zer0blivion
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The point is to teach you the rules for that type of puzzle.
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arts&crafts
Member
Alright I figured I just was hoping there was some secret
Aces&Eights
Member
Mate, you will find more than your fair share of secrets in this game lol. The whole dang game is one mind numbing secret.
Chris Murphy
Member
Spoiler on the maze part.
Brad there's a map of the maze that you have to solve prior to the maze part. It's the 4th puzzle.
As far as I'm aware only one of the 3 is solveable. The others are red herrings.
Paper spoiler.
The forcefield puzzle at the beginning is the same shape.
There's no way I'm going to try that thing with the added mental layer of "oh god people are watching don't screw up oh you screwed up."
OK? I hope you aren't suggesting you have time to eyeball or take a picture of that thing and actually apply it in any practical way. Are
the puzzle locations not random
opticalmace
Member
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
Heart attack intensifies.
Nah, don't do it live. Record it! Let the world see your triumph.
RepairmanJack
Member
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
Fuuuuuck that.
Wok
Member
I have found
3 record players but no secret passage yet, there must a 4th one!
Edit: Found it!
It is the pillar and not the record player
hydrophilic attack
Member
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
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There's no distinction. Knowing people will eventually watch the thing is just as nerve-wracking as knowing they're currently watching it.
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
Sounds like fun!
Chris Murphy
Member
Yeah, I usually restarted if the maze looked horrible. Just hope for a somewhat simple looking one and try and remember it. I first started writing down the moves but it took too long ultimately.
Edit:
The 4th puzzle is always the maze map, you'll realize straight away now that you know.
Remembrance
Member
The fourth puzzle on a big box is a map of the maze, including the location of the triangle puzzles. Take a picture!
In the sets of three, two are always unsolvable. One clue is that anything with a 2x2 pattern of alternating colors is automatically unsolvable.
As for the puzzle on paper, look for a matching panel just like you did with the hexes.
In the sets of three, two are always unsolvable. One clue is that anything with a 2x2 pattern of alternating colors is automatically unsolvable.
As for the puzzle on paper, look for a matching panel just like you did with the hexes.
You can edit it down to 6 hours from the 25 it'll take!
the time limit totally fucks me. I was losing my mind at just the easy two random puzzles you need to hit on that door to finish the game. Got the first one on my first try before I realized what was happening...the second one took me like 30 minutes just because the timer/random element totally terrified me.
Some trophy site I read had a way to somewhat cheese that trophy, though it's still a nightmare not worth doing, imo.
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
I'm already starting to pick out things of import there (I'm fairly certain I know a symbol that must be invalidated, for instance)
Edit: Nope! I'm wrong. It still might be invalidated, of course, but it doesn't have to be.
I want this in-engine, for testing purposes!
Quote
Member
naw im good
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
Barry Burton
Member
Beat the game last night. 438
is the current tally. Literally had to pry myself away from playing this after spending almost the entire weekend plugging away at it. It's a brilliant game.
I just discovered the
, but that's where I stopped for the night. I'm guessing this will answer the questions I've had about
So that's my next order of business.
So outside of that area and the
puzzles, there are three, maybe four puzzles that I know of that still have me stumped. Two of them, I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing as they are very different from everything else is the game (so far). The other one, I know what I need to do but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it. I thought I've solved it two different ways, but apparently not. The "maybe" one, I don't even know if it's a puzzle at all, but it seems too important to not be.
I'm proud to say I haven't looked anything up yet, and that's made the game super-enjoyable. There were several puzzles in the Town that I was beating my head against for days, but in a late night moment of clarity I knocked out several of them in a row. If those last couple still torment me, though, I'll definitely solicit this thread for some hints. Hopefully something in this next area will rattle something loose in my brain first!
+58
I just discovered the
area under the mountain
some hidden area existing under most of the island. I've noticed pathways between the Windmill, Desert Ruins, and Marsh. Besides the video puzzles under the Windmill, I'm not sure how else I could reach those blocked off areas.
So outside of that area and the
+
I'm proud to say I haven't looked anything up yet, and that's made the game super-enjoyable. There were several puzzles in the Town that I was beating my head against for days, but in a late night moment of clarity I knocked out several of them in a row. If those last couple still torment me, though, I'll definitely solicit this thread for some hints. Hopefully something in this next area will rattle something loose in my brain first!
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Village question:
The room where you can change the three colors, am I trying to spot the squares that stay the same? This one is killing me.
Barry Burton
Member
On paper, try drawing each panel separately (under each different colored light). That should give you all the information you need to determine how the panel would look if all lights were on at once.
Granted, one of the two puzzle panels was still very difficult to solve even after I solved the color problem. But it was also 3 in the morning, and between my tired eyes and everything in the room being the same color, I might have made it out to be harder than it actually was. But I'm still pretty sure it was a legit tough puzzle.
Granted, one of the two puzzle panels was still very difficult to solve even after I solved the color problem. But it was also 3 in the morning, and between my tired eyes and everything in the room being the same color, I might have made it out to be harder than it actually was. But I'm still pretty sure it was a legit tough puzzle.
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Either is fine.
Can anyone give me some hints for the treehouses? I have activated every panel as far as I can tell, and I managed to get the drawbridge shortcut down (not that it matters because theres no path to it).
