codebreaker Archives - Anton Hoyer https://antonhoyer.com/tag/codebreaker/ Nerdy creations with numbers, words, sounds, and pixels Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:32:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://antonhoyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-baboon-lightbulb-512px-32x32.png codebreaker Archives - Anton Hoyer https://antonhoyer.com/tag/codebreaker/ 32 32 Polar Cipher https://antonhoyer.com/polar-cipher/ https://antonhoyer.com/polar-cipher/#respond Sun, 05 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=1562 This encryption method was loosely inspired by the 2016 science fiction movie “Arrival,” in which the alien species uses a visual language composed of circular ink blots to form words and sentences. Since I am a fan of polar coordinates, a mathematical system often used to describe circular motions in orbital mechanics, I decided to […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/polar-cipher/feed/ 0 Caidoz https://antonhoyer.com/caidoz/ https://antonhoyer.com/caidoz/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=1237 This monoalphabetic substitution alphabet was inspired by the Zodiac Killer’s cryptograms. If you are not familiar with them, in addition to the Latin alphabet, he used several symbols, such as triangles, half-filled rectangles, and mirrored letters. While his cipher was homophonic to throw codebreakers off, meaning that one plaintext letter could have more than one […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/caidoz/feed/ 0 Boonish https://antonhoyer.com/boonish/ https://antonhoyer.com/boonish/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=1085 “Teo! Tėp? Gōa bȧognā bōoo lā’hēo. Gȯo hoȧ haān’bȧan? Mēp-bla” — William S. Burroughs Background This substitution cipher was inspired by the hallucinatory writings found in AI-generated images. Typically, the AI attempts to integrate words from the user prompt into the image, often inventing new words or even letters. To an outsider like myself, those […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/boonish/feed/ 0 Bridgeman https://antonhoyer.com/bridgeman/ https://antonhoyer.com/bridgeman/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=935 This encryption method is based on a standard deck of 52 cards and can be used with pen and paper or a computer. The default order of the deck is clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥), spades (♠). Within each suit, the cards are ordered as ace (A), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (0), jack (J), queen (Q), king (K). […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/bridgeman/feed/ 0 Lexigraph https://antonhoyer.com/lexigraph/ https://antonhoyer.com/lexigraph/#respond Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=996 This symmetric encryption method is based on a dictionary, technically making it a nomenclator cipher. In fact, any digital dictionary can be used, the larger the better. I work with one that consists of several smaller dictionaries from various sources and contains 466,480 words in total. Consequently, the resulting ciphertexts are a jumble of different […]

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]]> https://antonhoyer.com/lexigraph/feed/ 0 Speedcube https://antonhoyer.com/speedcube/ https://antonhoyer.com/speedcube/#respond Mon, 30 May 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://antonhoyer.com/?p=923 Plaintext “In secret, I gaze at you, behold something holy. But this time a song won’t do to ground my soul.” IN SECRET I GAZE AT YOU BEHOLD SOMETHING HOLY BUT THIS TIME A SONG WONT DO TO GROUND MY SOUL Solved cube This substitution cipher was inspired by the Rubik’s Cube, a popular 3D […]

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