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You know that room ?

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What does this mean?

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I can translate the numbers, but it doesn't make any sense... Could it be words ?

Then, I was also wondering if those symbols below the numbers 0 1 2 3 here does mean anything :

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unfolded cube

This is the unfolded counting cube. The numbers don't mean anything by themselves, but the cube is meant to associate these types of symbols (portions of a plus sign) with numbers. Seeing the unfolded cube in this 16-cube classroom informs us that this room is about numbers, since it uses the same symbols. Some deduction in this room leads to solving the number cipher.

dimensions

This is the number cipher giveaway. These symbols are used in various rooms, but they form a Flatland sequence here. (Flatland's conceit is not understanding other dimensions until you can personally experience them.) Without blowing the story, a square protagonist lives in a two-dimensional world, visits Lineland (a one-dimensional world), and later, Spaceland (3-D) and Pointland (0-D). Knowing this, the sequence is fairly straightforward: the numbers represent the dimensions from zero to three.

equals

Likewise, these show three ways of adding to 10, introduce an "equals" sign, show that "three" can be written two different ways, and that a godly squid bequeathed the gift of 3-D.

64

I don't think this means anything, nor does anyone else. The numbers add up to 64, a prescient number in this game, and when adding the numbers separated by spaces and converting them to letters via a substitution cipher, they spell a naughty word. This game is steeped in apophenia, looking for patterns in static—we don't know if we're being trolled by the game designers.

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    "I don't think this means anything, nor does anyone else." Anyone else except Phil Fish that is... see: twitter.com/soundofjw/status/350292588198240257
    – user63373
    Dec 8, 2013 at 6:03
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    How are you supposed to figure out the symbol for 10?
    – thejoshwolfe
    May 13, 2014 at 22:13
  • @thejoshwolfe: I think it'll make sense if you read the whole thing through, but I show how you can figure out the number system first and then use the equal sign markings to add multiple numbers together.
    – Wolf
    May 13, 2014 at 22:32
  • @Sean: Sorry, I've read your post several times; I still don't get where 10 comes from. Is there a pattern to unlock all the numbers at once? It seems like we just get a symbol here and there, and the only way to know is to learn about each symbol individually.
    – thejoshwolfe
    May 17, 2014 at 16:38
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    @BradenBest PENE means penis in Italian, if that's the "naughty word" you are looking for. I was wandering the same, btw.
    – pinckerman
    Apr 10, 2021 at 19:03
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For people who didn't use a guide this room holds a major clue to decipher the numbers.

The last image (that says 0 1 2 3) shows you the glyphs for 0, 1, 2 and one of the options for 3 (i.e. 1+2).

I'm not sure of the purpose of the others, but they are:

Vertical numbers:

2 4
2 5
3
  6
4 1
5 4
4 4
3 3 
3 6
5

Cube net:

   10
1  4  6  5
      0

1 4 6 5 10 0

I don't think the first one is significant, but the second is a net of the number cube artefact. With those 6 shapes (in various orientations) you can express every number in the system.

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It says,"

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1+2+7=10

2+3+5=10

1+4+5=10"

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    Do you have any sources to back this up?
    – Joachim
    Jul 14, 2022 at 14:12
  • I don't even know what that means.
    – Roman Schmidt
    Aug 3, 2022 at 13:34

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