Haemi
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No it's not. You just have to look closer at what you do before arriving at the labyrinth while doing the challenge
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Yeah,
the labyrinth seems to be the second challenge puzzle, but that doesn't help much with the puzzle location and not getting utterly lost due to running around like an idiot, as I tend to do 
I have no idea how I would even begin to properly navigate.
I have no idea how I would even begin to properly navigate.Aaaaaaaand end game. 415+24.
I'm feeling a bit burned out though, so I might take a break before going back to explore more of the post-game.
I felt that making paint diagrams for some of the last few puzzles made them easier to handle, ie. (solution for one of the last ones, don't click until you have the "end game" trophy): http://i.imgur.com/RjXxlHd.png
I'm feeling a bit burned out though, so I might take a break before going back to explore more of the post-game.
I felt that making paint diagrams for some of the last few puzzles made them easier to handle, ie. (solution for one of the last ones, don't click until you have the "end game" trophy): http://i.imgur.com/RjXxlHd.png
Yeah,the labyrinth seems to be the second challenge puzzle, but that doesn't help much with the puzzle location and not getting utterly lost due to running around like an idiot, as I tend to do
The puzzle locations are shown to you as well
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Deleted member 10571
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Yeah,the labyrinth seems to be the second challenge puzzle, but that doesn't help much with the puzzle location and not getting utterly lost due to running around like an idiot, as I tend to do
Very late game advice:
I took the 10 seconds to sketch out the pathway out of the maze on a piece of paper and the time it saved when I got there was completely worth it.
Looking back, the design of it is genius, but I was mentally exhausted at that point I guess
I started the endgame area after being consumed by this game for days (with
420+
Anyway, I beat the game now, but I only see a 'new game' option, yikes! If I start a new game, I still have a save right before the ending right?
Felt so good when I got that one, hardest of that puzzle set.
Yep.
Yeah, definitely. I eventually found it easier working backwards.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
1) I need spoilers/solution on the
puzzle. I have tried every possible combination for that and nothing works. Is it glitching and not playing another sound?
2) Is the secret of the
puzzles the
? Because, if so, I need hints on how to make it easier.
3) In the
, I see a yellow platform with a puzzle. I complete the puzzle both ways to make it work, but the platform doesn't move. Do I have to activate something else to make it move?
4) In that same area is a puzzle with 3 solutions needed to light up the next puzzle. I got two--the remaining one has to do with
but the exit is concealed by the tree. Hints?
loon sound
2) Is the secret of the
sun/desert
reflection of the sun on the puzzle itself
3) In the
town
4) In that same area is a puzzle with 3 solutions needed to light up the next puzzle. I got two--the remaining one has to do with
branch shadows
Thanks. Right now I feel like taking a break from the game, but I still want to find
the cinema puzzles I missed, and check out the underground section. I have 6 + puzzles, but it'd take me ages to track those down.
All things considered, this is an early goty contender and I'm thinking it'd be hard for anything to top it. One of the best puzzle games I've played, and maybe even in my overall list of favorite games. Like others said, it really feels like a mental metroidvania/rpg, where progress is only blocked by not having found or understood a ruleset yet. Brilliant design all around in this.
And now, time to come clean: I used help for 3 puzzles near the end:
the final panel of the sequence puzzle, the 2 bridges puzzle and the big symmetry puzzle with the tetris blocks.
Totally stuck at one of the endgame puzzles.
I don't get it. There are only two possibilities for the tetris piece's position: I can put it so that the tetromino icon is the short end of the piece. But then the upper star is isolated without a partner and the solution is invalid. So I have to move it down by one block so that it isolates the top right square. But then I don't have a way of separating the other squares.
I'm sure there's some trickery with the colors involved, but I can't figure it out. I've recorded it with my phone so I can inspect the puzzle with different background colors. When the background is blue, the icons which are red in the screenshot disappear. But this doesn't help me because I still have to separate the purple, green and cyan ones.
