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Shrike Alvaron
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Easiest to hardest? Hmmm...
- Shaded Forest (A few things through me for a loop, but ultimately I breezed through it)
- Symmetry (Nice and easy, the
panels did mess me up for a bit as I tried to mentally track them)invisible line
- Castle (I loooved figuring out the tricks to the hedge mazes, such an awesome moment but not too difficult. The pressure plates were harder, but once I started doing paint overs of the panels they turned rather easy)
- Desert (Once finding out the trick at least. It's hard to figure it out initially, but once you do they never really change it up besides needing to figure out where to stand)
- Monastery (I spent ages trying to figure out the final panel, it was such a good feeling when I did)
- Quarry (I grasped the
immediately, but it does have a few puzzles that were difficult to figure out!)NOT operator
- Swamp (Despite my aptitude with Tetris symbols now I wasn't always so good at them. A few puzzles in particular held me up, and I believe it's the only area I left to take a break on since I didn't want to stare at a particular panel any longer. Naturally, when I came back I got it first thing.)
- Town (Coming back here after avoiding it for so long was really satisfying, as was seeing the return of all the different puzzle types. Some held me up for a bit, but knowing what everything MEANS now was a nice feeling)
- Greenhouse (That damn
, everyone hates it. Still, most of the puzzles weren't bad and once I began working outbroken cableit came to me. I actually ended up solving for thewhat different colors appear as under different lights, so that was kind of amusing)REAL colors instead of what they would appear under green light
- Treetops (Perhaps my favorite area, I feel it was just the right amount of challenging and I appreciated the additional puzzle of figuring out how to reach the beacon in time)
- Jungle (The only one I looked up solutions for since I am utterly unable to recognize
... I always was bad at thethe pitch of sounds and mentally separate them from each otherpuzzle in Myst too :S)piano
They're kind of hard to see and I've often missed ones sitting right under my nose; they look like little tape recorders with a green light that turns off once you've played them. You can always go back to find them though.
Straight answers aren't fun! And it's a bit more than just a bonus anyway... Activating all 11 lasers will put you at around 400-450 puzzles solved, when there's supposed to be 650 in the game. So... Yeah, bit more than a bonus
When you activated the seven lasers they
opened plates on that box to allow you to draw a line, yeah? Well, sensibly, the energy from the other lasers would also go to that box too, huh?
As far as I know, it's not possible to solve that one. I'd love to be proven wrong but I just can't see any other way to place the Tetris shapes that would allow it to be possible. Still, an unsolvable panel seems odd for a game like this...
Holy crap I may have just had an idea I need to run to that panel now.
YES, IT WORKED! IT IS SOLVABLE! IT'S COMPLETELY POINTLESS BUT I DID IT! Because it's completely pointless anyway I don't mind sharing a solution, here.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
I think I've seen those on a panel I threw the towel in on earlier. Figured they'd have their own rules to go by.
Not yet! I've only been to about half of the biomes so far, so I'll head over there and see if it can't help me figure out where I've gone wrong.
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
It's hard to place a strict label on them, since some draw bits from other areas, and some areas can take longer to initially 'get' than another but be really simple after that. So instead I'll group them into "reasonable":
symmetry peninsula, the quarry, the redtree temple, the rainforest, the autumn woods, the greenhouse, the treehouses, and the colorswamp
the desertbeach, the castle/fort and the town
the youknowwhere
It gets better.
Such unsubstantiated mirth
Straight answers aren't fun! And it's a bit more than just a bonus anyway... Activating all 11 lasers will put you at around 400-450 puzzles solved, when there's supposed to be 650 in the game. So... Yeah, bit more than a bonus
When you activated the seven lasers theyopened plates on that box to allow you to draw a line, yeah? Well, sensibly, the energy from the other lasers would also go to that box too, huh?
Yeah I actually got it before this post. Thanks though, it was a cute thing the game had.
Now I'm stuck with his triangular bullshit which I have no clue how to work with.
Mr.NiceGuy
Banned
I looked and got a solution from reddit. The
black dots
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Yeah I actually got it before this post. Thanks though, it was a cute thing the game had.
Now I'm stuck with his triangular bullshit which I have no clue how to work with.
Have you found any of the triangle panels before? That one may be a bit hard to do without prior knowledge, so I'd explore and find some of the easier triangle panels to practice and experiment on. There's no tutorial though, so you have to figure them out on your own.
If you need a pointer to one, check out the starting walled garden area.
One of the puzzles can be solved a second way, just where does that cable go?
Just figured it out, whew.
hehe that's what I thought too
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
It gets better.
Remembrance
Member
Oh man.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Well, it's easy to tell from the start that they don't do anything since there's no white dots anyway. I guess it's just to throw you off in the end, though all this time I had been refusing to realize the Tetris shapes could be rearranged that way and still touch the corners.
