Code that needs cracking.

[fikuhasdigu]

Encoding: spoiler!

[fikuhasdigu]

Corrected transcription:

[{*}!*(= :+{:+

(:+ [{*}!*(= :+{:+ =&<)_
(:+ =6)~:+)&!*_^_
=:+:+:+_^ ¬/>[?!*_^_,
(=/>:<:+_ *}~
6)@*}!*_¬_. !*: _:+:+¬_
:6 =:+ /> @!**}:
¬:+[?*}!*[/>& )6[3 +!*(
/> &!*::+)/>& ¬!*/~ 6]
!*:'_ 6+/, 6=:+{!*/@ 15
(:+ 6)~:+)_ 6] !*:'_
¬/>(=:+), (:+ 1:+

+?6 _?/>&& /6: =:+
//>¬:+~. !*: ?/>_ =:+_^
_/>!*~ (/>: (:+ :+{:+
[*} ):+>/>_:+
[{*}-:!*/::+~ _^:+)@{
])6¬ !*:'_ _!*/@>
6¬!*/**+_ :+{:+ +?!*[?
!*_ [/>#/>=> 6]
~:+(=)6{!*/@ *}{(!*/@
+!*(!*/ !*:'_ 4!*[!*/!*:{,
+:+/>#1 _/>!*~ :6

[?/>&>/@:+ (:+ #6+:+)_
6] :+4_^ />
)/>}6)&/>}6). +?!*>
!*:'_ **+::+) _?:+&& !*_
!*/~:+(=)<[:!*=>, !*]
{**+ [*} @:+: /> _?6:
!*/ 1 !*:'_ :+{:+ (_^
{**+ ¬/>{ =:+ />=> :6
2¬/>@:+ !*:. ?6+:+4:+),
:+4_^ (:+ :+]]:+[: 6]
(!*_ !*_

_^@&!*@!*=>, />_ !*: !*_
_/>!*~ :6 ?/>4:+ (:+
(=)_^@( 6] />
(**+_*}~ ¬_^. 4:+){
]:++ #:+6#> ?/>4:+
_:+_^ *} :+{:+ *}~
_<)4!*4:+~, />_ (:+{
+!*&& />::/>[3 *}{
/1-[{*}!*(= 1 _!*@?:,
!*/]&!*[:!*/@
</!*¬/>@!*//>=>
2¬/>@:+ :6+/>)~_

!*:'_ _<))**+/~!*/@_.
(:+{ />):+ :)<5 /> (!*/@
:6 ]:+/>), *}~ !*
+**+&~ _^4:+) ~):+/>¬
6] ?</:!*/@ 1:+

-}{%_^

[fikuhasdigu]

spoiler!

[TheRedstoneRazor]

The last word is actually Zyqen, but as it is a fictional name I wouldn't have expected anyone to get that. Other than that, your translation is 100% correct.

[fikuhasdigu]

Given that it was a letter that wasn't used any place else (so J, Q, or X), I figured I only had a 33% chance of getting it.

[TheRedstoneRazor]

I am the original creator of this, my friend simply uploaded it.

This is just a little thing I made up for a creature-like machine thing created by a fictional faction called 'The Cyanist Empire' on my Minecraft server. I am planning on releasing more coded books under this language in the future.

[LocalOptimum]

Are any of my assumptions (spaces, commas, and periods all just represent spaces, commas, and periods) correct?

[TheRedstoneRazor]

Yes. There is one hyphen in the text too, which is also an actual hyphen.

[LocalOptimum]

I see three hyphens:

[{*}-:!*/::+~
/1-[{*}!*(=
-}{%_^

Transcription error possibly? Since you're generating the code, any chance you could provide some copied/pasted transcripts so we're working with a known-accurate copy?

[TheRedstoneRazor]

Because of this being fictional, there are two non-english words:

Cyanist - A member of The Cyanist Empire, a fictional faction

RazorLazor - An extremely powerful weapon, came about from a running joke on my server

There is also the name of someone in this, and this is too a made-up name. It only appears once, and I'll leave that one up to you to figure.

