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The Witness |OT|
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CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
Ooooooookay, just stepped into some really weird place. Was kind of expecting it but not like this >_>
GlamFM
Banned
"Nearly" 700.
Woodchipper
Member
Someone please explain the logic on
Thanks
the last panel under water in turquoisish/light green swamp!
Thanks
NumberThree
Member
If you can take a screenshot and show it maybe I can help, I don't exactly remember all the puzzles I've done like that.
God, this gonna take me forever. I'm pretty pleased with the price, given that.
I'm curious about this also. Anyone?
N30RYU
Member
The smartphone have a paint tool. Go to the gallery. Select the picture and tap the pencil next to the trash. Then scroll the rotate, crop... till you find drawing.
http://i.imgur.com/5ded0rY.jpg
just make the center column.
Each floor adds a new column and extract the one of the last floors so there is inly one or two columns in the puzzle
Each floor adds a new column and extract the one of the last floors so there is inly one or two columns in the puzzle
I just changed my TV settings to turn off game mode and the colours completely changed. Now what you and everyone's saying makes perfect sense, I'm sorry.
Game mode won't be going on for the rest of the Playthrough.
Woodchipper
Member
Link not working
My two favourites were (no spoilers for solution, just location)
church door - and bonus points for the puzzle inside
the one that looks like nothing you've seen so far
Church door
star
I imagine all of the screenshots were very confusing when the colours were completely different.
It asks me to install some "Pen SDK"... do I need to download that or am I pressing something wrong?
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
Well...
pee bottle
NumberThree
Member
I want to say this is the solution, can't check it right now:
I marked the blocks the hollow pieces remove on the checkers symbol and drew the T block where it would end up. White line is the line you draw of course.
So the point would be that the
hollow pieces can remove blocks that would otherwise go outside the circled area
GwyndolinCinder
Member
I'm amazed perspective puzzles made it into the game.
SomedayTheFire
Member
They're probably the easiest of the lot.
Woodchipper
Member
Thanks, I think I get it now. The funny thing is I managed through the tutorial but I still was confused.
Does anyone know whether the 700+ puzzle count includes only the panels or the +1 hidden ones too? 'cuz I the just finished the game with
and I only know of a few panels that I haven't done and I'm wondering whether there's a lot more of them I'm missing somewhere.
Anyway, the game is definitely amazing, but I need some rest now after blasting through the thing.
426+24
Anyway, the game is definitely amazing, but I need some rest now after blasting through the thing.
I think, after playing it for a fair few hours, there is a criticism that comes to mind - but I'm not entirely sure it's something that necessarily ought to be fixed.
When I solve a Slitherlink puzzle (as an example of a similar sort of puzzle - indeed, there might well be Slitherlinks in TW, but I've not found them yet!), I'm working on the entire grid at once and piecing together information as I go; there must be a line between these two squares, you know there won't be a line here because that'll block off this area - and so, through reiterating the rules, I'll have a patchwork of information that leads to more information and - ultimately - the solution.
There's some puzzle types in TW that could be approached in a similar way. One of the first puzzle types introduced, the
, for instance; they lend themselves towards forming a patchwork of information that you know is true and allowing you to deduce how the rest of the line works from that. Which is all well and good - except the interface doesn't really give you any tools to work like that. There's no scope for marking arbitrary lines that you know are correct; instead, you always have to work in terms of drawing a line from the start to the finish, which is not as useful a tool for solving the puzzle. Hence, in turn, requiring a shift to paper if you're going to solve a puzzle that way, when the tools to do so could be supplied in the game.
In short: The interface with the game is just a tool to input answers, not a tool to aid solving the puzzles.
That's the argument for. Now the argument against:
There's an elegance to the interface. It's simple, and it's consistent. You don't need much instruction on how to use it - that's basically covered by that very first corridor area - and when you know how to use it, you can use it everywhere you need to without any extra tutorials or explanations.