Too bad that it's worthless as the left door is easy enough anyways, and in the end all it does is
lead out to the town
Actually, it's interesting, disregarding on my aborted new game when I ignored that door completely, I last tried solving it a while back before I fully grasped the Tetris shapes and was able to easily visualize them. Now though, when I put my mind to it, the solution came to me almost immediately. It's not just a revelation, it's showing how much I've learned to be able to understand these puzzles... I guess that's The Witness in a nutshell right there.
LauriPoika
Neo Member
I made a fun little video of a cool scene relatively early on in the game. So mild spoiler warning! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQp-KSmwT8
Remembrance
Member
21 hours in...
All lasers are activated. 417 +23.
I already saw the thing this unlocks. Excited.
All lasers are activated. 417 +23.
I already saw the thing this unlocks. Excited.
lmfao
I feel like this version gets the point of The Witness across more than the
video Jonathan Blow chose
ultrazilla
Member
Bought the game on PS4. I was originally going to wait for the price to come down but after reading Jon's comments on the rampant piracy of the game, I wanted to send some love his way.
No regrets. It's an amazing looking game and very fun figuring out the puzzles. One of the first times that I had the entire family(wife and both my sons 12 and 15) all sitting around the tv and PS4 watching and playing together. My wife was even jumping in saying "oh...wait, that goes that way"! and commenting on how beautiful the game was.
We already have a couple theories on what the "bigger story" of the game is
Anyways, fantastic game. We're still fairly new into the game and at the part just after the dock area.
No regrets. It's an amazing looking game and very fun figuring out the puzzles. One of the first times that I had the entire family(wife and both my sons 12 and 15) all sitting around the tv and PS4 watching and playing together. My wife was even jumping in saying "oh...wait, that goes that way"! and commenting on how beautiful the game was.
We already have a couple theories on what the "bigger story" of the game is
the player is in purgatory? or is he in the garden of eden? the player is dying and seeing images of his life? the strange statues, dog? man juggling? where they some how part of his life?
Anyways, fantastic game. We're still fairly new into the game and at the part just after the dock area.
paperspace
Member
Someone be a nice person and please tell me where I do I go after activating alllasers.11
Oh come on, use spoiler tags.
I am completely stuck. Like even the game doesn't let me go anywhere else. Im at the
Help wanted
swamp like area I guess? The place where the puzzles involve the yellow square shapes in them and you have to make the shapes. Sorry if I'm describing it wrong but basically this puzzle here https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ8uIfHUAAA2g7b.jpg:large 8 really don't want to look up a guide because you can easily ruin the whole game that way. But I have no idea what to do. I'll let myself have this one.
Help wanted
Remembrance
Member
It didn't take long to address the new thing that unlocked...
Now to figure out what it did.
Edit: Oh, this first thing I see doesn't bode well.
Now to figure out what it did.
Edit: Oh, this first thing I see doesn't bode well.
Keyser Soze
Member
I still do not understand the Tetris puzzles, and no words will help me understand.
I would pay money for a YT video that explains the logic behind them but does not spoil.
I would pay money for a YT video that explains the logic behind them but does not spoil.
So I have all 11 lasers unlocked and I finished the game with 429+45. But i can't figure out where to go next?
(endgame spoilers)
(endgame spoilers)
I see the guy right before the final elevator has a panel but it's off, and the line seems to go up to the cube all the way at the top of the mountain? But I can't seem to find anything that would power that line on. Any tips?
Yeah I go it, thanks.
There sure are a lot of tetris block puzzles. A lot. Damn. Not sure if there are 200-worth of puzzles in there tho.
Sorry bro, didn't think it was a big deal. I marked it for future reference.
Ok, yo. I'm sure everyone has been posting stuff like this. But is this puzzle actually solvable?! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3580156/12633245_944459585621767_720193286_o.jpg
Stuck at the same spot. I have no clue what to do.
Yes, yes it is.
Remember you can group the tetris-blocks together, and once they're in a group, you can move the around, as long as they still fit the spaces you're putting them in. That's the secret to them shits.
SomeOneInaHat
Member
Freezasaurus
Member
Keyser Soze
Member
Can someone just give me the solution to this puzzle. I never wanted to flat out ask for it, but the vagueness of the Tetris puzzles is hurting me. I left the swamp to get away from them, but now they are back.
http://i.imgur.com/msLHN3Q.jpg
I think if I could solve this it would unlock something in my brain to help me understand the concept as a whole.
http://i.imgur.com/msLHN3Q.jpg
I think if I could solve this it would unlock something in my brain to help me understand the concept as a whole.
No, I meant I figured out the second part.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Yes, I'm wondering that myself.
I actually think someone else in here says they have around 550 solved but don't know how to find the other 100. I assume that solving the panels in this cave will reveal more exits though, after all there's got to be tunnels that lead to under the windmill and the desert temple since those have closed off doors that open on the other side.
csquared587
Member
Make the shape of the smaller -- around the ---, go down and outline the smaller shape. make sure the two purple things are seperate from the tetris outlines.
