The Password Game: To lose patience is to lose the battle

Every now and then, we have to choose a new password, update an old one, and deal with the everlasting protection of our online presence. It was about time for someone to decide to make this otherwise annoying process fun, and the result turned out to be an internet sensation.

The Password Game is a web-based experience created by Neal Agarwal with the main goal of entertaining, making you think, and challenging your knowledge. One thing is certain: you need to be patient if you want to reach the final levels. I couldn't do it myself, but that didn't stop me from trying. In my opinion, the Password Game is highly addictive and somehow makes you want to find all the right answers.

The Password Game can be played in your browser, so there's no need to download or install anything, which is quite convenient. The idea is to follow different rules to create such a strong password that even the best hacker in the world won't be able to crack and I truly wouldn't be surprised if no one can crack the password I created during the game. You might wonder why creating a password could be interesting and so popular. Well, the game itself answers this question.

I guess the Password Game's popularity can be explained by several different things. The idea itself is quite original since the game is transforming the otherwise annoying process of creating a password into a fun way to generate one.

One other reason involves the social media avalanche that is sometimes hard to stop. You know how some online games or experiences become so popular that they are all people can talk about?

We have seen it with Wordle and also with the Pokémon mania. Now, it looks like it's the Password Game's turn to shine on social media and the internet. Only time will tell if it will achieve the legendary status of the ones mentioned above.

Another factor that makes the Password Game popular is the way it works. The game challenges you to explore your creativity, knowledge, and above all, your patience. Who doesn't want to challenge themselves and see how far they can get, especially in the comfort of their own home, in front of their phone, tablet, or laptop?

It's very simple. You just need an internet connection, a powered-up device, and a lot of free time on your hands. And I'm not joking about the last one. At the beginning, the Password Game simply asks you to choose a 5-character password, a process you might know from creating passwords before.

 

After that, similar to creating a real password, the game adds more and more rules to make the password more secure, such as having to add a digit number, an Uppercase letter, and a special character. While these first few rules seem pretty level-headed, the next ones quickly get out of control and might make you doubt your brain capacity.

Rules involving Roman numerals, maps, calculations, astronomy, chemistry, playing chess, and most of all thinking outside the box come one after another to help you create the most secure password.

You should research almost every rule, or at least I needed to. It's fun and teaches you not only new knowledge but also patience. Similar to one of my all-time favorite games, GeoGuessr, in the Password Game, you also have to guess a country to proceed to the next step.

And if you don't know how to play chess, now might be a good time to learn, or at least read some rules. You might be surprised and actually start playing, becoming the next Queen's Gambit, or at least show some new skills at the next family reunion by challenging your grandparents.

Basically, prepare to be challenged, inspired, annoyed, and maybe even angry at times, and in the worst-case scenario, you might hit a wall once or twice. If you're not the patient type, just don't break your phone or tablet, please. But if you still do, make sure to check with us which one to buy after that.

I cannot provide you with any winning strategies since, as I mentioned earlier, I couldn't finish the game, at least not yet. However, I can give you some tips on how to cheat on certain rules that require a lot of time or knowledge.

Let's take, for example, rule 16, where you have to come up with the best move in algebraic chess notation. To progress, you can use online chess move calculators for assistance and later learn how to play better if you're still interested in chess.

The best strategy might simply be to have fun while trying to follow all the rules, which can actually be applied to life itself.

One other thing I noticed while playing the Password Game is that at some point, it might become impossible to solve a task and follow the rules at the same time. For instance, in this case, no matter what number I change or remove, some rule always gets violated.

The rules here are to include the CAPTCHA: 52447 in the password, the best chess move (which in this case is NxF7+), write a leap year, and ensure that all digits add up to 25. If anyone has a solution, please share it in the comments so that I don't feel so helpless while playing the Password Game. 

And by the way, "To lose patience is to lose the battle" is a quote by Gandhi, and it can absolutely apply to The Password Game, as many of you might experience.