Are you smart enough to beat this game?

[@Gaelic-Spirit]

This game was created to trick you into solving the kids' menu puzzle for the creator

[@redpepper74]

kid menu*

[@17Kenzie_]

Lmfao why is this comment so funny 😂

[@cntrol101]

@@redpepper74 k menu*

[@17Kenzie_]

guys could you please atleast use a propper grammar when correcting someone *it hurts my brain seeing all you guys correction*

[@Apollo007.]

@@17Kenzie_ *grammmmar prooppper

[@ninjadaer6183]

He never fails to make the most efficient shape in a game.

[@rysiii811]

and the game spoke back with the obelisk of knobbage at the very end, Im pretty sure (since the restrictions are very tights there, if you know what I mean) that was intentional design

[@Expai1000]

666 likes

[@Skylancer727]

The funniest one is the one that asks you for certain shapes will actively deny just having 3 twists till the middle is bigger than the other two.

[@ReverendTed]

They say one mark of a good parody is that it's actually a good version of the thing being parodied. The Looker is more clever than it has any right to be.

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

It's just The Witness but self-aware?

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

It's just The Witness but self-aware?

[@herrdoktornapy6835]

The whole point of this game was to do a bunch of random stuff just to draw a knob at the end. Wow 👏😮

[@vipcesh]

Rce approved

[@calebhann2335]

Its called the Looker for a reason

[@ericb3157]

somehow your comment reminded me of a VERY old game where you have to draw a picture of a door to get through a wall... "you are a genius! ...but a lousy artist." yes, the "door" looked badly lopsided!

[@sojufighter8451]

A+ game

[@stevetennispro]

A total dick move that! ;)

[@dynosaw4313]

"An architect designed that for the visual effect" -RCE truth speak

[@keeganblackburn8719]

Not true. An architect most likely designed an open floor plan patio garden on the top of the stairs, but the was told by the buzz kill engineer that “it’s not structurally secure enough to comply with the minimum required safety standards and that not incorporating a bannister railing along the sides of the stairway leading up, would constitute several OSHA violations.” To which, the architect, already bored of listening to them, while simultaneously designing their next grand masterpiece in their head, heard at best, only the last 3 words of, if any…. Architect: “Hmmm, maybe my next design will prominently feature flying buttresses or perhaps even fluted columnar architecture; sort of a Neo-Gothic style…. Huh, what was that you were just telling engineer… something about several OSHA violations?”

[@risser4555]

Ah yes I believe that, and having watched Matt for long enough I allow know that if an engineer had built it, it likely would've gone up and down with no exit for at least 8 times around the outside of the courtyard with no exit before finally allowing you to get to the second floor.

[@iarenubie78]

The one with the random shapes seems like you have to connect them in order of the number of vertices the shapes have, in ascending order

[@basv458]

i was thinking the number of corners

[@moistfeet3626]

@@basv458 a vertice is a corner but fancy name

[@cogwheel42]

vertices is plural for vertex

[@basv458]

@@moistfeet3626 ah, didnt know that. thank you for explaining :)

[@iarenubie78]

@@cogwheel42 Yo, real engineer spotted.

[@Zephyros500]

Walking into the broom cupboard to see an armour stand, after filling in a sign with colour like a child, only to greet the inanimate object with a "Yarite, mate?" Had me in absolute stitches, Matt. Take your like!!!!

[@LycanFerret]

9:12 Lower on the menu there's "Pulled Long Pork Wrap". This is a reference to cannibalism, as human meat is called long pork.

[@DarthZ01]

its served with a fave bean medley. hannibal lector in silence of the lambs states he loves human liver with a side of fave beans.

[@LycanFerret]

@@DarthZ01 I knew I recognized fave bean from somewhere. I wonder if there's more references on the menu.

[@Fay7666]

After the explanation, it made me think it's just think it's a euphemism for a condom.

[@bt7594]

@@Fay7666 layered references.

[@ReverendTed]

I was lowkey impressed at the children's menu that was careful to separate the S's and the E's.

[@redpepper74]

It really was impressive, no s’s in the entire kid menu besides the title where there weren’t any e’s

[@johanness3850]

So that's why all the items were singular instead of plural. Chicken tendie, chicken nuggie, and french fry.

[@xaviercrider4059]

@@redpepper74 Segregation at its finest.

[@HarryBalzak]

MMmmm tuna pizza...

[@jordananderson2728]

Matt: "This staircase was designed by an architect." Also Matt: *Fails to notice the bright red line extending down from the wall where the ribbon he could not follow doubled back down*

[@mysteryman7877]

When you said “free to play,” I downloaded the game and played it, then came back to watch. The payoff at the end was absolutely worth it.

