Board 8 > Ok. Playing Braid for the first time. *help maybe?*

(+) Yeah! (+)

Read an amazing article in the Atlantic Magazine about the creator of this game and so I went on steam and paid 10 bucks for it. I was so impressed with his vision of Video games that I don't care I spent 4 times as much as I could have at some point in the past.



Anyways, so it seems to me that some of these puzzle pieces are completely impossible to get. I don't suppose that I power up sometime in the future or something? I don't want to be spoiled at all, because I have a feeling it will be worth the mental effort in the end, I just want to know if it is possible to get all of the puzzle pieces the first time through.


secondly when trying to find this answer I heard something about stars. The non spoilery question I have is will I know it when I see one of these things? I kind of spoiled myself to the first one (something about a moving cloud that takes 2 hours (which made me want these things even more tbqh) but it didn't seem to help me find out if I am looking for something I may have overlooked.


Thanks

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all puzzle pieces are possible to get whenever you first see them

I thought the same thing too when I first played the demo, but then I thought a bit more and experimented a lot more and got things together. And IIRC the stars is a NG+ sort of thing.

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Every puzzle piece you encounter can be obtained the first time you see it.

I never got/saw a star. They are not easily visible.

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Also if you like Jonathan Blow, check out this lecture about optimization and how to actually make a product:
http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independent-games/

It's one of my favorite talks about not only game design, but software design in general.

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that Atlantic piece is kind of a mess. I liked reading some of the insight into his design process though, especially with Braid. I had no idea the gameplay was done in 2005 and he just didn't want to release it until the narrative was ready.

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From: transience | #005
that Atlantic piece is kind of a mess.

Do you usually read the Atlantic? They have their own style of writing I think and I thought the piece was quite good. Held up well


If you think it was poor for the Atlantic then I compliment you for reading such a fine magazine!

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also now that I know stars exist I found one on my own!


it was quite exciting.

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From: Peace___Frog | #002
all puzzle pieces are possible to get whenever you first see them

incorrect, one in World 2 requires backtracking

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #008
incorrect

counter example?

ooh yeah I remember now... that piece was awesome.

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hmm don't remember that piece
but as a whole, there's not really much backtracking unless you just give up on a piece and go to the next room or something

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there's one star which is total BS and missing it forces you to replay the game to get all the stars

won't spoil it unless you want to know

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From: th3l3fty | #011
there's one star which is total BS and missing it forces you to replay the game to get all the stars

won't spoil it unless you want to know

So If I already traveled through all the levels I missed it?

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From: masterplum | #012
So If I already traveled through all the levels I missed it?

It depends.

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From: LeonhartFour | #013
It depends.

Uh....


Hmph


I read something about not getting all the puzzle pieces first. does this one have something to do with it?

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From: masterplum | #014
Uh....


Hmph


I read something about not getting all the puzzle pieces first. does this one have something to do with it?

That's the one, yeah.

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did you put together the second puzzle? If so then you can't get it.

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From: LeonhartFour | #015
That's the one, yeah.

which world do I need to do that for? 3 or something?


How many stars are in that world so I know if I found it or not

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #016
did you put together the second puzzle? If so then you can't get it.

Not completely.


I'm missing at least a piece from all of them

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You might still be able to get it depending on how much of the puzzle is put together, but you might not.

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So, slightly nervous about this I looked it up. The first thought was: How in the world would I have ever figured that out. The second was oh crap I connected two of the pieces to other pieces.


So I'm screwed then? In a non spoiler answer, should I just start over now?

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Peace___Frog posted...
hmm don't remember that piece
but as a whole, there's not really much backtracking unless you just give up on a piece and go to the next room or something

It involves puzzle pieces

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ah ha! too quick to jump to conclusions I tried a bit more and got it to work. don't have to worry about starting over after all

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yay

try not to go to FAQs too much with Braid, though. like Portal, it just doesn't feel as good if you don't do it yourself

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"Later that day, I f***ed a panda." - PSO

Loved Braid. Loved Braid's ending.

SPOILER-like warning.









I realized how Tim-like I could appear to some people. It made me tear up a bit.

Yeah, now that you got that star, don't look at any more walkthroughs.

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #026
Yeah, now that you got that star, don't look at any more walkthroughs.

That is indeed what I plan to do

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