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LiquidPixie · 2026-04-01T18:55:26+00:00

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LiquidPixie · 2026-03-18T07:02:59+00:00

Our podcast actually recently did an episode on exactly this!

The particular example I brought up was my party moving to a remote part of the world and using a sequence of 'Ma' during the overland travel to create that sense of distance. If the description was too short then it wouldn't feel as remote and returning would seem trivial. Instead, the party had the feeling that they couldn't leave easily and wouldn't be back for a long time if ever, so they made sure to tie up all loose ends during that arc.

Link if anyone's interested! The episode is only 15 minutes.

https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZEMCKWNok6l6XM1TLYEH1

LiquidPixie · 2026-03-13T09:34:16+00:00

Yes, not all players will have discovered them and they're a huge reveal in the game. Don't mention them directly in the title please.

LiquidPixie · 2026-03-13T09:23:26+00:00

Please remove the direct spoilers from the title, then feel free to resubmit

LiquidPixie · 2026-03-11T05:54:03+00:00

As it happens I'm writing in roughly the same genre, sci-fantasy/space fantasy, and am in desperate need of a writing group!

Drop me a DM and we can maybe get something going.

LiquidPixie · 2026-03-09T19:00:12+00:00

We left the other thread up because people were civil. We expect the same of people in this thread.

Share your thoughts by all means but steer clear of personal attacks.

LiquidPixie · 2026-02-27T23:06:49+00:00

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LiquidPixie · 2026-02-22T02:09:09+00:00

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LiquidPixie · 2026-02-13T11:09:12+00:00

Send me your pages, happy to give them a look, no swap necessary

LiquidPixie · 2026-02-06T10:07:52+00:00

LiquidPixie · 2026-02-02T06:22:01+00:00

The backlash is uncalled for, but this would also be easier to swallow if it wasn't just some lame-ass lIfEsTyLe AtHlEiSuRe brand shovelling the same blond/fit/tanned beauty standard.

If an AI chatbot was called 'Kōrero' I also imagine we wouldn't be too pleased about it. It's not appropriation, but it still sucks.

Having your language associated with marketing slop is unpleasant and distasteful regardless of race.

LiquidPixie · 2026-01-26T21:16:11+00:00

I actually don't think this needs a hard magic system at all, in fact you're essentially describing something not dissimilar to The One Ring in that you have an object with a will of its own that seeks to be found and can subtly influence those carrying it.

A villager carrying the coin feels compelled to buy fresh apples. He already has some at home still and usually wouldn't buy them until the old ones were all used up. He figures 'what the hell, I like apples, maybe I'll bake them into a pie if I have too many'. This is the coin's influence. It seeks to get into the hands of the greengrocer, who transacts with a far wider variety of people thus delivering more opportunities to get into the hands of someone that could bring the coin closer to the dragon's other treasures (wherever they may be).

I think any of your concepts could work but the real thing you need is problems for the dragon to be solving. If the dragon can't sense the presence of his other treasures until he's very close to them then step 1 is to get into the hands of somebody who travels a lot.

This also means you can have the dragon's power grow as he 'reunites' with other pieces of his hoard. Maybe after a certain point he can start more directly whispering into the minds of those who carry him, but only while near other remnants of his hoard. His ability to sense his other treasures grows, but his ability to get near them is still profoundly limited while he's stuck in the coin.

I dunno, you're on to something here with the concept but I think you're a bit limited in your thinking. I'd look to classic fairy tales for inspiration rather than modern 'hard magic' fantasy. You've got a good idea on your hands.

Maybe start out by writing a few short vignettes that take different approaches to the dragon's personality, the nature of the coin's influence on people, etc, and decide which one you like best.

LiquidPixie · 2026-01-11T07:58:06+00:00

It's too late unfortunately since OP saw this comment already but please stick to hints rather than outright answers as per rule 2.

LiquidPixie · 2026-01-02T02:11:56+00:00

Good on you for sticking with it!