I think the latter trumps the former, in the end. It's no great hassle shifting to paper - but then, I'm the sort of person who keeps grid paper and note paper to hand (I don't think I've used it since Fez!), and the advantages of the elegance of the interface are pretty huge.
Edit: Actually, on the subject of notepaper: I recall, from a little while back, this thread. When people have finished the game and we have a full-fledged spoiler thread, I'd love to see scans of some people's notes; it always interests me to see how different people approach different problems.
When I solve a Slitherlink puzzle (as an example of a similar sort of puzzle - indeed, there might well be Slitherlinks in TW, but I've not found them yet!), I'm working on the entire grid at once and piecing together information as I go; there must be a line between these two squares, you know there won't be a line here because that'll block off this area - and so, through reiterating the rules, I'll have a patchwork of information that leads to more information and - ultimately - the solution.
There's some puzzle types in TW that could be approached in a similar way. One of the first puzzle types introduced, the
White/Black splits
In short: The interface with the game is just a tool to input answers, not a tool to aid solving the puzzles.
That's the argument for. Now the argument against:
There's an elegance to the interface. It's simple, and it's consistent. You don't need much instruction on how to use it - that's basically covered by that very first corridor area - and when you know how to use it, you can use it everywhere you need to without any extra tutorials or explanations.
I think the latter trumps the former, in the end. It's no great hassle shifting to paper - but then, I'm the sort of person who keeps grid paper and note paper to hand (I don't think I've used it since Fez!), and the advantages of the elegance of the interface are pretty huge.
Edit: Actually, on the subject of notepaper: I recall, from a little while back, this thread. When people have finished the game and we have a full-fledged spoiler thread, I'd love to see scans of some people's notes; it always interests me to see how different people approach different problems.
easily the worst puzzles purely due to how gammy they are. Everything else is great though.
I don't if these
+1 puzzles
I don't know how many perspective puzzles there are but let's assume there are around six of these black monoliths on the island with 20 shapes on each. If they count I would still miss around 150 puzzles.
Did anyone already solved
the puzzle on the crashed ship
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
Yeah, it wasn't very exciting.
Belgian Dude
Member
Spent the last hour wandering around from side to side of the island, trying to find a way to progress and to open up new doors. No dice. No shame. Stuck at 443
+100 +1, 5 hexagons
Theodoricos
Member
Sand temple question:
Okay, I'm trying every angle I can, but I can't get the reflection to show on the panel here:
http://i.imgur.com/qk61Wf0.jpg
Can I get a hint about this? Like, do I need to do anything else first? There are two more panels in the room but I can't get any reflection on them either.
http://i.imgur.com/qk61Wf0.jpg
Can I get a hint about this? Like, do I need to do anything else first? There are two more panels in the room but I can't get any reflection on them either.
D
Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
I spent probably an hour in total on one puzzle up these stairs (excuse potato cam):
And nothing happened. 0_0
I need someone else to tell me they feel my pain.
And nothing happened. 0_0
I need someone else to tell me they feel my pain.
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
Couple of random questions
In the quarry, how do you get this to work?
http://i.imgur.com/JgVqnu5.jpg
I can
What area am I forgetting? I've done
In the quarry, how do you get this to work?
environmental puzzle
I can
raise the right hand bridge from up there, and opening the door made some of it brighter. But I can't fill the whole circle
What area am I forgetting? I've done
8 now
- village
- quarry
- desert
- island with symmetry puzzles
- bunker/greenhouse
- red temple
- woods with shadows
- treetops
Then I know I have the swamp and castle to do. That makes 10. What's the 11th?
- village
- quarry
- desert
- island with symmetry puzzles
- bunker/greenhouse
- red temple
- woods with shadows
- treetops
Then I know I have the swamp and castle to do. That makes 10. What's the 11th?
D
Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
edit: lol, misread
is it possible i softlocked my save state? it is in the red boat house near the white rock factory. there is a ramp which has to be raised by solving a puzzle, then you go up the ramp and there are a few puzzles in a row. after you solve all these puzzles, the ramp slowly changes its position. i stood there watching the ramp move, however now i am stuck on the platform and the ramp is unreachable. there is a green grate-door thingy which is still closed which blocks my way... i guess this is a bug? or am i overseeing somehing here?