[@spacy5896]

exactly what im doing right now XD

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

What convinced me was "i have A GUN now?!"

[@andyjohnson4907]

The left in a maze thing isn't designed, it will always work (unless the maze has another entrance). But, it's not about always turning left, it's about keeping your left hand on the wall on your left. So with a dead end, you just walk down and come back out (or skip that walk and turn right). I imagine it works with your right hand.

[@petertrudelljr]

Ever since Wizardry, I've done the left hand wall.... "Contra-Dextra Avenue" indeed... grrrrr

[@nic_enc_old]

It will work if you're looking for an exit, but if you're looking for something in the center, it won't work if there's a continuous path around the goal - just like in this case.

[@Extramrdo]

and for everything else, there's tremaux's algorithm. mikeburnfire did a great showcase of it, with c4.

[@nic_enc_old]

@@Extramrdo But as I understand it, Tremaux only works when you can mark, so it wouldn't work in settings such as most videogames, right?

[@WarmishTextbook]

Yep, works with either hand. I had quite some fun designing a maze with three-way splits that loops around if you use the left or right hand rule though!

[@Numfuddle]

This game is a two hour the witness shitpost and I truly recommend it. If you liked The Witness you’ll like this. If you hated the Witness you’ll love this

[@DarthZ01]

what if im ambivalent to the witness existing?

[@dopaminecloud]

@@DarthZ01 probably not for you

[@mrmoonstream7534]

Narator at the end: *makes poems* oh wait thats a giant co-

[@Leatherman154]

Architect: I design beautiful things. Engineer: I design practical things. Machinist: Without me, you're both little more then a good idea.

[@noyb7920]

Leatherworker: Good luck making tools without an apron!

[@AtomBomb420]

Rancher: Good Luck making aprons without leather!

[@jorisd6584]

@@AtomBomb420 Cow: Good luck making leather without me!

[@pompey333]

So at 9:10 I just realized after seeing that kids menu for like the sixth time that it has long pork on the menu. Long pork for people who do not know is a euphemism for human meat. Is this secretly a horror game?!

[@chaseywoot]

Did you not notice the fava bean medley that it came with?

[@HarryBalzak]

I am more disturbed by tuna pizza

[@Shalakor]

@@HarryBalzak I mean, putting tuna on things is like adding chicken, but sea themed. Or, at least, better than sardines.

[@ContourHalo]

Day 7 of asking RCE to play satisfactory

[@wolfyspace3368]

Day 1 of yes

[@Karcrab_mcshouty]

Yes

[@MerlinSAM]

Holly fuck YES YES YES

[@MerlinSAM]

Day 1 agreed

[@catalingaming136]

He played it but on stream

[@PhaTs00p]

The telescope pointed at the sun is what finally got me. Good work.

[@Ka_Doink]

RCE drawing the strongest shape everywhere while the Dev sneaks in the perfect shape at 14:44 😅

[@Aviertje]

The Ponytail on that one screen is a reference to the video game Braid from 2008, which was an earlier game by Jonathan Blow who also created the Witness. It was very well received and basically put indie games on the map as something viable and worth playing.

[@DrSquirrel_]

@9:12 I like how they have chocolate milk, diet chocolate milk, and chocolate milk zero for the kids to drink

[@ritahueston9475]

The “Ponytail” is a reference to the game “Braid”!

[@LHyoutube]

@RCE, fun fact is that you can get through any maze by keeping either your left hand or your right hand (and then not changing hands after you start!) on the wall at all times and then walking forwards. Or the equivalent strategy when completing a maze on screen rather than physically walking it. Obviously it's not the fastest method, and involves you following any dead-ends along the way, but it is always guaranteed to work in the end! 😀

[@jurgenkriebs9405]

Actually for a 2 d maze without trickery it allways works also in computergames. The only problem is when the maze has multiple layers or is not programmend in a realistic way

[@LHyoutube]

@@jurgenkriebs9405 - I did already say it also works in games ('on screen') 😀

[@pastelturbinado7762]

@@jurgenkriebs9405 If the end of the maze is on the middle it also doesn't work

[@RadeticDaniel]

@@pastelturbinado7762 yeah, but for the end to be in the middle or anywhere else other than the perimeter, it requires stairs, rope or ladders, and therefore stops being a 2D maze in the most boring of ways you can add an extra dimension to it XD

[@Shalakor]

@@RadeticDaniel The hedge maze in The Looker has a loop back to the entrance so that neither left hand or right method works to find the center area of the maze. If the solution to the maze isn't to find an exit, but to reach a point within, it's easy to build walls that don't connect to the entrance.

