A suggestion on passwords

[Wykah]

I completed a 4-day run and picked up a password which I was then able to use on the start of my second play through, and which a friend could use on their first. I get the knowledge can be retained from one day to the next but Is it by design that it should also remain the same across players and play-throughs? I suspect the game's longevity would be shortened if people shared what they'd learnt in this way without experiencing how they're found.

[barefootwalk]

That's true for most puzzle games, though.

And for the in-game puzzles, too...once you've found the hint how to solve the dart puzzle. for example, solving it becomes trivial in the next runs.

[Wykah]

The dart one is fine because the knowledge learnt is how to solve it and it's random each time you get that room. Compare it to the orchard padlock and you'll see you can solve it without having got the knowledge.

[Hiyllo]

-I do feel as though there are different types (or possibly levels) of puzzles at play here. The dart puzzle is specific to the room, while the couple of passwords/codes I have encountered so far have required getting at least an item and some specific rooms.
-For the purposes of the demo (where the player only has 4 days) I personally enjoy the passwords being the same; the guaranteed day 1 unlock is nice (unlike the other outdoor area which despite knowing still needs to be worked for). If it's the same in the full release, I imagine it might be tiring to find the item+room combos needed to unlock the passwords every time. And unlocking both outdoor areas would likely become my Day 1 routine every game, possibly restarting if I failed (with only 4 days).
-Maybe if the player had a longer period of time to play the game (like 20-30 in game days) I would feel that changing the passwords/codes could be more beneficial for replaying the game (or other people trying it for themselves)!

[Zorop]

Did you guys make any sense of the laboratory puzzle? Matching the numbers with the letter start well but end up making zero sense.

[Wykah]

I did the translation but I'm not sure we have the rooms necessary to fully complete this.

[Timbo Jones]

Originally posted by Zorop:

Did you guys make any sense of the laboratory puzzle? Matching the numbers with the letter start well but end up making zero sense.

You mean the Periodic Table Puzzle in the Lab?
If you looked up a periodic table online for cross reference, you might have a different structure, thus giving you a different, incomprehensible result. That's what happened to me at first.
There a reference poster in the lab.

[Hoot-Owl]

Originally posted by Timbo Jones:

Originally posted by Zorop:

Did you guys make any sense of the laboratory puzzle? Matching the numbers with the letter start well but end up making zero sense.

You mean the Periodic Table Puzzle in the Lab?
If you looked up a periodic table online for cross reference, you might have a different structure, thus giving you a different, incomprehensible result. That's what happened to me at first.
There a reference poster in the lab.

[Hoot-Owl]

you need the magnifying glass for that

[Mav]

Originally posted by Hoot-Owl:

you need the magnifying glass for that

?... You do not need it for the periodic table puzzle.

[marc.piscaer]

Originally posted by Zorop:

Did you guys make any sense of the laboratory puzzle? Matching the numbers with the letter start well but end up making zero sense.

I matched the sequence of numbers from 1 to 12 on the Periodic Table and Got the sentence "Push those up after nine". I moved the levers as described but it didn't work. Any ideas?

[Talzor]

Check your translation, you've made a minor mistake

[Talzor]

Originally posted by Mav:

Originally posted by Hoot-Owl:

you need the magnifying glass for that

?... You do not need it for the periodic table puzzle.

You don't need it, but if you happen to have it, it does actually help you, which is a neat little addition. (It adds the elemental symbols to the table with the numbers, so you don't need to go back and forth between the 2 tables)