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OrbitalBeard
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OnionPowder
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I've been using my phone. Bonus cat pic in there for everybody.
spoilers in the previews
http://i.imgur.com/WbD0MZC.jpg
whoops
Finished up the
symmetry and ruin puzzle sets. Symmetry wasn't too hard but the boss puzzle that unlocked the laser was really clever. I noticed on the lead up that the orange line was slowly fading until it disappeared. Then got to the final set and had that epiphany to apply symmetry to it. Really cool and rewarding. The ruin was a lot harder initially but then I spotted the reflections and it was pretty smooth sailing.
Lady Siara
Member
Yeah, they're finally starting to click after having finished the swamp. Still my least favorite I've encountered thus far, seems like they have so many possibilities compared to others. Drawing it out definitely helps though, and I would recommend getting some paper or a device with a stylus and doodling out some of the harder puzzles.
The best way to approach this game is to view it as a metroidvania of puzzles. Instead of getting power ups, you're learning the language at a basic level so you can come back to these more complex puzzles and have an idea of what is expected.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Prob shouldn't post solutions.
please spoiler tag this picture.
Well there's a spoiler post lol
I managed to fumble my way through a couple of the tetris pieces and found the
now I'm in a treehouse. got round most of it but suddenly one of the panels has white stars and I have no idea. when I think I've done it two of them will flash but I can't figure out why.
http://i.imgur.com/OmiyYra.png
boat
now I'm in a treehouse. got round most of it but suddenly one of the panels has white stars and I have no idea. when I think I've done it two of them will flash but I can't figure out why.
http://i.imgur.com/OmiyYra.png
Hint 1:
stars must exist in same-colored pairs
Hint 2:
stars can co-exist with opposite-colored squares
Stars can have only one other of the same color circled in a group, including both stars and non stars of the same color.
Try separating even the same colored tiles from each other. Took me a while as the previous puzzles didn't show this aspect.
More_Badass
Member
I feel like I understand the concept here (
). But then that means the line needs to pass here, and that makes following the rule impossible. I must be missing something
http://i.imgur.com/yGF8U0V.jpg
color dots
http://i.imgur.com/yGF8U0V.jpg
cpp_is_king
Member
Had some time to play last night. Played about 4 hours and solved 86 panels. Not sure how I feel. Obviously everything is amazing but there are times I feel the puzzles aren't designed well.
For example you'll be in the middle of a panel sequence and you've solved 3 or 4, all of a sudden the rules you've been learning stop working even though there's no indication that the rules have changed. A good example of this is down by the water in the area
and have to
Then there's cases where you 100% understand what to do but it won't accept your solution because the rules lead to multiple valid solutions but it only accepts 1, so you guess until you figure it out. An example of this is in the castle
where you have to
Wasted 15 minutes trying to figure out why it wasn't accepting my solution when I clearly understood the rules .
There are others where i feel like I'm at the tutorial panel for a new set of rules and I can't even make a dent in the first one. Example of this is the
near the windmill. I'll reserve judgment on this one because it's possible I don't actually have the tools to solve this one yet, or that I'm just not thinking about it the right way
For example you'll be in the middle of a panel sequence and you've solved 3 or 4, all of a sudden the rules you've been learning stop working even though there's no indication that the rules have changed. A good example of this is down by the water in the area
where you learn about simultaneous lines
draw outlines of rocks in the water. You come to one with just one rock and nothing works.
Then there's cases where you 100% understand what to do but it won't accept your solution because the rules lead to multiple valid solutions but it only accepts 1, so you guess until you figure it out. An example of this is in the castle
with the japanese garden
look through the carving of a tree in a window to trace the solution. For the second one, lining it up leaves at least 4 valid paths from start to finish but only 1 works.
There are others where i feel like I'm at the tutorial panel for a new set of rules and I can't even make a dent in the first one. Example of this is the
tetris piece puzzle
HOLY SHIT I just discovered something amazing that took the breath away from me because I didn't expect anything to happen when I tried it. I've never experienced anything like it in my life, I imagine this is what a heureka moment feels like.
