bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
There's a puzzle, maybe the one you're talking about, where you're
filling up the four outlines with the green gun
grab the cube from the unprotected middle
filling up
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Antichamber: A reason to say 'non-euclidean'
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There's a puzzle, maybe the one you're talking about, where you're
I had a chance to play this at PAX, and I was not disappointed. Played for a 7 hour binge on release day and loved every minute of it.
We're currently still looking for purple cubes over on the steam forums. Please take a look if you're interested in helping out.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/219890/discussions/0/864958451399039278/#p1
Currently, the dev has said that the cubes
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We're currently still looking for purple cubes over on the steam forums. Please take a look if you're interested in helping out.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/219890/discussions/0/864958451399039278/#p1
Currently, the dev has said that the cubes
have no effect on the ending, and will most likely just be an achievement in later versions
RaySpencer
Member
Hitting the Wall is bugging me!!
edit: never mind, I got it.
I cant get down with any consistency, and then I muck up moving the cubes and exit, or accidently press esc and have to try to get down all over again, its driving me mad!
edit: never mind, I got it.
Decided to buy this on a whim. Glad I did. Really enjoy the difficulty of the puzzles so far. Makes you think, but you never get stuck.
I does shifts a bit too much into "block spam" after a while though. Or maybe it's just a mechanic I don't enjoy and just sticks out, because of it.
I does shifts a bit too much into "block spam" after a while though. Or maybe it's just a mechanic I don't enjoy and just sticks out, because of it.
Alexander Bruce said:
I found a 7:32 run (spoilers, obviously) and heard tell of 6-minute runs. Wonder how much people will continue trying to speedrun it.
RaySpencer
Member
I spent 7 hours beating it all...and then watching someone do it in 7 minutes is amazing, haha.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The speedruns are ridiculous, but I'm more amazed at all the puzzles which was solved differently from how I solved it.
Finished it. 5.5 hours. Super fun, but not terribly difficult except for 2 spots.
Finished it. 5.5 hours. Super fun, but not terribly difficult except for 2 spots.
Nappuccino
Member
So...quick question about what I assume is the ending
I'm pretty sure I beat the game, saw credits and what not- is the game supposed to go right to desktop after the last name?
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Dude I'm stuck like a chump in this game.
My fear of having anything spoiled has prevented me from asking friends for help. But shit man, I am STUUUUUUUUCK. My good dude has already played through it twice though, I think.
My fear of having anything spoiled has prevented me from asking friends for help. But shit man, I am STUUUUUUUUCK. My good dude has already played through it twice though, I think.
Happened to me as well.
Yeah it just quits to desktop. It doesn't have a menu and it doesn't make sense to go to the antechamber anyway. You just beat the game, why should you still be alive?
Nappuccino
Member
It makes sense, but I wasn't sure if it was treating me differently because i didn't get all the signs.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Just picked it up now. Liked the look of it but was a bit wary at that price. Pretty excited to get going.
Wok
Member
This is the most incredible part in a speedrun of Antichamber.
This 5:16 speedrun is wonderful. I'm excited to see how much shorter people can make it. I was amazed when I realized most of the puzzles in the game are simply there to teach me how to do the very few required puzzles. It's really a great design.
Finally finished it, took about 6 hours. I actually only really got stuck once, at something really simple, and I thought of the solution when I was lying in bed of the middle of the night, haha. I still have quite a few of the optional puzzles to solve and signs to collect so I'll probably play some more after I take a little bit of a break, but this was really an enjoyable game!
The speedruns are pretty fun to watch also, some of the solutions were quite a bit faster than anything I did~
The speedruns are pretty fun to watch also, some of the solutions were quite a bit faster than anything I did~
DunderHassan
Member
The second I saw that picture, I knew what to do, so it's kinda spoilery
Even if I thorougly enjoyed this game, I kinda feel about 50/50 about the puzzles.
Some puzzles I could work with for a long time before deciding to move on, only to find out that after you find another gun it takes literally seconds to solve it.
This
block creating mechanic
build your own way with blocks
I don't even know how many times I just stopped and thought "hey, is this really the way I'm supposed to solve this puzzle?", since it feels like you're just exploting the game mechanics.
And damn that
moving blocks with middle mouse button sucks, it's really hit and miss to stop one block from moving mid-air
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You can't. From the multiple times I've tried.
DunderHassan
Member
That's what I thought too actually, until I accidentaly made it work.
So don't give up buddy.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Really? Huh.
