slider puzzle - savegame?

[excel]

i'm totally stuck on the slider puzzle with the zodiac symbols... help T___T i couldn't find any solution online, so far...

[󠁳Bakhtosh]

Maybe this youtube video might help: Link

[excel]

thank you bakhtosh :) actually it was different from what i have, it must be random... but i watched the "technique" and after i tried a bit more, i managed to solve it! yay!

[DriftNinjaElite]

That thing pissed me off so much, it took me about 2 hours just to get everything close to where it should be. Probably the most irritating puzzle in the whole game.

[metal_hamster]

I solved it myself, it's a simple game of patience. It all makes sense if you plan out your moves. I think it took me 30 minutes but it was a great feeling of accomplishment. It was not easy which is great.

[magedrifter]

not going to lie, was stuck on this puzzle for quite some time. had to use a walkthrough to get past this puzzle. it was difficult because i had already moved some of the pieces prior to reading the walkthrough. in the end it took me just 30 minutes to complete the puzzle. you have to work from the bottom up once you get the first two bottom rows the rest is easy :]

[TEST]

Does the average player like this type of puzzle?
Does the average player even know what is to be done?

[excel]

when i was a child, that is 30 years ago, I owned a puzzle like that, made in plastic. However, this ancient knowledge aside, I'm an average player... and I hate it when I find it in a game. I solved it with a 60% of pure luck even when I actually understood more or less the mechanism, and it left me no satisfaction whatsoever. But metal_hamster enjoyed it so I suppose I'm not a patient planner :P

[gwifa]

Fresh outta playing Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy when I started this. I learned a few things about Zodiacs from that game haha, was nice to see such a coincidence in this game

[chriswhite56]

Have been struggling to solve this for nearly half a day - almost 6 hours!! Just can't finish it!! I'm seriously thinking of abadoning the game altogether over this. I HATE games with such insoluble puzzles.

[Jirkis]

Originally posted by chriswhite56:

Have been struggling to solve this for nearly half a day - almost 6 hours!! Just can't finish it!! I'm seriously thinking of abadoning the game altogether over this. I HATE games with such insoluble puzzles.

I really hate these sliding puzzles too... I almost cried when I saw the soluce couldn't help. But I figured out that thing, actually it was kind of easy.
I saved the game just after this puzzle. If you are still at this point, I can give you my save data, it should work.

[Skidrow]

Originally posted by Bent Welder:

Does the average player like this type of puzzle?

This kind of puzzles are like QTEs or ice cream that tastes like s**t: No one needs 'em.
I will never understand why in Gods name a developer would put something like this in one of his games..... and than be curious why only 5% of players ever saw the credits.

Originally posted by Bent Welder:

Does the average player even know what is to be done?

First I thought that the 4 stones in the center and the 4 stones in the corners have to be in the right place. Than a walkthrough told me, that EVERY stone have to be in the right place. That was the first time a "F**k yourself!" came over my lips.

[The Flying Claw]

https://adventuregamers.com/archive/forums/hint-requests-technical-problems/27543-black-mirror-altar-puzzle.html

[Sigh Man Vanz]

Originally posted by magedrifter:

you have to work from the bottom up once you get the first two bottom rows the rest is easy :]

Oh my god THANK YOU, this was great advice. Working from the bottom-up did the trick for me.

Also, I never would have solved this part without looking at a picture in a walkthrough. (And I generally try to stay away from walkthroughs). I don't know anything about the Zodiac and never would have guessed that the symbols referred to that, let alone knew what order to put them in. I'm really digging this game but, man, what an unfair puzzle. Not even a clue to the solution lying around (as far as I can tell)

[raven_guest13]

Same here. Was on the verge of giving up as I HATE slider puzzles, but working from the bottom up....it made it so much easier. Thanks x

[pfournier33]

Why is this so difficult for adventure game puzzke designers?

Is your puzzle a sliding puzzle?: don’t make that puzzle.

Does your puzzle require knowledge you can’t obtain in game? (Zodiac symbols)?: don’t make that puzzle.

Is your puzzle impossible without a guide?: don’t make that puzzle.

Is your puzzle aggravating even WITH the guide solution right in front of you?: don’t make that puzzle.


This kind of thing can kill an otherwise decent game. The fact that it’s also random and it’s possible to be unsolvable? Christ on a cracker.

If any indie devs read this don’t make this kind of stupid game breaking puzzle. Make a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ inventory puzzle with a chicken with a pulley in the middle. Or Mosley’s moustache on an id puzzle. Both are better than this sort of bs