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The Witness |OT|
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Wok
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Small rant: Remember that part of Indie Game: the Movie where Phil Fish sticks his head to a screen and watches the screen flash like Super Hexagon? Well, I have always thought this was a stupid thing to do. This is why I play games made by people like Johnatan Blow instead, i.e. by people who value a pleasant intellectual experience.
Right?
Am I right, John?
Small spoiler:
Illustration of the small spoiler:
Right?
Am I right, John?
Small spoiler:
Well, nobody is perfect, and I think John forgot this was not super fun to just make psychedelic effects to increase the difficulty of a puzzle. It is like playing Super Hexagon sometimes.
Illustration of the small spoiler:
Make a gif of this and you have got the idea. I am sure there are even more color switches since this is making me sick just by watching it in-game.
Just finished the endgame and, wow.
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
Its amazing how you are so trained to see the dot-line that those two very early puzzles are so obvious now, like as soon as I started the new game I knew that the line in very first the corridor was a puzzle. And god that sun-gat one was so clear too. And that was a very intriguing ending.
I'm now officially done with the rave house in the town. I grouped the colors into always black, always white, white on red, white on blue, white on green, black on red, black on blue, and black on green, and it didn't help at all. I got eight distinct colors and even managed to solve the panel without stars on it using those colors and it wasn't correct. I'm not going to embark on a beautiful journey of discovery where I learn color theory just for the sake of solving one manky puzzle. Somebody just tell me the answers.
Remembrance
Member
To make it vertical, you have to come in from the left, then go down and back up.
Hmm, this one is really hard to explain without just uploading a picture.
So, I'm in the forest and having trouble with a puzzle.
I've completed all of the
side of the area, and now I'm stuck at the last puzzle of the
series.
Basically,
and I have absolutely no idea what I should be doing.
I've completed all of the
follow the light
follow the shadows
Basically,
there's a point where the shadow breaks
SoRuffShoNuff
Member
These Tetris puzzles had me so angry I had to look up a solution just so I could figure out the rules in play.
The tutorial puzzles did not do a good enough job explaining to me that you could completely disassemble the blocks and have other shapes placed in between them. I knew you could combine them but putting them in the middle of each other was lost on me.
Belgian Dude
Member
Just switch between each color and mark them with a sequence of black and whites. You'll get 8 colors (they need the same sequence, not the same amount of each) and it should be pretty easy from there.
It's probably the worst puzzle type in the whole game, but I feel it does serve a purpose in regarding the story, instead of just throwing a gimmick for the sake of one. I'd still rather something else there instead :/
How did you
solve the tutorial puzzle with a 2-by-2 box and a 1-by-2 piece side by side where the solution is a 3-by-2 vertical rectangle? It says you can put them even if they're not on top of their symbol
Belgian Dude
Member
I can't continue becausethe game saved with me locked me in the elevator. I have to restart the game if I want to get more beacons
Turn around and down.
You can escapeI can't continue becausethe game saved with me locked me in the elevator. I have to restart the game if I want to get more beacons
petethepanda
Member
Ah, okay. Finished up the
and caught on to the "+" stuff. Cool.
Monastery
Icyflamez96
Member
Don't want any help here, just wanted to express my bewilderment over this tetris panel, but clearly there is something here I havent been taught.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ_az43UsAALJKu.jpg:large
Moving on
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ_az43UsAALJKu.jpg:large
Moving on
ohhh, no that actually makes perfect sense
TimeEffect
Member
Hint for maze puzzle please? The final one where it combines all 4 mazes. The one with the tetris, black/white pieces, and the little black dots
Shiera Seastar
Banned
bearythebear
Member
Wish there was a slam my head against a wall button,
Or a flail my arms around button :/
Or a flail my arms around button :/
Nevermind. Because god I'm an idiot.
That's what I did. I also mentioned this in the post you were replying to. I guess you could be meaning something else, (although I don't see how) so I'll also elaborate what I did in excruciating detail:
I switched the light between blue, green and red. Some blocks remained white under all of them, some blocks remained white under only one of them, some remained black only under one of them, and some remained black constantly. Here are the results I reached for the left panel:
Key:
N = only black under green light
E = only black under blue light
W = always white
B = always black
R = only white under red light
G = only white under green light
D = only black under red light
There were no blocks that were only white under blue light.
From there it was pretty easy to separate them into groups, but the panel refused to acknowledge that as the correct result. I have summarily concluded that this puzzle is shit.
I switched the light between blue, green and red. Some blocks remained white under all of them, some blocks remained white under only one of them, some remained black only under one of them, and some remained black constantly. Here are the results I reached for the left panel:
Code:
[SPOILER]NE WW
EE WW
BR GD
BB GG[/SPOILER]Key:
N = only black under green light
E = only black under blue light
W = always white
B = always black
R = only white under red light
G = only white under green light
D = only black under red light
There were no blocks that were only white under blue light.
From there it was pretty easy to separate them into groups, but the panel refused to acknowledge that as the correct result. I have summarily concluded that this puzzle is shit.
This is the right idea but it's not the result I had, maybe you've messed up a little? I've taken lot of photo to help me solve those type of puzzle
Icyflamez96
Member
Even with these explanations it was still tough to figure out fully. You gotta be observant/analytical as fuck lol
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Belgian Dude
Member
If I had saved my excel table I'd show it, because that's exactly what I did and I found a solution to separate them properly pretty quickly :/.
