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[bodyofanamerican]

Please be more than the tracing puzzles that has only been shown!!

The tracing puzzles are only the key to inputting puzzle solutions. The actual puzzles are in the environment surrounding the panels.

 

[xir]

Please be more than the tracing puzzles that has only been shown!!

The Witness |OT| Twisty Little Lines, All Alike

 

[darkinstinct]

The tracing puzzles are only the key to inputting puzzle solutions. The actual puzzles are in the environment surrounding the panels.

That's true for some of them.

Another OT title: The Witness [OT] Blown away by mysterious puzzles

 

[Catvoca]

It's known that the old audio logs have been completely replaced. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/...wandering-through-jonathan-blows-the-witness/

We don't know much about what's in the new audio logs other than the voice actor credits.

Oh, I didn't know that. The old audio logs sounded fascinating to me, I hope the new ones are just as interesting.

 

[Mifune]

Fair point. Didn't mean to imply that it had no depth. Just that I wouldn't be surprised if Blow closed out the game with something like "THE WITNESS IS YOU!"

It's been years since I played through Braid but I don't remember anything half as obvious as that.

I'm not sure I agree with calling Braid heavy-handed. To me the game's narrative was so strange and esoteric that it didn't meet the minimum level of directness required to be heavy-handed. In fact, my one complaint about Braid is that the diaries were impenetrable, so quite the opposite really.

Really should revisit that game soon.

 

[CHC]

I really like "The Island of Doctor
Blow."

(And I don't mean in an immature / joke sense, it just sounds good to me.)

 

[Sulik2]

My terrible idea:

The Witness [OT] Tracing Braid on the Island of Blow

 

[Mifune]

I really like "The Island of Doctor
Blow."

(And I don't mean in an immature / joke sense, it just sounds good to me.)

The more I read about the game in that Atlantic piece and others, the more it fits. It's an intensely personal game to him.

 

[CHC]

Or a throwback:

The Witness |OT| Ain't Got No Point to the Game

 

[SmiteOfHand]

It's been years since I played through Braid but I don't remember anything half as obvious as that.

I'm not sure I agree with calling Braid heavy-handed. To me the game's narrative was so strange and esoteric that it didn't meet the minimum level of directness required to be heavy-handed. In fact, my one complaint about Braid is that the diaries were impenetrable, so quite the opposite really.

Really should revisit that game soon.

Sorry, guess that was a little tongue-in-cheek, though I did find the end of the game to be incredibly blunt in some respects. I can vividly recall walking away from the game thinking that Blow is an excellent designer, but as a writer there was some room to grow.

 

[megalowho]

The Witness |OT| The Island of Jonathan Blow

H.G. Wells reference for those wondering.

I really like this one too.

 

[sn00zer]

The Witness |OT| The Island of Jonathan Blow

H.G. Wells reference for those wondering.

This is good

 

[Icyflamez96]

The Witness |OT| 600+ puzzles, some are optional

I like this one

 

[MThanded]

The Witness : Making a Adventurer

Or

Making a Puzzler

 

[RadixNegative2]

I'm probably being dumb and the answer is already out there, but what do you reckon the title is referring to?

Are we, the player, the Witness?

What are we witnessing exactly, a big event on the island?

Is the Witness another character we meet on the island? Is he or she going to witness me making love to an animal behind a tree?

The title may refer to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_(mathematics)

 

[master0fdeception]

The Witness [OT] Puzzlingly Beautiful

 

[Icyflamez96]

Is he sending out review copies for this?

 

[master0fdeception]

Is he sending out review copies for this?

I'd be surprised if he didn't. He's been working on it long enough that'd he'd want some pre-release exposure. I wonder when reviews will start dropping.

 

[Icyflamez96]

I'm just gonna start the Talos Principle and hopefully I can beat it before the game comes out in 10 days lol.

 

[INTERNET]

I'm probably being dumb and the answer is already out there, but what do you reckon the title is referring to?

Are we, the player, the Witness?

What are we witnessing exactly, a big event on the island?

Is the Witness another character we meet on the island? Is he or she going to witness me making love to an animal behind a tree?

Much as In the Aeroplane Over the Sea was a diaphanous ode to Anne Frank, The Witness is a tribute to Helen Keller. The world, even constrained as it is in the game, is too complex to directly describe to someone with no context and a very different set of primary senses than we are accustomed to. By painting the overwhelming bounty of small details that make up this small, contrived reality into rigid, consistent little squares, over time The Witness will gain some sense of what it is to be hahaha jk

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

So this game is confirmed 60 fps on PS4?

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Does anyone have a link to some nice iPhone 6-sized wallpapers?

 

[TheCarrotKiller]

Does anyone have a link to some nice iPhone 6-sized wallpapers?

There are a bunch of wallpapers available in older post on the site, don't know if they are iPhone6-sized though. Nevertheless, here are a few links:
Some wallpapers
Some more (large) wallpapers
+ Poster

As I mentioned earlier the thread I was planning on doing some of these into poster(s). I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a larger sized version of this

I also plan on maybe doing a poster from this

 

[JaseC]

So this game is confirmed 60 fps on PS4?