I'm very early in the game so it's not an end game spoiler or anything, but I imagine it's massive anyway. I don't know if it has been posted here already since I avoided the thread.
MASSIVE SPOILER
MASSIVE SPOILER
I have no idea what this does but the game definitely gave a response.
I'm very early in the game so it's not an end game spoiler or anything, but I imagine it's massive anyway. I don't know if it has been posted here already since I avoided the thread.
MASSIVE SPOILER
MASSIVE SPOILER
The tunnel you start the game in is actually a line puzzle, walk into the cave past the first door and align the light source above the door with the dark spot to create a circle and then trace the line...
I have no idea what this does but the game definitely gave a response.
GalacticMouse
Member
Can you spoiler tag that photo, since it's showing solutions for the
windmill videos.
Orakio Rob
Member
I know this will sound weird, but this game is fucking with my atheism.
There are some Buddhist and spiritualist messages scattered throughout the world of the game, and while these messages might seem like "zen crap" at first, they really... I don't know, kind of explain what the puzzles are trying to do with your head. If you pay close attention to these messages and start thinking about the "you're looking at the solution but not seeing it" nature of the puzzles and the way the whole game is presented...
It's hard to explain, but when things start clicking, it's really powerful. This thing is actually making me interested in Buddhism, and this is sooooo very weird 0_0
There are some Buddhist and spiritualist messages scattered throughout the world of the game, and while these messages might seem like "zen crap" at first, they really... I don't know, kind of explain what the puzzles are trying to do with your head. If you pay close attention to these messages and start thinking about the "you're looking at the solution but not seeing it" nature of the puzzles and the way the whole game is presented...
It's hard to explain, but when things start clicking, it's really powerful. This thing is actually making me interested in Buddhism, and this is sooooo very weird 0_0
Wind's Howling
Member
Did anyone else finish the puzzles (after the garden mazes)
? If so, where did it lead to? Seems like it just looped around to the other side. There's a staircase down but you could have just went down there from the start no?
where you physically walk over the floor tiles to draw them
I did those a few hours ago, do you have a picture to remind me which one? With the surrounding area would be helpful.
GalacticMouse
Member
I think it all depends on your perspective, honestly. $40 seems fair to me based on the amount of puzzles in the game and how long it will take to complete (40 hours to "finish" the story but not solve all puzzles, by most accounts).
If you're looking for content density, like a fully-voiced 8-10 hour story, then this obviously isn't going to feel worth $40.
All-in-all, though...it was in development for what? 7 years? $40 seems reasonable considering the time poured into it and the resulting puzzles.
Totally worth it.
Can you get a screenshot of the one exactly? Just got done with those ones myself so I should be able to help you out.
On another note, in the
hedgerow maze, the second maze with no gates
Edit: I literally just figured it out. For anyone like me , a hint is to
look at the grass and the ground while in the maze
I got a couple of them done, but I hit one with a mechanic I had never seen before (
some sort of lines in the grid blocks
OnionPowder
Member
I've been so cautious as well. I fixed it, sorry everybody. I definitely deserved the above
thanks for the hints. I'm being really dense though because I don't understand why this doesn't work.
http://i.imgur.com/wSxhW84.png
the white block and black blocks are seperate with a pair of stars in each but the ones with the white block flash red
A Star
needs one partner of the same color. It can be anything with that color. Stars also don't trigger separation color warnings.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Urgh.
Now I'm stuck on a puzzle attached to an orange container with blue paint on it. I've done these type before but its been a while so I can't seem to complete it.
Now I'm stuck on a puzzle attached to an orange container with blue paint on it. I've done these type before but its been a while so I can't seem to complete it.
Wind's Howling
Member
68 panels in, working through the
area of the rocky section. Couple of nice eureka moments in there.