[@conorstewart2214]

Hedge mazes at every turn either left or right if you take that turn or if at a dead end you turn that direction too you will get through it, it is because if you drew a line throughout the whole perimeter of where you can walk, there should only be one continuous line from the left side of start back to the right side of start, this does only work if there is only one path to the end or centre, if islands are allowed then this method doesn’t work really maze won’t form a continuous line from start back to start as it will have breaks due to the islands.

[@Extramrdo]

He tried that, and the maze's solution is an island towards the back left. What you want in life is Tremaux's algorithm, and blocks of C4.

[@epicthief]

Just love Matt's content, RCE is a legend of being entertaining

[@tyronorxy5646]

11:08 It's pronounced the same way English people pronounce "snake". (Well almost. It's likely to be a joke on English pronunciation.) "é" is a Hungarian letter btw.

[@carl-marvin]

10:00 Always turning left in a labyrinth always works. It's math, and not something all labyrinth designers agreed upon ;)

[@SanyaJuutilainen]

There are exceptions where it can be not working - if you have loops in the maze, that is. In that case you'd have to be marking your exits.

[@GuagoFruit]

@@Varksterable you can start the left wall follower from any point in the maze. It works in all cases where all wall pieces are connected, ie no isolated islands of walls exist. This is because doing the left wall follower allows you to cover an entire connected section, therefore if a solution (exit) exists within that section you are guaranteed to find it.

[@carl-marvin]

Ah you're right of course. You need to mark the intersections in some cases.

[@n0t_normal583]

yes but only if all the interior walls are connected to the main exterior wall

[@jeffreyblack666]

@@GuagoFruit And that has the limitation that all walls are connected, which is always the case. As soon as there is an isolated section of wall, you can be trapped on that section, never leaving it.

[@hachi8284]

4:47 you had to move the knight first to threaten checkmate with the rook on the 7th rank and make the queen block, moving the other rook up first just gets it captured by the queen.

[@poorlydrawnstickman1660]

That cannon bit was super creative!

[@Drknow1984]

"Pulled Long Pork Wrap w/ Fava Bean Medley" Long pork being a name for human flesh, and fava bean medley being a direct ref to Hannibal lector.

[@Maddog3060]

All of that to have you draw a knob/bell-end. Bradley Lovell gets the Troll of the Year award. He had tough competition, but damn did he deliver.

[@Ulthuanelf]

Fun fact the "intended" trick with the puzzle at 6:10 isn't actually going around (which works for a ton of puzzles in this game), it's that the right side of the maze can just be drawn over cause the walls aren't black

[@YooBoiSpecF1]

You are concerningly good at drawing the strongest shape

[@f.f.s.d.o.a.7294]

Time in primary school well spent.

[@Emily.R.W]

10:00 - it’s basically referring to following one wall all the way. Like you read out with one hand and don’t stop touching it. Or alternatively hug the left wall until you reach a dead end, then hug the wall that was on your right when facing said dead end, then vice versa until you’re out.

[@Jallahz]

6:56 onwards really got me LMFAOOO

[@zeroburn315]

After watching DF play this and seeing the end, I KNEW RCE would enjoy it, lol.

[@lucasmaracaja9350]

So true

[@-Link-]

Factual

[@Redarmy1917]

Ponytail bit was a reference to Braid. The first game by Jonathan Blow, the maker of The Witness. It's really good.

[@briansedlacek1963]

The day RCE doesn't make the strongest shape, i'll be worried for him..

[@MonsterBatinator]

2:50 the first time I have ever seen him get scared! Lol should do more horror games, would be great 😁👍🏼

[@derekborders9647]

Always go left, or keep your hand on the left wall, or whatever is a classic maze technique that guarantees a solution (but not the best one) for mazes without loops. Even with loops it can work as long as the loop isn’t set up in a specific way that breaks this.

[@Fr3dJ0rd]

I actually loved playing The Witness. Although the puzzles are hard, the ambiance makes the game super calming.

[@Ulthuanelf]

It's an incredibly satisfying game to crack, but it's hard to argue it doesn't take itself a tad too seriously at times :P

[@dopaminecloud]

@@Ulthuanelf Every single game without meta humor takes itself 100% seriously. Why does the witness specifically get bashed for it if not because people are touchy about including links to real life perspectives in a game about perspective? I remember nier automata got the same criticisms for daring to reference existing philosophies in a game whos whole theme is exploring them. Some people just can't stand having that stuff in games no matter how fitting it may be, but that's not the game's fault.

