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The Witness |OT|
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I need help with this one in the
area, i have 1 hour doing this shit
http://i.imgur.com/OOrHQD4.jpg
Swamps
http://i.imgur.com/OOrHQD4.jpg
That feeling when you're pondering over some new concept you have yet to figure out, drawing line after line. Suddenly you stop right as you have drawn yet another finished line. Before pressing to see it's correct, you for some reason go "that's it, isn't it?" and sure enough it was. You don't know why that particular line struck you as special, but you'd been thinking about this problem for so long that you already knew the answer somewhere deep down in your subconscious, and it didn't quite occur to you until you had a line there in reality that could confirm that. Very strange feeling.
Imagine that panel is a lever. How would you make it go the other way?
Add me to the list of people stuck in
the swamp area. Managed to solve the puzzle to open the gate after the moving platform bridge, but if I want to progress further in the area I need to complete the panel I am on. It's a red one, with a 4 piece straight vertical tetrimino in the top right corner, and then a two horizontal piece at the bottom, and a one piece in the middle. Getting frustrated. Probably time to call it quits for tonight.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
So, there is exactly
. That has to be some sort of puzzle at some point, right?
Maybe that's cause now I think about that, but some
, don't they? Or am I imagining this now?
one rainy cloud in the sky
Maybe that's cause now I think about that, but some
other clouds do look very...angly
Belgian Dude
Member
Everyone who thinks they are stuck in the Swamp Area ->
Should help avoid a headache or two!
Also - I agree with the Kotaku review. Some of the perspective puzzles are finicky :/
that moving platform can be solved in a mirrored way to move it the other direction.
Should help avoid a headache or two!
You can see that the 'light path' continues off the panel and onto the board. Though it starts in a circle, the light is tricking you, cause it's a bit to the side
Also - I agree with the Kotaku review. Some of the perspective puzzles are finicky :/
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm stuck at that one, too. It's the first puzzle of that type I've come across.
Thanks for the tip. This game is incredible designed.
From the exit/entrance to the dam
Belgian Dude
Member
The tutorial for the tetris is at the swamp.
I'm stuck on the same one. Driving me nuts. Anyone figured this one out?
AbandonedTrolley
Member
If you find out let me know please.
Did a few more after the moving platform at the swamp but
now stuck on the puzzle with the [: :] piece
Thanks! I went all across the island but didn't come across that. At least I know I'm not that dumb.
Deputy Dangle
Member
From my time fiddling with settings, I'm pretty convinced it utilizes an automatic quick save whenever you quit the game. I always start at the exact spot I stopped at.
Belgian Dude
Member
For the elevator:
which of the ones at the blue floor would turn white if subjected to the green light? Which would still be different? (You just need to have two sections)
I can't seem to find the right angle for
the glare to show up on the first monitor. Is the angle finicky on this one or am I missing something? http://i.imgur.com/D5TePRy.jpg
RepairmanJack
Member
Played for about 3 hours and love it but had to take a break because of a small headache.
I actually had a moment where the Giant Bomb quick look helped me realize something Jeff didn't see but I still don't know what to do with the information.
I actually had a moment where the Giant Bomb quick look helped me realize something Jeff didn't see but I still don't know what to do with the information.
ReginaldXIV
Member
I get that, but the perspective is awkward and the shadows aren't hi-res so everything starts blending together. I'm at that point where I'd just want to be told what to do for the remainder of this area 
Don't think it was helping me but I was probably still sick from before anyhow. I think I read they're gonna patch in a reticle of some kind? I'll wait and see if that helps if that's the case.
omfg...early vault/bunker spoilers:
this game's so fucking cool. Anyone who's been to the area I described got any pointers for how/where to proceed?
Also I can't quite figure out how to start the desert area. h l p
i found the windmill/basement where you enter the code that you found in the vault, and unlocked the first...video? What the fuck?
I am slightly in awe of this game, if only because I have no idea what's happening but it makes me feel smart. I also found another floor puzzle in that same room, and I'm trying to figure out the two in the back of the projection room but I can't yet.
I am slightly in awe of this game, if only because I have no idea what's happening but it makes me feel smart. I also found another floor puzzle in that same room, and I'm trying to figure out the two in the back of the projection room but I can't yet.
this game's so fucking cool. Anyone who's been to the area I described got any pointers for how/where to proceed?
Also I can't quite figure out how to start the desert area. h l p
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Got my first
and motion sickness is gone with the fov set.
I'm going at this with no soultion help until at least I 'beat the game'.
I did have a question regarding the talk about the fov being a possible problem for some solutions. Does anyone know which area(s) it would impact?
beam of light
I'm going at this with no soultion help until at least I 'beat the game'.
I did have a question regarding the talk about the fov being a possible problem for some solutions. Does anyone know which area(s) it would impact?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Has anyone else who bought through the Humble store had a problem with the game just not launching?
Belgian Dude
Member
I don't know for sure, but it will probably impact the areas where
perspective
I'm still not getting it.
I tried lining up the light on the side board with the main one, and I tried starting from the right-most dot, I must be doing something else wrong?
Stuck on a few things...
Loving the game so far though!