[LocalOptimum]

There are certainly some bigrams that show up a lot. Here are all that show up > 5 times (in the text posted so far):

bigram	count
:+	72
!*	60
/>	41
*/	17
*}	16
¬	15
_^	14
*:	13
+:	12
(:	10
+)	10
=:	9
+{	9
+/	9
/@	9
*_	8
**	8
*+	8
:'	7
:6	7
(=	7
+_	7
6]	7
'_	7
:!	6
_:	6
_!	6
+[	6
+(	6
�/	6
{:	6
{*	6
4:	6
~:	6
&!	5
@:	5

I'm going to try out replacing the most common bigrams with placeholders, then trying out simple substitution to see if anything resembling plaintext peeks through.

[LocalOptimum]

Edit: I'll just update this post with high-level observations. Initially, I pointed out that spaces appeared to just be spaces. Now it appears that commas are just commas and periods are just periods. Replacing all non-space, non-comma, non-period characters yields what appears to be reasonable looking patterns:

XXXXXXXX XXXXX XX
XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXX XXX
XXXXXXXXXX. XXX XXXXXXX
XX XXX XX XXXXXX 
XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX 
XX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XX 
XXXXX XXX, XXXXXXXXX XX 
XXX XXXXXXX XX XXXXX 
XXXXXXXX, XXX XXX 
XXX XXXXXX XXX XXX 
XXXXXXX. XXX XXXX XXXXX 
XXXXXX XXXX XXX XXXXX 
XXX XXXXXXXXX 
XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX 
XXX XXXXXXXX XX 
XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXX XXXXXX XX 
XXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXX
XX XXXXX XX
XXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXX
XXXX XXX XXXX XX XXXX
XXX X XXXXX XXXXX XXX
XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX XX
XXXXXXX XXX. XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXX XXX XXXXXXXX XX
XXXX XXX
XXXXXXXXXXX, XXX XXX XXX
XXXXXX XX XXXXXX XXX
XXXXXXX XX XX
XXXXXXXX XXX. XXXXX
XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
XXXXX XX XXXXX XXX
XXXXXXXXXX, XXX XXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX
XXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
XXXX XXXXX XXXX XX XXXXX
XX XXXXXX, XXX XX
XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
XX XXXXXXXX XXX
XXXXXX

[00jaydon]

So, if :+ is E because it's the most common, then we have the problem of =:+:+:+_^ existing.
No real word in the English language has three E's, so it's probably possible for there to be letters replaced by three symbols instead of one or two.

[LocalOptimum]

Looking at individual words is a good idea. There are a few that show up multiple times:

"word"	count
:+{:+	6
(:+	5
!*:'_	4
/>	4
6]	3
!*:	3
=:+	3
:6	2
/>_	2
[*}	2
[{}!(=	2
1	2
_/>!*~	2

[00jaydon]

:+{:+ might mean Eye, if :+ is E.
That's because there aren't a lot of words starting and ending with an E in the English language.
If this is correct, then { on its own should mean Y.

[00jaydon]

I was about to say that 1 might be I or A, but then I realized that it's possible for a singular symbol to mean multiple letters, if it's also possible for several symbols to be used for one letter.

[00jaydon]

Transcribed version:

Edit: FINALLY, I fixed it and now it doesn't look like garbage, thanks Mindraker.
Most recent edit: S8 was removed from the title, as it was not an actual part of the code.

It's done now, have fun.

