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    $\begingroup$ No italian, no latin, only english and a bit of general knowledge is required. $\endgroup$
    – Florian F
    Commented Jun 1, 2021 at 8:26
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    $\begingroup$ This puzzle is driving me crazy! It is getting better with every new hint. $\endgroup$
    – Dmitry Kamenetsky
    Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 12:50
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    $\begingroup$ Maybe it was too difficult to start with. I will keep adding hints until it becomes solvable. $\endgroup$
    – Florian F
    Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 12:54
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    $\begingroup$ Converted to comments as suggested by @bass: A possible start towards a partial answer... The hint marked "Cont'd" indicates rot13(jr fubhyq trarengr n tevq bs 3 k 11 yrggref fbzrubj. Vtabevat gur obeqre, gurer ner 15 k 11 vagrevbe abqrf, juvpu pna or qvivqrq vagb tebhcf bs 5, znxvat n 3 k 11 tevq) visualisation: i.sstatic.net/1nyKN.png $\endgroup$
    – Steve
    Commented Jun 4, 2021 at 9:29
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    $\begingroup$ Even though the encoding process is reasonable simple, it didn't make the puzzle easy. As I realized, the problem is that there was no clue for the decoding process, no hint at the method or any suspicious pattern to work on. In that situation all one can do is to guess how one could encode a message in a maze and try it to see if I used that. The possibilities are endless. It ends up as a "guess what I was thinking" puzzle, which is not very interesting. I added the hints to make up for it. But I'd say a good puzzle should provide from the start such a trail of clues to follow. $\endgroup$
    – Florian F
    Commented Jun 4, 2021 at 19:09