Secret Alphabet

Both Super Lucky's Tale and New Super Lucky's Tale games make use of a secret hidden alphabet code. The code is never explained in any of the games, though. It is thus an Easter Egg which possibly was not even shared among all members of the development team at Playful Studios. One sign of that assumption could be in the fact that several of these texts seem to present typos, which could indicate that some members of the team were not aware of the code when making some adjustments (removing or swapping characters, for instance). However, this remains pure speculation.

This secret alphabet uses 26 symbols, created for Super Lucky's Tale and reused for New Super Lucky's Tale, which correspond to the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet.

Here is a table showing the symbol-letter correspondence.

# All the texts using this code in Super Lucky's Tale and New Super Lucky's Tale

A number of different texts uses this secret code in both games. And a small number of them are specific to each of the game.

This section lists all the texts found in **both games** and their verbatim translations, as well as a more polished, legible (but also more subjective) rendition of these translations.

## 1. Winnie, the Puppy Doggie

This is an Easter Egg message about some dog named Winnie. It is unknown if this dog belongs to some member of the development team but one could believe so.

### In Super Lucky's Tale

This text appears inside the very first cutscene of the game.

Here is a close-up. Once translated, it reads:

```
WINNIH{sic} DOG IS

WINNIE LOVES TO SPIN
D IN CIRCLES ALL THE
HE CAN ONLY GO IN ONE
ECTION. THIS DOG CAN
EP ALL DAY IF YOU LET
BE CAREFUL OR SHE'LL
YOUR FACE IF YOU ARE
OT PLAYING ATTENTION

PUPPY DOGGIE

AVORIT{sic} COLOR IS PINK.
THE BST{sic} COLOR. WINNIE
VES TO SPIN AROUND IN
CLES ALL THE TIME. SHE
CAN ONLY GO IN ONE
RECTION. THIS DOG CAN
EP ALL DAY IF YOU LET
. BE CAREFUL OR SHE'LL
YOUR FACE IF YOU ARE
NOT PLAYING{sic} ATTENTION

WINNIE LOVES TO SPIN
AROUND IN CIRCLES ALL THE
TIME. S
D
SLE
HER
PUNCH YOU
NOT PL

```

### In New Super Lucky's Tale

This texts appears inside one of the last cutscenes of the game, related to the Trials of Foxington.

Here is a close-up. Once translated, it reads:

```
PUPPY DOGGIE
AVORIT{sic} COLOR IS PINK.
THE BST{sic} COLOR. WINNIE
VES TO SPIN AROUND IN
CLES ALL THE TIME. SHE
CAN ONLY GO IN ONE
RECTION THIS DOG CAN
EP ALL DAY IF YOU LET
BE CAREFUL OR SHE'LL
YOUR FACE IF YOU ARE
NOT PLAYING ATTENTION

WINNIE LOVES TO SPIN
AROUND IN CIRCLES ALL THE
TIME. SHE CAN ONLY GO IN ONE
DIRECTION THIS DOG CAN
SLEEP ALL DAY IF YOU LET
HER. BE CAREFUL OR SHE'LL
PUNCH YOUR FACE IF YOU ARE
NOT PLAYING{sic} ATTENTION

```

### Polished but potentially less accurate version

```
WINNIH {sic} DOG IS

PUPPY DOGGIE
[Her] favorit[e] {sic} color is pink.
The b[e]st {sic} color.
Winnie loves to spin around in circles all the time.
She can only go in one direction.
This dog can sleep all day if you let her.
Be careful or she'll punch your face if you are not playing {sic}attention.

```

## 2. Super Duper Easter Egg

This is an Easter Egg message left by some developer directly to the attention of the players, but very well hidden.

It is displayed on two pairs of pages that flick rapidly when the Book of Ages opens and closes itself. The two pages of a same pair display the same text but the two pairs of pages are necessary to have the full message.

### In Super Lucky's Tale

This text appears twice:

1) Inside the very first cutscene, when the Book of Ages opens up;

Pages 1 & 2

```
CONGRATULATIONS
YOU JUST FOUND A SUPER DUPER
SECRET EASTER EGG IN LUCKY'S TALE.
GUESS WHAT THIS IS EVEN MORE
SPECIAL BECAUSE THIS ISN'T
EVEN APPROVED BY MY BOSS

I MEAN CHANCES ARE THAT NO ONE WILL
EVER FIND THIS BUT JUST IN CASE
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
PLAYING OUR GAME

FFO SIHT LLUP OT DEEN DLUOW EW EMIT
SI MEAT SIHT TUB DRAH OS SAW TI
ERA YEHT GNIZAMA YLPMIS

```

2) On the final cutscene, when the Book of Ages closes itself.

