Perspective easter eggs in The Witness

[@olucaspc]

The "IM SURE IT MEANS SOMETHING" Witness

[@space9537]

It is probably Greek or Roman mythology.

[@mrdaft3272]

@@space9537 it is. it is the story of icarus. though, judging by the feet, it is one of the levels of angels called cherubs (not the ones for valentines day)

[@Bluesine_R]

The actual term for it is "Pareidolia".

[@error.418]

@@Bluesine_R It would be if these were perceptions within random objects/patterns. But they're not, they're intentional.

[@yy3hh]

@@error.418 it is still pareidolia. even if some branches are intentionally posed to make the shape of a dove, there is no dove. you're still seeing a pattern in a somewhat ambiguous visual pattern.

[@jasonmartin357]

THIS is the reason why I absolutely fell in love with this game. It plays so much off of the idea that all it takes is a new way of looking at something to see something beautiful.

[@ColinTheShark]

I really enjoyed your calmness in this video. It's not the typical hysterical "Hey guys, what's up"-screaming :)

[@jakedogz]

I'd hazard Dutch

[@MasDouc]

Yeah me too, 99% of all other KZbinrs should take note

[@CaptainWobbs]

And guys, guess what secret this tree has?! It has FACES! Remember to like and subscribe if you have a face too!

[@PirateAdmiral-bx6sx]

There is one place The Bamboo Forest That's has a Creepy Vibe

[@BEEFTEEF4]

HEY GUYS WHATS UP RING THE BELL AND SMASHHHHH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON!111!!! *kill me*

[@dyray732]

Wow, I hadn't realized how much more detail has been but into this game.

[@mommypradhan3043]

NM

[@DeathnoteBB]

It’s wild, for how deep the damn environment is, the point of most of the game is to stare at virtual screens.... I would pay just to wander a fictional art garden.

[@AlexanderWilithinIII]

How much work must have gone into that face tree. My god.

[@GaminGuy_]

In the monestary, drawn in the windows, you can see a man running towards a chalice, if you face the direction the man is running in, you will see the peninsula where you can find the man with the chalice shadow

[@kltbird182]

Loved this game when I played through it (despite it almost driving me mad), but it’s so nice to see how much detail the creators put in even past what I noticed! Thank you for highlighting it :)

[@djjdchampion1]

Incredibly artistic, must of taken them aaaaages to put all this in the game. ore than half of it I never found but its just an extra level of depth in the game, maybe subconsciously I picked some of this up as I played.

[@menderbug]

Another one: go to the shipwreck, where the secret door is. Walk up the stairs on that side of the bridge and look into the water. The shadow of that piece of metal there looks suspiciously like the Grim Reaper.

[@GaminGuy_]

menderbug can you please give some more detail, i cant seem to find it

[@xbenci]

thanks menderbug, watch out, there's people out there looking to kill you to complete their journal

[@bruteboi73]

theres also a rock formation that looks like a person beneath the water inside the secret door area

[@paja13]

this game is funking unbelievable !!! awesome details everywhere... :)

[@SephDark18]

I played through this game once, and I was stunned by all the detail put into all the puzzles and environment. I’ve always wanted to play through the game again and this video makes me want to explore the world once more- I didn’t encounter any of these hidden eggs while playing the game, and I want to see them for myself.

[@JuanManuel-ly2no]

this game is the perfect example to the games are art

[@herlysqr1650]

In fact, look good or have references to art works don't make it art.

[@manaulhoque6507]

@@herlysqr1650 u saying its not art doesn't mean its not art

[@herlysqr1650]

@@manaulhoque6507 in the same way you saying is art, doesn't mean is art.

[@eduardodestri7058]

@@herlysqr1650 when a person talks to you like Jonathan blow talked to us in the witness, its art and youre wrong

[@herlysqr1650]

@@eduardodestri7058 What do you mean with "like he talked to us"? because a important thing in art is communicate something to us, there is no need a special way to talk us to be art.