Belgian Dude
Member
Thought you found the spot506+119+1
Naah, I found two puzzles I accidentaly skipped because they were againsta wall, you're too good, haha. I tried a lot of things:
- going to the bottom of the mountain and following the cables - the black/yellow is the one from the 'box' the guy is holding at the top, the white/yellow leaves the cave through the bottom and I can't find it
- trying different ways to access the blocked house in the town (with the tetris+Dots puzzles). I know there are two panels inside it, and I can see that there was a mechanism to open it (two pulleys, now broken), but no dice. May have something to do with the 4th unwired panel in that row - I also tried to go up the tower and saw a (3+) but I think that's only an easter egg.
- Remembered that I managed to climb into a treetop hut earlier, but now am not able to do it.
- Saw a camera with what looked like a container in the jungle, hoping that it'd lead me to the final hexagon (since the others were also shown in the cameras), can't find it.
- Saw a BUNCH of cameras showing the underground. Tried to solve it through the camera, grasping straws. Nope.
I basically have the entire underground mapped, I just can't access it, and I think I'm missing 3 puzzles on the surface from discussing with some other people.
- going to the bottom of the mountain and following the cables - the black/yellow is the one from the 'box' the guy is holding at the top, the white/yellow leaves the cave through the bottom and I can't find it
- trying different ways to access the blocked house in the town (with the tetris+Dots puzzles). I know there are two panels inside it, and I can see that there was a mechanism to open it (two pulleys, now broken), but no dice. May have something to do with the 4th unwired panel in that row - I also tried to go up the tower and saw a (3+) but I think that's only an easter egg.
- Remembered that I managed to climb into a treetop hut earlier, but now am not able to do it.
- Saw a camera with what looked like a container in the jungle, hoping that it'd lead me to the final hexagon (since the others were also shown in the cameras), can't find it.
- Saw a BUNCH of cameras showing the underground. Tried to solve it through the camera, grasping straws. Nope.
I basically have the entire underground mapped, I just can't access it, and I think I'm missing 3 puzzles on the surface from discussing with some other people.
You can solve that panel in multiple ways
TheSlySoul
Member
Beat
which was interesting use of the paths.
I am dreading
but guess I gotta do it.
the Treehouses
I am dreading
the town
Clue
Different exits sometimes have different results. Sometimes different routes might too.
Literally
you can move the lifts by drawing the line the other way (up/down)
Find a different solution to the puzzle that moved the ramp
thank you very much!
will try it out later! i didn't guess someone would recognize the area based on my description so fast, i thought i would need to provide a screenshot... nice!Er.. Last time I was in the swamp, I left by boat. Now the bridge is in the wrong place. Do I have to go back by boat now?
I literally just finished that area so it was fresh in my memory
thank you very much!
I literally just finished that area so it was fresh in my memory
InsaneTiger
Member
Oh man I spoke too soon earlier... This one has me COMPLETELY stumped:
How in the world do you box off the center square or combine it with the other pieces?
Please just the smallest of hints.
Welp that solved the puzzle I was stuck at, thanks.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
When you start combining your end game knowledge in the town,you cheeky developer!
If I'm understanding the layout of your situation correctly (and there's not a remote control for the bridges that I've missed), I think you do.
That said:
There is a remote control for that first bridge on the other side of it, so there might well be one I've missed at the entrance too; it seems plausible.
Jeez. I'm to a part where it's clearly trying to teach me a rule set via tutorials and I'm just not getting it. :/
edit: Shit, it's the one you already solved:
I think I see now.
edit: Shit, it's the one you already solved:
Oh man I spoke too soon earlier... This one has me COMPLETELY stumped:
How in the world do you box off the center square or combine it with the other pieces?
Please just the smallest of hints.
I think I see now.
You can rearrange any shapes within their combined area.