CZ-DannyK on 1:55 PM 12/12/2024: Finally! Cant wait to continue :D
CZ-DannyK on 9:24 PM 12/15/2024: Chicken crossed the road :P
Sems on 5:10 PM 12/17/2024: my chicken crossed too:D but I dont like my patch, I bypass lot off conditional jump. I have successfully solved the chicken's message but I am not sure if I have really completed the question properly. I will take another look at it. In the meantime, I would be very happy if the source code is shared with those who have completed rose.exe. I think that reading the source code of the crackmes I have completed contributes to my development.
CZ-DannyK on 9:58 PM 12/18/2024: Stage 9 done :)
xorkey on 12:20 PM 12/19/2024: Honestly the chicken task is probably my most disliked one but i didn't want to remove it because it holds a special place in my heart. I'll give you some src code after if you want.
xorkey on 12:21 PM 12/19/2024: And soldier on, CZ-Danny, i know you've been hard at work on this. I'm glad someone likes it.
CZ-DannyK on 9:19 PM 12/19/2024: I like it a lot, and i hope i will reach end soon :D
Fatmike on 9:25 AM 12/22/2024: I believe that many people like your crackme, I find it very entertaining! In case you wrote that because of the low quality rating: don't worry, I have the impression that there is sometimes a hater around who gives all crackmes bad ratings and also lowers the difficulty – it has happened to me too. If you look at the other crackmes: many of them suddenly received bad ratings overnight. Strange, right? It would be best if everyone would rate, then intentionally bad ratings wouldn't have such a big impact. When writing this you had a 2.5 quality rating which is disrespectful and inappropriate, i will give it an upvote!
ishaan09 on 2:01 PM 12/22/2024: How to extract zip files whenever I tried to open zip file it ask password
xorkey on 3:12 AM 12/24/2024: @FatMike thank you so much! Yes i do think there might be a hater going around if your rating suddenly went down overnight...
And i do understand if the crackme is genuinely not fun, because at the start of making this, i had no idea how to write a crackme and had to learn on the way (which explains the more experimental style).
@ishaan09 read the FAQ of this website!
CZ-DannyK on 2:36 PM 01/01/2025: Uff, got past labyrinth. That one really took some time and effort :D But to be honest, i didnt enjoy it as much as i would like because of some aspects of given stage that i do not like in overall. I do not want to spoil here what exactly ;)
Tomorrow will continue with next bouncy :D
BTW: how many stages it has? I really hope i am almost at the end, would really love to finish it and write solution :)
xorkey on 10:20 PM 01/02/2025: You are technically 3 tasks away from the end if you don't slip up...
I'm going to be completely honest, screwing with your keyboard was not intentional, but i just left it in. There are ways to get around it, soo it shouldn't be tooo bad.
CZ-DannyK on 1:05 AM 01/03/2025: By slipping you mean reseting progress on fail? o.O
BTW: it is intentional crackme will close itself on stage 11 even without debugger?
CZ-DannyK on 4:45 PM 01/03/2025: Alright, got past stage 11 even with that bug. But i must say, reseting save is really dick move and if i lucky didnt make backup (i dont even remember why i did it), then after reset i would just drop crackme and moved on.
WARNING FOR OTHER SOLVERS: Once you get to Stage 11 (Bouncers Arsenal), do BACKUP of your save! Stage contains resets in in case of almost successful attempts. You have been warned.
P.S. @xorkey you can message me on discord. I am in crackmes.one discord, you can find me there and PM me. I have same nick. I can guide you to that error (if it wasnt intentional).
xorkey on 2:52 AM 01/04/2025: This crackme was made for two specific people only, but i decided to release it because why not. Was deleting save intentional? Yes. Should i have removed it for the public? Yes. Did i upload the fixed version of rose after thinking i removed it because i felt bad? Yes. Did i remove it? No. I didn't want to pester crackmes.one to upload yet another rose.exe and i didn't want to say it because people who read comments would have an unfair advantage so i was a bit stuck...
CZ-DannyK on 10:43 AM 01/04/2025: This isnt even for comment, it should have been in description :D And i dont see it as unfair advantage knowing its there, because it really isnt cool feature and because it is in specific position in checks order, it wont give any advantage knowing it. Imagine someone would make something like Delete C: on failed attempt and then told you - this is a joke man :D
CZ-DannyK on 11:12 PM 01/11/2025: @xorkey Could you pls verify if stage 12 (virtual realms) is doable? Because i am basically at the end, i have "working" password that passes all checks, shows correct message, but fails then after new stage is decrypted. There is one series of checks that seems to me bit strange and i suspect those could be cause of issues. So either i missed something or something doesnt add up :)
xorkey on 2:46 AM 01/12/2025: The intended password does work, but there is a chance that the checks do not cover enough, and therefore is not possible. Maybe providing the "wrong" key could help me see the issue.
CZ-DannyK on 10:01 AM 01/12/2025: You want me to post it here or discuss it in private? I will see again all checks if i missed something or there is multiple possibilities and i forgot about it.
CZ-DannyK on 1:15 PM 01/12/2025: False alarm, i just tried found password and it works. I dont know, either solar eruptions or i was just tired and entered it repeatedly wrong :D
So one last push to finish line.
CZ-DannyK on 6:50 PM 01/15/2025: https://imgur.com/a/tks1Xy4
;) I will post solution withing next few days. It has around 100 pages of A4.
marci1175 on 11:15 AM 01/18/2025: Hi! Im stuck on the bouncer part, and I dont really know how to proceeed. Ive tried finding the string "Bouncer: You ain't. . ." but it has no references in the disassembly. Ive tried dumping it which Ive succeeded at, and could find the string reference. Unfortunately, the assembly which the string is referenced at doesnt exist in the original exe disassembly. What did yall do at the bouncer? (Please note that Im very new to this :) )
Any help is appreciated!!!
CZ-DannyK on 3:03 PM 01/18/2025: @marci1175: that string is there, but you must search for it while crackme is running.
BTW: i just posted solution to all stages in crackme here: https://crackmy.app/crackmes/rose-exe-by-xorkey-28468
I have also posted it here, but approval process takes too long, so i cant say when it will be here.