[@ManJunk269]

I said it's the most efficient shape on DF's video. It got a ton of likes. Glad you played this. I knew you would love it.

[@jwalster9412]

2:29 I did not expect a horror game, that came out of nowhere .

[@TheMaziqueen]

Ponytail = Braid (A game) Snek activated when you connect s and e.

[@GenericBrand-TM]

Did anyone else notice that the Kids' menu offered pulled "long pork" sandwiches served with fava beans? The random "Silence of the Lambs" reference is pretty funny.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

And a nice Chianti

[@jordanbomb32]

4:00 "CHANGE PLACES"! Brilliant Futurama reference. Can't wait for more Futurama

[@ko_rubin]

Saw the game here and instantly had to try it out - finished it in 1 go and dont regret any second of it! Thank you for this experience and I hope to be able to find more lesser known games here :D

[@nickanderson8305]

The trick to hedge mazes is always have your left hand on the wall and follow it

[@Dadik2580]

That wouldn't work here, since the goal is the center of the maze. Going along one of the walls just leads you around and back to where you started.

[@nickanderson8305]

@@Dadik2580 for sure. I was simply addressing his statement to always turning left in a maze

The labyrinths with all the symbols needs you to go through the symbol following the order of angles they have from less to more. A circle has 0 angles, a triangle has 3, a square 4, so you need to go to the circle, then the triangle, then the square.

[@Billgoroe]

He left before the end, the final achievement is completed by sitting through the credits

[@tsorraught]

"Do I see two men touching tips?" made me laugh so hard that I almost fell out of my chair. That was unexpected.

[@Hoytash]

Id love a video masterclass on some equilibrium equations and truss analysis of the strongest shape, please and thank you from one engineer to another

[@PWALYM]

7:01 you such a great artist, you know that?? XD

[@Alexander-fq4fb]

10:00 If you always go left you will always find the den. You just need to turn left 2x when you got to an end.

[@casualuser8515]

I'd like to see you play Opus Magnum. It's a great assembly puzzle game with simple mechanics that build off each other and a hint of machine programming.

[@RadeticDaniel]

i'll second that although i'm scared for the shapes he would choose for his machines xD

[@catlooks]

the telescope sun effect was the coolest in the game 💀

[@aeqildonai]

At 4:30, if you do the move you wanted (rook to h8) first, the queen can just take the rook you moved and get out of the check that way. Moving the knight first forces the checkmate.

[@oQuindo1]

If you move the rook first you actually end up not forcing checkmate. It might still be a good/winnable position, but checkmate is always better.

[@magicstew45]

Yeah the rook can be taken out, hence no checkmate. Can't expect a civil engineer to see moves in advance tho 😂

[@Mylok_]

this ending is perfect, u wanted it all game, now you have it. Everybody's had to do it.

[@ericb3157]

"keep going left"... that works UNLESS the designer plans for it... it's kind of hard to explain, but part of it is to have the start or finish in the middle and the other at the edge, so the player would wind up back where he started.

[@shiny2575]

I loved the map so much. Its a simple game but the map really gave it character and brought it to life

[@anthonyakopyan]

When you walk into a maze and you keep turning left and then when there’s a dead end you back up and then you take the nearest left also works with right not just left

[@Numfuddle]

This is a completely original game with no references to any other game. Thank you very much

[@steair]

That was fun 🤣 You should definitely try The Talos Principle (and make a serie about it). There are some mind bendind puzzles (and storyline) in that game

[@vistabuntuu]

Absolutely!!

[@GlassOfVitto]

Actually, my strat to mazes is always face the front so you know your direction and search everywhere, for exits opposite to the entrance, if you feel like not moving closer, turn back

[@aldrea6506]

I watched DF play this as well and he just drew around every maze if possible lol.

[@jewels3846]

Lmao i have to catch up on DFs videos because ive been slacking but I am not surprised that is how it went 😂 i look forward to watching it after this now to see it myselg

[@Niyucuatro]

The ponytail thing is a parody of Braid, a previous game by the guy who made the witness (and a far less annoying one).

[@Enzi_Meteori_902]

11:59 damn you right hand 12:07 WHOOO 13:30 WOP 14:35 a globy thing 14:41 OWW AHSHSHHWHWHW WHY DID I SAY THAT 15:42 THE OBELISK OF KNOWBEDGE

[@Helicard]

The hedge maze tells you the order to finish the last puzzle

[@captaindelta43]

What a game . It has bloody Architects written all over it. Still Rce finds the strongest shape in the game

[@haraberu]

13:14 The "Ponytail" poster resembles the title screen of "Braid", another game by the same author as "The Witness".

