Yeah, the design of the island is absolute masterclass. After I finished the game I browsed reddit a bit and there are a lot of really cool perspective easter eggs with statues, tree branches, reflections and such. This game has so many little details in addition to the
I hear High, Low... and much later a louder splash that I can't place. I was wondering if there was a way to hear different noises (since there are different coloured dots)... I saw a
red
light nearby, so guessing the noises I can hear correspond to those dots? Haven't figured out the rest though...
I need to go back there, I'm not great at hat kind of puzzle though
Well I beat the game. I did it once with 10 lasers and then once with 11, and didn't notice a difference unfortunately.
Spoiler free impressions of the ending...I thought it was underwhelming though fitting I suppose. Then I realized something right afterwards and my mind was throughly blown. Even then I'm still not really sure what the full implications of it are. I'm gonna hit the hay and think about everything, then off to keep making progress. There's so many things I can think of that are still out there.
I still feel like I'm either missing something with the ending itself, or it's just not supposed to be a big, revelatory ending. Maybe I expected too much. The lead up to it and the final puzzles are something else though.
I don't know, haha. Maybe I should just start writing down what I've seen and what I can't solve and then persevere.
Additionally, could someone give me a hint with the red tree temple just beyond the village and the fence on the other side of the cracks in the wall?
I understand that I have to look through the cracks in the wall to see the path through the puzzle, that works on the left/first one. But the very clear path doesn't work on the second one?
I understand how to do them now, but the tetris puzzles are just insanely, ridiculously unpleasant. Easily the worst puzzles I've seen in the game so far.
Wanted to ask, is the -actual-, final ending of the game the
bit where Jon Blow wakes up in real life, complete with piss jar
I don't know, haha. Maybe I should just start writing down what I've seen and what I can't solve and then persevere.
Additionally, could someone give me a hint with the red tree temple just beyond the village and the fence on the other side of the cracks in the wall?
I understand that I have to look through the cracks in the wall to see the path through the puzzle, that works on the left/first one. But the very clear path doesn't work on the second one?
Nothing particular majorly spoilery, just a bit about how I thought about some of these:
One thing that helped me with some of the ones that involved a lot of pieces was to make sure I knew exactly how many tiles I needed to account for; one puzzle in particular I approached more as "Which tiles don't I include?" rather than which I do.
Nothing particular majorly spoilery, just a bit about how I thought about some of these:
One thing that helped me with some of the ones that involved a lot of pieces was to make sure I knew exactly how many tiles I needed to account for; one puzzle in particular I approached more as "Which tiles don't I include?" rather than which I do.
Have people found what is believed to be the stars equivalent of Braid? I'm early on so just wondering, there has to be something beyond the regular puzzles -> +1 puzzles -> ???
Under the mountain there is a music box that you are timed by. I want to know where the puzzles end, the most recent one I could find was a triangle puzzle hidden in a maze with barriers shooting up. Also that end game puzzle sequence was AMAZING!
I've got a lot of thoughts about how all this is designed, and - while I'm not at the stage of wanting to use it yet - I really would like a spoiler thread in a week or so to discuss it.
Yeah, there's a lot to talk about. I posted a bit of my take in the story a page or so back and I really think the design of this game is great and should be discussed about.
Under the mountain there is a music box that you are timed by. I want to know where the puzzles end, the most recent one I could find was a triangle puzzle hidden in a maze with barriers shooting up. Also that end game puzzle sequence was AMAZING!
You are almost there. There is one sequence with two puzzles left after the labyrinth. You can also get a hint about the labyrinth layout and its puzzle locations earlier on.
I mean, I guessed because there's only 2 ways to include the 4 designated symbols while having 8 squares in the solution, and one of them worked. But like, I dont' see a way to add a 2x2 square back to this shape and end up with the 3 original pieces. So it leads me to believe,I can take out any 4 squares I want and the fact that it's shaped like a 2x2 is irrelevant?
Just wanted to say I'm just as puzzled by this as you are, even after reading the replies to it.
Even having the yellow pieces overlap, I don't understand how they can overlap with the 2x2 piece added back in such that they cover the area the 2x2 piece removes. The only reason I got it was because I knew I'd have to loop every piece and leave eight pieces unlooped.
Yeah, there's a lot to talk about. I posted a bit of my take in the story a page or so back and I really think the design of this game is great and should be discussed about.
I so badly want to discuss stuff after beating the game, but I feel like I can't until I do absolutely everything or else I'll end up spoiling things for myself.