Not with the game right now otherwise I'd give a pointer on what seems to be wrong. Also, I knew I grouped, but I recommended making the sequences cause I tried grouping them by memory and didn't work, sorry 'bout that
Not with the game right now otherwise I'd give a pointer on what seems to be wrong. Also, I knew I grouped, but I recommended making the sequences cause I tried grouping them by memory and didn't work, sorry 'bout that
Just curious if I solved this puzzle the way they intended:
In the greenhouse
In the greenhouse
the elevator at the floor where the cable is broken.
I solved it by making screenshots of the 4 working floors and flipping through them, that way I found a pattern and just continued that pattern for floor 5. Is this the way they intended? Or did they intend for you to do something with color?
This is the right idea but it's not the result I had, maybe you've messed up a little? I've taken lot of photo to help me solve those type of puzzle
I checked my screenshots, and it's the same result again. :C
EDIT: Somehow my solution worked this time though. Hooray!
You can indirectly by looking at the pattern that appears on the panel. If you assume it's connected to the upper and lower parts without intersecting them, then it only fits in one spot. I'm not saying these are easy assumptions to make, but hey. It took me a while to figure it out.
The first thing I did was to look for a cut in the tree itself but I didn't find any, I was a little confused by that tbh but I guess it would've been too easy that way.
I brute forced through the
mazes. The first one is obvious, the second one is slightly tricky but not too tough, but the next two... I didn't see anything about them that indicated what to do, they seemed completely plain. Since I've already completed them, anyone mind explaining how those are supposed to be solved?
hedge
You should be able to solve the simple maze in a different way.
LightofRohan
Member
I need a hint :|
In the broken church in town, the bell tower area, there are two tapes next to it. It's a simple square maze but I dont get how to figure it out...
In the broken church in town, the bell tower area, there are two tapes next to it. It's a simple square maze but I dont get how to figure it out...
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
petethepanda
Member
If I'm thinking of the right ones, there was a
footstep sound one and a baaaarely perceptible worn path one.
Finishing those panels lights up a cable, try to find where it leads. Although I'm not quite sure what you mean by cave door. I assume you mean you unlocked the row of 4 or 5 panels that popped up.
LightofRohan
Member
3rd maze you listen to your foot step sounds. Fourth maze you have to recall the previous maze solutions.
There is a laser to unlock in the bamboo area
Aaargh!
Managed to solve 515 panels by myself, but I officially need some help now. It's a post-endgame panel and I need help from someone who solved almost everything in the game. Tried to solve this for 3 or 4 hours and I just can't get the solution.
It's the upper panel of these two: http://imgur.com/PJLqXuU
Just a little hint please. I don't want the full solution.
Managed to solve 515 panels by myself, but I officially need some help now. It's a post-endgame panel and I need help from someone who solved almost everything in the game. Tried to solve this for 3 or 4 hours and I just can't get the solution.
It's the upper panel of these two: http://imgur.com/PJLqXuU
Just a little hint please. I don't want the full solution.
Grim Patron
Member
Did you miss the audio cue for the third one(?) I think the third one had this?
Side note: For end game / post game people
I went into the mountain and my head hurts with the changing colours and flashing and stuff but i finally reached a panel that looks like it is an elevator? it has a key shaped puzzle on it. should i do this if i want to still spend more time exploring? is it a point of no return? I got all 11 lasers but only 2 things in the video theater and only +5 in the save file.
3th maze footsteps, 4th the line maze is different from the real maze, and there is only one path that works with both.
There isn't a point of return really. There's an end cutscene which will autosave before you take it.
Visualante2
Member
Glad to see Blow has pushed an update. Little worried about stuff like that messing with my save file.
What does the collector's edition of The Witness come with? My suggestions are:
useful pieces wrapped in foil like Risk Legacy to ensure you only open when needed.
What does the collector's edition of The Witness come with? My suggestions are:
a cloth map, field notes, with grid paper, wooden or magnetic tetronimos, pantone colour swatches, selection of colour gels
There's no point of no return. If you reach the ending you can reload your save afterwards.
Post-game:
That one stumped me for ages, despite already doing the tutorial for those blocks, and finishing the entire section for those blocks, and already being able to access that area from two different places in a roundabout way. That door is there to just fuck with you.
LOL goddamn you Jonathan Blow. Not sure if I'll ever beat that.
That one stumped me for ages, despite already doing the tutorial for those blocks, and finishing the entire section for those blocks, and already being able to access that area from two different places in a roundabout way. That door is there to just fuck with you.
Grim Patron
Member
how far would you say I am from there?
alright thanks. I guess I can just keep solving puzzles until i get stuck then without worrying about missing out on something from before. thank you.
cpp_is_king
Member
Yea, you can't reach that point without understanding the required rule, but the game is very good at taking the implementation of the rules to their complete extreme in a way that really tests your spatial reasoning
You still have a few more puzzles. I'd just go through it and then after finishing it figure out what else there is to do on the island.
LightofRohan
Member
Keep going vertically from top to bottom and bottom to top through each section of unique tiles until you get to the end. It'll take some trial and error since it's such a large panel.
Belgian Dude
Member
Can't solve it from there
I had a lot of trouble for this one and it's hard not giving big hints but...
Hint 1:
The 4 pieces don't go together
Make an area for the 2 pieces at the top and the 2 at the bottom
If you haven't done the area that involves this puzzle skip it or go to that area to learn how it works.
area:
The area is the japanese gazebo
LightofRohan
Member
Ahhh... Crap. Thanks!