Well, since the Board feature was not of use (and that’s quite understandable actually), the app is updated to make use of the server.
Now you can create your own ciphers and import existing ciphers from the CipherBoard. You can then check the solution for the cipher you managed to solve.
I added a couple of ciphers there for a start so feel free to try to crack them =)

P.S. The app is called Zodiac Cipher now as it is not focused solely on the 340-character cryptogram anymore.

It was perfect the updating, hopefully this program become popular, I am sharing some links to friends and people in the z community on facebook.
congratulations!!!
Marcelo Leandro

It was perfect the updating, hopefully this program become popular, I am sharing some links to friends and people in the z community on facebook.
congratulations!!!
Marcelo Leandro

Thank you! I really appreciate it =)

The app is called "Zodiac Crypt" now. I don’t know how many times I will change the title until I’m satisfied with it, so from now on I’ll be just changing the topic title =)

The app is called "Zodiac Crypt" now. I don’t know how many times I will change the title until I’m satisfied with it, so from now on I’ll be just changing the topic title =)

With that name or another, the important thing is that it’s great, I repeat.
I wanted to have these skills to do things that you guys create !!
cheers .

Marcelo

Thanks for the updates, Zolo – your app is great!

Thanks for the updates, Zolo – your app is great!

Thank you! =)

Zolo,
I love this app. I was wondering if you ever plan to add the feature of being able to change the symbols to possibly read more than just one letter. Like a part 2…where lets say the symbol "+" could be inputted with more than just one letter…..and so on. I will keep my fingers crossed.

Thanks again.

Zolo,
I love this app. I was wondering if you ever plan to add the feature of being able to change the symbols to possibly read more than just one letter. Like a part 2…where lets say the symbol "+" could be inputted with more than just one letter…..and so on. I will keep my fingers crossed.

Thanks again.

Hi bmichelle!
Thank you for the suggestion! It would be not an easy update since the decrypting logic changes drastically. But I will think about it and maybe update the app.
Wouldn’t it be too hard to decrypt such a cipher though?

Hello,
Nice proposal from BMichelle.
Zolo, it is not possible to be able to create cipher with vertical messages, inverted etc, and that also allow addition numerical symbols ??? !!

cheers
Marcelo

ps:Updates are formidable and bugs are gone

Hello,
Nice proposal from BMichelle.
Zolo, it is not possible to be able to create cipher with vertical messages, inverted etc, and that also allow addition numerical symbols ??? !!

Adding vertical, inverted encryption and other types of ciphers in general seems like a logical next step for the app. And these feature will probably be added in the app some time in the future.
For now, you can invert the input text yourself when creating a cipher – that’ll do the trick
But again, won’t it be too difficult to decrypt a vertical or/and inverted cipher if you don’t know that it’s vertical/inverted? I don’t really know how it is possible (I’m sure it’s not for professional cryptologists but it might be for people for whom encrypting is a hobby at best).

As for numerical symbols, are they really necessary? They can always be replaced by words.
I think, adding these symbols would bring nothing but confusion and extra difficulty. The same is for punctuation marks, symbols from other alphabets and special characters.
There is also a practical reason to keep only English characters. As the text is encrypted using characters from the Zodiac cryptogram, you don’t want to expand the plaintext alphabet too much.
Well, that’s my reasoning. But if you are still sure that the numerical symbols are necessary I can add them.

Hey Zolo,

Nice project!

But again, won’t it be too difficult to decrypt a vertical or/and inverted cipher if you don’t know that it’s vertical/inverted? I don’t really know how it is possible (I’m sure it’s not for professional cryptologists but it might be for people for whom encrypting is a hobby at best).

Yes, you are right, this could hinder the popularization of your project.

As for numerical symbols, are they really necessary?

It is that I had this idea, silly, so that it was possible to create, and try to decipher also, the cipher, in which the numbers, depending on their vertical and horizontal organization, and with the clues we indicated, gave the possibility of a mathematical analysis SUDOKO style, or by standard logic.
But, as you said earlier, it’s better not to complicate.
so, nevermind my bs
Otherwise, I love this APP.
Congratulations Zolo.

Nice project!

Thank you very much!

It is that I had this idea, silly, so that it was possible to create, and try to decipher also, the cipher, in which the numbers, depending on their vertical and horizontal organization, and with the clues we indicated, gave the possibility of a mathematical analysis SUDOKO style, or by standard logic.

Well, at the end of the day, it all comes to adding new types of ciphers and ways to encrypt/decrypt. And it definitely looks like a correct direction for the app to evolve