I tried to do it for one puzzle which I thought I had to do it, thought I did it once, but then couldn't replicate it. Solved it another way though which was way easier.
I tried to do it for one puzzle which I thought I had to do it, thought I did it once, but then couldn't replicate it. Solved it another way though which was way easier.
RaySpencer
Member
It works, I did it for most of the game.
...then I found out ctrl did the same thing and I dont think I used it again.
...then I found out ctrl did the same thing and I dont think I used it again.
As I watched this just kept saying "oh.. OH SHIT"
I did a lot of those puzzles a much more difficult way lol
Wok
Member
Watch the video between 1:25 and 1:50. This is a really smart use of the teleporter to the main room.
And the final puzzles between 3:50 and 4:25.
Finally, the trick between 5:00 and 5:20.
I seem to be missing a couple remaining secrets:
The exit in the southeast room here (I believe it is Climbing the Tower 6):
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/903239049262102410/DFC4CDE2082CB7BCF68364DEA9F2CB7F1D7A3866/
And the two signs here (Row 6, 3 and row 7, 10):
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/903239049262103478/CF4ED45D75B040805ED305191D3040CEBCEB7FEE/
Has anyone gotten these?
Edit: Found the exit
and the 6,3 sign
Now only missing that last sign.
The exit in the southeast room here (I believe it is Climbing the Tower 6):
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/903239049262102410/DFC4CDE2082CB7BCF68364DEA9F2CB7F1D7A3866/
And the two signs here (Row 6, 3 and row 7, 10):
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/903239049262103478/CF4ED45D75B040805ED305191D3040CEBCEB7FEE/
Has anyone gotten these?
Edit: Found the exit
in the "four exits" room
in A Link to the Past
Now only missing that last sign.
There's a Steam guide for all of the images. I can tell you the one at 7, 10 can be found in
The Final Hurdle
Jesus fuck this game is brilliant. I just got to the room with the jump pads. (That should be vague enough to not spoil anything at all, to give you context for the area I'm at)
Here's how I solved that area - did I do it completely ass-backwards, or was this intended?
It was such a brilliant display of a game teaching you mechanics and then testing you later, combined with completely unique puzzle solving the likes of which I've never seen in a game. I felt like the smartest man in the world after all that, but did I actually solve it "the right way"?
Here's how I solved that area - did I do it completely ass-backwards, or was this intended?
I looked up toward the ceiling to teleport into the next room. From there, I fell to the bottom of the new hole that occurred. Looking up now showed me a big 'X' at the top.
Using the snake-like moving blocks, I lifted myself up to the top of that hole, standing on top of the "snake" I was moving. That brought me all the way to the top. From there, I could drop back down once again into the new hole that emerged below me, reaching the end of that segment.
Using the snake-like moving blocks, I lifted myself up to the top of that hole, standing on top of the "snake" I was moving. That brought me all the way to the top. From there, I could drop back down once again into the new hole that emerged below me, reaching the end of that segment.
It was such a brilliant display of a game teaching you mechanics and then testing you later, combined with completely unique puzzle solving the likes of which I've never seen in a game. I felt like the smartest man in the world after all that, but did I actually solve it "the right way"?
Wow thanks for opening up my eyes to this game. Never heard of it before but I am absolutely loving everything I've seen. Sadly I am going to have to wait till the weekend to play. Love the style of graphics and it looks to bring some interesting elements into the puzzle genre. Also happy to see comparisons to Qube as I enjoyed that game immensely.
Wok
Member
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
My brain explodes after about an hour and a half
I got quite noticeably sick the first couple hours of playing. I occasionally have problems, but the last game I couldn't play due to motion sickness was Mirror's Edge. Fortunately in this game I guess my brain eventually got used to it because it stopped.
Ventilaator
Banned
I wish the map made a little more sense to me. I'd like to think that the arrows are there to point out unexplored directions, but most of them either lead me to the middle of a corridor I've run through a billion times or to a puzzle I've solved already. Also, the six different points on the map that all teleport me to the same location when I click on them are way too confusing. There may be some logic there, but I'm not getting that logic, so looking at the map just pisses me off.
Other than that, there's some extremely clever puzzle design here. I like my completely stupid and way too complicated solutions that still end up working.
Other than that, there's some extremely clever puzzle design here. I like my completely stupid and way too complicated solutions that still end up working.