[@jixaw9383]

My life goal is to make a game that essentially revolves around finding Easter eggs like these

[@jixaw9383]

Oh hey it’s me. This video came up in my feed again. In the 5 years since this comment I completed my degree in game programming. This is still 100% a dream game of mine, I think about it all the time tbh. But pulling this game off is 1000 times more difficult now that I know what goes into game design lmfao. If this video pops up again I’ll send another update lol

[@phantomflame0658]

@@jixaw9383 For real, at first when you see something like this you think "yeah, I can do that" then you realise how much work and creativity is put in and the sheer scope and size of the world, and that's not even counting the main gameplay itself which is a whole other tier of crazy to make it engaging and unique, and then it has to tie back in to the world. So the puzzles are built around the world which is built around the puzzles which is built around the world which is..... a whole lot of work lol

[@davidecheverri5764]

@@jixaw9383 good luck with that!

[@RuthwikRao]

2:10 mind = blown.

[@elemento188]

Jonathan = blow

[@hartree.y]

No waaaaay. I've been to that place so often!

[@spencerbodzioch7938]

Yeah, I looked out from this point many times and never saw it. So cool. I picked up on the tortoise and a few others on my playthrough. There's a small bunny painted in the garden early on, just a tiny detail I saw

[@PirateAdmiral-bx6sx]

I drop my Phone when I say this

[@phantomflame0658]

So cool. And the beams kind of look like angel wings too when they're all completed.

[@brewerfr9515]

If you count the split light the praying woman actually looks more like an Angel

[@sirambutanmerah]

wow 🤯

[@ZizZap4]

In the apple orchard, in the area with the cut-up apple that was missing from the last puzzle, there's a drawing of a heart. Along with this, nearby walls, including the one where the heart is held up, are covered in tree roots or creepers, almost like veins.

[@derekdube3096]

My favorite game just got exponentially more incredible. Thank you so much for this beautiful video!

[@Ringcaat]

Wow! I played the whole game and didn't see a single one of these. Even the ones you said pretty much everybody came across. I had no idea. Very impressive!

[@omegacygnus]

I knew there was something up with that tree! Wow, it's amazing how many faces they hid in that thing! I looked at it for so long and never found them.

[@kamotoo]

3:59 was so creepy to me as I thought someone was sitting there. Really cool video! Thanks a lot!

[@ze_rubenator]

On the white bbix around the temple laser, there's a figure highlighted by sunlight shining through the trees. If you look at the reflection in the water, it looks like he's drowning.

[@Knyckoh]

The eyes one in the quarry is better seen from the catwalk above. It really spooked me the first time I saw it, I never knew what those branches up there were for before then

[@obidobi2]

At the monastery. The pillar show a ship on left side. The girls with flutes might be sirens? On the right side if you look in the water the reflection showing a drowning man. So it might be a story of sirens drowning sailors.

[@rexmundi9691]

+Thomas Åhlén That's a fantastic theory! I like it.

[@Maldito011316]

+Thomas Åhlén Oooooh! I missed the reflection!

[@obidobi2]

I looked for sirens in the greek mythology and it says: "The SIRENS, they say, had maidens features, but from the thighs down they had the forms of birds. One of them played the lyre, another sang, and another played the flute. By these means, and by clever, knavish, and deceitful words, they persuaded passing mariners to linger, thus causing their destruction. That is why the island where they lived was full of the bones of those who had perished. The SIRENS are thought to be three" That would fit perfectly! Btw thanks for this video some of your discoveries I had missed myself :)

[@rexmundi9691]

+Thomas Åhlén Yes, I googled as well and saw that your idea fit perfectly. But now you pasted this, I think there is another Siren somewhere. One on the rocks at the mirror island, one on the pillar in the monastery and one somewhere still hidden, maybe...

[@DrYannfromfrance]

+Thomas Åhlén Each side of the Zen Monastery tells a story: north of the entrance the girl that became something else than human and doesn't care about people drawning. west of the entrance (curtain open) you can notice a guy trying to reach the Grail but failing due to the bridge being broken east of the entrance (from the outside) you can notice how a live tree is being destroyed and the south of the entrance shows... the Island. So you have : the girl by the vase cabin, the guy with the Grail, the dead tree with the faces and the girl/island/reflection in the water you can see by the tree house . One last clue/information: there are 4 voices on the Island. And I gave too much already.

[@SmolSir]

This game just changed the way I see the world :) it truly underlines how different some things are if you just live slower...

[@iamghostorami]

This is magic. This game is absolutely perfect. This is the end. Never in my life will I witness something more beautiful than this. Any player that sees any of these will have the best moment in gaming history. Because of a tree. A buble in a stream. And a dream.