I mean, I guessed because there's only 2 ways to include the 4 designated symbols while having 8 squares in the solution, and one of them worked. But like, I dont' see a way to add a 2x2 square back to this shape and end up with the 3 original pieces. So it leads me to believe,I can take out any 4 squares I want and the fact that it's shaped like a 2x2 is irrelevant?
I think the stars can only be in pairs on their side of the line? But then sometimes the dots can take the place of a star? But there's an odd number so I can't make it divide at all. I though, since you can just walk over this puzzle and get to the other side, it might be impossible, but this is ridiculous
I think the stars can only be in pairs on their side of the line? But then sometimes the dots can take the place of a star? But there's an odd number so I can't make it divide at all. I though, since you can just walk over this puzzle and get to the other side, it might be impossible, but this is ridiculous
I think the stars can only be in pairs on their side of the line? But then sometimes the dots can take the place of a star? But there's an odd number so I can't make it divide at all. I though, since you can just walk over this puzzle and get to the other side, it might be impossible, but this is ridiculous
I mean, I guessed because there's only 2 ways to include the 4 designated symbols while having 8 squares in the solution, and one of them worked. But like, I dont' see a way to add a 2x2 square back to this shape and end up with the 3 original pieces. So it leads me to believe,I can take out any 4 squares I want and the fact that it's shaped like a 2x2 is irrelevant?
I *think* the pieces are laid out like this. The numbers here correspond to the amount of 'stacks' on a given spot, with the yellow pieces being +1, the blue being -1.
I think the stars can only be in pairs on their side of the line? But then sometimes the dots can take the place of a star? But there's an odd number so I can't make it divide at all. I though, since you can just walk over this puzzle and get to the other side, it might be impossible, but this is ridiculous
I had to rethink my understanding of the rules for this one. My modified understanding of the rules are as follows:
A star must be in the same segment as exactly one symbol of the same colour. Early on that's always other stars, but it's changing here.
A square must not be in the same segment as any square of a different colour.
As a broader observation (I'm going to spoiler this, but I'm only really talking about thought processes)
I've noticed that quite frequently I've tended to - for want of a better term - overdefine a rule. When changes crop up later in an area, I tend to bolt on new ideas and concepts, such that the rule ends up as a form of "This, except this, or this, but not if this". It's come to my attention that if that happens, chances are the real rule is actually something far simpler, and trying to rejigger my thoughts into something that fits the bill helps a lot in the long run.
I'd also add that a simple rule would be much simpler to code! That may not be a coincidence
There's no requirement for the tetris piece in question to overlap its symbol on the grid; all that's necessary is for the symbol to be in that segment.
A more explicit one:
You can use all three pieces to make a single shape that will cover all three of the grid symbols.
Gah, I've managed to complete really hard puzzles, but one that should be simple is making me go crazy.
(village/windmill spoilers)
It's the puzzle on the right door next to the video/cinema room. You start at the bottom (only one starting point), and have L-shaped tetris pieces in each corner and 4 black squares in the middle. I can't figure out if the black squares count to the area where you're supposed to "construct" the tetris pieces.
I just want to get this one done with. Any help is appreciated.
the final puzzle in the series of 6 that all operate at once. It seems impossible! I can't make the shape on the very left fit in with the rest of the previous puzzles.
Going to bed and hopefully I'll be able to make sense of it tomorrow. No solution please, just posting here to share my grief with anyone else stuck here I guess
Spent the better half of 3 hours last night trying to solve a puzzle. I couldn't bring myself to walk away leaving it unsolved. Ended up going to bed without doing it. I snapped a picture of the screen before I left for work so I could occasionally take a look at it. Solved it after 3 minutes. Unbelievable feeling of excitement and frustration haha. This game rules.
area that doesn't seem to follow the rules as I've seem them up to this point in the sequence. Is there a rule I'm missing that should be logical here, or do I need to come back after exploring some?
Rules as I know them:
*8-pointed stars must live in pairs with one another
*8-pointed stars can only live with the opposite color square blocks
Here is the puzzle in question:
Obviously I can't create a pair of the stars. I've tried just about everything I can think of to do with that one star and nothing makes progress.
EDIT - And of course I go back for "one more try..." and get it. I swore I had tried that solution before, but maybe there was something off about it. The next puzzle right after it would have been a way better tutorial for that twist.
Activated all lasers, have done the mountain and am at 428 puzzles. I haven't done the ship and the puzzles with the broken speaker. But where are the other 100 puzzles?
