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Tree house: Impossible puzzle (bug??)
It's likely not a bug, but I know all the signs, colours and rules, and yet I cannot solve this seemingly impossible puzzle:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=609754377
I need help, please if possible give the answer straight away. I don't think it deserves to be left unexplained when even knowing all the things it's impossible.
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GamingRevenant (YT) Jan 27, 2016 @ 10:42am 
You need to have the tetris blocks inside their respective area, or both in one area combined provided they don't overlap, and that no additional spaces are available. However, I also learned that the stars count as a space towards the tetris.

So, in my eyes, this is unsolvable, like a troll route ment to joke with you. This is impossible. Does someone have the cheat code, the serial number of this unlock-code? I suspect people have it and I want it too :(
jfryk Jan 27, 2016 @ 10:46am 
Remember, the tetriminos don't need to be touching the block that their icon is displayed on. As long as they are both inside the region you create they can be "swapped".

I can post a screenshot it a couple hours when I'm on my lunch break if you still need help.
SonarPup Jan 27, 2016 @ 10:48am 
RRULLLULURRDRRUULLU
I think I can see the solution. The stars don't have to be within the blocks.
GamingRevenant (YT) Jan 27, 2016 @ 11:29am 
Originally posted by fungusdude4:
I think I can see the solution. The stars don't have to be within the blocks.
O-M-G...
Naydemonium Jan 27, 2016 @ 11:46am 
I am stuck at the third puzzle from this bridge :(
DreamingDemon Jan 27, 2016 @ 5:37pm 
Two things to keep in mind when solving this puzzle:
  • The locations of the two shape-block icons is deliberately misleading, encouraging you to only imagine the large one on the left and the small one on the right.
  • This puzzle also changes tacks, and unlike previous puzzles on that bridge you shouldn't try to combine the pair-stars into the same section as the shape-blocks.
Nilla Nov 24, 2018 @ 5:09am 
Originally posted by jfryk:
Remember, the tetriminos don't need to be touching the block that their icon is displayed on. As long as they are both inside the region you create they can be "swapped".

I can post a screenshot it a couple hours when I'm on my lunch break if you still need help.

I know i am way late to the party, but i am having trouble with this puzzle mechanic too and am looking for hints, not out right solutions. Can you elaborate on the concept that the tetriminos can be 'swapped'? I don't understand.
Habijob Nov 24, 2018 @ 7:04am 
Originally posted by Nilla:
Originally posted by jfryk:
Remember, the tetriminos don't need to be touching the block that their icon is displayed on. As long as they are both inside the region you create they can be "swapped".

I can post a screenshot it a couple hours when I'm on my lunch break if you still need help.

I know i am way late to the party, but i am having trouble with this puzzle mechanic too and am looking for hints, not out right solutions. Can you elaborate on the concept that the tetriminos can be 'swapped'? I don't understand.

I think they mean it like this: (Selfmade puzzle) https://imgur.com/a/CCqbowt
One puzzle that requires even the swapping is a door puzzle that leads to the Quarry Factory (by the autumn forest)
Last edited by Habijob; Nov 24, 2018 @ 7:09am
Pckables Nov 30, 2018 @ 11:31pm 
Originally posted by Nilla:
Originally posted by jfryk:
Remember, the tetriminos don't need to be touching the block that their icon is displayed on. As long as they are both inside the region you create they can be "swapped".

I can post a screenshot it a couple hours when I'm on my lunch break if you still need help.

I know i am way late to the party, but i am having trouble with this puzzle mechanic too and am looking for hints, not out right solutions. Can you elaborate on the concept that the tetriminos can be 'swapped'? I don't understand.

Don't think of Tetriminos as individual shapes, but as pieces to a whole. The symbols don't check if they are on top of the same shape, they only check if the shape is part of the whole it's in.
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