[@AxelAlarcon]

7:02 masterpiece, pure art, it’s beautiful 🥲

[@jeffreysdavis]

It's not always go left...it's keep your hand constantly on either the left or right wall (must choose one) and you will eventually find your way out

[@roddurde5462]

Meanwhile Architecture engineers after seeing thumbnail

[@fravain4863]

If you are in a maze, at the beginning put your right hand on the right wall/bush and walk without releasing your right hand from the right wall. You will always get to the end (taking time) but it's easy and it's proven.

[@hughjanus6209]

10:10 pretty sure the order is the number of vertices on the shapes in ascending order :)

[@251TheMechanizedSingfantry]

Worked for me

[@geogalvanic]

As someone who uses a total station, I was not expecting it to show up in an RCE vid, although it looks more like an auto level tbh

[@mauer1]

in many mazes its always just, hug a wall and you simply reach every point of the maze including the exit

[@johnc8209]

As a surveyor it caught me off guard when you called out the total station haha

[@redhotpeppers348]

the final puzzle is ordered by the number of corners on the shape ascending

[@bobgade6733]

At 6:45 all I could think was "imposter!"

[@cleyfaye]

Nice of you to not have spoiled the deep lore of that game. It really is something one have to experience by themselve :D

[@furbyfubar]

At 14:50 the solution was to enter the symbols in the same order you did for the final book puzzle in the chapel in the hedge maze. So you didn't have to brute force it.

[@viktorbobergsundstrom6487]

So with mazes it's actually not something that they design. It's literally just logic. By following one wall, left or right, you will eventually find the exit. It wouldn't do well if it's timed but it's a sure way to find your way out.

[@Future_NPC]

More games like this, really enjoyed this video.

[@Jackilichous]

For the second final puzzle you can figure out the order by understanding the maze puzzles.

[@phillbanks4103]

Nice vid as always RCE, for any maze touch your left side wall and start walking eventually you will reach the exit

[@lxjoe96]

*yo'ure

[@phillbanks4103]

@@lxjoe96 No mate you’re means you are and I wasn’t saying you are, I was saying your left same as what’s your name it’s only punctuated when it’s you are (you’re) but c+ for trying

[@lxjoe96]

@@phillbanks4103 It was a joke pal

[@stellato6770]

Unless the maze is segmented.

[@kennyholmes5196]

RCE: Dunks on architects for not thinking about problem-solving. Also RCE: *draws a lot of dongs on the puzzles even though it doesn't do anything.*

[@jebadia4518]

so did anyone else take notice of the kids menu? specifically the chocolate milk zero which is horrifying to think of, but also "pulled long pork wrap"? long pork is used to mean " human flesh"

[@tyelerhiggins300]

I have a similar mindset about hedge mazes, but I use right turns instead.

[@ThainaYu]

It's not about hedge maze. Every solvable maze in general can be solved if you just go along one side of wall faithfully

[@kif1983]

Yes, I have already beaten it, and I did think it would be fun if you played it given the last puzzle.

[@colinflanagan2261]

This reminds me of superliminal. I’m going to guess same creators?

[@grimreaper9549]

7:03 The game when mom walks in

[@fissionprime4]

Oh god that sequence at 12:40 is a reference to that police training arcade game isn't it.

[@Goldfish_Vender]

I've never been a huge fan of the edited out dialogue in your playthroughs. There were some really funny bits you may have edited out that I think could have added to the video.

[@Stealth_Robot]

9:31 "just a rock that way" But that rock was the strongest shape!

[@danielhebard1865]

Did nobody else notice that in the kids' menu, "pulled long pork" (long pork is what some island cannibals called human flesh) was one of the dishes offered? 😂

[@eskilcarlsen]

Me watching to 10:20 😊😊😊 Real Civil Emgineer saying "So if we draw the Slipknot S... Kind off" 😊 🙁 🤔 wait a minut did he say (Inhales) SLIPKNOT 🤩🤘🤘 BTW stoked for the New album launching 30th September, CAN'T WAIT 🤩🤘🤘

[@quintenrigterink638]

9:44 if you always keep left and follow the hedge you will always solve the maze

[@jeffreyblack666]

Only if the aim is to get to the other side. If instead it is to get to the centre, you wont.

[@singem7886]

Its a shame that the edits cut out most of the diolouge of the game, thats half the fun of playing/watching it.

[@Alphaghosty]

Hey rce and paddy if a difficult survival game is what you need I highly recommend frostpunk