[@zilzila]

Try Outer wilds

[@iamghostorami]

@@zilzila Brave of you to reply to a 1 year old comment. I do not, in fact, know anything about outer wilds but wanted for a long time

[@addi7812]

I've never heard of this game and have no idea why this got suggested to me, but i loved this video. Thank you

[@galgirion3036]

Most of the time, people asking for "likes" at the end of their video annoy me a lot... But this time, I really think you deserve it. Given. :)

[@rexmundi9691]

+Galgirion Much appreciated :) thank you.

[@lastburning]

You can actually see these perspective "puzzles" on the screens at the end of the game.

[@MasDouc]

This is what a masterpiece looks like.

[@ChestersonJack]

Thanks for showing the Monastery ones! I knew there was something there but in the play through I watched, the guy never noticed them so I never got to see them in full.

[@confusedlemon2986]

If enough people add what they found in the comments, will you make a second video to this?

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

Stumbled over this video... I think it is time to replay this awesome game again. :)

[@theZombieSniper15]

This game deserves an award

[@mrbunnyhop]

I played through this entire game without catching any of these I just went from puzzle to puzzle xD great finds was really cool seeing all these

[@Rixxalight]

this game is well designed it literally blows my mind

[@clubkitten]

Holy crap! I did not see that in the monastery!

[@KazLordOfLightWarriors]

A nice way to give the illusion of life where there is none

[@TankorSmash]

This was awesome, thanks for putting it together!

[@ekathe85]

You should take notes of all of these perspective stuff and make one long video, museum guide style. The game is a work of art after all, it deserves no less

[@Cameo221]

I literally found none in my playthrough, lol

[@Visuwyg]

These must have been an absolute nightmare to implement!

[@Accolade1901]

Finding these are the only thing that kept me going in The Witness.

[@fruziethen]

Thank you so much for pointing out these Easter eggs! Hadn’t noticed even one of them - only found the little dog 😊

[@Green24152]

The best perspective easter egg is when they look like paths you put on panels. Wait a second.

[@SwagRavi]

I love all of the small details they put into the game

[@menchTV]

Thanks for sharing these with us Richi, love your excitement about them. :D

[@DANOVERBOARDvlogs]

Some REAL artists build this world.

[@Link75300]

This is art. The witness is so different and strange.

[@Scull]

one of the most beautiful games out there and also the best puzzle game ever - I hope there will be more games similar to this one

[@ZizZap4]

Taiji just came out recently and it's a Witness-inspired puzzle game with the Johnathn Blow seal of approval.

[@Scull]

@@ZizZap4 nice gonna take a closer look into that game

[@AninoNiKugi]

After playing this game, you'll be paranoid and try to see something from anything XD every circle also triggers you LOL

[@error.418]

That's literally the ending video to the game...

[@slartibartlast968]

Hullo Rex Mundi. There's a nice one on the Shipwreck. There is a piece of twisted metal sticking out of the water on deck, near the hard puzzle door. If you look at the shadow it looks like either the Grim Reaper, or a medieval priest holding an incense holder, and also a sword.

[@BizzyDitchAZ88]

Witness is amazing! Needs more than one run through!

[@baldychris2006]

Plenty here that I hadn't encountered previously, thanks.

[@zionbrock]

I found one that wasn’t mentioned! The white piller base that the monastery laser sits on has some foliage on one side. I could tell that the foliage framed something in the white image but I couldn’t figure out what it was until I came to this post. Someone in the comments was referencing how the other images probably had something to do with Homer’s Odyssey, and the story of the sirens singing, causing the sailors to drown. With that in mind, I finally discovered what it is that’s being framed in the foliage. It’s a large ship at sea! It works perfectly with the story! 🌊

[@derangedberger]

Jonathan Blow is an extraterrestrial, no human could create The Witness

[@error.418]

It was a team, also he's kind of an asshole, but the work that came out of their collaboration is fantastic

[@grakowskyj]

this makes me want to play the witness again, with a completely new perspective.

[@DragonPanda4]

I didnt see ANY of these, my mind is absolutely blown away

[@LawlFrank]

Thanks dude, this was awesome!

