CategoryMystery Riddles

December 15, 2017 — Can you think of a movie that could be described as one emoji? Or a song? Perhaps a book? That’s exactly what the Mystery Riddle is all about. And cats, obviously. Read more…

December 12, 2017 — To celebrate the relaunch of this little website, we’ve prepared something special yet again — a Smashing Emoji Mystery Riddle. Read more…

February 11, 2016 — When we started out with riddles, we wanted to have an entertaining yet challenging game that wouldn’t be easy to crack, and would keep our dear readers busy for quite some time. Read more…

January 27, 2016 — Here you’ll find the first animated GIF, containing a location clue. To move to the next level, you have to find a hidden hash tag and follow a link in a tweet containing it. Read more…

September 8, 2015 — We’ve hidden secret keys in different (physical) locations across the world. To move from one level to another, you’ll have to find a hidden print-out in all (four) locations. Watch out for GIF file names. Read more…

February 3, 2015 — Surprisingly, the new mystery riddle, dedicated to the launch of SmashingConf NYC, took much more time than usual to complete, adjust, refine, test and redesign than the previous ones. Some insights into how the riddle was designed. Read more…

January 28, 2015 — Your job is to discover hashtags as fast as possible. If your guess for a hashtag is right, search for that hashtag on Twitter and you’ll find a tweet leading you to the next level. Read more…

July 21, 2014 — One animated GIF leads to another, and every animated GIF contains a key (or keys) that have to be discovered. Once you uncover all the keys, you construct a solution and send out a tweet containing that solution. Doesn’t sound too difficult, does it? Read more…

July 16, 2014 — Ah, these mystery riddles never stop, do they? To celebrate the launch of the SmashingConf Whistler, our very first conference in Canada, we’ve prepared a yet another riddle, and of course this time it’s not going to be any easier! Read more…

July 14, 2014 — Below you’ll find the first of a few hidden animated GIFs that contain a secret Twitter hashtag. Your job is to deconstruct that hashtag as fast as possible. Read more…