Nothing too crazy yet, but it's still quite early. Loving it.
dual lines
When the yellow line fades out completely and you solve the next few on pure instinct. I nearly leaped to my feet and cheered when I did the last one.
Nothing too crazy yet, but it's still quite early. Loving it.
A tip for those, not that one specifically but a general one:
you don't have to draw the line correctly in one go. You can walk across the unused floor and fill in a few and work backwards
You can touch the blocked panel with your feet, then walk around it to continue drawing.
Yeah, I did that last night too. It felt really good
Yeah that's the one I was thinking of
Thanks, I'll have another look then
and I'm out of this thread because tbf the spoiler situation is out of control lol. Tagging a spoiler without indicating the area or hinting in some way as to what the spoiler tags will contain isn't very helpful
and I'm seeing lots of untagged mechanics, and that huge image too. Shame.Anyway, hope you all enjoy the game!
Diprosalic
Banned
is it normal that
sun temple:
sun temple:
the laster points in the wrong direction?
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
I posted this yesterday with no response, but maybe now that people have played more I could get a tip haha. Question regarding a puzzle in the marsh / red swamp / whatever it is area:
I'm at the set of puzzles where you need to combine the yellow dots to make shapes. More specifically, the ones on green backgrounds where the shapes can fit into each other (A tile with 3x3 yellow dots with the centre one missing can fit with a tile with a single yellow dot).
I'm super stuck on a puzzle where one of the tiles has two columns of two yellow dots, separated by a gap. I've tried all kinds of what seems to be logical solutions, but nothing is working. I'm pretty sure I just don't understand the tile I described above. If I recall correctly the other tiles are a 3 yellow dot column, and a 3 yellow dot column, with two dots connected to the left side of the top dot. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks.
I'm super stuck on a puzzle where one of the tiles has two columns of two yellow dots, separated by a gap. I've tried all kinds of what seems to be logical solutions, but nothing is working. I'm pretty sure I just don't understand the tile I described above. If I recall correctly the other tiles are a 3 yellow dot column, and a 3 yellow dot column, with two dots connected to the left side of the top dot. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks.
Those are the monolith puzzles. You can find the shapes you need to locate on the black pillars spread throughout the world. The are very fun to find.
Sorry to post this again, but can anyone tell me if this puzzle is from the tutorial area for this mechanic? It's to do with the three pronged symbol. If it is, can you give me a hint as to how it's meant to work?
I'd like to know this too, there doesn't seem to be any easy explanation of what to do with that tri-point symbol, but I guess it's something pretty easy once you understand the mechanic like the coloured tetris like shapes.
Anyone had any luck finding unicode symbols for some of these shapes and icons too?
That symbol
needs one mistake in the puzzle to activate. The mistake may not be separated by the line
GlamFM
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RealityPales
Member
It's been a long time since I thought about a game even when I'm not playing it.
Bloodborne was the last one I can think of, but now I find myself thinking about The Witness at work...
Bloodborne was the last one I can think of, but now I find myself thinking about The Witness at work...
bigwinnerx
Member
91+4 and one completed area.
Just entered the quarry area after opening a couple doors.
Just entered the quarry area after opening a couple doors.
Spine_Ripper
Member
So I finished the first major puzzle(section? I got a trophy lol) and I was wondering if rumble feedback was something that is required later on in the game. I have it turned off so I don't want to miss something because of my settings lol.
Sorry to post this again, but can anyone tell me if this puzzle is from the tutorial area for this mechanic? It's to do with the three pronged symbol. If it is, can you give me a hint as to how it's meant to work?
That is the tutorial area.
Hint 1:
Just try each route to the finish and see which one works.
Hint 2:
See what happens if you miss the black dot.
Wind's Howling
Member
I do, I do.
I can see the shape of the starting point in the structure but it isnt getting me anywhere when I follow that exact same pattern. I know that is part of the solution, but the input I am giving is always false.