Lines and Dots - The Witness (Episode 1)

[@ouigaming8725]

I was randomly looking for a The Witness gameplay and then I saw this video which was released today. Nice timing, I enjoyed the video !

[@MauveButterfly]

Serendipitous timing. I'll do my best to have the next video out in a couple of days, but the weekend is looking busy. Next week for sure if not before then.

[@goodjon6220]

Oh man I am so hyped for this let's play. The witness is one of the all time greatest puzzle games and you are an amazing puzzle solver

[@MauveButterfly]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I had only heard of this game because someone else I follow played it; I had no idea it was such a big deal.

[@WiiAndii]

I can't believe I just subscribed to you a few days ago when I found your Rabi-Ribi LP from years ago, and now you're playing another one of my favorite games

[@MauveButterfly]

Oh god. Rabi-Ribi was rough. I love that game and have been replaying it recently in anticipation of its upcoming addition to Archipelago as a randomiser, but I struggle with the bullet hell bosses. That LP is full of skill issue.

[@WiiAndii]

@@MauveButterfly Yeah, it's certainly a tough one^^ I picked it up again after a while, wanna get good enough to beat the highest difficulty and get all the achievements, but it's gonna take a while... I hadn't heard about it being added to Archipelago though, that's kind of awesome

[@MauveButterfly]

@@WiiAndii To be clear, the Archipelago implementation is still in development. It is already playable though as an unsupported game, so it's pretty far along. No idea when it will be officially added. I think they want to add some more features/options before publishing it, and randomisers always have logic bugs to iron out.

[@WiiAndii]

There's something that I think is important to be aware of when playing this game, though the way you solved and understood the tree puzzles makes me feel like you may already be picking up on it faster than most. So I hope this won't spoil the experience too much, I think it's mostly just a small helpful thing to keep in mind: Occasionally, you might come across puzzles where you're convinced there's no way to solve them other than by pure guesswork, but that's almost never the case. Pretty much every puzzle in this game has a solution that can be deduced one way or another. Sometimes you'll need to go somewhere else first to gain the necessary understanding, other times you just need to take a closer look or think outside of the box a bit. The only possible exception are the tutorial puzzles, which do kind of rely on trial and error so you can figure out the rules.

[@Leylite]

Nice to see someone else taking up the challenge here. Overall I had a good experience playing through this game and taking in the sights, so I hope you get something out of it too. In hindsight, I can definitely see why this game was so influential.

[@MauveButterfly]

This is the guy! Anyone wanting another LP of this game from someone who is good at puzzles should check out Leylite's series.

[@Leylite]

I'll also take the opportunity to shout out @adiener / ThemsAllTook, who also did a good job playing through The Witness if you want yet another perspective on trying to figure out the same puzzles and systems. The nice thing about watching or re-watching an open-ended game like this is that people take different directions through it, so they arrive at places with different experiences behind them from the rest of the game.

[@MauveButterfly]

How did I not know that he also had a playthrough of this game? Thanks for the info. Two LPs to check out once I finish this playthrough.

[@Waumboll]

It's so funny to see someone play the witness, understand everything, but not separate all blacks and whites. Impossible. Clearly.

[@MauveButterfly]

I wonder if it will still be impossible next time I look at it. Sometimes you just need to step away and come back to a puzzle later.