Theres a grey cloud in the desert area you can shoot a laser at to make white, but still no idea what it enabled me to do. Also the big plate with a sun on it at the back, it seems a hidden sun puzzle, but no matter what angle I'm looking at it, it only "sparks", no line to follow.
Theres also a puzzle in the jungle area that drove me mad, with the purple, orange and green? icons. Basically evolved from black, white and sun icons, and changed the colours of them all to make it more difficult
Theres also a puzzle in the jungle area that drove me mad, with the purple, orange and green? icons. Basically evolved from black, white and sun icons, and changed the colours of them all to make it more difficult
Loving the game so far though!
Not all of the screens are
in the sun, though. I got all the ground level ones and the middle top, but the ones on the side aren't in the sun. Do I have to sit here until the sun moves? Does the sun even move?
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I got the
beam of light in the Symmetry area, according to Blow's map. I had move around to get some of the answers, unlike the first puzzle involinvg
I thought maybe that was what he could have been referring to. It's probably some other areas too then.
the rocks that line up perfectly.
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
First impressions after an hour:
Loving the graphics. Reminds me of Journey in the sense that there is "not a single stitch out of place". Visuals are very pleasing and I have yet failed to find anything that is low-res or aesthetically offensive.
Lack of music (so far) is...interesting. It also seems (maybe I'm mistaken?) there is no ambient noise or weather sounds.
Puzzles are perfect so far. I love the subtle lessons you learn in each one but they are very much puzzles and not glorified Red Key Cards like you see in so many videogames nowadays. I'd sooner recommend this to a Picross or Sudoku fan than to a Portal or Myst fan.
Speaking of Myst, this game draws heavily from it in terms of environmental design, and I love that. Puzzles feel connected to the world. Even something as simple as following the glowing [color] power line is very Myst-like.
Do the puzzles continue to play a key role in how you explore and what you explore? Like, other than doors of course, will there be bridges and ladders (or whatever) that open up when you complete puzzles?
Caught me off guard, but it's funny how you cannot jump down from heights. In the starting area, had to run allllll the way around the wall in order to activate the other option on one of the early puzzles instead of just dropping down into the courtyard from my position on the wall.
Loving the graphics. Reminds me of Journey in the sense that there is "not a single stitch out of place". Visuals are very pleasing and I have yet failed to find anything that is low-res or aesthetically offensive.
Lack of music (so far) is...interesting. It also seems (maybe I'm mistaken?) there is no ambient noise or weather sounds.
Puzzles are perfect so far. I love the subtle lessons you learn in each one but they are very much puzzles and not glorified Red Key Cards like you see in so many videogames nowadays. I'd sooner recommend this to a Picross or Sudoku fan than to a Portal or Myst fan.
Speaking of Myst, this game draws heavily from it in terms of environmental design, and I love that. Puzzles feel connected to the world. Even something as simple as following the glowing [color] power line is very Myst-like.
Do the puzzles continue to play a key role in how you explore and what you explore? Like, other than doors of course, will there be bridges and ladders (or whatever) that open up when you complete puzzles?
Caught me off guard, but it's funny how you cannot jump down from heights. In the starting area, had to run allllll the way around the wall in order to activate the other option on one of the early puzzles instead of just dropping down into the courtyard from my position on the wall.
TetraGenesis
Member
As the medium matures, games begin offering experiences that elicit finer and more complex emotional reactions of their players. In the potent nonverbal bonding of Journey. In the oddly immersive acknowledgement of the player as a character in Undertale and Beginner's Guide. In the subconscious ticklings and orchestrated epiphanies of The Witness.
It's a beautiful thing to see. I live for games like this.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Uninstalled and reinstalled and now I'm annoyed. They tested this thing on Windows 10 right?
My brain is melting in the swamp once you start
Can't get my head around this development. Can solve the first two, but don't fully understand the mechanics to do the more complex ones.
Up to 148 puzzles.
subtracting/omitting as many yellow cubes as there are empty blue ones, or something like that.
Up to 148 puzzles.
TetraGenesis
Member
That's not how you Spoiler Text, dude.
? There's a ton of ambient noise. Wind, leaves rustling, the hum of machinery, metal structures creaking, etc.
This might be better to discuss in the PC performance thread but I'm running OK in WIndows 10 after reducing my refresh rate from 144 to 60. Had tons of stuttering until I did that.
MidnightCowboy
Member
Anyway to turn up the sensitivity on PS4? You turn so slowly.
Fancy Clown
Member
Yeah this bothers me as well
Belgian Dude
Member
I'm still not getting it.
I tried lining up the light on the side board with the main one, and I tried starting from the right-most dot, I must be doing something else wrong?
The transition between the panel and the 'board' is two-wide, by the way. Another poster was stuck on the same thing for this one, just make sure your lower half extends to the edge.
For the second one,
no matter how many colors they add, the concept is still the same for the squares: different colored squares must be separated
IIRC you really just have to find the sweet spot,
where the reflection is the best. They're not directly on the sun, but still reflect a bit from different spots. For the ones on the side I'm pretty sure both are on ground level, with one near the stairs and the other near the first puzzle of the area.
LiquidSword
Member
Just jumping in! Not sure if this is a spoiler
I didn't know there were audio logs in this. It sounded like Blow but I'm not sure and he was just quoting Einstein lol
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Damnit. I can't even get it to launch