1080p60 was confirmed back in 2014 and I'd be surprised if that's changed. It may be a little unstable, though, as Blow's exact comment was:

At release on the PS4, we are planning to render at 1080p and 60 frames per second. Right now we meet this target in many areas of the game, but not everywhere. But with more old-fashioned hard work we should be.

 

[Arkotype]

The Witness [OT] Blow Back.

The Witness [OT] Trace-y Island.

 

[YianGaruga]

He's losing it

 

[GribbleGrunger]

He's losing it

Is he losing it or is that a clue? One square (representing a screen) for each eye could be a hint for VR possibly.

 

[zsynqx]

Can't believe this game was announced almost 3 years ago. Anyway, can't wait to play.

 

[Abdul Hafeez]

Can't believe this game was announced almost 3 years ago. Anyway, can't wait to play.

I'm not sure when it was announced exactly, but it certainly wasn't 3 years ago at the PS4 reveal event. Jonathan Blow was blogging about it in *2009*. He announced the game not long after Braid was released. So it has been a much longer wait than many people think!

 

[kyser73]

1080p60 was confirmed back in 2014 and I'd be surprised if that's changed. It may be a little unstable, though, as Blow's exact comment was:

That blog post is really interesting, especially the breakdown of data - sound at 1.2gb being the largest single chunk in the whole game.

 

[AmaterasuOni]

I want pre-ordering, and I want it now!

 

[c0de]

Can't wait to try it on pc. Even my rig is able to run the game.

 

[oti]

Is he sending out review copies for this?

Yes, either he or Sony send out review codes. Mine should arrive shortly.

 

[Visualante2]

If the price is going to be high enough to piss a subset of people of they will want to just put it up on launch. At least then those playing and enjoying the game dampens that negativity.

 

[YianGaruga]

If the price is going to be high enough to piss a subset of people of they will want to just put it up on launch because at least then those playing and enjoying the game dampens that negativity.

Yeah I'm expecting a price that is higher than "normal", around 30€

Talos Principle has shown that a game can be successful at that price


Also fun fact: The game is localized into 15 languages. what the hell

 

[Mivey]

Also fun fact: The game is localized into 15 languages. what the hell

The VA is only in english, so the rest are just subtitles. I guess the expense of that depends on the length of the script. I don't think this will be a very speach heavy game. But it is great to see a developer trying to break down the language barrier for audiences not typically considered. (Even supports Arabic, after all)

 

[YianGaruga]

The VA is only in english, so the rest are just subtitles. I guess the expense of that depends on the length of the script. I don't think this will be a very speach heavy game. But it is great to see a developer trying to break down the language barrier for audiences not typically considered. (Even supports Arabic, after all)

Yeah of course, but the majority of those languages should be used to foreign VA with subtitles. It's still a commendable effort, especially for an indie studio.

 

[nampad]

Does anyone know when the iOS release is?

 

[Deputy Dangle]

Does anyone know when the iOS release is?

The official website mentions the iOS release will come "some months after" the PS4/PC launch.

 

[TVexperto]

He invested so much money in this, I really hope this is going to be a success for him. It really feels like a huge passion project.

 

[More_Badass]

I'm not sure when it was announced exactly, but it certainly wasn't 3 years ago at the PS4 reveal event. Jonathan Blow was blogging about it in *2009*. He announced the game not long after Braid was released. So it has been a much longer wait than many people think!

Yup. I saw some footage on YouTube from a 2010 build

 

[The Illiterati]

I'm not sure when it was announced exactly, but it certainly wasn't 3 years ago at the PS4 reveal event. Jonathan Blow was blogging about it in *2009*. He announced the game not long after Braid was released. So it has been a much longer wait than many people think!

Yep, I remember when the website url in 2009 would just lead to a white page with the title. I visited that for a long time before it updated!

 

[John Kowalski]

the holes in the glasses aren't symmetrical

 

[komplanen]

Do we know yet who is the Witness? Is it the player? What are we going to witness?

What do y'all think?

 

[mf.luder]

I know nothing about this game except the guy who made braid made this one, a couple of screenshots and that it comes out shortly.

Cannot wait!

Definitely want to do a no-guide play through.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Do we know yet who is the Witness? Is it the player? What are we going to witness?

What do y'all think?

We're all going to witness the rise of the character to Valhalla!

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

PC screenshot thread is going to be bonkers in a week and a half.

 

[komplanen]

I know nothing about this game except the guy who made braid made this one, a couple of screenshots and that it comes out shortly.

Cannot wait!

Definitely want to do a no-guide play through.

This is how I'm going to do it as well. I was kinda bummed out I saw a picture of a new kind of area just the other day

 

[More_Badass]

Yep, I remember when the website url in 2009 would just lead to a white page with the title. I visited that for a long time before it updated!

http://the-witness.net/info.html

 

[YianGaruga]

http://the-witness.net/info.html

To be released on multiple platforms — whatever makes sense in late 2011, when the game will hopefully be finished.

insane