I must be missing panels to construct an alternate route to the laser? But I dont see any more panels anywhere.
I must be missing panels to construct an alternate route to the laser? But I dont see any more panels anywhere.
Fan-made puzzles ahoy.
Does end game get as hard as this? - if so... nope for me!
I'm about 138 puzzles in, and im feeling pretty good about it... about 7 hours in... so its probably going to take me 30 hours or so to get the ending.
The game gets easier... about mid game, when you either know you have enough information or not to solve a puzzle. The game does a good job making the tutorial panels dead easy so that if you stumble across something that can't be solved, the best bet is to find the corresponding tutorial panel. At least thats what it seems like for now. I don't know if that's the case for all types of puzzles. I haven't used any graph paper yet, but ive been tempted.
RepairmanJack
Member
Look for puzzles with multiple ending points.
I guess what I meant is is it a situation A turns into B or nah theres A then B is added so I don't inherently miss anything.
Helll no. If it did that I'd shamelessly start to use a guide- I'm here to have fun, not get screwed over.
Well, unless that's like ending area, then I'd just deal with it because I'm so close to the end anyways.
Wok
Member
I have finally stumbled into the "Challenge" as people call it. I have found a piece of paper
.
Edit: Or maybe it is what I think it is...
Edit2: Nope.
It is added.
with triangles (this one). I know how to solve it, but it is not a puzzle, it is a paper, so what? Should I use it for the "Challenge" or should I just keep it in mind until I stumble on the puzzle.
Edit: Or maybe it is what I think it is...
Edit2: Nope.
It is added.
I'm finding that two out of three times,
all the puzzles up to the maze room with the triangle puzzles are dead simple, but that third time even one of those trips me up enough that I just throw up my hands and restart. I'm terrified that there's a bunch more after the maze room because I'm going to have to shave a lot of time off my runs if so.
mullet2000
Member
Yeah, same experience here.
There's only
two more puzzles
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
This didn't work for me. I'm actually more confused than ever, hahaha.
Stuck as fuck on
Anyone know how close to the end I am? I'm at like 357+5 or something.
one of the "flashing" puzzles inside the mountain area (which I assume is the last area). I know I've figured out which pieces are what, and I know the rules, but my brain isn't coming up with solutions yet that work.
Anyone know how close to the end I am? I'm at like 357+5 or something.
Cool. I'd seen posts from others, that the last few puzzles were hard!
I watched my brother play it from the beginning tonight for a couple of hours. A few people said they wished they could play it all over again, but watching someone else play it fresh is a good alternative. He was trying so many different strategies, it was interesting to see someone's mind work through the puzzles in a different way and their interpretation. I think John Blow's done a stellar job communicating the rules without writing anything down in text. It's totally reasonable that not everyone gets the game, but it seems that most of the puzzles are logical to follow. There are some leaps of faith and I think people are going to get stuck in some places, but I think in general he makes it clear when the player needs to think outside the box.
Barry Burton
Member
Basically, if a shape is consistently black or white under all three lights, then it is safe to assume that shape is either black or white. That's the easy part.
Then, there are some shapes that differ across the three lights. Say, it shows up as Black when under red or green light, but white when under blue light. You don't actually need to know what color it is, but it is safe to assume that all shapes that have this same behavior are the same color. That's the important part.
Then use these rules to come up with a composite panel. For example, I would just pencil in a "G" for the dots/stars that showed up as black under only green lighting.
Then, there are some shapes that differ across the three lights. Say, it shows up as Black when under red or green light, but white when under blue light. You don't actually need to know what color it is, but it is safe to assume that all shapes that have this same behavior are the same color. That's the important part.
Then use these rules to come up with a composite panel. For example, I would just pencil in a "G" for the dots/stars that showed up as black under only green lighting.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
I didn't think there would be so many different color combinations. I got the puzzle on the right, now to the left.
Barry Burton
Member
Ha! That's pretty funny because I got the one on the left almost immediately, but the one on the right took me a while. But again, it was late...
Wok
Member
Same. I got the one on the right the next day when I woke up, I somehow knew what to do while in bed.
RepairmanJack
Member
Man, that third
is an asshole.
video..............
GlamFM
Banned
Barry Burton
Member
Pretty sure it unlocks one of the doors on the side of the main tower.
RepairmanJack
Member
Yeah, I laughed hysterically when I realized the patter shows a progress bar after it was already going forever.
I've had all of those doors open prior to figuring those panels out along with the laser already activated.
I'm pretty sure it
does absolutely nothing. I did that after finishing the game and didn't notice any differences. There's a lot of puzzles that don't seem to do/unlock anything.
Barry Burton
Member
Hmm, maybe nothing, then? There have definitely been a few puzzles in the game that only serve as part of the overall completion total.
Unless I missed the same thing you are, haha.
EDIT: Now that I think back on it, I recall not hearing any unlocking sound after finishing those. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it doesn't unlock anything.
Shiera Seastar
Banned
I think those two panels are just bonus for completionists. Or they are required to unlock the super super secret ending/area no one has found yet...who knows.
In any case, switching on the red light
enables a + puzzle on the outside of the orange container.