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[justjim89]

I thought I was through the worst and most unfair pixel hunt bullshit of this game when I got past the

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reflections in the water under the desert temple,

but this

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tree shadow section

may be just as bad. I get the rules and I have one of the doors unlocked, but the branch of puzzles

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to the left of the split is absurd. I'm about 4 deep and finding the shadows the give you an approximate idea of what the puzzle answer is is just awful

.I'm still waiting on the game to make me feel smart or satisfied. So far most of my 5 hours or so has felt like a chore.

 

[Robiin]

Here you go.

Because I still do not understand a single clue.

I feel like a moron.

[spoilerhttp://s13.postimg.org/7kmkheb5j/image.jpg[/spoiler]

Step 1:

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left x2, down, left, up, left. Now you have taken care of one green.

Step 2:

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down, right, down x2, right x2, down, right, up x4

If this doesn't work I am sorry but I have misled you because that is how I remember solving it. I am at work right now so don't have acces to the solved panel.

 

[xxracerxx]

I got to the swampy area with the

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tetris

stuff and I'm stuck. This is making me feel incredibly dumb again.

Keep at it. I actually have cut out pieces of grid paper to rearrange for these.

 

[therealminime]

Completely opposite reactions to the exact same puzzle on the same page!

(For what it's worth, I'm in the middle. I got it and just moved on without really thinking about it.)

Interesting to see widely different reactions to the same things. I recommended what I thought was a very easy area to someone earlier, and he just had to straight up walk away after a few minutes.

More than anything for me it was the realization that there are even more things to pay attention to when thinking about puzzle solutions.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Guys, this game. This game!! There are sooooo many more secrets and mysteries than people realize. It truly is layers of an onion -

- Solving the puzzles.
- Piecing together the story.
- Finding the "collectible" puzzle panels.
(Spoiler for something most have discovered by now)

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- Finding all the drawn lines in the island itself.

- Finding the vaults that contain the hexagon papers for use in the

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theater.

...until this morning, I thought that was "it." And I thought that was MORE than enough mystery for any one game. But... it's puzzles all the way down. I genuinely believe, in my heart of hearts, that it will be over a month until everything has been solved.

This is a minor hint of the discovery IGN's reviewer Chloi made today - probably one of the people in the world farthest along in the game:

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You can spot differences in the island when you load an early game save and compare it to a late game one. Your puzzle-solving presence there is making changes, slowly over time, that are not immediately apparent.

There are (at least) two things on the island that are important that no one realizes are important yet, and at least one door that I think literally no one has opened

Can you elaborate on this ? (Final spoiler)

 

[skynidas]

I thought I was through the worst and most unfair pixel hunt bullshit of this game when I got past the

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reflections in the water under the desert temple,

but this

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tree shadow section

may be just as bad. I get the rules and I have one of the doors unlocked, but the branch of puzzles

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to the left of the split is absurd. I'm about 4 deep and finding the shadows the give you an approximate idea of what the puzzle answer is is just awful

.I'm still waiting on the game to make me feel smart or satisfied. So far most of my 5 hours or so has felt like a chore.

those 2

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(the perspective puzzles are the worst ones). the tetris bricks one are really good, the segregation puzzles are good, keep playing, you'll enjoy it and you'll feel smart

 

[hesido]

God dayum. I can't even solve the

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Go over black dots on the path sequence puzzle right after the beginning, the second from last where you have to options to start.

I can't solve the panel that requires rules from

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this go over black dots and go between contrasting square without going between non-contrasting ones

, although I swear I'm abiding by the rules taught?!! Maybe it expects me to solve the sequence that teaches the rule, if that's the case, it's lame, if not, I'm an idiot.

 

[The Lamp]

How do you even playtest a game like this? Sounds like a pain to design.

 

[D4Danger]

I thought I was through the worst and most unfair pixel hunt bullshit of this game when I got past the

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reflections in the water under the desert temple,

but this

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tree shadow section

may be just as bad. I get the rules and I have one of the doors unlocked, but the branch of puzzles

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to the left of the split is absurd. I'm about 4 deep and finding the shadows the give you an approximate idea of what the puzzle answer is is just awful

.I'm still waiting on the game to make me feel smart or satisfied. So far most of my 5 hours or so has felt like a chore.

yeah the game goes from easy to smart to wtf is this so quickly I don't feel like I'm learning how some of the puzzles actually work which is just making later parts more frustrating.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Step 1:

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left x2, down, left, up, left. Now you have taken care of one green.

Step 2:

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down, right, down x2, right x2, down, right, up x4

If this doesn't work I am sorry but I have misled you because that is how I remember solving it. I am at work right now so don't have acces to the solved panel.

Thanks but I can not even go left first on my puzzle.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

I thought I was through the worst and most unfair pixel hunt bullshit of this game when I got past the

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reflections in the water under the desert temple,

but this

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tree shadow section

may be just as bad. I get the rules and I have one of the doors unlocked, but the branch of puzzles

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to the left of the split is absurd. I'm about 4 deep and finding the shadows the give you an approximate idea of what the puzzle answer is is just awful

.I'm still waiting on the game to make me feel smart or satisfied. So far most of my 5 hours or so has felt like a chore.