The arrows are needed just because of the 4D nature of the space, you can't really represent it on a 2D plane with full continuity. If it were a 3D map, maybe, but it'd lack a lot of spacial consistency (places close by would have to be mapped as very distant; then again, it's Antichamber, space is theoretical). The little rectangles that look like they'd be hallways but don't stop at squares, those indicate unexplored areas.
There shouldn't be multiple squares that send you to the same room, though... some do send you to very similar or very close-by rooms, maybe different levels of the same 'room', but not the exact same starting position.
The squares are rooms. If they're large, there's still something for you to find in them. If they're small, you got everything there is to find (except purple squares).
Attached to the squares are arrows. They just indicate what room you can reach from that square. If you hover over the arrow it shows you what room you'll get to.
You can also have dead-end circles attached to the rooms as well. They indicate secrets usually.
Finally you might see a small rectangle attached to a room. That will either lead to a new room, become an arrow, or become a dead-end circle once you explored it, so they indicate what paths you haven't explored yet.
Now You See It changes if you look away from a certain something, I assume you want the path where it doesn't change
Pretty sure that's how I did it.
I made an Antichamber exploration video!
Though sadly I don't know that I can recommend this for people who haven't completed the game yet. Too much of Antichamber is about discovering new areas, so watching video of that might ruin it. I don't show any puzzle solutions (I even deliberately don't solve some puzzles when I run into them, so sorry if my obtuse behavior in the video annoys some people!) but I do show the final area, so that might be a problem for some.
Also, this is my first video ever so it's kind of edited badly. I hope to improve on this when I make more exploration videos in the future.
Though sadly I don't know that I can recommend this for people who haven't completed the game yet. Too much of Antichamber is about discovering new areas, so watching video of that might ruin it. I don't show any puzzle solutions (I even deliberately don't solve some puzzles when I run into them, so sorry if my obtuse behavior in the video annoys some people!) but I do show the final area, so that might be a problem for some.
Also, this is my first video ever so it's kind of edited badly. I hope to improve on this when I make more exploration videos in the future.
I'm nearly through. Apart from the exit, only two rooms are left, but I'm really stuck. Don't want to ask for help though, as I've managed to come that far without asking.
By the way: Pulling Both Ways is pretty straightforward, but if you just can't do it, you may have the same glitch I had:
By the way: Pulling Both Ways is pretty straightforward, but if you just can't do it, you may have the same glitch I had:
The blocks dissolved upon touching any laser beam except the top one and didn't reappear. I thought it was part of the puzzle, but it didn't happen after restarting the game.
Fermbiz
Gold Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpL2k9WKo4
I came across this graphic glitch the other day... pretty weird
I came across this graphic glitch the other day... pretty weird
Yeah this can happen wherever there is a non-euclidian transition. You can even break some of the transitions and end up in areas that are not meant to be entered. It's pretty much always fixed by simply entering the transition, like you did.
boredJonathan
Member
Not to rain on anyone's parade here - but I can't be the only one who feels a bit misled on this game, right? The non-euclidean space portion of this game is maybe 10% of the overall game, with the remaining 90% being block puzzles. Before the game came out I don't recall even hearing that there was a gun in this game, instead you heard more about how inventive and crazy and mind-fucking insane the spaces you played through were.
I realize that to talk about some of the specifics would become spoilery, but suffice it to say I ended up being pretty disappointed with Antichamber. That first hour, hour and a half, is amazing - but the block puzzles just kill it for me. Not only is it not the game I felt I'd been pitched on, but it takes almost all the effort out of puzzle solving once you realize how the game is operating. If you can't immediately figure out what you should be doing with a puzzle, chances are you don't have the right "tool". And once you have the right "tool" the puzzles becomes incredibly trivial. Almost to the point of being busy work.
Granted there are some more difficult puzzles, as you guys have been discussing here, but they are not essential to the game, and I think for the average player just getting to the end will be enough.
I know it was for me.
I realize that to talk about some of the specifics would become spoilery, but suffice it to say I ended up being pretty disappointed with Antichamber. That first hour, hour and a half, is amazing - but the block puzzles just kill it for me. Not only is it not the game I felt I'd been pitched on, but it takes almost all the effort out of puzzle solving once you realize how the game is operating. If you can't immediately figure out what you should be doing with a puzzle, chances are you don't have the right "tool". And once you have the right "tool" the puzzles becomes incredibly trivial. Almost to the point of being busy work.
Granted there are some more difficult puzzles, as you guys have been discussing here, but they are not essential to the game, and I think for the average player just getting to the end will be enough.
I know it was for me.