Abdec
A downloadable puzzle book
is a forgotten textbook about the writing system of the weird and elusive "Abb" creatures. Their typography resembles devilishly difficult packing puzzles. Due to a fire accident that burnt important pages in the book - the last remaining Abdec book in the world, which was also scanned for this reissue - players need to figure out how the Abdec writing system works completely on their own.
From the creator of the critically acclaimed puzzle book LOK, Abdec continues with the same design philosophy of making rules a part of the puzzle, but takes it to the extreme. Meant for thinky connoisseurs and those who want to explore ruleless puzzlescapes beyond LOK, it offers a challenging, but deeply rewarding solving experience.
• BOOK •
Abdec book is spiral-bound, printed in full colour and it includes a transparent sheet that can be placed over any page and drawn on with a dry erase marker. On 88 pages you will find more than 70 puzzles, multiple awe-inspiring secrets hidden in plain sight, plus hints, explained rules and solutions. PDF download link included.
• PDF •
Abdec PDF is the digital edition of the book. Also available as separate JPG images.
• PREVIEW •
Check out the first 15 puzzles of the book of the official Abdec page:
• ABOUT •
Abdec was made by Blaž Urban Gracar, a Slovenian artist. He is a musician (composing music for theatre, producing left-field electronica, playing keyboards in a rock band), writer (publishing poetry, prose and comic books), filmmaker (editing and animating short films) and game designer (mostly creating puzzly solo games). He lives by the sea with his partner, her daughter, three cats, a dog and a turtle.
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Development log
- Minor Update: Solutions (Re)AddedAug 13, 2023
- Major Update: Physical Abdec Available!Aug 04, 2023
- Design Diary 3: Burning The PagesJul 18, 2023
- Design Diary 2: Creating The PDFJul 11, 2023
- Design Diary 1: It Started With A LineJul 03, 2023
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so excited to hear of a physical release! i bought it and LOK and am eagerly awaiting their arrival. love your puzzles, so clever and satisfying.
Thank you very very much, Pidj :>
bae ddaa babb abc a cbaab dde bac cabed, aba bbdd ca bacca debba!
Good point, I completely agree!
debba aba? a cbaab abc, a deebee baca cadeb eb aabbc...
Ive figured all the rules now, and this was magnificent. If you liked LOK you're in for a treat. I thought this would be a smaller side project but the revelations about the rules are just as satisfying to get!
Thanks, fizzd, very kind of you!
Added to the GoodReads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123848919-abdec
are the page numbers on the first few pages intentionally screwy?
but also, thanks for making incredible puzzles :)
You're probably talking about the pages being 4, then 7, then 4, then 7? This is because the page in between them (5, 6) is burned and first you see what's behind 5 (which is 7) and then what is behind 6 (which is 4). The PDF is best read by having odd pages on the right and even pages on the left.
ahhh, okay. that makes sense. I printed it double sided (but my printer doesn't do duplex for A5), so I was confused when I was putting it back together. I haven't gotten into the puzzles yet - working my way through LOK first :)
As expected, another puzzle perfection from you. Thanks for your creativity! I’m looking forward to completing the book once I get off work:)
You're absolutely too kind :) Thank you!
Heck yes lessgooooooo!!!
:)