I don't get it. There are only two possibilities for the tetris piece's position: I can put it so that the tetromino icon is the short end of the piece. But then the upper star is isolated without a partner and the solution is invalid. So I have to move it down by one block so that it isolates the top right square. But then I don't have a way of separating the other squares.
I'm sure there's some trickery with the colors involved, but I can't figure it out. I've recorded it with my phone so I can inspect the puzzle with different background colors. When the background is blue, the icons which are red in the screenshot disappear. But this doesn't help me because I still have to separate the purple, green and cyan ones.
Could someone give me some explanation or a hint on the use of the
?
I'm now at the second puzzle in the
in the marsh and going from the first puzzle it seems the blocks
but this doesn't work for the second puzzle. There doesn't seem any logical explanation as to the use of the blocks in this puzzle...
blue outline square tetris blocks
I'm now at the second puzzle in the
underwater chamber with a reddish line in it
let you cross shapes
Straight answer, try experimenting with the tutorial before reading:
The blue pieces subtract squares from the shape
Totally stuck at one of the endgame puzzles.
I don't get it. There are only two possibilities for the tetris piece's position: I can put it so that the tetromino icon is the short end of the piece. But then the upper star is isolated without a partner and the solution is invalid. So I have to move it down by one block so that it isolates the top right square. But then I don't have a way of separating the other squares.
I'm sure there's some trickery with the colors involved, but I can't figure it out. I've recorded it with my phone so I can inspect the puzzle with different background colors. When the background is blue, the icons which are red in the screenshot disappear. But this doesn't help me because I still have to separate the purple, green and cyan ones.
If the red stars are disappearing, you haven't captured the correct color of the screen.
Really struggling (endgame):
Stuck on the giant board at the bottom of the elevator. Cut out the pieces like some have suggested for the tetris ones but still can't see it. I've tried so many combinations, I can make the 2 shapes on the right half fine, its the other 2. Am I right in thinking theres only 1 shape which can be rotated, or can all of them be rotated?
Only one can be rotated in the 4 smaller puzzles, but the orientation you pick affects how you have to solve the larger one.
(Keep)
Amusingly:
Amusingly:
That was my original answer to the main puzzle. I'd twigged that there were going to be environmental puzzles from these, so I built my planning of solutions taking what was visible from the keep into account. I got somewhat thrown when I found that my solution from the keep wasn't doable from ground level!
Of course, that was before I opened up the reverse loop. So I should be able to manage it now!
Of course, that was before I opened up the reverse loop. So I should be able to manage it now!
(Postgame content)
Further comments
Still need to polish off
Challenge completed!
And, at the risk of making people here very angry... took me about 75 minutes, at an estimate.
And, at the risk of making people here very angry... took me about 75 minutes, at an estimate.
Further comments
Reading related spoilers, now, I had no idea that the labyrinth had a map! I happen to be fairly good at pure mazes, so I was able to cover quite a lot of ground quite rapidly. It was a bit dependent on being fortunate with the puzzles' locations, but I could get to the exit very quickly after that.
Still need to polish off
Shipwreck puzzle (and assuming that's the final movie), quite a lot of environmental puzzles (finished one pillar, over by the desert)... I think that's it off the top of my head?
I need help with this puzzle in the quarry. No idea what I'm supposed to be doing.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaiHWmYXEAA3XbT.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaiHWmYXEAA3XbT.jpg
I want to get to
the underground section
several entrances but every one them is out of reach or blocked by a closed door
I finished the game and I am playing again to find all the secrets but it's hard. I solved four of the six
cinema puzzles
the fifth one (that damn sound puzzle on the wreck! I don't get it) But where is the sixth diagram!?!
sixth secret door
hexagon patterns in the basalt columns of the mountain.
And what's the deal with the black pillars
that turn white when you find all the symbols on them? You can't do anything with them when they turn white
What's more, I'm not even sure I can find all the
symbols of the pillar in the town because when you draw the symbol on the glowing energy field door (in the starting area ) you go to the secret credits area and that quits the game when it's over.