Yeah anything based on perception is trash.I'd actually recommend ignoring it and explore the fun stuff instead.

 

[TheSlySoul]

I thought I was through the worst and most unfair pixel hunt bullshit of this game when I got past the

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reflections in the water under the desert temple,

but this

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tree shadow section

may be just as bad.

I will be vocal about it, I think it is the worst area in the game so far (beat

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9

areas I think?)

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If you are talking about the tree temple.

 

[Ostinatto]

Should i wait for a sale? or i should pay the 40$ now?

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Yeah I'm full of shit and still playing and found the swamp.

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How do you get the bridge to move? I solved the puzzle on it.

 

[Wozzer]

That feel after 200 puzzles solved you discover the '+' scoring people have been referring to, alongside their puzzle completion count.

 

[dan2026]

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Look to the right of where you started.

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The whole puzzle is shifted over two spaces from where the shadows are.

Thank you got it.

This game my brain. Fuck me.

 

[justjim89]

Yeah anything based on perception is trash.I'd actually recommend ignoring it and explore the fun stuff instead.

Like, I'm looking at the solution in one tab and I see absolutely nothing in the environment that suggests that to me. Where is the one fucking spot John Blow wants me to stand and look? This is just aggravating.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Keep at it. I actually have cut out pieces of grid paper to rearrange for these.

Glad I have a pad of graph paper, I'll do that. Thanks!

 

[Tankard]

Man, the environment puzzle with the blue lines in the desert is kicking my butt intensively, i need a break.

 

[rje]

Yeah I'm full of shit and still playing and found the swamp.

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How do you get the bridge to move? I solved the puzzle on it.

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think of how you solved the puzzle, are there any other ways you could have solved it?

 

[BraXzy]

Is there a way to up the sensitivity for a controller on the PC version? There's only mouse options in the in-game menu.

 

[Robiin]

Thanks but I can not even go left first on my puzzle.

Shit sorry I was looking at the starting position wrong. Let's see. Let me just finish work (10 min) and I will try to help you again... if anyone else can chime in in the meantime that would be great.

 

[czarship]

I'm playing on the PC and would love to create a new save file for my roommate so I can watch him experience the first hour of the game on his own. Will this mess up my save file? I'm not sure how the game handles discrete saves.

 

[xxracerxx]

And the Tetris puzzles. I really dont get them.

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I assume I got to the tutorial of them, where there is one tetris piece and a lot of dots. I dont get what I am supposed to do there.

That isn't the tutorial for that.

 

[Nibel]

I don't get the principle behind this, pls help

http://i.imgur.com/vR87NCI.jpg

Still stuck at this one, can someone just give me the solution? Dying out here

 

[Remembrance]

This is the first time it's created a new savefile after countless launches, so I'm just thinking I may have hit a branching path in the 'story' or messed up somewhere along the line and the game is helping me along in case I need to revert to the other save.

Blow said on Twitter that a separate save will be automatically made after every hundred or so puzzles.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Shit sorry I was looking at the starting position wrong. Let's see. Let me just finish work (10 min) and I will try to help you again... if anyone else can chime in in the meantime that would be great.

Kudos to you, my friend. I find it amazing that you simply understand the structure of it. I will definitely look through the upcoming solution and try to make any sense out of it.

It's weird. Some panels I find so easy and others are struggling with them, and now I am doing these and my mind is just going numb.

 

[Mindlog]

Keep at it. I actually have cut out pieces of grid paper to rearrange for these.

Those puzzles really made me wish it would be easy to move physical pieces in VR.
I really hope a VR specific version of Witness gets made with 'physical' puzzles.

 

[cyba89]

Like, I'm looking at the solution in one tab and I see absolutely nothing in the environment that suggests that to me. Where is the one fucking spot John Blow wants me to stand and look? This is just aggravating.

I don't know what exact puzzle this is

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but just look around what causes the shadow.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

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Look to the right of where you started.

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The whole puzzle is shifted over two spaces from where the shadows are.

Shouldnt it be like that then? Dont really get the last part

https://abload.de/img/unbenanntokuf2.jpg

 

[Goldrusher]

Just finished the Desert Ruin area.

I'd say that's a relatively easy one if you're having trouble in other areas.

 

[Incendiary]

I'm on the fence about whether or not I want to get this. I love puzzles, I love critical thinking and I enjoy a good brain teaser, especially if it's more than just move box A to point B. On the other hand, I like fun puzzle-solving, and I don't want to get this if it's a game that frustrates me and I just keep going to the Internet for solutions. I've kept myself purposefully in the dark as to what kind of puzzles this has - so for everyone that's playing it so far, does this do a good job of balancing rewards versus difficulty so that you don't immediately go for help if you get stuck?

 

[TheSlySoul]

That was was tricky, but here...
Edit: quoted post disappeared, but I was quoting justjim.

 

[Dinjooh]

Just finished the Desert Ruin area.

