The answer to this puzzle is a single word.
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asked Jul 7, 2022 at 13:00
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1$\begingroup$ Looks cool. May be a dumb question, but do the tiny white stars and dashes on the borders of the red squares mean anything for the puzzle? Or can they be ignored? $\endgroup$– JLeeJul 7, 2022 at 18:31
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1$\begingroup$ @JLee No not intentional, just ignore them $\endgroup$– Prim3numbahJul 7, 2022 at 21:29
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4$\begingroup$ Maybe this will help $\endgroup$– IsaacRoan SisonJul 7, 2022 at 21:50
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The word is:
Reflection
Because:
The second image is a grid of mirrors/walls that reflect a ball sent in from the left (hinted at by the first image):
The third image can be divided into a four-by-four grid of squares, each of which is a 3x3 pixel font letter. And reading those in the order of squares that the ball crosses gives us the answer:
And the title:
Hints (if we reflect it vertically) that the answer is just like a MIRROR!
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$\begingroup$ What's going on with the R, the T and the N? The T and N are upside down, and the R is just a backwards L when looking from the other side. The rest of the letters look correct when looking from the other side (flipping along vertical axis). btw +1. I didn't know there was a 3x3 pixel font! $\endgroup$– JLeeJul 10, 2022 at 9:22
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$\begingroup$ @JLee I think the letters should be viewed/reflected based on the direction the ball is travelling, but couldn't quite work out a consistent explanation. $\endgroup$– fljxJul 10, 2022 at 9:44
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$\begingroup$ @JLee Looking at it again, a simpler explanation may be that the letters in the bottom half are also reflected vertically. (Not that you can tell with the I and O) $\endgroup$– fljxJul 10, 2022 at 9:48
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$\begingroup$ Wow. Good observation. I never considered that $\endgroup$– JLeeJul 10, 2022 at 9:54
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$\begingroup$ Well done! Let me add some explanations, rot13(Gurl nyy ner rvgure ubevmbagny BE iregvpny ersyrpgvbaf. Gur fgnegvat yrggre, E, V pbhyq'ir znqr vg n ubevmbagny ersyrpgvba fb gung vg qvqa'g ybbxrq yvxr na Y, ohg fgvyy gur bayl ersyrpgvba gung jbhyq tvir n yrtvg yrggre nsgrejneqf jbhyq or vs lbh iregvpnyyl ersyrpgrq vg. Ernfba orvat V jnagrq gurz gb npghnyyl ybbx qvssrerag sebz gurve npghny fgngr. Fb jura V jnf noyr gb qb gung - V qvq fb. Sbe rknzcyr R,iregvpnyyl ersyrpgrq, vf fgvyy na R. Fnzr jvgu P. S pbhyq or rvgure. Y pbhyq or rvgure... $\endgroup$ Jul 10, 2022 at 10:59