Hope that makes sense, its how i did it.
March of the Crabs
Member
Try mentally switching the two tetris blocks and outlining them (starting from the right)
If you don't fully understand the logic behind a new type of puzzle even after somehow managing to solve the tutorial panels, just go back to 'em and keep experimenting with other solutions that seem valid to you, and you'll eventually figure it out.
I first did this with the
.
I first did this with the
slanted tetris pieces
http://i.imgur.com/CY0ecZH.jpg
I see the four shapes. I guess I have to find a configuration that can be mirrored on a 5x5 grid.
Holy shit this is incredible. I think I woke up my entire house because I was laughing so hard!
When he was talking about money and you looked around the floor I started cracking up. Then at the end when he pointed out and you looked behind you I was in tears, oh my god.
Already shared on Twitter, hope this vid blows up lol
Here's the basic idea for the tetris puzzles. Made up an example puzzle as to not give anything away
red is the grid and blue is the line you would draw.
http://i.imgur.com/cxhtZ79.jpg
If the above doesn't help enough, the idea is to make an outline of the tetris shape such that one of the tiles in the tetris shaped outline has the pattern. One thing you can do is use the outer part of the grid a line, as seen in the left side of the 3 piece, as well as the top part of the 4 piece.
http://i.imgur.com/cxhtZ79.jpg
If the above doesn't help enough, the idea is to make an outline of the tetris shape such that one of the tiles in the tetris shaped outline has the pattern. One thing you can do is use the outer part of the grid a line, as seen in the left side of the 3 piece, as well as the top part of the 4 piece.
CarbonFire
Member
In case you still haven't figured it out, here's the straight up solution.
Spoiler for puzzle solution in treehouse area
http://i.imgur.com/brUdN4o.jpg
Notice how
neither the longer and shorter blocks are touching their "home" squares? They can do that as long as they're in the same outlined "region".
Remembrance
Member
This is why he made those glasses with pinholes in them.
I need a pair. I hope you can buy these.
I need a pair. I hope you can buy these.
Just read that
the total puzzle number Blow once mentioned includes the environmental ones.
CarbonFire
Member
Finished the game with 437 puzzles+94, all 11 lasers activated. Probably close to 30-35 hours for completion time.
Still haven't found the
.
Probably just going to look it up, running out of steam on exploring as I've been over almost every inch of this island now.
Still haven't found the
entrance to the secret underground area you can see from the video room
Probably just going to look it up, running out of steam on exploring as I've been over almost every inch of this island now.
Icyflamez96
Member
I'm on that one too and still dont understand from your explaination :|
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
Alright, well, barring some fantastical event happening overnight, I guess I'm done. I seem to have hit the 'max' amount of things doable according to everyone.
There were one or two minor things that still stuck out to me, but I don't think they serve any purpose(no real spoilers, just concepts. don't read if you're not 'done'):
523+135+6, all audio logs
There were one or two minor things that still stuck out to me, but I don't think they serve any purpose(no real spoilers, just concepts. don't read if you're not 'done'):
some of the clouds near the horizon from the mountain side looked like they could potentially form a +, but I couldn't find any spots that worked, and I was up and down the whole mountain several times looking for something else, so I doubt I missed a spot. The darkish part of the water's horizon kind of bothers me too, but I boated around the entire island and nothing. The last thing was this, but again, couldn't really find anything. I know there were some strangely shaped things placed all around that didn't really serve any purpose other than to throw you off the real stuff, but those seemed too grandiose to me. The lack of stuff pertaining to the giant wilted tree between the quarry and beach, and a few other 'monumental' things kind of weirded me out too, but I don't want to be one of those Shakespeare doubters, so tomorrow I'm going back to tracing a different kind of trail in the sky.
Keyser Soze
Member
Thanks all. I solved that puzzle, and quickly solved the next one after it. Something clicked, I think I have got a better grip on them than I did 15 minutes ago. For whatever reason I find the Tetris puzzles a huge chore whilst all the other puzzle types are more instinctual. Right now I feel I need to put 10 times more thought into solving them than others - I hope that changes with time as I start to better understand the logic.
Belgian Dude
Member
The highest number I heard so far was
523, totaling up to 664 if you count the + puzzles.
Does anyone have a list of the
locations of the boxes that unlock videos beneath the mill? I got four and I'm pretty sure I found a fifth one but at the time I didn't realize you could open them. I imagine the sixth is behind the shipwreck puzzle? And is there anything to those videos anyway?
Thanks for the help, I actually figured it out without looking at your hint by looking back at the previous puzzles!
To those who are stuck, I also recommend going back to the puzzles that introduce the concept so you can really get it down. You will be happy you didn't read any hints!