Basically, I know the things I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how and where. I'm wandering around the island like a headless chicken. Stuck.
If you genuinely don't know what to do, come back later. Something else on the island will teach you.
toythatkills
Member
There's a few things you can do to help you here. Like for example,
your solution for the big puzzle can only contain an odd number of squares, so you can partially rule out certain shapes/combinations of shapes using basic maths.
Also, make sure the small solution you make for the L/J puzzle is oriented right.
Also, make sure the small solution you make for the L/J puzzle is oriented right.
You've learned the rules for
asterix (star) puzzles of different colors in the area with the tree houses
Thanks for the tips guys, think Im on the right track now...I didn't think to change my selections from the small puzzles *facepalm*
Uh, post-game.
After the elevator flight, my only choice was to start a new game. What now? From some posts in this thread I gathered that I'm supposed to load my previous save and find something on the top of the mountain in order to access post-game content. What am I supposed to look for? Can't find anything.
Can anyone tell me if there are
Btw it was a bit surprising when one
multiple endings? Does the ending change depending on whether you activated all lasers, completed all puzzles, found all the +'s, etc. And is there a point to finding all of those +'es?
Btw it was a bit surprising when one
of the audio tapes kept going after the 'official' end of the tape. Guy asked if the reader (Ashley) wanted a sandwich, and she also said how she wanted the readings of the tapes to be perfect, because she knew they'd be heard a lot of times... Meta stuff
Have a thorough look around. Think about one of the ways the game lets you know there is an unsolved puzzle.
edit:
a thorough look around the mountaintop I mean.
Thanks, got it.
SmiteOfHand
Member
Now this was fun! MS paint is great. Late game.
Wait, I thought the idea here was..
RGB binary values? White means that value is on, black means it is off. For example, the top left where you have a red, is R=1,G=0,B=1, for purple, so this is what I came up with. We have the same patterns so that explains how we were both able to solve it but I am curious where your colors are coming from? I couldn't make any sense out of them.
http://i.imgur.com/hU5SbyQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/O5cSbQn.png
http://i.imgur.com/hU5SbyQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/O5cSbQn.png
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
shit. i completely forgot about those, are they actually serving a purpose?
Just as a point of order:
There are even-based solutions as well - based around the idea of having two separate segments
toythatkills
Member
Hah, didn't even consider that with the small space there was to play with!
I stand corrected.
What you describe is fundamentally just a different way of representing what he did. The exact colours aren't necessarily important, as long as it's clear which colours are distinct from which
SmiteOfHand
Member
suppose so. I guess he just picked colors to represent index values or something. Funny way to go about it, but hey whatever works in this game!
3) Are you talking about the
one on the roof above the moss covered blue block maze? If so, there are multiple ways to solve that puzzle but only one is the correct answer that will move the platform.
Larger hint:
Think about the puzzle in terms of how the platform would look when it connects to the other building.
4) Look at
what is creating the shadows on the left side.
Ugh... So simple. Solved it in 10 secs on my first try today.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
ahahaha
Lol I'm starting to see this game everywhere too.Took a stroll outside today and found this.
It never stops...
Reyben
Member
Alright now, i don't want to hear "Anitra's Dance" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" again in my life.
KharmaPolice
Member
Well. puzzle count:521 + 135 + 6
I assume I missed a couple of triangle panels here and there. Does anything change if you reach 100%? If not, that'll be good enough for me
I wouldn't bother. The known max is 523 + 135 + 6, so you are missing two panels (which might be some elevator activations, or boat panels). Nothing happens after you hit the max.
Alright, thanks.
I'm pretty sure there are more secrets in there though, stuff that bleeds into real life somehow I can't believe the
secret post-ending first-person
these waveforms in the desert temple?
But yeah, I don't have the talent or time to look more into this, so I'll wait while internet detectives figure it all out