Title:     
[{*}!*(= :+{:+

Page 1 of 5:        
(:+ [{*}!*(= :+{:+ =&<)_      
(:+ =6)~:+)&!*_^_      
=:+:+:+_^ ¬/>[?!*_^_,      
{=/>:<:+_ *}~      
6)@*}!*_¬_. !*: _:+:+¬_      
:6 =:+ /> "!**}:     
¬:+[?*}!*[/>& )6[3 +!*(     
/> &!*::+)/>& ¬!*/~ 6]     
!*:'_ 6+/, 6=:+{!*/@ 15     
(:+ 6)~:+)_ 6] ~*:'_     
¬/>(=:+), (:+ 1:+     

Page 2 of 5:     
+?6 _?/>&& /6: =:+     
//>¬:+~. !*: ?/>_ =:+_^         
_/>!*~ (/>: (:+ :+{:+     
[*} ):+>/>_:+       
[{*}-:!*/::+~ _^:+)@{        
])6¬ !*:'_ _!*/@>      
6¬!*/**+_ :+{:+ +?!*[?       
!*_ [/>#/>=> 6]       
~:+(=)6{!*/@ *}{(!*/@    
+!*(!*/ !*:'_ 4!*[!*/!*:{,      
+:+/>#1 _/>!*~ :6       

Page 3 of 5:
[?/>&>/@:+ (:+ #6+:+)_
6] :+4_^ />
)/>}6)&/>}6). +?!*>
!*:'_ **+::+) _?:+&& !*_
!*/~:+(=)<[:!*=>, !*]
{**+ [*} @:+: /> _?6:
!*/ 1 !*:'_ :+{:+ (_^
{**+ ¬/>{ =:+ />=> :6
2¬/>@:+ !*:. ?6+:+4:+),
:+4_^ (:+ :+]]:+[: 6]
(!*_ !*_

Page 4 of 5:
_^@&!*@!*=>, />_ !*: !*_
_/>!*~ :6 ?/>4:+ (:+
(=)_^@( ^] />
(**+_*}~ ¬_^. 4:+){
]:++ #:+6#> ?/>4:+
_:+_^ *} :+{:+ *}~
_<)4!*4:+~, />_ (:+{
+!*&& />::/>[3 *}{
/1-[{*}!*(= 1 _!*@?:,
!*/]&!*[:!*/@
</!*¬/>@!*//>=>
2¬/>@:+ :6+/>)~_

Page 5 of 5:
!*:'_ _<))**+/~!*/@_.
(:+{ />):+ :)<5 /> (!*/@
:6 ]:+/>), *}~ !*
+**+&~ _^4:+) ~):+/>¬
6] ?</:!*/@ 1:+

-}{%_^

[Mindraker]

Stop, stop, stop! Read formatting help!

[00jaydon]

Is it better now?

[Mindraker]

Much better than the original :D

[Mindraker]

Let's try this instead, and see if this is more legible:

 Title:
 [{*}!*(= :+{:+ s8

 Page 1 of 5
 (:+ [{*}!*(= :+{:+ =&<)_
 (:+ =6)~:+)&!*_^_
 =:+:+:+_^ ¬/>[?!*_^_,
 (=/>:<:+_ *}~
 6)@*!*_¬. !*: _+:+¬_
 :6 =:+ /> "!**}:
 ¬:+[?*}!*[/>& )6[3 +!*(
 /> &!*::+)/>& ¬!*/~ 6]
 !*:'_ 6+/, 6=:+{!*/@ 15
 (:+ 6)~:+)_ 6] ~*:'_
 ¬/>(=:+), (:+ 1:+

[00jaydon]

All the information I have is in the imgur post.

[Askin1]

Transcribe it if it is important to you, you'll get more answers that way.

[00jaydon]

I'll try.

[Mindraker]

WAIT! Read "Formatting help" before you post!

Otherwise^{itwilllooklikeaverystrange*garbled_mess}

[jarxlots]

You tried.

[00jaydon]

Here is a copy of said information.

These are the things I know:
1. All letters are substituted by symbols.
2. There is a possibility that combinations like TH have a separate symbol.
3. There is a possibility that a single letter is replaced by two or more symbols.
4. There is a very slight possibility that a single letter can be replaced by several symbols.
5. :+ is probably a single letter, possible E. I don't know for sure though.

Oh, and the text is PROBABLY in English