![]() They're grids, seldom larger than six by six squares. "It's this one," I wrote in my e-mail to Blow, "which seems so simple, and yet." I attached a photo.Ī lot of puzzles in The Witness look like that. You know in the back of your mind that it isn't, and you're just a failure. It's the thing you do when you've tried everything else and are considering, hubristically, that maybe the problem is with the game. I view this sort of thing-e-mailing a game developer questions about his difficult game-as a last resort. ![]() I'm wondering if you can tell me if I should be able to solve it or if it is dependent on me doing something else in the game first." "One puzzle, though, is really vexing me," I continued, "I'm not sure if I should be able to solve it yet. I needed him to know that I hadn't buckled early. "I've solved a LOT of puzzles." I listed my accomplishments in the game so far. "I've been playing for much of the day and am having a good time," I wrote. I feared that Blow's magnificent new puzzle game had deadended my ability to reach a solution. I just can't think of a way to enclose this shape in the middle with the others.While playing The Witness for this review, I wrote an email to its lead creator, Jonathan Blow. You can't "circle" blocks though, at least not that I know of, so how do you encluse a shape that isn't on the edges?Īlso, I tried this thing from every angle before - it's an old screenshot but I don't have a reason to retake it seeing as I haven't gotten past this. The tile showing the 2x2 tiles does not need to have the 2x2 block on it, the 2x2 block just has to be part of the encompassed shape.Īs long as the two types of tetris blocks are touching, you can move and combine them in any way you want and encompess both in one big combined shape, just remember the entire shape has to encompass the tiles that show the pieces. Now say in the middle there is a 3 length (Horizontal) tile and a 2x2 tile. You don't need to have one big singular shape. If you have two tiles showing 2x2 blocks in the bottom left and right of a 5x5 grid, then you encompass both corners with 2x2 blocks. Originally posted by Pckables:They don't HAVE to be enclosed in a singular space, the pieces just have to be enclosed inside a space along with the tiles that show that tetris piece.įor example, if you have a tile showing a 2x2 block in the bottom left of a 5x5 grid, you have to enclose a 2x2 block in the bottom left because it needs to encompass the related tile. I guess what you're saying is that I don't try to make individual shapes out of these but combine them into one shape and enclose them all in it?Īlso, I did spend a lot of time trying to figure these out but after 3 hours all I got for my trouble was a headache. I do understand what the tilted pieces are for now though which is good to know because I had no idea how I was supposed to deal with that otherwise. I still don't really understand, I'm having a hard time picturing this in my head. That opens up a lot of possibilities especially in combination with other pieces, so you'll have to think. ![]() Third, the tilted icon means it can be rotated. They can't overlap though, and it only counts if the icons are actually inside your shape. Secondly, you can combine several of them, and the respective icon doesn't need to be at the place where it could fit, as long as the sum of the spaces and their shape fits like they would be puzzled together. Originally posted by Piorn:Part of the fun imo is figuring out how the puzzles work, not the solution, bu here I go.įirst, it doesn't matter where the icon in the shape is, it can be on the right or the left or anywhere, as long as the shape is completely closed, which is important!
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