I tried playing a different color puzzle game "The Witness" to explore beautiful uninhabited islands while solving esoteric puzzles

Puzzle action "BraidIn manyEarn awardThen, Mr. Jonathan Blow, a game developer who became famous became famous, and it took 7 years to build up the puzzle game "The Witness"is. The Witness is a content that will unravel the mystery hidden in the uninhabited island by solving an esoteric puzzle, and as many as 650 puzzle games appear, each one of them will fulfill and it will be a perfect score, so it will be crispy I tried.

The Witness
http://the-witness.net/

Steam: The Witness
http://store.steampowered.com/app/210970/

◆ Download from Steam
The Witness is a release only from Steam at the time of writing the article in Japan. Open the above URL and the product page of The Witness opens.


Scroll down the page and select "Add to Cart".


Click "Buy for yourself". The The Witness is 3980 yen including tax.


To purchase you need to sign in to Steam. Enter "Steam account name" "password" from the top and click "sign in".


Since I purchase with a credit card, enter "security code" and check "Steam Terms of Service" and click "Purchase".


When the purchase procedure is completed, the following screen should be displayed.


Next, open the Steam client on PC and check "library". Since "The Witness" you purchased has been added, click "Install".


Uncheck "Create shortcut on desktop" and click "Next".


Click "Finish" when the following screen appears.


When the installation is over, click "Play" and the game starts.


◆ Gameplay
The Witness has no opening and starts from a place like a tunnel.


Move it by pressing "Up" "Right" "Down" "Left" on the keyboard.


Move the viewpoint by moving the mouse.


Left click as the yellow panel comes out as you go the tunnel to the far end.


This panel is a puzzle, click on the big circle on the left and move the mouse to the right and to the right.


Move to the far right and left click again.


This opened the door, but I still do not know well what kind of rule the puzzle is. There is nothing like voice guidance, only reliable ones that are visible.


As I went through a place like a dark cave, I could see the yellow panel again in the back left.


This time the puzzle is straight, not straight. Click on the bottom right starting point and move it to the end point ......


The door opened again. There is another door behind the door and it seems that you can get out there.


It appeared like a ruin where beautiful blue sky spreads. This is an uninhabited island which is the stage of The Witness.


When he was saying "Where is this uninhabited island," he found a yellow panel ahead.


This puzzle is slightly more complicated than the previous one. The red frame at the bottom left is the start point and the top right is the end point.


Properly proceeding, it turns out that the part that passed once can not pass. In other words, the The Witness puzzle must be connected from the start point to the end point with a single stroke without going through the same place. This is the rule that becomes the base of the puzzle.


Even if it is a little complicated, it is easy so far. I was able to solve it immediately.


When solving the puzzle, the lower left cable lights up.


The cable extends down ... ...


It seems to be connected somewhere. I will follow the cable and go looking for something ahead.


It was again a puzzle at the end of the cable.


The starting point (square) is in the middle of the puzzle, and the end point (rounded square) is on the upper side of this puzzle. Feelings I saw, it seems that puzzles are getting complicated, but ... ...


Clear it without getting too lost. Once cleared, the cable on the left side turned on.


As I follow the cable, I am in the building.


What I found in the building is a more complicated puzzle.


Looking at the following movies, you should generally know how to solve puzzles.

Challenge a simple puzzle game "TheWitness" - YouTube


The difficulty is not high so far because it is early stage, and it was solved a little thinking. When solving the puzzle, the cable on the right side glowed ......


As you follow, it is connected to the white net.


This puzzle is covered with two black parts and I can not challenge yet. You can see that the cable is extending from the black panel.


It seems that the two cables are connected to different places.


I noticed walking here, but the main character to judge from the shadow is a man. Since I started without giving any information, it really is full of mysteries.


A black cable passes through the courtyard ......


It was connected to the puzzle again. There is one starting point at the lower left (square) this time and there are two end points (rounded square) on the right side. Different cables were stretched from the two end points.


Because the cable on the bottom is connected to the black cover of the puzzle we found earlier, we aim at the end point of the lower right and solve the puzzle.


When I solved the puzzle and went back, there was a black cover off one. The rest is one.


The next puzzle has two starting points (squares) in the lower left and the lower right. You can start from either starting point, but it is only one of them that you can reach the end point (rounded square). Although I worried a bit about this ... ...