I'd say that's a relatively easy one if you're having trouble in other areas.

If you can understand how to start it I guess.

Don't want a hint, but that's what stumped me about that area so far.

 

[kAmui-]

Is there a way to up the sensitivity for a controller on the PC version? There's only mouse options in the in-game menu.

I'm pretty sure it adjust the sensitivity for controller when you adjust 2d or 3d sensitivity.

 

[diddykong13]

Absolutely loving this so far! So many moments that make you feel very clever... and so many that make you feel stupid - like this one: http://puu.sh/mM3De/23f1375977.jpg anyone got any tips for this? I managed to do the others leading up to it but this one has got me.

I know I'll kick myself when I find out.

 

[Belgian Dude]

Shouldnt it be like that then? Dont really get the last part

https://abload.de/img/unbenanntokuf2.jpg

That's almost but

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the 'transition' between the panel and board is two wide, so your bottom extends to the edge

That was was tricky, but here...
Edit: quoted post disappeared, but I was quoting a poster.

Yeah. The perspective stuff is really good - you just need to look beyond the panel. One of my favourites, but granted I didn't have a lot of trouble so I can see how it'd be annoying.

 

[skynidas]

who already beat the quarry?

 

[kinaesthete]

Just got to the first puzzle I've really been pissed off by, not due to difficulty but kind of shit tutorializing/consistency.

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hollow blue squares

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This puzzle ( http://i.imgur.com/DHARJi2.png ) implies that the blue squares could be used anywhere in any configuration and this one a couple panels later ( http://i.imgur.com/zjhjq3k.png ) suggests that the 2x2 block pattern matters, since every other tetris piece thing in this area has implied as such. Didn't take long to do after seeing if that wasn't the rule, but jeez I wasted like an hour on that.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Absolutely loving this so far! So many moments that make you feel very clever... and so many that make you feel stupid - like this one: http://puu.sh/mM3De/23f1375977.jpg anyone got any tips for this? I managed to do the others leading up to it but this one has got me.

I know I'll kick myself when I find out.

Wasnt this the one

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where you have to solve it from the other side?

 

[toythatkills]

Shouldnt it be like that then? Dont really get the last part

https://abload.de/img/unbenanntokuf2.jpg

Not quite, you go one tile left on the bottom where you should go two tiles left, so you need to adjust the rest of the solution with that in mind.

 

[Chris R]

More than anything for me it was the realization that there are even more things to pay attention to when thinking about puzzle solutions.

That's fine and everything, I was just letdown by the fact that

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I'll have to play the rest of the game with my sound on and way up, not listening to any other audio, just in case it comes back as a possible answer to a puzzle again

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

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think of how you solved the puzzle, are there any other ways you could have solved it?

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I solved the tutorial and yet these shapes don't make much sense to me. It constantly tells me the middle one isn't right when it is :/

Also howre you supposed to figure out to do that puzzle again differently to move the thing?! Gah!!

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Ooh I see the middle block is attached to one straight one on each end.

Again how do you know the blocks aren't supposed to be by themselves or attached!?

 

[diddykong13]

Wasnt this the one

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where you have to solve it from the other side?

Guess who's now kicking themselves? Haha thanks!

 

[Shrike Alvaron]

Shouldnt it be like that then? Dont really get the last part

https://abload.de/img/unbenanntokuf2.jpg

You're VERY close to the solution, you're just a tiny bit off! I don't like to give solutions, but keep trying!

 

[Papercuts]

If you can understand how to start it I guess.

Don't want a hint, but that's what stumped me about that area so far.

Yeah, I've done 4 areas and still don't even know where to begin on that.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

That's almost but

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the 'transition' between the panel and board is two wide, so your bottom extends to the edge

Not quite, you go one tile left on the bottom where you should go two tiles left, so you need to adjust the rest of the solution with that in mind.

Thanks. Got it.

 

[cyba89]

Just got to the first puzzle I've really been pissed off by, not due to difficulty but kind of shit tutorializing/consistency.

Spoilers for swamp and the

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hollow blue squares

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This puzzle ( http://i.imgur.com/DHARJi2.png ) implies that the blue squares could be used anywhere in any configuration

I don't see how this puzzle implies that. Those are just One-square pieces after all.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Shit sorry I was looking at the starting position wrong. Let's see. Let me just finish work (10 min) and I will try to help you again... if anyone else can chime in in the meantime that would be great.

Wait! I got it! Fuck yeah!

No idea what I did. Time to figure that out.

Thanks for the help btw.

EDIT: Pfffff... So easy yet also so easily overlooked. I was fixated on one thing that I completely forgot about the other option.

 

[Belgian Dude]

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I solved the tutorial and yet these shapes don't make much sense to me. It constantly tells me the middle one isn't right when it is :/

Also howre you supposed to figure out to do that puzzle again differently to move the thing?! Gah!!

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Look at the bridge and around: can you see that it matches the yellow blocks? You probably solved the bridge by putting the middle piece together with the left one - all you need to do is push the middle piece the other way.