zer0blivion
Member
Oh wait, are you on the [Puzzle description]
sawtooth looking zig-zaggy puzzle
I could only see a tiny portion of the solution.
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Oh wait, are you on the [Puzzle description]
hint 1
The black star needs a buddy of the same color
The buddy does not need to be another star
And only one buddy.
TheSlySoul
Member
I got to the end of it but the puzzles in that area are killing me. It's like
congratulations on beating all these hard puzzles ... your reward is even harder puzzles
I'm seriously missing something simple on this walkway.
Do the blue puzzles in the rear left room have something to do with it? I haven't done those yet.
Ugh. Just got it.
Aces&Eights
Member
arts&crafts
Member
NumberThree
Member
That's why I quit while I'm winning
zer0blivion
Member
Ok, that is the one I thought you were talking about. My original hint is still valid. It's definitely solvable.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
If you know how to do all symbols then sure, you need to have mastered every symbol before going for the finish, the shit is gonna get real.
mrqs
Member
That "Black star blob" is a whole different thing. I honestly don't know what it means yet, and i have finished almost 250 puzzles. Just couldn't find anything that hints about what it's supposed to be.
Aces&Eights
Member
Ok. Please don't leave the Internet. I've been on this for an hour and I'm gonna give it another go. If I have an brain anynerism I will need help.
NumberThree
Member
There's an entire area dedicated to them.
XANDER CAGE
Member
God, the (minor spoiler if you're still early)
are bad. Really bad.
audio logs
I found one that's a "quote" from an astronaut that is both incredibly precious and trite and also, no joke, ten minutes or so long. It's also read in this gushing voice that makes it even more insufferable. Huge miss with these, IMO. The game speaks for itself far better than any of these.
zer0blivion
Member
Belgian Dude
Member
End-game spoilers:
Finished with the
Finished with the
challenge, got the last hexagon, and also a manner in how to turn the gate at the start back on! 
GwyndolinCinder
Member
I still have no idea what the game is going for with its "story".
End-game spoilers:
Finished with thechallenge, got the last hexagon, and also a manner in how to turn the gate at the start back on!
Is it the best part of the game?
More ambient sound effects would help a bit as well.
They're just so horribly indulgent and pretentious in a game that otherwise does subtlety extremely well. I think I audibly mumbled "oh god just shut up" during the astronaut one on the mountain. It's like a bad Discovery channel special.
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
End-game spoilers:
Finished with thechallenge, got the last hexagon, and also a manner in how to turn the gate at the start back on!
Get your pee bottle ready
Have you tried
using the switches to lower/raise the bottom part?
Gotta love the unintentional(?) throw back to Invisiclues, especially given that the name of the game is shared by an old Infocom game.
D
Deleted member 125677
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When you finally understand the Tetris Puzzles... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw yeah
Oh boy, guess I'll do them all then. Thanks.
I just accidentally stumbled across that zone @382+28.
Whole place is lit up like a Homeworld fleet battle.
Ion Cannon Frigate Ready
Don't worry. That feeling won't last lol.
Pretty sure that's the last one I found. Brevity and wit and whatot.
Some of the short ones remind me of SMAC
What the hell with the
?
Does it do anything important? If not I might just leave it
And in the castle -
Edit: got it. Had to
ship
takes ages to walk there, then there is one puzzle that seems to randomly block my route. Plus it's an audio puzzle but with what looks like three different sounds to sequence?
Does it do anything important? If not I might just leave it
And in the castle -
billie Jean light up mazes. How do you do the third one? There is one location blocked by debris but I can't see where else I can out the Tetris blocks, they're not tall enough to join up so the horizontal line can't move. I tried lighting the block under the obstruction but it wasn't accepting it.
Edit: got it. Had to
make a legit circuit as though it was drawn with a continuous line, using the wooden squares to shortcut around to light up both sides of the obstruction
zer0blivion
Member
I'll be here. Glued to the thread and chained to my desk for another hour and a half. I just want to go home and do some more witnessing.
Belgian Dude
Member
I really liked it. Everything coming together was amazing.
For the
environmental puzzle in Moriarty's vid?
bigwinnerx
Member
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Is there any particular reason why I have one save file at
panels solved, and then another one that just keeps going? I haven't started a new game. Seems odd. Don't tell me if it's somehow a spoiler.
119
The puzzles in the tropical forest are giving me trouble.
