Hi! I just released the third edition of my puzzle book LOK, currently only available as a free PDF version, but soon also in the printed book format (UPDATE: It's now also available as the book!).

This is the first update of the book since 2023, when the second edition was released, and there probably won't be another one in the future - although, I'd still like to do a separate book of expansions or even a sequel at some point. There were a few things I wanted to change or add for quite a while now, upgrading the book to a polished version that I'm 100% happy with. The physical LOKs have finally run out recently, so this was a great opportunity to jump on it with the new print order.

I was careful, trying to keep the core of the game intact, to respect the legacy of the book. There are no new puzzles in the main set of the book, but there are other content changes and additions, most of them connected to the post-game. If you already have the second edition, you aren't missing much, but feel free to check out the updated free PDF on Itch.io.

Changes:

• There is now a third expansion called "Terraformers". It explores an idea I had all the way back in 2022, but I didn't have the bandwidth to work on it during the original development period. It includes 7 new puzzles, one of them the classic LOK "unsolvable" puzzle. It's quite a funky idea and I hope you'll like it!
• Some puzzles that appear in both LOK and its videogame adaptation LOK Digital had different letter configurations. Most of these differences were the result of a secret keyword we tried to include, which was later discarded, but we never reverted the puzzle structures back to their original state. These puzzles have now been changed in the book so they match their videogame counterparts.
• Several graphical changes! The font was updated to the one used in LOK Digital. Some art was updated or newly implemented. New thin line marks were placed between puzzles occupying the same page to make their separation clearer. Rules section now has icons and also includes expansion explanations. Small visual enhancements that you probably won't notice. Repositioning of certain interface elements, such as page numbers, some typo corrections, some rewordings.
• The book file has been rebuilt from the ground up within Photoshop (the first two editions were compiled within Microsoft Word) to allow for greater control and quality of the graphics.
• Added LOK Digital advertisement to the back page (+ cameo of the fan expansion IKA!).
• (Post-game spoiler) On the in-book title page (page 3), there was a "betalo-lolok-tlak" word string. I never intended it be an actual puzzle, I just wanted to hide all the keywords in the beginning of the game in a cheeky way, but since the secret puzzle on the inside of the back cover looks similar and is actually solvable, players still found a way to solve the title page word string too. The solution was trivial and bad. I updated this word-string to be an actual secret puzzle.
• (Post-game spoiler) After the expansions, there was originally an artwork puzzle that didn't really have any connection to the expansion mechanics. It felt wrong to have a standard puzzle without any special tricks or insights as the last real puzzle in the book, so I replaced it with something more connected to the expansions.
• (Post-game spoiler) After the solutions, there was a cypher puzzle. It was very trial-and-errorish and there were multiple ways of assigning letters to symbols, which just felt wrong, so I replaced it with a better cypher that has a logical solving path and a unique solution. 
• (Post-game spoiler) The secret expansion (if you know, you know) has a strange title and many players thought it was just gibberish. I added a small thing to the end of it that hopefully explaines my intention with the title.

Note that, because I rebuilt the file in Photoshop from scratch, I haven't yet constructed the Japanese and Slovenian translations. For the time being, these two versions aren't available anymore, but I hope I'll find time and bandwidth to make them in the future. You can still check out Competor's wonderful Japanese translation of the second edition on their page. Thank you for understanding!

I haven't yet actually ordered a new print run of LOK, I wanted to offer the digital file exclusively for a few days for a quick sanity check, if any mistakes would be found. If you're interested in a physical copy, sign up to the newsletter and be informed about its availability: CLICK!

Also, big thanks to Tyzone, Omega, Human128, Raindrinker and Jeremy Hoffman for additional playtesting of the new content. And thank you, persons who are reading this! I'm sure you're not here by accident and I'm just extremely grateful for the four good years that we've been on this LOK journey together :) It's been fun and creative. Met, worked with and was inspired by lots of cool people in this time.

If you have any questions, feel free to say hello:

blazgracar@gmail.com

All the best,

Blaž