I could clear it as soon as I tried various routes by moving the mouse.


The puzzle next to the door is now released. It is a different form of puzzle, but from the top starting point to the bottom end point ......


Clear with this feeling.


With this, the white net grid disappeared.


As I walked down the street, I encountered a parting road.


Going to the right, I found a rocky place.


Looking down from the rocky place, there is a beautiful lake. While watching the beautiful scenery, relax the brain that was rotating full with puzzles.


When I came back the way I found a door on my left.


Although puzzles are appearing again, the difficulty level of the next puzzle is rising at once. There are three starting points (squares) and ending points (rounded rectangles), and black and white patterns are scattered and I do not really understand what is somewhat, but no explanation at all.


Although trying several times ......


I do not know the meaning and I give up.


I decided this place was not yet to come and decided to move to a different place. I am sorry, but it can not be helped.


As you go backwards, there are nine like panels lined up.


When approaching, the puzzle was displayed on the far left.


There are white and black marks in the puzzle that correspond to the puzzles I could not solve before. However, the left starting point and the right end point are in a straight line position.


Follow the route from the left to the right and it cleverly clears. I still do not know the meaning of the white and black marks.


When solving the puzzle, a new puzzle was displayed on the right panel. This time there is a starting point in the lower left, and there is an end in the upper right.


It can not be cleared with the route of the following images ... ....


However, I could clear it by drawing a line to separate black and white patterns. Here I notice a new rule that draws a line by separating the white and black marks.


When solving the next puzzle, the idea of ​​"drawing a line with white and black marks apart" changed to conviction. This is a pleasant moment.


The puzzle gradually becomes complicated, but ...


It is pleasant to clear while trying and error.


It took a couple of minutes to solve it when it became complicated as much as the following images.


I solved all 8 puzzles and tried again to try the puzzle that I could not solve at all, I found a panel that shines green, so I will go and see.


In this puzzle, there are two black circles on the way.


I thought that "somehow like this?" When I got the line I could clear it. It seems to be a rule that it can not be cleared unless a bullet appears, unless you draw a line to pass it.


Solving some puzzles will make it difficult to increase the number of black dots as shown in the image below.


While thinking about various routes ......


It was able to be cleared.


The last green puzzle, there were six black circles and it was slightly more difficult.


Here I will try again on the puzzles I could not solve earlier.


Even if you grasp the new rules, this puzzle is considerably more difficult. You can check the route when you cleared from the image after clicking but the happiness when you clearly challenge yourself should be large.


This finally opened the door.


There is one box behind the door.


What was in the box is a paper showing the route of something. Again, it is the deployment full of mysteries.


Even though I think so deeply, I can not do anything and explore the inside of the island. In the building we arrived ......


There is a new puzzle. When starting from the starting point of the lower left, the line will also extend from the starting point of the lower right.


The two lines move symmetrically, and you have to reach the end point for both of them.


This time the puzzle is filled with obstacles.


It leads the two symmetrically moving lines to the end point while avoiding obstacles successfully.


As difficulty rises, puzzles that move left and right and up and down symmetrically appear, gradually heading up.


In addition to left and right & upside down symmetry, puzzles dotted with black circles that need to pass also appear. Coming so far, it is not easy to do so, so we look at the puzzle carefully and think over.


This is a puzzle that you have to make the blue and yellow lines moving symmetrically symmetrically through the marks corresponding to each color.


I can not solve it easily if I join the bullet and vertically symmetrical there. Because the puzzle seems to be simple at first glance, it makes me feel frustrating if I can not solve it. Instead, the pleasant feeling when solved can only be experienced with this game.


The charm of The Witness is not only in the puzzle but also in the landscape of the desert island. When you can not solve the puzzle by all means I can watch the beach and the sea ......


You can relax your mind by watching the cherry blossoms in full bloom and calm your mind.


Mr. Blow, the developer of The Witness, solves all 650 puzzles and clears the gameIt will take 8 to 12 hoursAlthough it revealed that it took about two hours even if you played the opening part, it may take a lot of time if you are not like a puzzle game master. However, when solving an esoteric puzzle, there is a sense of accomplishment that unexpectedly pulls out a Guts pose, so it seems that even people who do not usually play puzzle games may try it.


Although The Witness will be released on PlayStation 4 as well, the release date is at the time of article creationTBDIt has become,