[@joseluispcr]

In the entrance of the. 2 lines puzzle the solution you put in the door is the basis of the shape of the vase that raises up. You can evan change it. The pilar where you found the angels also have in one side the shape of a ship and in the oposite side one person tryng to get the other on the water

[@action-nerd]

Fantastic, thank you. Two play throughs and I've seen a few of those 😅

[@Robot_Rebel]

I kept saying "Woah" at everything in this video. I do love The Witness, but it has taught me not to trust circles.

[@bryceowen]

I saw a few of these, but had no idea there were so many I missed! :D

[@rachel8216]

Thank you! You definitely found some I hadn't yet!

[@CaptainWobbs]

Neat. I’ve never heard of The Witness before, but neat.

[@SantosAZ00]

Just saw one today: in the stone wall at the left of the windmill door, the roots form a human shaped pattern. (You know that there is a little outdoor worksite near with some papers comparing tree growth and human veins patterns and all that). Found it a little creppy at first sight.

[@bruteboi73]

if you go on the wrecked ship and complete the bunker inside, if you look in the water you can see a rock formation of what looks like a drowned person

[@sansthecomic590]

I wish that there was a version where they just removed it all so it was a walking sim because the world is so beautiful and well crafted

[@FloydTheWolf]

Just at the left of the windmill's entrance door, there are twisted branches on the wall that kind of look like a human silhouette as well. :)

[@chillisthx]

This is crazy, amazing, and terrifying !

[@bodoplays9366]

Don’t know what this game is but this video is the definition of chill vibes

[@aiqtidar]

The stick insects was a nice catch, I would've never seen that in a million years. Did you find it yourself or look it up somewhere?

[@Dry_Bones_Stan_]

i didn't notice any of these, I adore when games do this type of thing though

[@landoncooper8913]

lol when you’re riding in the boat and you go around the shipwreck you can see a male private part made from 2 windows and a hanging rope😂 it looks like: °U°

[@Mart-E12]

Omg I was always looking at the tree wondering why it is there. Never noticed any faces

[@Kavukamari]

me after staring at a tree for an hour or a guy reaching for a goblet: WHAT DOES IT MEAN

[@alexma1]

Goddamn! Once I thought I have finished, just figured out I've only see half of the game!

[@BluDrgn426]

wow! this entire island is an art gallery!!!

[@valerieleplouhinec5480]

There's also a crocodile in the marshes !

[@ayh4968]

Great video I can't believe I missed some of these

[@NetoSutam]

woah this is giving me goosebumps, so cool!

[@SmolSir]

This is just insane how much the authors managed to put together in such small world. Btw I managed to complete 100% regular puzzles, it is hard as fuck itself and yet you can go for about another 200 or 300 hidden obelisk puzzles.

[@Paguo]

This game let me paranoid. Every little thing I stopped to think about some meaning

[@babbisp1]

3:40 hall of the mountain *king* (music box puzzle)

[@shinymimikyu169]

*white car starts driving from the top corner of the video*

[@jimw6659]

Great work. Thank you!

[@Galgorithm]

Your commentary is adorable

[@nitras.design]

I respect the body of work in this game. However I appreciate these easter eggs better than the game itself.

[@michaelnelson2976]

Adorable and excellent!

[@elliottbrock5105]

How did you get up to that high spot at the end

[@wheedler]

What a beautiful game.

[@pheo4156]

Im sure this is how ghosts see the world

[@dziarsky]

Last scene from above - Where you are and how to get there? :)

[@Wolfzoon]

Four years late, but Start a new save. Do the first two puzzles, then use the sun.

[@Zegger]

I'm surprised I've never noticed any of these.

[@justMe635033]

I don`t know if it`s a thing or I just paranoied, but at the "Lake" area if you will stay on the left side on top of little waterfall (in the middle of the lake) and look under hair of statue-girl (she holds square lantern) you can see a FACE half-hidden in water lilys

[@JCWolf2X]

I knew the big tree was something but I never saw what it was meant to be

[@aliahsanalturahi6361]

3:25 well..the tree is dark and has a orange leafs If you didn't notice the leafs are fire and the dark wood is burnt wood and this guy is making fire.

[@error.418]

He literally says he's a firemaker...

[@konsul2006]

Can believe how cheap I got this game. So worth it!

[@rcookie5128]

there are some cloud-pictures hidden too if I remember correctly.

[@freakfire74]

Awesome video. Thanks!

[@orangemonks894]

3:48 woah I saw the branches but never noticed the eyes