Pages 3 & 4

```
I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHAT OUR
HUMBLE LITTLE STUDIO HAS DONE WITH
SUCH A SMALL TEAM AND IN HALF THE
TIME WE WOULD NEED TO PULL THIS OFF
IT WAS SO HARD BUT THIS TEAM IS
SIMPLY AMAZING THEY ARE
FAMILY EVEN THE WIERD ONES

RESIST HATE AND EMBRACE THE JOY
THATS WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH
YOU ALL THANK YOU AGAIN

LLIW ENO ON TAHT ERA SECNAHC NAEM I
ESAC NI TSUJ TUB SIHT DNIF REVE

```

### In New Super Lucky's Tale

This text appears only once: on the final cutscene, when the Book of Ages closes itself.

### Polished but potentially less accurate version

```
Congratulations

You just found a super duper secret Easter Egg in Lucky's Tale.
Guess what? This is even more special because this isn't even approved by my boss.

I mean, chances are that no one will ever find this but, just in case, I wanted to thank you for playing our game.

I am extremely proud of what our humble little studio has done with such a small team and in half the time we would need to pull this off.

It was so hard but this team is simply amazing. They are family, even the wierd {sic} ones.

Resist hate and embrace the joy, that's what we wanted to share with you all. Thank you again.

```

# Texts found only in Super Lucky's Tale

This section lists all the texts **found only in Super Lucky's Tale** and their verbatim translations, as well as a more polished, legible (but also more subjective) rendition of these translations.

## 1. Trophies & Hotdogs

This is an Easter Egg message about Lucky, Lyra and hotdogs. It is also the first and only time one of these secret messages refers directly to a detail present in the full picture from where it can be read. This tends to indicate that whoever placed this message where it appears in-game knew exactly what it meant.

This text appears inside the very first cutscene of the game.

Here is a close-up. Once translated, it reads:

```
THIS IS A HEADLINE

LOOK AT THIS. LYR[A]
WON A TROPHY. GOO[D]
FOR HER. SHE WIN[S]
SO MANY OF THESE
THINGS AND TAK[E]
UP A WHOLE SHEL[F]
AND ALL LUCKY
GETS IS A TINY
FRAME FOR HIS
TINY FISH THAT
WAS ENOUGH FOR
ABOUT HALF A
FISHSTICK. I HOP[E]

```

And now, inverted, to allow a correct reading of the part about hotdogs.

```
ELSE TO EAT. THEY
SHOULD EAT THE[SE]E.
HOTDOGS. NOW I WAN[T A]
HOTDOG.

LOOK AT THIS. LYRA
TROPHY. GOOD FOR H[E]
SHE WINS SO MANY O
THESE THINGS AND
UP A WHOLE SHELF A
ALL LUCKY GETS IS
TINY FRAME FOR H

```

### Polished but potentially less accurate version

```
THIS IS A HEADLINE

Look at this. Lyra won a trophy. Good for her. She wins so many of these things and take up a whole shelf and all Lucky gets is a tiny frame for his tiny fish that was enough for about half a fishstick. I hope [he/they find(s) something]\*

else to eat. They should eat these. Hotdogs. Now I want [a] hotdog.

```
\* *The text in brackets is pure speculation to fill in what appears to be gaps in the secret message. It's thus an educated guess as to what meaning was intended in the full secret message.*

This is thus a reference to the tiny frame at the bottom left corner of the general picture (as displayed further above) where one can see Lucky having caught a tiny little fish with his small fishing rod.

## 2. Hello, This is Gibberish

This is a short message saying 'hello' to the player.

This text appears inside one of the last cutscenes of the game.

Page 1

```
HELLO THIS IS
GIBBERISH AN[D]
ITS

NOTHDGOING TO
THE DNS D DH G

DFSSDFSSX

```

Pages 2 & 3

```
GHD TNE
DHKSJSKAW EIE I

GHD THE

JAK JSLIENBDF
DXSNA HLK FHPP
JKHFI SNF YR S

```

### Polished but potentially less accurate version

```
Hello, this is gibberish and it's nothdgoing {sic}\*

```
\* *(maybe it was meant to be "nothing"?)*

## 3. Unknown Page

There's a final potential secret message visible during the fight against Jinx and inside the cutscene that follows the fight. During the fight and in the cutscene, one can see floating pages onto which are displayed symbols that resemble the ones used in the secret code.