Made quick work all the way through to the panel beyond the one with the loon call. Now I don't know which of the sounds I should be trying to isolate and replicate for the next panel. Sounds like maybe a flute or clarinet? Hard to say for sure. Don't think it could be the birds.
Remembrance
Member
A new save file is automatically made every hundred or so puzzles. It's just for convenience, I think.
stargateheaven
Member
thanks
i found the boat but i never used it. i figured it was just for travelling around fast. didnt know it lead to new areas.
hydrophilic attack
Member
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panels finished. Pretty good for the first session. Got the S
and D
R
trophies. Didn't enjoy the area associated with the second of those very much. Especially, the start sucked. Figured out what to do by pure luck (when I did, that was a cool moment though). Then it was just endless frustration trying to find the right
Not challenging, just frustrating. It got better once you got inside and they started playing around with
though. That's when it changed from pixel hunt into actual puzzles so that was appreciated.
It's pretty cool when you manage to find one of the hidden
. You feel pretty smart when you do. But I'd imagine that trying to go for all of them would be an exercise in frustration, if you don't cheat with a guide (but then what's the point). Feel like I missed one or two close to the
. I enjoyed the ones at the w
.
Also, there seem to be some series of panels, which are not tutorials, but still don't seem to lead anywhere. For example, the series of
puzzles near the start and the series of puzzles in the Symmetry area where you had to draw around
to solve the panels. Am I missing something?
+13
ymmetry
esert
uin
angles that let you see the solutions.
reflections
It's pretty cool when you manage to find one of the hidden
panels hidden in plain sight in the environment
Desert Ruin
indmill
Also, there seem to be some series of panels, which are not tutorials, but still don't seem to lead anywhere. For example, the series of
tree
objects in the environment
PapaEmeritus
Member
Ok I think I found a secret- I'm sure someone else has found it but
I have no idea how the hell to solve it. I get a few lined up and press X then
Does that mean it's solved or what is the significance of that if any?
The WIndmill blades are actually a puzzle
A Big explosion happens and particles float into the sky
hydrophilic attack
Member
Yeah there seem to be a lot of
hidden puzzles
windmill
black stone
where the explosion
hidden puzzles
End-game spoilers:
Finished with thechallenge, got the last hexagon, and also a manner in how to turn the gate at the start back on!
Indeed - sounds like you've almost done it all.
Time to track down the rest of the obelisk puzzles - there's at least 100 total.
And, the thing that's intriguing me at the moment are the hints in the final cutscene. There's puzzles on the walls that are solved in different ways than they are in game, and a few other more obvious "clues." Super curious about whether they're actually going to point to one final layer of the onion.
And, the thing that's intriguing me at the moment are the hints in the final cutscene. There's puzzles on the walls that are solved in different ways than they are in game, and a few other more obvious "clues." Super curious about whether they're actually going to point to one final layer of the onion.
SictorVullivan
Member
Remembrance
Member
No. Everything you need is on the side you are on.
Completely agree. I found them to be really pretentious. I think it was a good idea, just bad execution.
Stuck in what I'll call the greenhouse. I've solved everything up to the elevator. I suspect I want to
. Then, I add
Unfortunately, the rules for
don't seem consistent! On a single rack in the first room, looking at
. What gives? Am I totally on the wrong track? Am I overthinking it?
*edit* There's also
, unless I'm insane... should I be treating
and
differently?
deduce what "real" colour each square is by solving colour + room light for each of the lower floors
yellow light to those "real" colours to skip a floor, since the next floor up would be yellow going by the wires.
colour addition
two sets of blue peppers through the yellow glass, I get two colours - black and red
*edit* There's also
light blue and dark blue
dark blue == purple
magenta
Visualante2
Member
The one from
Skinner was kinda pretentious. I wonder if it's a pet peeve of Blow's to see his work cited incorrectly his the gaming space.
Spoiler concerning the hexagon "puzzles" :
I think it's really sad that anything intelligent being put in a game is so often dismissed as preachy or pretentious. I for one fucking love it.
The Witness is actually a game about something.
After I saw the first video, I immediately thought "one of them is gonna be that clip of Richard Feynman about not knowing things, isn't?" Sure enough...
I suppose these are the "very long a preachy" story sequences mentioned in some reviews?
I suppose these are the "very long a preachy" story sequences mentioned in some reviews?
The Witness is actually a game about something.
SictorVullivan
Member
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Ok, thanks. Odd that it isn't at exactly 100, but OK!