How do I know if I'm doing it right?

[lailadawn]

I don't really know if I'm progressing this story or not. I clumsily fly my ship to a planet, explore and then whoosh - big blue light eats me. And yeah, I always find a little something new to include on the rumor map in the ship but it's all pretty disjointed and I still have no idea what my purpose is in this game. I don't hate the game, I don't want spoilers, but it's so different from anything I've ever played I feel like I'm not doing it right.

[Bobywan]

Keep exploring, try talking to the other travelers, they sometime have suggestions. Don't forget to explore the other locations on your home world.
Doesn't that big blue light intrigues you ? Have you notice where it is coming from yet ?

This game is unusual but it's very rewarding when you find out something and that's why a lot of people love the game.

[CrazyJayBe]

Please stick with it. It's primarily a game about discovering a mystery. Using your SignalScope will get you to all the travelers, even the one with the harmonica if you just take your time...

The mystery is very well written, at least in the opinion of the Outer Wilds fans. Just when you have an "ah-HA!" moment, you find you get stuck again...

If that happens, come back here and ask for spoiler free hints. We're all geared toward not spoiling anything already so we just want you to enjoy the experience the way we did by brute force and trial and error lol.

It's tough to uncover and figure out what to do but sooooooo rewarding.

[lailadawn]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

Keep exploring, try talking to the other travelers, they sometime have suggestions. Don't forget to explore the other locations on your home world.
Doesn't that big blue light intrigues you ? Have you notice where it is coming from yet ?

This game is unusual but it's very rewarding when you find out something and that's why a lot of people love the game.

Ok, I'll keep on. I just didn't wanna keep spinning my wheels if I was missing something obvious. Thanks for the hints.

[lailadawn]

Originally posted by CrazyJayBe:

Please stick with it. It's primarily a game about discovering a mystery. Using your SignalScope will get you to all the travelers, even the one with the harmonica if you just take your time...

The mystery is very well written, at least in the opinion of the Outer Wilds fans. Just when you have an "ah-HA!" moment, you find you get stuck again...

If that happens, come back here and ask for spoiler free hints. We're all geared toward not spoiling anything already so we just want you to enjoy the experience the way we did by brute force and trial and error lol.

It's tough to uncover and figure out what to do but sooooooo rewarding.

Thank you! It's so hard to not love the game even though I don't really know what's going on! lol I can't wait to get that "aha!" moment.

[lieutenantkirtar]

Your ships log helps connect the dots and can point you in the direction of what to explore if you get stuck.

[Fear Ghoul]

If you are exploring a planet then get stuck and don't know what to do there next, try exploring another planet. The answers to puzzles on one planet might have an answer on another in the Nomai messages.

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

as long as youre having fun, youre doing it right TBH

[lailadawn]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

as long as youre having fun, youre doing it right TBH

Then I am winning! I can't believe how sucked into this game I am. Every time I go up I find some new enigma and then here comes the blue light and me gripping my controller too tight while muttering "noooo no no nononono!" So much fun.

[Sagi]

For a large part when i was playing i was wondering if there even was an endgame.
The pieces will fal together when you have found a few essential clues.
What clues are essential and wich ones are not will be clear when you start to see the bigger picture.

[Glorified Toaster with Legs]

try using what you gatherd so far to decide where to explor next.

[Glorified Toaster with Legs]

Originally posted by Stylistic Sagittarius NL:

For a large part when i was playing i was wondering if there even was an endgame.
The pieces will fal together when you have found a few essential clues.
What clues are essential and wich ones are not will be clear when you start to see the bigger picture.

al lot of times i find something seamingly unimportant but then have an "ooohh, that's why!" moment a few loops later

[luvbentley]

At the beginning of the game, everything seems very random and pointless. None of the Nomai texts seem meaningful or even make much sense. You will reach a point where you start connecting the dots and the larger story will all of a sudden appear to you in a lightbulb moment, and you know exactly what is going on and start actively trying to solve the problem. Make sure to read the ship logs at the start of every loop - they keep track of the story for you. Explore the downstairs of the Nomai ruins on the Attlerock, they provide a very strong hint about where the story is going.

[Quillithe]

Without spoiling anything in particular (but stlll tagging it because I like to be cautious), the rumor map is color-coded by different mysteries, so you can try to focus in one color and it might make (a little) more sense once you finish a color

[Spears]

the only gear/upgrades you get are the jetpack boost
you have your complete kit at the start of the game. the only things that are 'locked' to you are locked because you are ignorant of them. there is no directions to what the solution of the game is. there is only one solution. you have to deduce what 'instructions' are. They are rarely explicitly stated. what you are reading is personal conversations of a culture you have to build context for the more you read

[lailadawn]

Originally posted by Quillithe:

Without spoiling anything in particular (but stlll tagging it because I like to be cautious), the rumor map is color-coded by different mysteries, so you can try to focus in one color and it might make (a little) more sense once you finish a color

That just dawned on me my last playthrough. It does help.