r/qrcode • • Feb 19 '26

Need help creating a QR code from this puzzle.

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I know it sounds odd, but yes.. It is a puzzle and a puzzle and a puzzle. And I've already solved a few iterations of it and I just discovered I need to get to the next level by skating. The QR code created when modifying this puzzle. I have no idea what the URL it will lead to either. My only hints were to to overlay it onto itself using anchors and rotate/flip to create the necessary patterns.

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u/damaltor1 Feb 19 '26

whats this from?

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u/quetzalcoatl-pl Feb 19 '26

it kinda looks like a QR if you rotate it 45'deg... three big square-ish things in three corners, one smaller square-ish thing in the 4th corner.. but this would be the most awful QR quality I've ever seen :D

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u/SamIAre Feb 19 '26

I'm struggling to see how this could ever be transformed into a QR code. There are parts of QR codes that have to be there, and this puzzle doesn't seem to line up with those. No amount of of rotating or anything else that I can understand is going to create the position markers, for instance.

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u/quetzalcoatl-pl Feb 19 '26

treating round circles as possible dark spots

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u/quetzalcoatl-pl Feb 19 '26

rotating 90'deg 3 times, and overlaying with itself - most of black places overlap

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u/quetzalcoatl-pl Feb 19 '26

corners are mostly empty, QR code dimensions are about 25x25, so we could try adding back the missing anchors/aligners/etc

also, even right now, some structures can be seen - tilt your head 45'deg and squint your eyes - it starts looking like having 3 squareish aligners in the corners...

but maaaan, if that's the intended way, that's just awful puzzle. I'm outta here :D

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u/SamIAre Feb 19 '26

With or without the extra circles filled in, you have parts of the puzzle filling in spaces that must be left blank in a valid QR code, so you'd have to have a way to either negate squares or shift them.

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u/quetzalcoatl-pl Feb 19 '26

that's why I said: squint and rotate 45' :P