I figured that the online release of Space Paranoids was for a reason. Now we know what its purpose is in the Tron Legacy viral campaign. Thanks to some new posts on the Flynn Lives forum, and the work of Unfiction members playing the game, we have access to one of Kevin Flynn’s old work servers. See what’s on it after the break.
The Flynn Lives forum got a few new threads today (though some are backdated within the last week, they didn’t actually appear until today). Two of the threads are innocuous, with one just asking how much does Alan Bradley really care about Flynn, and the other talking about the Space Paranoids Online game being released. However, in one thread, Zack (a leader of the group) says he’s not going to make anymore Encom badges. The other thread has member “ISOlatedThinker” revealing that he actually used to work at Encom International with Kevin Flynn. He was given the boot after asking too many questions about Flynn’s disappearance, but he “managed to sneak out with one of KF’s old work servers”. Though he has the link to the page for the server, titled Hello Flynn, he doesn’t have the appropriate codes to actually search through it. That’s where the game comes in.
If you look around the various sectors of Space Paranoids, you’ll notice that there are walls with barcodes in each level. The barcodes turn about to be numbers that can be entered into “File Code” field on Flynn’s server. Entry gives you access to 15 different high res images and flash animations (they show up on the desktop, but there’s a link to download them). Below, courtesy of Wikibruce, are all of the codes and download links for you cheaters out there.
X7G9055V4G01
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/93bac4580aef3c838c69ae42a1886bec.htm
06Y922X01M33
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/02cfe892632f18015fea308a006fc267.htm
7FQ000MD84PM (desc of X7G*)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/c8fa70d4fe85532014baf32fb0f3c32a.htm
L66NXN0281ZX (desc of 7FQ*)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/564153ad788b11b8f6e86bf1254b8663.htm
799904778091 (lvl 1)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/77cf5e11f8768d7c635ffac15fcecf15.htm
100371028938 (lvl 2)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/8712f721cb3ab399af3728e905bbb920.htm
410293467815 (lvl 3)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/50138a715441eba5be6448de049f5d66.htm
011237800912 (lvl 4)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/ee8559217872a6e60285a3bdebeda953.htm
626389027515 (lvl 5)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/e0fc51023b056fd8acf6fc09fe968b20.htm
888822039114 (lvl 6)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/caa07d423e0c498383368d16a703bd2a.htm
151515490289 (lvl 7)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/2b76b9c65a98e6f3c69190f30607d8f7.htm
727890719279 (lvl 8 )
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/3d06fbc0c06d74f31cc073f037eed7b7.htm
337189980152 (lvl 9)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/6c54d619a096faa17cfd4834c89bc112.htm
290340190282 (lvl 10)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/3d75036bf26e9ab66f1f23d067dbc4d7.htm
840148990104 (lvl 11)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/fb2406c82032acc8f85b61998e27f58e.htm
531009182201 (lvl 12)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/f4e02da6c1e2d98d941dd4cc3855e85f.htm
900423917780 (lvl 13)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/260538cc9a8930f6b892f3d0a900f13c.htm
479881022294 (lvl 14)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/67334e75650f9d5ce2f27a9f55052756.htm
587349100092 (lvl 15)
http://www.helloflynn.com/swfs/workserver/hires/3f2cc5fc60a48cd94a1a439241a13abc.htm
It looks like these are mostly computer-generated sketches and early concept art from Flynn himself, ranging from simple to very detailed. It reminds me a lot of the images we got during the 2012 viral campaign with the dead drops. Most of the files have Kevin Flynn’s notes as well, and you can read them all in user JamiroFan2000’s post at Unfiction.
While the new artwork (some of which you can see below) is cool, I was surprised how fast this whole thing was solved. We’ll keep a look out to see if anything more comes of the Space Paranoids game and Kevin’s server. Until then, have fun playing the game! For more info on the film and its viral campaign, go to our Tron Legacy Viral Page.
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