Here's the official post that all of this was building up to, most of this info is either incorrect or outdated now but I'm leaving this up for people to enjoy looking through
And thanks for the shoutout! It was a blast getting to theorize about all of this stuff
If you are looking to solve these puzzles yourself, start with this post on the steam forums and don't read any further
This writeup includes a lot of speculation and shouldn't be taken as a source of truth, don't assume something is true just because a random guy on the internet said so