Gryphon Code

a.k.a. GryphCode, Gryphon's Guild Code

No encoder found

www.geocities.com

The Gryphon Code is meant for “Gryphs” to self-describe their gryphon characters. Though it does not cite inspirations, it is structurally very similar to Dragon Code.

Versions hosted on GeoCities were not numbered or named, but appear to be consistent. Minor changes were made in late 1999.

Example

GC2.G S&e;%l,l#^m [m] A- C^bl=pur:r Dc- B- Hm $+ EL- W+ M-- K E++ P+++ FA+ T+ RP+++ Ar+ Wr- I-- Am++[} L+++ V? .[cyb] So+++ PK- Ts GF F---

source (archived 2002-08-23)

Details

Inspired (5):

Found on:

alt.mythology.mythic-animals.gryphons (newsgroup)
GryphBoard (archived 2002-08-02)
GryphList on Yahoo! Groups (archived 2002-10-03)

Linked from:

At least 80 signature codes (more info)
Critter Code (archived 2001-10-27, more info)
Goth.Code Homepage (archived 1999-11-17, more info)
Orion Scribner's Directory of Geek Codes (archived 2016-06-24, more info)

Known versions

Untitled version:

Specification: www.geocities.com (canonical, archived 1999-01-27)

Untitled version:

Specification: www.geocities.com (diff, archived 1999-11-09)

Version 1:

Specification: geocities.com (canonical, archived 2003-06-07)
Specification: gryphonguild.org (canonical, archived 2002-10-17) - linked from gryphonguild.org/code/ as "version one"
Decoder: www.geocities.com (archived 2003-04-08) - Java applet

Version 2.0:

Specification: gryphonguild.org (canonical, archived 2002-08-23)
Specification: gryphonguild.critter.net (mirror, archived 2012-08-01)