
            "One new notification",
            "One man's trash is another man's treasure.",  # recycle bin
            "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle",
        ],
        "notes": "Some flags can unlock more than one door.",
    },
    5: {
        "flag": "{R3v3r5ing_i5_fun}",
        "hints": [
            "People recognize a logo, but they remember a brand.",
            "Freedom lies in being bold.",
            "Onions have layers. Ogres have layers... You get it?",
            "Love without attachment is light.",
            "Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.",
            "Slowly, I turned  bit by bit, byte by byte.",
            "A hidden message, plane to see, If only you could truly see.",
        ],
        "notes": "Just a little more to go.",
    },
    6: {
        "flag": "{s0ck3t5_4r3_4m4z1ng}",
        "hints": [
            "When one door closes, opportunity comes knocking on another",
            "Are we speaking the same language?",
            "What's in a name?",
            "Check all the windows.",
        ],
        "notes": "Nearly there!",
    },
}