All the pages seem to be copies of a single same page. Unfortunately, the text doesn't seem to be legible. However, chances are this text is only gibberish.

Still, for the sake of completeness, here are some screenshots of these pages:

Here is a close-up.

Here is a close-up.

# Texts found only in New Super Lucky's Tale

This section lists all the texts **found only in New Super Lucky's Tale** and their verbatim translations, as well as a more polished, legible (but also more subjective) rendition of these translations.

## 1. Harvest Festival

In the level "Harvest Festival" from Veggie Village, this banner appears.

It simply translates into:

```
HARVEST FESTIVAL

```

## 2. FAFR ODOI

In the level "Harvest Festival" from Veggie Village, this small poster appears twice.

It reads:

```
FAFR ODOI

```

It appears that someone in the developers' team decided to scramble the letters from its original meaning, being either:

```
FAIR FOOD

```

```
or

```

```
FOOD FAIR

```

It is unknown why this scrambling was done but it could be for aesthetic reasons. To illustrate this, here is a montage from the previous picture showing what the poster would have looked like if it were reading "FAIR FOOD". One could argue that, aesthetically, the visual impression of the two consecutive "O" is not too pleasant.

## 3. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet

Each time Lucky enters the Book of Ages (after defeating a boss) to travel to a new world, the same two pages are displayed:

They read:

Page 1

```
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT
AMET, WISI NUNC POSUERE
MAURIS TRISTIQUE ELIT.
DICTUM ALIQUAM ET SED,
PELLENTESQUE DONEC. SED
DUI A AMET MAURIS
MALESUADA VENENATIS,
SED UT SOCIIS SIT
VOLUTPAT. IPSA LECTUS
VESTIBULUM ORNARE, IN
ODIO SOLLICITUDIN,
ORNARE HYMENAEOS BEATAE
ID, ET PORTA, ET CRAS NIBH

```
Page 2

```
NULLAM NEC JUSTO,
PULVINAR MOLLIS. NULLAM
JUSTO ELEIFEND VEL
EGESTAS PER MAURIS,
LIBERO NONUMMY
IMPERDIET, TRISTIQUE
VESTIBULUM IMPERDIET
CRAS RHONCUS LIBERO ID,
SED SEMPER EGET PHARETRA
DAPIBUS PURUS ET. SEM
MALESUADA, ALIQUET

```

Similarly, each time Lucky arrives to a new world, these two other pages are displayed on the Book of Ages:

They read:

Page 1

```
AC IPSUM VEL VITAE SIT
SED, IN ARCU ET, LACINIA
DIS AT. VITAE NIBH LOREM
ELEMENTUM, MOLESTAE
OCCAECAT LECTUS, URNA
AC ETIAM DONEC EU
MAECENAS ORNARE,
SUSPENDISSE JUSTO
PLACERAT MALESUADA,
ARCU VITAE MALESUADA.
PEDE AT, SIT LIBERO AT

```
Page 2

```
ETIAM MONTES NEC
PELLENTESQUE NON IN, PROIN
ELEIFEND. MI LACINIA
LIGULA INTEGER,
FERMENTUM COMMODO TEMPUS
CLASS DONEC NULLA DUIS,
NEC UT DIAM, AT PRAESENT
ARCU DOLOR ET SED.
INTEGER IPSUM LOREM, EU
TURPIS TURPIS TEMPUS,
IPSUM MORBI ALIQUAM NAM,
DUI TURPIS NULLAM ELIT
SODALES MASSA SIT.

```

However, there's nothing to understand in these texts as they clearly are the result of a lorem-ipsum random generator.

## 4. Credits Secret Messages

The end credits contain several small secret messages.

It reads:

```
WASUP

```

It reads:

```
ASRG

```

It reads:

```
WNRSER

```

It reads:

```
THIS CIRCLE

```

It reads:

```
LOVE

```

It reads:

```
JESUS

```

It reads:

```
NAHTE
HAJILE

```
Which seems to be mirrored and mean in fact:

```
ETHAN
ELIJAH

```

It reads:

```
AMY

```