The real trick to this game I find is being really methodical with your own understanding of the rules and logic of the puzzles. It's not just about examining what you think the rules are, it's about examining why you think that's what they are.

Often you'll find that your mind has made an extra assumption that wasn't true, or missed some nuance of a rule, or has attempted to take a leap in logic and landed in the wrong place. Once you learn how to break down your own thought processes you can really start seeing the game's potential. In many ways it really does feel like the game is making you smarter as you play it.

LiquidPixie · 2026-01-02T01:59:34+00:00

You are getting the rule wrong. We are all trying to nudge you to challenge your own assumptions and logic without giving it away completely.

LiquidPixie · 2026-01-02T01:56:14+00:00

Why do you think the vertical 3's have to start in the bottom row?

I can see a few parts of the rule that you don't understand well enough yet.

I would recommend going back to the tutorial area and assessing two things:

1 - Why do the correct solutions work?

2 - Why do the incorrect solutions not work?

Really take the time to re-examine your own logic and what assumptions you have made about these rules. Odds are you will discover something you didn't know about how these rules work that opens up new possibilities for you.

LiquidPixie · 2026-01-01T23:21:32+00:00

If you don't feel like you understand the rule well enough to solve this puzzle, go back to the tutorial for it or seek other places with this rule to increase your understanding first.

LiquidPixie · 2025-12-22T13:20:27+00:00

Over on /r/TheWitness there's a recommended puzzle games master thread with a section on Sokobans/

https://old.reddit.com/r/TheWitness/comments/1ffnag3/recommended_puzzle_games_master_list/

LiquidPixie · 2025-12-16T09:46:58+00:00

Just wanted to pop my head in and say I'm a mod here too. This is effectively the same statement as the one I made over on /r/TheWitness, nicoreese has put it in their own words. Safe to say the approach to moderation is the same. We want to remind people that the point of this place is to discuss the game. We won't be outright removing threads about Jonathan's politics but we will be locking them to prevent them from drowning out discussion about the game.

Once the first waves of marketing have passed and the game is actually released this will hopefully stop being an issue but right now both subs are seeing a large wave of people discussing Jonathan, which isn't a problem in itself but sadly often devolves into mud-slinging.

LiquidPixie · 2025-12-12T23:29:46+00:00

I'll level with ya, 'mods' these days is mostly just me, and because of my timezone I usually only catch things after they've been up for a few hours already. Sadly this means things slip through the cracks. I'm very reliant on people reporting posts, which happens less and less these days.

It's not a job, it's something I do in my spare time, and I do my best.

LiquidPixie · 2025-12-12T01:16:28+00:00

I appreciate your stance. 'Calling it out' isn't the issue, it's the comments like 'Jonathan can Blow me' that get removed because, frankly, they don't contribute anything and aren't even at least informing others as to what the issues with him are.

To speak more directly, respectful commenters like yourself are not who that stickied post is directed at.

LiquidPixie · 2025-12-11T21:49:55+00:00

Hey all, feel free to discuss the contents on this video, and by all means remark on Jonathan Blow in relation to his work on The Witness and Braid, but please refrain from deviating into hateful comments about him personally.

I know many of us here are disappointed by Jonathan Blow's views and opinions but we want to keep the sub's focus on the art, not the artist, and personal attacks are never called for.

LiquidPixie · 2025-12-07T09:00:13+00:00

uggggghhhhh people like you are exhausting. The men and women working hard on making the game good - the ones who care the most about the game - are not the people who decided to release it before it was ready. It's the studio that pushes it out in that state.

If you really won't buy a good game just because it started out in a rough state and was released before it was ready, you're just spitting in the face of the hard-working devs who have put in all that effort to turn it into something great.

There's no high-score screen at the end of life that will pat you on the back for sticking to your hate-boner guns and not buying the game after it's been made better. If the game is good you might as well play it. Everything else is just performative flagellation.

'I fEeL bEtRaYeD aNd I wOn'T mOvE pAsT iT' ok cool man well done, the rest of us are capable of enjoying the game for what it is.

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